JP5350306B2 - Karaoke music selection device, method for controlling karaoke music selection device, control program for karaoke music selection device, and information recording medium thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke music selection device, a control method for a karaoke music selection device, a control program for a karaoke music selection device, and an information recording medium thereof.

  A karaoke apparatus used in a karaoke box or the like for outputting a performance song selected from a large number of performance songs, and a karaoke system in which these karaoke devices are connected via a network are known. In such a karaoke apparatus and karaoke system, music information of a karaoke performance song selected from a large number of karaoke performance songs stored in advance in a storage device is output, and an image including lyrics information of the karaoke performance song is output. By displaying them on the screen in synchronization with each other, it is possible to enjoy the Karao performance of the desired song.

  In such a karaoke apparatus and a karaoke system, a karaoke system that displays a song that the user has sung based on user information such as a user ID for each user so that the user who is present can select a song for each user. Is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

  Further, Patent Literature 2 discloses a karaoke system that displays a narrowed down music piece for each user by a user-specific singing history management means from a list display of search results suitable for a predetermined search condition.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a karaoke system that specifies the era of karaoke music that the user likes, searches easily and efficiently what kind of music is in the range of the era, and displays a list. .

  In addition, it is easy and quick to select a song that matches the preferences of the music selector by extracting the music data of the age that would have stimulated the music sensibility of the music selector, especially based on the age. A karaoke system is disclosed in Patent Document 4.

JP 2009-086301 A JP 2006-337408 A JP-A-2005-283805 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-212596

  Conventionally, when searching for karaoke music like the technology described above, hit the age by searching conditions such as age information such as the Christian era or grade information of your own school age such as the second grade of junior high school. A way to search for the music that was played was presented.

  However, the music searched is only a music corresponding to the age of the individual, and it is not a particularly interesting search method for other users who are present in the karaoke box. In addition, the searched music is a general trendy music, and it is impossible to search for a so-called memorable music that was actually sung or listened to with a special feeling.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an example of the purpose is based on the user's song with reference to the user's singing history, the ringing song, the music data, the purchase history of the content such as a CD. An example is to create a personal chronology and present music related to each of a plurality of users singing in a karaoke box. Karaoke selection device and karaoke selection device that enable users to enjoy conversations and enjoy singing by providing topics through event information and common music while enjoying the difference of generations between the users who are present together by such music selection , A control program for a karaoke music selection apparatus, and an information recording medium thereof.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a karaoke music selection apparatus, which is input by a user information input unit 40 as user information input means for inputting user information and the user information input means. An age information extracting unit 101 as age information extracting means for extracting age information corresponding to the user information, and event information setting means for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting means The event information setting unit 102, the music information extracting unit 103 as a music information extracting unit for extracting music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting unit, and the music information extracting unit In addition, the music information related to the music information is generated from the music information corresponding to the event information. The music information classifying unit 104 as related information generating means and the event information are displayed in order of units representing time and generated by the music related information generating means related to the music information corresponding to the event information. And a display unit 30 as display means for displaying the music related information.

  Here, the event information includes, as an example, birth, elementary school entrance, elementary school graduation, which are automatically set by the event information setting unit 102 based on the age information extracted from the user information input from the user information input unit 40. There are events such as junior high school admission, junior high school graduation, high school admission, high school graduation, and an adult ceremony, and information such as broken heart, marriage, childbirth, etc., which the user inputs in advance via the event information input unit 46b of the karaoke music selection device.

  Further, the event information includes the age of the user corresponding to the event and the date on which the event occurred.

  The age corresponding to the event is attached to the event information in advance. For example, 15 years for junior high school graduation, 18 years old for high school graduation, and 20 years old for adult ceremonies, each event from the user's current age or the user's date of birth and the current date The date of information is calculated.

  Moreover, based on the date when the event included in the event information occurred, the date of singing by the user is referred to from the singing history information of the user, and the music information having the corresponding date is extracted. Note that the music information having the date within an arbitrary range is extracted because the date is not completely the same.

  Moreover, arbitrary units, such as a year, a month, and a day, can be used for the unit showing time.

  According to this configuration, in the karaoke music selection apparatus having the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, the personal year based on the user's age is referred to by referring to the user's singing history and the purchase history of the content such as the song data, CD, etc. Since a table can be created and the presence of a song of interest to the user can be displayed on the personal chronology, karaoke music selection can be made based on the displayed personal chronology.

  The displayed screen can be displayed on a remote control device of karaoke or on the screen of a personal computer or mobile terminal.

  Further, the chronological screen may be displayed by being selected from My Page and switching the display, or may be displayed by selecting the user from the common page and switching the display.

  When logged in by multiple users, information on other users is also displayed in the chronological table, and the chronological table shows the songs that can be sung by the user in common with the user's singing history, ringing song, song data, and CD purchase history. Visually display on top.

  In other words, when multiple users are logged in, songs related to other users who are present are also displayed via the event information, so it is possible to provide a topic that is common to users who are present. You can select and sing karaoke while having a fun conversation.

  Also, after registering the event information in the karaoke system, the chronological table will continue to be updated in the karaoke system, so the user can visually enjoy the reflection that he sang that song in that era while looking at the personal chronology. it can.

  In the singing history information, the music information of the music that the user has sung in the past, the scoring result information indicating the scoring result when the user sings the music, the date and time when the music was sung Information, preference information indicating a user's favorite artist and genre, and other user information registered as a friend with the user.

  In addition, artist information, genre information, and other additional music information (song title, composer / lyricist name, genre name, announcement / broadcast age, person who became a topic, program using song information, etc. Name).

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 2 is the karaoke music selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the music-related information generating means has at least two pieces of the music information corresponding to the event information. In the case of having common attribute information, the music related information is generated for each of the common attribute information.

  According to this configuration, when there are a plurality of music pieces corresponding to the event information, attribute information common to the music information (for example, music image information (image information such as fun, happy, sad, scary, etc.), music genre information Attribute information such as artist information etc. of music), and a plurality of music pieces are displayed as one piece of music related information grouped for each category, so how can the user respond to each event corresponding to the memory from the music related information? You can enjoy watching music and enjoy the features common to multiple songs.

  In this case, the music related information may indicate the music genre, the music artist, and the music image with information such as characters.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 3 is the karaoke music selection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display means displays the music related information according to the relevance of the music related information. It is characterized by controlling.

  According to this configuration, the music-related information related to each other is displayed nearby, for example, and the music-related information not related to each other is displayed away, for example, so that it is easy to visually recognize the singing tendency for each event of the user.

  As an example, in the A song and B song corresponding to a certain event information, when the song image of the A song is “fun” and the song image of the B song is “happy”, the music related information classified by the images Is displayed nearby. Also, in the A song and C song corresponding to a certain event information, if the song image of song A is "fun" and the song image of song C is "sad", the music related information classified by image is far away indicate.

  As another example, in the case of A song and B song corresponding to certain event information, when the genre of A song is rock and the genre of B song is hard rock, music related information classified by genre is displayed nearby. . Also, in the A song and C song corresponding to certain event information, when the genre of the A song is rock and the genre of the C song is enka, the music related information classified by the genre is displayed far away.

  Furthermore, as another example, in the D song and E song corresponding to a certain event information, if the attribute of the song artist of the D song and the attribute of the song artist of the E song are the same, the song related information classified by the artist Display each other close to each other. In addition, in the F song and G song corresponding to a certain event information, when the song artist of the F song and the song artist of the G song are the same, the music related information classified by the song name is displayed nearby (or overlapped). To do.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the karaoke music selection apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the display means receives user information by the user information input means. The event information related to a plurality of users and the music related information are displayed separately for each user.

  According to this configuration, since the event information of users who are logged in with multiple users and who are present is distinguished and displayed, the user can refer to the personal chronology of other users while referring to his / her personal chronology. .

  In addition, since the user can know the event information of other users corresponding to the event information of his / her personal chronology, the conversation between the users who are present can play and the music can be selected happily. As an example, when the event information of the user is an adult type, the event information of another user is marriage.

  Moreover, since the music can be selected via the event information of other users corresponding to the user's event information, the pleasure of selecting the music is expanded.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 5 is the karaoke music selection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the music information for each of the plurality of users corresponding to the event information is compared, and at least one music is selected. It further includes a music information classification unit 104 as music information comparison means for determining whether information is commonly included in the music information for each of the plurality of users, and the display means includes at least the music information comparison means. When it is determined that one piece of music information is commonly included in the piece of music information for each of the plurality of users, at least a part of the piece of music related information related to the at least one piece of music information is displayed in an overlapping manner. It is characterized by.

  According to this configuration, when the event information of the users who are logged in as a plurality of users is distinguished and displayed and the music information related to the event information of the plurality of users is common, at least one of the music related information is displayed. By overlapping and displaying the parts, the user can easily visually recognize that there is common music information.

  In other words, by displaying at least a part of the music related information displayed separately for each user, it is possible to recognize that there is information to be shared with the user, and also to recognize event information related to the music for each user. can do.

  Therefore, the users can easily search for the common music while recognizing the event information of the music common to each other.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 6 is the karaoke music selection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the music-related information is the number of the music information corresponding to the event information. It is the information of the aspect which can be visually recognized which shows at least any one of the information which shows in size, or the attribute information of the said music information.

  According to this configuration, since the music-related information is information indicating at least one of the information indicating the number of the music information in size and the attribute information of the music information, what kind of music information It is possible for a user who is trying to select a song to visually check how many the numbers are. For example, in correspondence with the event information, it is possible to visually confirm how many songs were sung and how they were sung when the event occurred.

  As an example, if music related information is displayed in a figure such as a circle, the larger the number of songs, the larger the circle is displayed, and the smaller the number of songs, the smaller the circle is displayed. The user can easily visually recognize whether the number of music pieces is large or small.

  As an example, when there is a lot of music information corresponding to the event information, the displayed music related information is displayed large, and when there is little music information corresponding to the event information, the displayed music related information is displayed small. The In this case, the size of the displayed music related information may be larger or smaller in proportion to the number of music information included. .

  As another example, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes lyrics information indicating sad tone or sad feeling, the displayed music-related information includes kanji indicating sadness, for example, the attribute of the music information As information, the word “sad” is displayed in the area of music related information. In addition, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes lyric information indicating a pleasant musical tone or a pleasant feeling, the displayed music-related information includes kanji indicating that it is fun, for example, “Raku” as attribute information of the music information Are displayed in the music-related information area. In addition, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes a melody that expresses joy or lyric information that indicates joy, the displayed music related information includes kanji indicating joy, for example, attribute information of the music information. Display the word “happy” in the music related information area.

  Note that the attribute information of the music information is not limited to a single kanji character, and a plurality of kanji characters, arbitrary alphanumeric characters, and symbols indicating attributes can be used.

  In addition, in the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, the user related information of other users including the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed together with the event information in the singing history information indicating the history of singing by the user. Therefore, the user can easily search for music that can be sung by other users corresponding to his / her event information.

  As an example of the user related information, there is image information for identifying users such as a user's avatar screen. If the user's avatar screen is displayed, it becomes possible to happily and easily recognize who has the music information about each other.

  Moreover, since the user whose user related information is displayed is the user related information related to other users whose user information is input via the user information input unit 40, the information of the users who are present together is displayed. . Therefore, it is possible to look back on the user's own memories, provide a topic to the attending user through common music, and select music for singing and karaoke happily.

  In addition, in the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, when trying to see the event information of other users displayed in chronological order from the event information displayed in chronological order of a certain user By selecting the user related information, it becomes possible to easily and easily view the event information of other users.

  As described above, since the screen is easily switched, the event information of other users can be browsed in order of the age on the switched screen.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 7 is the karaoke music selection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the music related information displayed on the display means is selected. The apparatus further includes a selection unit 106 as information selection means. When the music related information is selected by the music related information selection means, the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed.

  According to this configuration, when music-related information indicating a collection when there are a lot of music or music-related information indicating the attributes of the music is selected, music-related information such as a music name and a singer name is displayed. The

  Therefore, while remembering the event, the user remembers how many songs were sung in relation to the event, or how the song was sung in connection with the event. However, the music selection screen related to the event can be displayed.

  Moreover, since the unit which represents time, such as a year, a month, a day, is simultaneously displayed on the display part 30 with respect to a user's event information, it can grasp | ascertain objectively when the event happened, and a user and Other users can easily remember what happened in the year corresponding to the event.

  In addition, other users can grasp how old the event occurred, and as a result, the number of topics increases, and karaoke can be selected and enjoyed by a plurality of users.

  In addition, the user can input various events as event information in the music information, and can later reflect various events as memories along with the music.

  Here, the event information input in advance can be input by the user using arbitrary characters and symbols. As an example, the event information input in advance includes events such as broken love, marriage, and childbirth.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 8 is a method for controlling a karaoke music selection apparatus, wherein a user information input step in which user information is input and the user input in the user information input step Age information extraction step for extracting age information corresponding to information, event information setting step for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted in the age information extraction step, and event information setting step A music information extraction step for extracting music information corresponding to the event information, and a music for generating music related information related to the music information from the music information corresponding to the event information extracted in the music information extraction step The music information classification step 104 as a related information generation step, and the event information are displayed in order of units representing time, Serial the associated musical piece information corresponding to the event information, a display process 30 for displaying music-related information generated in the music-related information generating step, characterized in that it comprises a.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 9 is a control program for a karaoke music selection device, wherein user information is input by user information input means, and the user information input by the user information input means. Age information extraction means for extracting age information corresponding to the event information, event information setting means for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extraction means, and the event information set by the event information setting means Music information extracting means for extracting music information corresponding to the music information, music related information generating means for generating music related information related to the music information from the music information corresponding to the event information extracted by the music information extracting means The event information is displayed in the order of units representing time, and the music corresponding to the event information is displayed. Related to broadcast, characterized in that to function as a display unit, which displays the music-related information generated by the music-related information means.

  According to the present invention, in a karaoke music selection apparatus having a service provided by a karaoke information providing service company, a user's singing history is referred to, a personal chronology based on the user's age is created, and the user's interest on the personal chronology Since the existence of a certain music can be displayed, karaoke music selection can be performed based on the displayed personal chronology.

  When logged in by a plurality of users, information on other users is also displayed on the chronology, and music that can be sung by the user common to the user's singing history is visually displayed on the chronology.

  In other words, when multiple users are logged in, songs related to other users who are present are also displayed via the event information, so it is possible to provide a topic that is common to users who are present. You can select and sing karaoke while having a fun conversation.

  Moreover, since the music which other users who are present can sing is displayed, the conversation between the users can be interrupted, and everyone can happily select and sing karaoke.

  In addition, after registering the event information in the karaoke system, the chronological table will continue to be updated in the karaoke system, so the user can visually enjoy the reflection of singing such a song while watching the personal chronology. it can.

  Also, if you log in with multiple users and enjoy karaoke, the event information of the users who are present is displayed separately, so the user can refer to their personal chronology You can also see your personal chronology.

  Furthermore, since the user can know the event information of other users corresponding to the event information of his / her personal chronology, the conversation between the users who are present can play and the music can be selected happily. As an example, when the event information of the user is an adult type, the event information of another user is marriage.

  Furthermore, since the music can be selected via the event information of other users corresponding to the event information of the user, the pleasure of selecting the music spreads.

  In addition, when the event information of users who are logged in with multiple users is distinguished and displayed and the music information related to the event information of the plurality of users is common, at least a part of the music related information is overlapped. By displaying, the user can easily visually recognize that there is common music information.

  In other words, by displaying at least a part of the music related information displayed separately for each user, it is possible to recognize that there is information to be shared with the user, and also to recognize event information related to the music for each user. can do.

  Therefore, the users can easily search for the common music while recognizing the event information of the music common to each other.

  Also, the music related information is information indicating at least one of the number information indicating the number of music information and the attribute information of the music information, so what kind of music information is how many Thus, a user who is trying to select a song can easily visually check. For example, in correspondence with the event information, it is possible to visually confirm how many songs were sung and how they were sung when the event occurred.

  In addition, in the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, the user related information of other users including the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed together with the event information in the singing history information indicating the history of singing by the user. Therefore, the user can easily search for music that can be sung by other users corresponding to his / her event information.

  As an example of the user related information, there is image information for identifying users such as a user's avatar screen. If the user's avatar screen is displayed, it becomes possible to happily and easily recognize who has the music information about each other.

  Furthermore, since the user whose user-related information is displayed is user-related information related to other users whose user information has been input via the user information input unit 40, information on users who are present together is displayed. . Therefore, it is possible to look back on the user's own memories, provide a topic to the attending user through common music, and select music for singing and karaoke happily.

  In addition, in the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, when trying to view the event information displayed in order of the age of another user from the event information displayed in order of the age of a certain user By selecting user information, the event information of other users can be viewed easily and easily.

  As described above, since the screen is easily switched, the event information of other users can be viewed on the switched screen.

  Further, when music related information indicating an aggregate when there are a lot of music or music related information indicating the attributes of the music is selected, music related information such as a music name and a singer name is displayed.

  Therefore, while remembering the event, the user remembers how many songs were sung in relation to the event, or how the song was sung in connection with the event. However, the music selection screen related to the event can be displayed.

  Moreover, since the display unit 30 displays age information at the same time with respect to the user's event information, it is possible to objectively grasp when the event has occurred, so the user and other users can respond to the event. It makes it easier to remember what happened during the year.

  Further, other users can grasp how old the event occurred when they were, and as a result, the number of topics increased, and karaoke can be selected and enjoyed by a plurality of users.

  Also, the user can input various events as event information into the music information, and can later reflect various events such as broken love, marriage, and childbirth as memories together with the music.

It is a figure which shows an example of a system configuration. It is an example of the block diagram of a karaoke apparatus. It is an example of the functional block diagram of a karaoke apparatus. It is an example of the flowchart explaining the operation | movement in 1st Embodiment. It is an example of the flowchart explaining the operation | movement in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen as which the other user in 1st Embodiment was selected. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which displays the information selected on the screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which displays the information selected on the screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of user information. It is a figure which shows an example of the personal chronology which used the image of the music as music related information.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the invention will be described based on the drawings. The present invention can also be applied to all electronic information devices that can download information through a wired or wireless electronic communication line.

[1. Example of system configuration]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a karaoke system 10 to which the present invention is preferably applied. As shown in FIG. 1, in the karaoke system 10, a plurality of private rooms 14a, 14b, 14c,... In a store 12 such as a karaoke box, a snack, an inn, etc. ) Karaoke devices 16 a, 16 b, 16 c, and the like (hereinafter, particularly, one or a plurality of karaoke music selection devices in the embodiment of the present invention (one device in FIG. 1)). If they are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as karaoke devices 16).

  The karaoke device 16 including the functions as a plurality of karaoke music selection devices is connected to a communication line 18 such as a public telephone line via a router 17, and is also a server of a karaoke service providing company connected to the communication line 18. Information can be communicated with the apparatus 20 via the communication line 18.

  The server device 20 of this karaoke service providing company is a server that performs basic control of storage and input / output management of digital contents (Digital Contents) such as karaoke information (music data), background video information, and information between songs, Content is regularly distributed to the karaoke device 16 via the communication line 18 and a predetermined function control program is transmitted in response to a request from the karaoke device 16.

  In addition, the karaoke system 10 includes a plurality of electronic devices 22a, 22b, 22c,... (Hereinafter simply referred to as the electronic device 22 unless otherwise distinguished). One electronic device 22 is lent to each person (group), and is used as a remote operation device of the karaoke device 16 in each private room 14 as described later.

  A LAN 24 for connecting a plurality of karaoke devices 16 to each other is laid in the store 12, and input to the karaoke device 16 from the electronic device 22 is performed by a predetermined access point 26 and LAN communication via the LAN 24. Is called.

  In addition, the karaoke system 10 has a plurality of mobile phones 28a, 28b, 28c,... That function as remote control devices for the karaoke device 16 by installing a predetermined application (hereinafter simply referred to unless otherwise distinguished). (Referred to as a mobile phone 28). These mobile telephones 28 relate to personal possession of each user who performs karaoke performance by the karaoke device 16, for example.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the karaoke apparatus 16 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a karaoke apparatus 16 includes a display unit 30 such as a CRT (Cathode-ray Tube) or TFT (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal), a video output control unit 32 such as a CRT controller, and a video information decoder. 34, a video mixer 36, a synthesizer 38 as a sound source, a microphone 40 as an audio input device, an amplifier mixer 42, a speaker 44, an operation panel 46, an input panel for processing the input signals from the operation panel 46, and the like. An output interface 48, a CPU 50 as a central processing unit, a ROM 52 as a read-only memory, a RAM 54 as a write / read memory as needed, a hard disk 56 as a storage device, a modem 58, a LAN port 60, an electronic Remote control reception for receiving a remote control signal from an input device such as device 22 or remote control device 64 A Department 62 is configured to include.

  The video output control unit 32 functions as a character video output device that outputs a character video (telop) such as a lyric character video generated by the CPU 50, and as a display control device that controls various video displays by the display unit 30. Function.

  The video information decoder 34 is a background video playback device that plays back (decodes) a predetermined background video based on the background video information stored in the hard disk 56 when the user sings a song while referring to the lyrics. The background video reproduced by the video information decoder 34 based on such background video information is sent to the video mixer 36.

  The video mixer 36 is a video synthesizing device that synthesizes the character video generated by the CPU 50 and output from the video output control unit 32 with the background video reproduced by the video information decoder 34 and displays it on the display unit 30. is there.

  The synthesizer 38 is a sound source that generates a music signal such as a performance signal of a musical instrument based on performance information of a karaoke performance song read from the hard disk 56 and transferred.

  The performance information is, for example, data in MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) format, and the music signal generated by the synthesizer 38 based on the MIDI data is converted into an analog signal and sent to the amplifier mixer 42. In the amplifier mixer 42, the transmitted music signal and the user's singing voice input via the microphone 40 are mixed, and these signals are electrically amplified and output from the speaker 44.

  The operation panel 46 allows the user of the karaoke device 16 to select a karaoke performance song that the user wants to sing, adjust the pitch of the performance song, adjust the volume balance between the performance and the song, and so on. It is an input device provided with operation buttons (switches) or knobs for performing various adjustments.

  Further, the karaoke device 16 is provided with a remote control device 64 that functions as an input device for remotely executing some functions of the operation panel 46. The remote control receiving unit 62 receives a remote control signal transmitted from the remote control device 64 and supplies it to the CPU 50.

  The association process between the karaoke device 16 and the electronic device 22 is also performed via the remote control receiving unit 62, and the electronic device 22 associated with the karaoke device 16 in this manner also functions as an input device.

  As described above, the cellular phone 28 having a function of transmitting information to the karaoke device 16 also functions as an input device. In the present embodiment, the electronic device 22, the mobile phone 28, the remote control device 64, and the like that function as the input device of the karaoke device 16 will be described below assuming that they are provided as part of the karaoke device 16. .

  The CPU 50 is a so-called microcomputer that processes and controls electronic information based on a predetermined program stored in advance in the ROM 52 while using the temporary storage function of the RAM 54.

  When a predetermined karaoke performance song is selected by the electronic device 22 or the remote control device 64, the selected karaoke performance song is registered in a reserved song table provided in the RAM 54.

  Also, the performance information and lyric information of the selected karaoke performance music are read from the hard disk 56 to the RAM 54 in accordance with the performance order of the reserved music table, and the performance is performed from the RAM 54 to the synthesizer 38 as the performance of the karaoke performance music progresses. Information is transmitted, and a lyric character video is generated based on the lyric information and sent to the video output control unit 32. At the time of music selection, a song title character video is generated and sent to the video output control unit 32, and the video information decoder 34 is controlled. A predetermined background video is played back.

  The modem 58 is a device for connecting the karaoke device 16 to the communication line 18 such as a public telephone line.

  A digital signal output from the CPU 50 is converted into an analog signal and sent to the communication line 18, and an analog signal transmitted via the communication line 18 is converted into a digital signal and supplied to the CPU 50.

  Any one of the karaoke devices 16 provided in the store 12 may have the function of the router 17 and be connected to the communication line 18 as a master commander.

  In this case, the modem 58 is required for the karaoke device 16 that functions as the master commander, but is not necessarily provided in the other karaoke devices 16 that communicate information with the server device 20 via the master commander. Also good.

  The LAN port 60 is a connector for connecting the karaoke device 16 to other devices such as the other karaoke device 16 and the electronic device 22 via the LAN 24.

  The karaoke device 16 is connected via the LAN 24 as described above, so that information can be transmitted to and received from other devices such as the other karaoke device 16 and the electronic device 22.

  For example, the music selection input from the electronic quick sample device 22 received via the access point 26 is received and stored in a reserved music table provided in the RAM 54, and the karaoke device 16 to the electronic device 22 via the access point 26. Mutual information exchange is performed between the karaoke apparatus 16 and the electronic apparatus 22 via radio waves, such as transmitting predetermined information.

  The hard disk 56 stores a karaoke database 128 for storing a large number of karaoke data (music data) for outputting karaoke performance music, and a background video database for storing a plurality of background video information (video data) for outputting a background video. Various databases such as 130 are provided.

  A predetermined karaoke device 16 (for example, karaoke device 16 a) among a plurality of karaoke devices 16 provided in a store such as a karaoke box is connected to a communication line 18 via a modem 58. New music data, video data, and the like are distributed from the server device 20 via the communication line 18 at any time so that new music can always be played, or new background video can always be output. It is stored in 56 karaoke databases 128 and the like.

  In addition, communication between the karaoke device 16a that has acquired information from the server device 20 in this way and the other karaoke devices 16 is performed via the LAN 24, and information stored in the hard disk 56 of each karaoke device 16 is shared. Thus, the contents of the karaoke database 128, the background video database 130, and the like are the same.

  The karaoke database 128 stores a large number (for example, tens of thousands of pieces) of karaoke information used for karaoke performance of the karaoke apparatus 16. The karaoke information includes, for example, performance information for generating a predetermined output sound (musical instrument performance sound) by the synthesizer 38, and lyrics for displaying the lyrics character image of the performance music along with the output of the performance music. Information, lyric color change information for sequentially displaying the lyric character video in parallel with the output of the performance song, background video specifying information for specifying the background video displayed on the back layer of the lyric character video, etc. And is identified by a music selection number that is unique to each musical piece that is a content ID.

  The background video database 130 stores a plurality of pieces of background video information for reproducing a predetermined video by the video information decoder 34. The background video information is, for example, MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) format data, and is identified by identification information unique to each video information.

[2. Explanation of processing function block of karaoke equipment]
Here, a configuration for exerting the function of the present invention will be described with reference to a functional block diagram shown in FIG.

  The storage unit 109 of the karaoke apparatus 16 having a function as a karaoke music selection apparatus represents music information related to music sung by the user, user information corresponding to the music information, music information, and a history of singing by the user corresponding to the user information. Singing history information is stored.

  In addition, the music information includes artist information, genre information, and other additional music information (song name, composer / lyricist name, genre name, announcement / broadcast age, person who became a topic, program using song information) Information such as name), and the user information of the music includes preference information indicating a user's favorite artist and genre, and is stored in the storage unit 109.

  The detailed configuration of the singing history information generated for each user will be described in detail later.

  Since such information is uploaded to the server device 20 by a company such as a karaoke information providing service company, the karaoke device 16 having a function as a karaoke music selection device downloads the uploaded information to the storage unit 109 of the karaoke device 16 in advance. Remember.

  Or if a user inputs these information into the karaoke apparatus 16 which has a function as a karaoke music selection apparatus, it may be linked | related as needed and memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 109. FIG.

  These pieces of information are stored in the server device 20, and necessary information is downloaded from the server device 20 to the storage unit 109 of the karaoke device 16 as necessary, and the karaoke device 16 having a function as a karaoke music selection device is appropriately downloaded. It is also possible to use the downloaded information.

  The user information input unit 40 functions as user information input means for inputting user information.

  The user information input to the user information input unit 40 is information consisting of arbitrary numbers and / or characters predetermined by a company such as a karaoke information providing service company, or arbitrary information such as a user name.

  The age information extraction unit 101 functions as an age information extraction unit that extracts age information corresponding to the user information input by the user information input unit 40 that functions as a user information input unit.

  Since the user information includes the date of birth of the user, the user's age is calculated from the date of birth of the user and the date of birth when the user inputs the user information via the user information input unit 40. It can be extracted as user age information.

  In addition, when there is no information regarding the date of birth of the user, the age information extraction unit 101 extracts the age information of the user from the date of registration such as user registration as the user information and the age registered by the user at that time can do.

  The event information setting unit 102 functions as an event information setting unit that sets event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extraction unit 101 that functions as an age information extraction unit.

  The age corresponding to the event is attached to the event information in advance. For example, 15 years for junior high school graduation, 18 years old for high school graduation, and 20 years old for adult ceremonies, each event from the user's current age or the user's date of birth and the current date The date of information is calculated.

  As an example, a user who is 28 years old as of March 2010 graduates from junior high school in March 1997, graduates from high school in March 2000, and is calculated as an adult ceremony in 2002. If it is set as August 25, 1981, it is possible to calculate from the birthday. In this case, information such as the 15th birthday, the 16th birthday, etc. can be given to the event. It is.

  Therefore, based on the age information extracted from the user information input from the user information input unit 40, events such as the user's birth, elementary school entrance, elementary school graduation, junior high school entrance, junior high school graduation, high school entrance, high school graduation, and an adult ceremony are recorded. The event information setting unit 102 sets the event information.

  In addition, the event information setting unit 102 has a function of setting event information input in advance when event information corresponding to age information is input in advance by the user.

  That is, the event information can be set by the user himself / herself through the event information input unit 46b.

  For example, if the user previously inputs information such as broken heart, marriage, childbirth, etc. as event information along with the user's own age or date when the event occurred, the association unit 108 The user event information and the user age information are associated with the user information and stored in the storage unit 109 or transmitted to the server device 20.

  Further, for example, the age at the time of high school graduation can be corrected using the event information input unit 46b, and the user can input the age at the time of college entrance.

  The music information extraction unit 103 functions as a music information extraction unit that extracts music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 that functions as the event information setting unit.

  For example, when extracting music information corresponding to graduation from junior high school in March 1997, refer to the date and time of singing in the singing history, and if there is a history of singing song A on February 15, 1997, 1997 It is assumed that February 15 is within an arbitrary range set in advance, and A song is extracted as music information. (In this case, music having the date of singing during the previous month of the event information (March 1997) is extracted as the corresponding music information) Of course, in addition to the singing history, content purchase It is also possible to refer to the history.

  The user singing history information is stored in the storage unit 109 in association with the user information. In addition, the singing history information includes singing date information indicating the date the user sang and music information indicating the music sung by the user.

  Therefore, the music information sung at that time can be extracted from the date on which the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 occurred and the singing history information.

  When the music information extraction unit 103 extracts music information, the period corresponding to the event information can be set to an arbitrary period such as a date unit, a week unit, or a month unit.

  For example, the music information sung on the day when the event information occurred is extracted, the music information sung in the week before and after the event information occurs, and the music information sung on the day when the event information occurs. You may make it extract, and may make it extract the music information sung in the year when event information occurred.

  The setting of these periods can be set in advance by a company such as a karaoke information providing service company, or can be input by the user via the karaoke apparatus 16.

  The display unit 30 functions as a display unit that displays the event information in chronological order and displays music related information related to the music information corresponding to the event information.

  That is, the display unit 30 displays the event information in chronological order, and displays music related information corresponding to the event information.

  The music information classification unit 104 has a function of classifying music related information as information indicating characteristics common to music information corresponding to event information. .

  Further, it has a function as music related information generating means for generating music related information related to music information from music information corresponding to the event information extracted by the music information extraction unit 103.

The music related information is information indicating characteristics common to the music information corresponding to the event information,
Characters, graphics, symbols, colors, or combinations thereof are displayed on the display unit 30 in a state that is easy for the user to visually recognize.

  The music related information is information indicating at least one of information indicating the number of the music information corresponding to the event information in size and attribute information of the music information.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the number of music information corresponding to the event information is large, the music related information is information displayed in a large figure, and when the number of music information corresponding to the event information is small The music related information is information displayed in small figures.

  The music information corresponding to the event information includes the following attribute information.

  For example, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes lyric information indicating a sad tone or sad feeling, the displayed music-related information includes kanji indicating sadness, for example, “sad” as attribute information of the music information. Are displayed in the music-related information area. In addition, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes lyric information indicating a pleasant musical tone or a pleasant feeling, the displayed music-related information includes kanji indicating that it is fun, for example, “Raku” as attribute information of the music information Are displayed in the music-related information area. In addition, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes a melody that expresses joy or lyric information that indicates joy, the displayed music related information includes kanji indicating joy, for example, attribute information of the music information. Display the word “happy” in the music related information area.

  Note that the attribute information of the music information is not limited to a single kanji character, and a plurality of kanji characters, arbitrary alphanumeric characters, and symbols indicating attributes can be used.

  The music information classification unit 104 as music information comparison means compares the music information for each of a plurality of users corresponding to the event information, and whether or not at least one music information is included in the music information for each of the plurality of users in common. It has a function to determine whether.

  In addition, the display unit 30 has a function of distinguishing and displaying, for each user, event information and music related information regarding a plurality of users whose user information has been input by the user information input unit 40.

  As an example, as a method for distinguishing and displaying music related information for each user, there are methods such as changing the color of the music related information for each user or changing the displayed shape.

  In addition, when it is determined that at least one piece of music information is commonly included in the piece of music information for each of the plurality of users, the display unit 30 includes at least the piece of music related information related to the at least one piece of music information. It has a function to display a part of it overlapping.

  As an example, when the music AAAA included in the event information of the user A is also included in the event information of the user B, the music related information of the user A and a part of the music related information of the user B are overlapped. indicate.

  In this case, the overlapped portion may be changed corresponding to the number of music pieces included in common. For example, when the number of songs included in common is large, the area of the overlapping portion is enlarged, and when all the songs are common, the music related information of user A and the music of user B Overlay all relevant information.

  Further, the event information of the user A and the event information of the user B may be common event information or different event information.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 10, the event information of the user A and the event information of the user B are common event information such as an adult ceremony or broken heart, and the age is 1997 as shown in FIG. When the event information of the user A in the year is a junior high school graduation and the event information of the user B is broken love, there is a case where at least a part of the related information is displayed in a superimposed manner.

  In addition, the display unit 30 has the music specified by the music information corresponding to the event information in the singing history information, and the user related information related to other users whose user information is input via the user information input unit 40. It has a function to display.

  As an example of the user related information, there is image information for identifying users such as a user's avatar screen.

  If the user's avatar screen is displayed in the vicinity of the display position of the music related information corresponding to the event information, it can be enjoyed and easily recognized that the event information includes music information common to a plurality of users.

  Moreover, since the user who displays user related information is the user related information regarding other users whose user information has been input via the user information input unit 40, information between users who are sitting together and enjoying karaoke Is displayed. Therefore, the user can not only look back on his / her memories but also provide a topic to the attending user through common music, and select music for singing and karaoke happily.

  Moreover, since the music which other users who are present can sing is displayed, the conversation between the users can be interrupted, and everyone can happily select and sing karaoke.

  Note that the display unit 30 has in the content purchase history of purchasing content such as music data and CDs that have been received by the music information specified by the music information corresponding to the event information, and the user information is received via the user information input unit 40. You may have the function to display the user relevant information regarding the other user input.

  According to this configuration, in the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, the music purchase information corresponding to the event information is included in the content purchase history in which the user has purchased content such as song data, CD, etc. Since the user-related information of the user is displayed together with the event information, the user can easily search for music that other users corresponding to his / her event information are interested in.

  Further, when the user-related information of another user is selected by the user information selection unit 106, the display unit 30 displays the selected event information of the other user in chronological order, and the event information of the other user. Has a function of displaying music related information related to music information corresponding to.

  That is, the display of the event information can be switched for each user by the display unit 30. As an example, the screen displayed on the display unit 30 in FIG. 6 is a screen showing the event information of the user B, but user switching as an example of the user related information of the user A displayed on the screen of FIG. When the image area 200 is selected, the screen displayed on the display unit 30 is switched, and a screen showing the event information of the user A is displayed (from the chronology of the user B in FIG. 6 to the chronology of the user A). Is displayed).

  Further, the display unit 30 has a function of displaying the music information corresponding to the event information when the music information is selected by the user information selection unit 106.

  As an example, when the user selects a circle 201 as music-related information on which a character “2001” in which user B is married is displayed on the display screen of the event information of user B in FIG. 30 displays the screen of FIG.

  In the screen of FIG. 7, along with information such as the song name and singer name of the song included in the song information, the user name, the age such as the Christian era, the age of the user, the event information, the happy song common to the displayed song, the fun song, Attribute information such as sad songs is displayed.

  In this way, a list of music information is displayed in an easy-to-read manner for the user, and the music attributes and event information are also displayed when the music is selected, so the user can sing with such feeling in any case The music can be selected while confirming whether or not.

  In addition, on the screen on which the list of music information is displayed, a portion such as “karaoke music selection” indicating an area in which the music should be selected in order for the displayed music to be played on the karaoke device, A portion such as “portable content” indicating an area in which music is to be selected in order to be downloaded to a portable electronic information device such as a mobile phone of the user B who is the user whose content information is displayed in FIG. 7 is displayed. A portion such as “information display” indicating an area to be selected in order to display information such as concert information related to the current music and / or singer may be displayed together with information such as music information.

  In addition, the music information to be displayed includes music that has different version information, music that has different performances, music that has different recorded times, singers other than music that the user sings and music attribute information completely matches It may be a different song.

  Further, the display unit 30 is characterized by displaying age information at the same time.

  As an example, as displayed in FIG. 8 and the like, age information such as the Christian era is displayed together with other information such as event information.

  If age information such as the Christian era is displayed together with the event information, each user can easily grasp the event information displayed on the display unit 30 at the age of each user. In addition, it is possible to remember other performing arts corresponding to the event information, current news, and the like.

  The selection unit 106 functions as user information selection means for selecting user-related information of other users displayed on the display unit 30.

  The user selects user-related information of another user displayed on the display unit 30 via the input unit 46a, and the selection unit 106 detects which user information is selected. Then, information regarding the selected user is displayed on the display unit 30. For example, the personal chronology of FIG. 6 etc. of the selected user may be displayed.

  The selection unit 106 functions as a music related information selection unit that selects music related information displayed on the display unit 30.

  The user selects music related information displayed on the display unit 30 via the input unit 46a, and the selection unit 106 detects which music related information is selected. And the information regarding the music related information selected on the display part 30 is displayed. For example, music information such as FIG. 7 may be displayed.

  The associating unit 108 associates the user event information and the user age information with the user information, stores them in the storage unit 109, and / or transfers the information to the server device 20.

  If the user information input to the user information input unit 40 is not registered as a regular member, the associating unit 108 interrupts the subsequent processing without continuing or displays an error message. It is also possible to wait for the input of the next user information.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the karaoke music selection apparatus having the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company, the user's singing history is referred to, the personal chronology based on the user's age is created, Since it is possible to display the presence of music that is of interest to the user, it is possible to select karaoke music based on the displayed personal chronology.

  When logged in by a plurality of users, information on other users is also displayed on the chronology, and music that can be sung by the user common to the user's singing history is visually displayed on the chronology.

  In other words, when multiple users are logged in, songs related to other users who are present are also displayed via the event information, so it is possible to provide a topic that is common to users who are present. You can select and sing karaoke while having a fun conversation.

  Moreover, since the music which other users who are present can sing is displayed, the conversation between the users can be interrupted, and everyone can happily select and sing karaoke.

  In addition, after registering the event information in the karaoke system, the chronological table will continue to be updated in the karaoke system, so the user can visually enjoy the reflection of singing such a song while watching the personal chronology. it can.

[3. Example of flowchart showing processing operations]
Next, in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in the karaoke device 16 as the karaoke music selection device of the present application, the user's age information is extracted from the input user information, and event information corresponding to the extracted age information is set. Karaoke music selection device that extracts music information corresponding to the set event information, displays the event information in chronological order, and displays information such as music related information related to the music information corresponding to the event information The operation | movement outline | summary of the karaoke apparatus 16 including the function as will be described.

  Note that the functions described in FIGS. 4 and 5 can be executed in the server device 20. In this case, the karaoke information providing service company can provide a service in which music is selected from the event information based on the user information on the network via the server device 20.

  In addition, the following processing procedure, which is a specific processing procedure that can be realized when the present invention is applied, is an example, and there are innumerable other processing procedures that can be realized.

(First embodiment)
First, in step S1 of FIG. 4, the user inputs user information such as a user ID and logs in via the user information input unit 40 such as the operation panel 46 of the karaoke apparatus 16 having the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company. To do.

  The age information extraction unit 101 extracts age information corresponding to the user information input by the user information input unit 40 that functions as a user information input unit.

  Note that the user information input operation in step S1 can be executed by a user terminal (not shown). In this case, this user terminal is connected to the karaoke apparatus 16 or the server apparatus 20 that executes the processes in and after step S1 by wireless or wired connection.

  In step S2, the event information setting unit 102 sets event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting unit 101 functioning as an age information extracting unit.

  The event information to be set includes event information such as birth, elementary school entrance, elementary school graduation, junior high school entrance, junior high school graduation, high school entrance, high school graduation, and adult ceremony.

  The operation of the karaoke device 16 from the operation of extracting the age information in step S1 to the classification of the music information in step S4 can be executed by the server device 20 including a function as a karaoke music selection device.

  In step S3, the music information extraction unit 103 extracts music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 functioning as an event information setting unit.

  The singing history information of the user includes singing date information indicating the date the user sang and music information indicating the music sung by the user.

  Therefore, the music information that the user sang at that time can be extracted from the date when the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 occurred and the singing history information.

  In step S4, the display unit 30 classifies the music information based on the characteristics common to the music information corresponding to the event information extracted in step S3, and displays the music related information information indicating the characteristics of the classified music information.

  The music-related information information is displayed on the display unit 30 in a state that is easy for the user to visually recognize using characters, figures, symbols, colors, or combinations thereof.

  The features common to the music information include, for example, the image and genre of the music information, and the image and genre common to the music information are displayed as the music related information information.

  In addition, the display unit 30 displays the event information in chronological order, and displays music related information in correspondence with the event information.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the size of a circle displayed as music related information is changed according to the number of music information corresponding to the event information.

  In addition, when the music information corresponding to the event information includes lyric information indicating a pleasant musical tone or a pleasant feeling, the displayed music-related information includes kanji indicating that it is fun, for example, “Raku” as attribute information of the music information Are displayed in the music-related information area.

  For example, it is the character and circle of “Raku” of the music related information in 2000 in FIG.

  Further, the display unit 30 displays age information at the same time.

  As an example, as displayed in FIG. 6 and the like, age information such as the Christian era is displayed together with other information such as event information.

  Moreover, the genre common to music information can also be displayed as music related information information.

  In step S <b> 5, the display unit 30 displays the user's avatar image as the user related information so as to overlap the music related information or in the vicinity of the music related information as shown in FIG. 6 and the like. By displaying the user-related information superimposed on the music-related information or in the vicinity of the music-related information, it is possible to easily visually recognize which user has sung the music-related information.

  In addition to the user avatar image, the user name may be displayed as the user related information.

  Further, the display unit 30 can display a user switching image area 200 for selecting which user event information is displayed as the user related information as shown in FIG.

  In the user switching image area 200 as user related information, information for identifying a user who is present in the karaoke box is displayed. In FIG. 6, the name of the user is displayed as information for identifying the user.

  When the user-related information of another user displayed on the display unit 30 is selected, the display unit 30 switches the displayed image and displays the event information of the selected other user in chronological order. The music related information related to the music information corresponding to the event information of other users is displayed.

  As an example, when user-related information of user B is selected on the chronology screen of user A, the chronology screen of user B is switched as shown in FIG.

  Thus, when trying to view the event information of other users displayed in chronological order from the event information displayed in chronological order of a certain user, by selecting user related information, It becomes possible to view the event information of other users easily and easily.

  As described above, since the screen is easily switched, the event information of other users can be browsed in order of the age on the switched screen.

  In step S6, when the music related information indicating the aggregate when there are many music displayed on the display unit 30 or the music related information indicating the attribute of the music is selected, the display unit 30 is displayed. The music related information such as the music title and singer name is displayed.

  As an example, in 2001 of the screen of FIG. 6 showing the chronological screen of the user B, a group of classified music information includes a circle 201 including characters of “happy” including information such as “happy” tune or lyrics. 7 is displayed, a list of songs including information such as “happy” tunes or lyrics that user B sang in 2001 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

(Second Embodiment)
In step S7 of FIG. 5, a plurality of users input user information such as user IDs and log in via the user information input unit 40 such as the operation panel 46 of the karaoke apparatus 16 having the service provided by the karaoke information providing service company. To do.

  The age information extraction unit 101 extracts age information corresponding to the user information input by the user information input unit 40 functioning as a user information input unit from a plurality of users.

  In step S8, the event information setting unit 102 sets event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting unit 101 functioning as an age information extracting unit for each of a plurality of users.

  The event information to be set includes event information such as birth, elementary school entrance, elementary school graduation, junior high school entrance, junior high school graduation, high school entrance, high school graduation, and adult ceremony.

  In step S9, the music information extraction unit 103 extracts music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 functioning as an event information setting unit.

  The singing history information of the user includes singing date information indicating the date the user sang and music information indicating the music sung by the user.

  Therefore, the music information that the user sang at that time can be extracted from the date when the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 occurred and the singing history information.

  In step S10, the display unit 30 classifies the music information for each of a plurality of users with characteristics common to the music information corresponding to the event information extracted in step S3, and shows music-related information indicating the characteristics of the classified music information. Is displayed.

  The features common to the music information include, for example, the image and genre of the music information, and the image and genre common to the music information are displayed as the music related information information.

  In addition, the display unit 30 displays the event information in chronological order, and displays music related information in correspondence with the event information.

  Moreover, since it logs in with several users, the event information of the users who are present is distinguished and displayed. See FIG. 8 for an example. Accordingly, the user can refer to the personal chronology of other users at the same time while referring to his / her personal chronology.

  Note that the event information may be displayed on the display unit 30 by changing the color of the event information for each user or changing the shape of the event information so that the event information for each user can be easily distinguished.

  In this way, since the user can know the event information of other users corresponding to the event information of his / her personal chronology, the conversation between the users who are present can play and the music can be selected happily. As an example of FIG. 8, when the event information of the user A is an adult type in 2001, the event information of the user B who is another user is marriage.

  In step S11, when there is common music information among music related information of different users in the same age, a part of the music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 8, when there is a music common to the music included in the music related information 202 of the user A in 1997 and the music included in the music related information 203 of the user B User A's music related information 202 and user B's music related information 203 are partly displayed (overlapping area 204).

  The overlap area 204 is displayed in a different color from the music related information 202 of the user A and the music related information 203 of the user B, or a symbol such as a diagonal line is displayed only in the overlap area 204, and May be displayed differently so that the user can easily see the overlapping area 204.

  In step S12, when the overlap area 204 displayed on the display unit 30 is selected, the display unit 30 switches the displayed image, and the music name, singer name, etc. common to the user A and the user B are displayed. Displays music related information.

As an example, FIG. 9 is a screen displayed when the overlapping area 204 in FIG. 8 is selected and displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, a list of common songs sung by user A and user B in 1997 is displayed.
(Third embodiment)
In step S13 (not shown), a plurality of users log in by inputting user information such as user IDs through the user information input unit 40 such as the operation panel 46 of the karaoke apparatus 16 having a service provided by the karaoke information providing service company. .

  The age information extraction unit 101 extracts age information corresponding to the user information input by the user information input unit 40 functioning as a user information input unit from a plurality of users.

  In step S14 (not shown), the event information setting unit 102 sets event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting unit 101 functioning as an age information extracting unit for each of a plurality of users.

  In step S15 (not shown), the music information extraction unit 103 extracts music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 functioning as event information setting means.

  The singing history information of the user includes singing date information indicating the date the user sang and music information indicating the music sung by the user.

  Therefore, the music information that the user sang at that time can be extracted from the date when the event information set by the event information setting unit 102 occurred and the singing history information.

  In step S16 (not shown), the display unit 30 classifies the music information for each of the plurality of users with characteristics common to the music information corresponding to the event information extracted in step S3, and shows the characteristics of the classified music information. Display related information.

  The features common to the music information include, for example, the image and genre of the music information, and the image and genre common to the music information are displayed as the music related information information.

  In the present embodiment, event information is displayed in order of age, but age information is not displayed. As an example, referring to FIG. 10, if there is event information common to a plurality of users, one event information is displayed. In FIG. 10, when there is a junior high school graduation as event information common to user A and user B, the junior high school graduation year of user A is different from the junior high school graduation year of user B. Is displayed. The music related information is displayed for each user in association with the horizontal axis of the event information in FIG.

  Thus, when the user's event information is common with the event information of other users, the user can easily visually recognize the common event information due to the presence of other users' music related information corresponding to the event information. As a result, conversations between users who are present at the same event information across generations can be enjoyed and music can be selected happily.

  In step S16 (not shown), when there is common music information among music related information with different users in the same event information, a part of the music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 10, when there is a song common to the song included in the song related information 205 of the user A and the song included in the song related information 206 of the user B, the user A The music related information 205 of Mr. and a part of the music related information 206 of the user B are overlapped and displayed (overlapping area 207).

  The overlap area 207 is displayed in a different color from the music related information 205 of the user A and the music related information 206 of the user B, or a symbol such as a hatched line is displayed only in the overlap area 207, May be displayed differently so that the user can easily recognize the overlapping area 207.

  In step S18 (not shown), when the overlapping area 207 displayed on the display unit 30 is selected, the display unit 30 switches the displayed image, and the song name and singer common to the user A and the user B are displayed. Displays music related information such as names.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in a karaoke song selection apparatus having a service provided by a karaoke information providing service company, a user's singing history is referred to and a personal chronology based on the user's age is created. Since the presence of a song of interest to the user can be displayed on the table, karaoke music selection can be performed based on the displayed personal chronology.

  When logged in by a plurality of users, information on other users is also displayed on the chronology, and music that can be sung by the user common to the user's singing history is visually displayed on the chronology.

  In other words, when multiple users are logged in, songs related to other users who are present are also displayed via the event information, so it is possible to provide a topic that is common to users who are present. You can select and sing karaoke while having a fun conversation.

  Moreover, since the music which other users who are present can sing is displayed, the conversation between the users can be interrupted, and everyone can happily select and sing karaoke.

  In addition, after registering the event information in the karaoke system, the chronological table will continue to be updated in the karaoke system, so the user can visually enjoy the reflection of singing such a song while watching the personal chronology. it can.

[4. Example of screen displayed on display unit 30 and the like]
Next, FIGS. 6 to 10 show examples of screens displayed on the display unit 30 and the like in steps S4 to S6 in FIG. 4, steps S10 to S12 in FIG. 5, and steps S16 to S18 (not shown).

<Display Example 1 of First Embodiment>
FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a mode in which the personal chronology of the user B is displayed when the user B, which is another user, is selected.

  In FIG. 6, like the personal chronology of user A, the music related information information indicating the characteristics of the music information classified by the characteristics common to the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed in a circle. Is displayed with a single kanji character indicating attribute information common to the music information included in the circle.

  In FIG. 6, when there is a lot of music information in one music group having common attribute information corresponding to the event information, the displayed music related information is displayed large, and the music information corresponding to the event information is small. The music related information to be displayed is displayed small. In this case, the size of the displayed music related information may be larger or smaller in proportion to the number of music information included.

  For example, the event information of the user B in 2003 in FIG. 6 and the circle 212 that is music related information corresponding to childbirth are shown to be a music group including lyrics information indicating a happy tone or a happy feeling. The word “happy” is displayed in a circle 212.

  Moreover, since the music included in the circle 212 includes music included in the singing history of the user A, the avatar image 213 of the user A, which is user-related information indicating the user A, is displayed.

  Further, in FIG. 6, age information 214 such as the Christian era is displayed together with other information such as event information, and the event information of user B is displayed corresponding to the year of the age information 214.

  For example, the year 1975 is the year when user B was born, the year 1992 was the middle school year when user B graduated from junior high school, and the year 1995 was the year when user B graduated from high school. Yes, the year 1996 is the year when User B grew up, the year 1997 was the year when User B was broken, the year 2001 was the year when User B was married, and the years 2003 and 2006 Is displayed as the year when user B gave birth.

  Further, so that FIG. 6 is easy to understand that the personal chronology of the user B, the avatar image 215 of the user B, which is user-related information indicating the user B, is easily visible to the user in the upper right of the figure. It is displayed.

  Below user A's avatar image 215, a user switching image area 216 for selecting which event information related to which user is displayed is displayed as user related information.

  In the user switching image area 216 as user related information, information for identifying a user who is present in the karaoke box is displayed. In FIG. 6, the name of the user is displayed as information for identifying the user.

  For example, when user A is selected in the user switching image area 200 that is user-related information on the chronology screen of user B in FIG. 6, the screen is switched to a screen showing the personal chronology of user A.

  Further, when the user related information 213 of the user A displayed on the screen of FIG. 6 is selected, the screen displayed on the display unit 30 is switched, and a screen showing the personal chronology of the user A is displayed. You may do it.

  Furthermore, in FIG. 6, when music related information is selected by the user information selection unit 106, the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed.

  As an example, when the user selects a circle 201 that is music-related information in which the character “happy” in 2001 when user B is married is displayed on the display screen of the event information of user B in FIG. 30 displays the screen of FIG.

<Display Example 2 of First Embodiment>
In the screen of FIG. 7, along with information such as the song name and singer name of the song included in the song information, the user name, the age such as the Christian era, the age of the user, the event information, the happy song common to the displayed song, the fun song, Attribute information such as sad songs is displayed.

  In this way, a list of music information is displayed in an easy-to-read manner for the user, and the music attributes and event information are also displayed when the music is selected, so the user can sing with such feeling in any case The music can be selected while confirming whether or not.

  In addition, on the screen on which the list of music information is displayed, a portion such as “karaoke music selection” indicating an area in which the music should be selected in order for the displayed music to be played on the karaoke device, A portion such as “portable content” indicating an area in which music is to be selected in order to be downloaded to a portable electronic information device such as a mobile phone of the user B who is the user whose content information is displayed in FIG. 7 is displayed. A portion such as “information display” indicating an area to be selected in order to display information such as concert information relating to the current music and / or singer is displayed together with information such as music information.

  Moreover, when there is much music information, you may make it display over several pages.

<Display Example 1 of Second Embodiment>
FIG. 8 shows the personal chronology of the user A who is present with the personal chronology of the user A based on the common age information 221 such as the Christian era.

  The event information is displayed in a different color for each of user A and user B.

  That is, when a plurality of users are logged in, event information of users who are present is distinguished and displayed. Accordingly, the user can refer to the personal chronology of other users at the same time while referring to his / her personal chronology.

  Note that the event information may be displayed on the display unit 30 by changing the shape of the event information for each user so that the event information for each user can be easily distinguished.

  In this way, since the user can know the event information of other users corresponding to the event information of his / her personal chronology, the conversation between the users who are present can play and the music can be selected happily. As an example of FIG. 8, when the event information of the user A is an adult type in 2001, the event information of the user B who is another user is marriage.

  In the same year, when there is common music information among different music related information for different users, a part of the music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner.

  As shown in FIG. 8, since there is a song that is common to the song related information 202 of the user A in 1997 and the song included in the song related information 203 of the user B, there is a user A's The music related information 202 and part of the music related information 203 of the user B are overlapped and displayed (overlapping area 204).

  The overlap area 204 is displayed in a different color from the music related information 202 of the user A and the music related information 203 of the user B, or a symbol such as a diagonal line is displayed only in the overlap area 204, and Are displayed differently so that the user can easily see the overlapping area 204.

  When the overlapping area 204 displayed in FIG. 8 is selected, the display unit 30 switches the displayed image to display music-related information such as a song name and a singer name common to the user A and the user B. Displayed as shown in FIG. That is, the common music which user A and user B sang in 1997 is displayed as a list.

<Display Example 2 of Second Embodiment>
FIG. 9 is a display screen when the overlapping area 204 displayed in FIG. 8 is selected, and the names of songs and singers sung in common by user A and user B in 1997 It is a screen on which music related information such as is displayed in a list.

  In the screen of FIG. 9, the user name, the age such as the Christian era, the user's age, and the event information are displayed together with information such as the song name and singer name of the song included in the song information.

  In this way, a list of music information is displayed in an easy-to-read manner for the user, and even when a music is selected, the event information is also displayed. Therefore, the user can check the music while confirming when the song was sung. Can be selected.

  Moreover, since the topic regarding the music sung in common between users is provided, it becomes a topic of conversation, and also makes the opportunity to enjoy karaoke among users happily.

<Display Example 1 of Third Embodiment>
FIG. 10 shows an embodiment in which event information is displayed in chronological order, but no age information is displayed. Referring to FIG. 10, if there is event information common to a plurality of users, one event information is displayed. In FIG. 10, when there is a junior high school graduation as event information common to user A and user B, the junior high school graduation year of user A is different from the junior high school graduation year of user B. There is no junior high school graduation as event information that has a song that is common to user A and user B as event information.

  The music related information is displayed for each user as shown in FIG. 10 in association with the horizontal axis of the event information in FIG.

  Moreover, since it logs in with several users, the event information of the users who are present is distinguished and displayed. As an example, the display color of the event information can be changed for each user as shown in FIG. 10, and the shape of the event information can be changed for each user.

  When there is common music information among music related information of different users in the same age, a part of the music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when there is a broken heart as common event information, the music included in the music related information 205 of the user A and the music included in the music related information 206 of the user B If there is, a part of the music related information 205 of the user A and a part of the music related information 206 of the user B are overlapped and displayed (overlapping area 207).

  The overlap area 207 is displayed in a different color from the music related information 205 of the user A and the music related information 206 of the user B, or a symbol such as a hatched line is displayed only in the overlap area 207, May be displayed differently so that the user can easily recognize the overlapping area 207.

  When the overlapping area 207 displayed on the display unit 30 is selected, the display unit 30 switches the displayed image, and music related information such as a music name and a singer name common to the user A and the user B is displayed. A screen 15 for displaying is displayed.

  Thus, when the user's event information is common with the event information of other users, the user can easily visually recognize the common event information due to the presence of other users' music related information corresponding to the event information. As a result, conversations between users who are present at the same event information across generations can be enjoyed and music can be selected happily.

<Example of personal chronology>
FIG. 12 shows a display example of an individual chronology.

In FIG. 12, of the music information corresponding to the event information, the music related information is displayed for each of the music images (fun (easy), happy (joy), sad (sad), scary (fear)...). Indicates the case. In FIG. 12, music related information with similar image of music is displayed nearby. As an example, with respect to the music related information of 2005 in FIG. 12, “sad” and “lonely” with similar music images are displayed nearby. Also, music related information that does not resemble the music image is displayed far away. As an example, “Easy” and “Sad” in which the image of the 2005 song in FIG. 12 does not resemble are displayed in the distance. Also, among the music information corresponding to the event information, the music genre (enka, J-POP, In some cases, music-related information is displayed for each rock, fork, etc.). In this case, music related information with similar music genres is displayed nearby. As an example, “Rock” and “Hard Rock” with similar genres of music are displayed nearby. Also, music related information whose music genre is not similar is displayed far away. As an example, “Rock” and “Enka” whose music genres are not similar are displayed far away.

  In addition, among the music information corresponding to the event information, the music related information may be displayed for each artist. In this case, the user can recall that he was addicted to such an artist at that time and can enjoy karaoke music selection. If there is a lot of music information corresponding to the event information, only the top few artists who sang the most may be displayed. When the artist attributes (solo female artist, solo male artist, visual band, etc.) are similar, the music related information is displayed near, and when not similar, the music related information is displayed far away.

  Moreover, the music title may be displayed among the music information corresponding to the event information. In this case, since the song name can be visually recognized directly from the chronological table, there is an effect that it is easier to select a song. Since there are many sung songs, only the most sung songs and the top few songs may be displayed. When the singing artist is the same song, the music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner.

[5. Example of user information (including singing history information)]
Next, FIG. 11 shows an example of user information (including information such as singing history information) used in the present embodiment.

  The user information is stored in the storage unit 109 of the hard disk 56 or the storage unit (not shown) of the server device 20, and the server device 20 that can execute the functions of the CPU 50 of the karaoke device 16 or the CPU 50 of the karaoke device 16. The CPU (not shown) refers to when executing the function.

  FIG. 11 is an example of a data table showing the configuration of user information including the user's singing history. The user information in FIG. 11 is created for each user, and the user name is specified by user information such as a user ID. In the column of music, information such as the name of the music sung by the user in the past with the karaoke apparatus 16 and the music selection number of the music is described.

  For example, in the case where the title of the song selected by the user and sung by the user is “BCD”, the song “BCD” is included in the user information together with the song selection number “1236”.

  Moreover, when the user specified by user information sings each music, the scoring result scored by the karaoke device 16 is included in the user information as the scoring number.

  Further, each piece of music includes information such as the artist and genre of the music.

  The user information includes user preference information. The user's preference information can be directly input to the karaoke apparatus by the user. Further, the CPU 50 of the karaoke apparatus 16 or the CPU (not shown) of the server apparatus 20 capable of executing the function of the CPU 50 of the karaoke apparatus 16 automatically from information such as artist and genre corresponding to the music sung by the user. It is also possible to search and register information such as artist and genre that the user is singing frequently as user preference information and include it in the user information.

  The other information shown in FIG. 11 includes additional music information (song name, composition / lyricist name, genre name, announcement / broadcasting age, person who became the main topic, name of the program in which the song information is used, etc. Information).

  Furthermore, in the other information in FIG. 11, when the music information includes lyric information indicating a sad tune or a sad feeling, the information “sad” is included to that effect. In addition, when the music information includes melody information indicating a pleasant musical tone or a pleasant feeling, the characters “fun” which is information to that effect are included. In addition, when the music information includes a tune that expresses happiness or lyric information that indicates joy, the words “happy”, which is information to that effect, are included.

  Further, each information in FIG. 11 can be referred to each other by address information.

  As described above, the CPU 50 of the karaoke device 16 or the CPU (not shown) of the server device 20 capable of executing the function of the CPU 50 of the karaoke device 16 by the example of the user information data table described above is the user information, singing history information. Thus, information such as music information, artist information, genre information, and preference information can be freely searched and extracted.

  In the present invention, the music information may be displayed in chronological order corresponding to the event information without displaying the music related information.

  In addition, when there is no music information of the user corresponding to the event information, the music information ranked in the singing ranking corresponding to the age is extracted, or the music information having information corresponding to the event information is extracted. May be. Then, the extracted music information may be displayed, or the music related information of the music information may be displayed.

  Moreover, the display in 1st Embodiment, 2nd Embodiment, and 3rd Embodiment can be freely switched and displayed by a user operating a karaoke music selection apparatus.

  In addition, the chronological table can be switched with all logged-in users as the main axis. Moreover, when a user does not want to make public, it can also restrict | limit so that it can browse only from the screen which only certain users, such as my page, can browse.

  Since the input user ID information is associated with identification (ID) information that the user has, if the electronic device is connected to the network, the user ID information can be entered anywhere and anytime by inputting the user identification information. Information related to the user can be read based on the identified identification information.

  Therefore, not only users who are present at the karaoke box, but also when logged in users are away from each other and are enjoying each other using communication means. The present invention can be applied.

  4 and 5 are recorded in advance on a recording medium such as a hard disk or recorded in advance via a network such as the Internet, and this is read out and executed by a general-purpose microcomputer or the like. Accordingly, it is possible to cause the general-purpose microcomputer or the like to function as the CPU according to the embodiment.

  In addition, transmission / reception of information between electronic information devices is not limited to wired or wireless, and information can be transmitted / received by any method.

16 ... Karaoke device 30 ... Display unit 40 ... User information input unit 101 ... Age information extraction unit 102 ... Event information setting unit 103 ... Music information extraction unit

Claims (9)

A karaoke music selection device,
User information input means for inputting user information;
Age information extraction means for extracting age information included in the user information input by the user information input means;
Event information setting means for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting means;
Music information extracting means for extracting music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting means;
Music-related information generating means for generating music-related information related to the music information from the music information corresponding to the event information extracted by the music information extracting means;
Displaying the event information in order of units representing time, display means for displaying the music related information generated by the music related information generating means related to the music information corresponding to the event information,
A karaoke music selection apparatus comprising: In the karaoke music selection apparatus of Claim 1,
The music-related information generating means generates the music-related information for each common attribute information when at least two or more pieces of music information corresponding to the event information have common attribute information. A karaoke song selection device. In the karaoke music selection apparatus of Claim 1 or 2,
The karaoke music selection apparatus, wherein the display unit controls display of the music related information according to relevance of the music related information. In the karaoke music selection apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The karaoke music selection apparatus characterized in that the display means distinguishes and displays the event information and the music related information related to a plurality of users whose user information is input by the user information input means for each user. In the karaoke music selection apparatus of Claim 4,
Music information comparison means for comparing the music information for each of the plurality of users corresponding to the event information and determining whether or not at least one music information is included in the music information for each of the plurality of users in common. In addition,
In the case where it is determined by the music information comparison means that at least one piece of music information is commonly included in the music information for each of the plurality of users, the display means relates to the at least one piece of music information. A karaoke music selection apparatus, wherein at least part of music related information is displayed in an overlapping manner. In the karaoke music selection apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5,
The music related information is information in a visually recognizable manner indicating at least one of information indicating the number of the music information corresponding to the event information in size and attribute information of the music information. Karaoke song selection device. In the karaoke music selection apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6,
Music-related information selection means for selecting the music-related information displayed on the display means;
A karaoke music selection apparatus, wherein when the music related information is selected by the music related information selection means, the music information corresponding to the event information is displayed. A method for controlling a karaoke music selection device,
A user information input process in which user information is input;
An age information extraction step of extracting age information corresponding to the user information input in the user information input step;
An event information setting step for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted in the age information extraction step;
A music information extraction step for extracting music information corresponding to the event information set in the event information setting step;
A music related information generating step for generating music related information related to the music information from the music information corresponding to the event information extracted in the music information extracting step;
Displaying the event information in order of units representing time, and displaying the music related information generated in the music related information generating step related to the music information corresponding to the event information; and
A method for controlling a karaoke music selection apparatus, comprising: A control program for a karaoke music selection device,
User information input means for inputting user information,
Age information extraction means for extracting age information corresponding to the user information input by the user information input means;
Event information setting means for setting event information corresponding to the age information extracted by the age information extracting means;
Music information extraction means for extracting music information corresponding to the event information set by the event information setting means;
Music-related information generating means for generating music-related information related to the music information from the music information corresponding to the event information extracted by the music information extracting means;
Display means for displaying the event information in order of units representing time, and displaying music related information generated by the music related information generating means related to the music information corresponding to the event information,
A control program for a karaoke music selection apparatus, characterized in that