KR100363705B1 - Automatic juke box linked with communication network and signal reproducing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic electronic recording system connected to a communication network and a method for reproducing a signal thereof. The present invention relates to a full-axis for reproducing selected music on a speaker by selecting music through subtitles output from a monitor. Server means provided with a large amount of information related to the; Communication means for exchanging signals with said server means; Storage means for storing signals exchanged through the communication means; Selection means for selecting music displayed on the monitor while being linked to a signal stored in the storage means; And control means for controlling the communication means for outputting the selected music from the speaker or by exchanging a signal with the server means by an operation in the selecting means, whereby a server to which a communication network such as the Internet is connected is connected. By receiving a variety of music from the storage means by storing the music in the storage means, there is an advantage that the user can select the desired music by the title, singer, genre or production company.

Description

[Automatic juke box linked with communication network and signal reproducing method]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic electronic recording system and a signal reproducing method connected to a communication network, and more particularly, to an automatic electronic recording system and a signal reproducing method connected to a communication network so as to receive a necessary music file from the communication network.

In general, an automatic electric shaft called a juke box is a device that outputs the selected music when a fee is selected and selected.

By the way, the automatic pre-shrink of the prior art, the producer has previously embedded a plurality of records such as CD or LP including the music or music in the device, and automatically outputs the music selected by the user pays a predetermined fee.

However, according to the prior art, the automatic pre-shrinkage has been a problem in that it has been difficult to have all the various tastes of the user, that is, the auto pre-recording users desired records, and the selection of the music is cumbersome. .

Therefore, an object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to receive a variety of music from the server to which the Internet, ISDN, etc. is connected and to provide a variety of music to the user, the storage means including a memory The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic electronic recording system to which a communication network is connected so that a large amount of music can be stored by storing music therein.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a signal reproduction method capable of selecting music using at least one of a title, a singer, a genre, a production company, or the like in an automatic electronic player connected to a communication network.

1 is a block diagram showing an automatic electronic shaft connected to a communication network according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a signal reproducing method of an automatic electronic shaft connected to the communication network of FIG. 1.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10 .. Server 11 .. DB Server

12 .. FTP Server 14 .. LAN Controller

15 .. LAN Controller 17 .. Hub

20 .. Communications 22 .. Modem

24 .. 3rd LAN Controller 32 .. Selection

34. Storage 36. Controls

38 .. Playback

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic electronic recording system to which the communication network of the present invention is connected comprises a communication network such as the Internet connected to the music in the speaker that reproduces the selected music by selecting music through subtitles output from the monitor. Server means provided with a large amount of related information; Communication means for exchanging signals with said server means; Storage means for storing signals exchanged through the communication means; Selection means for selecting music displayed on the monitor while being linked to a signal stored in the storage means; And control means for controlling the communication means, by which the selected music is output from the speaker or in signal exchange with the server means, by the operation in the selection means.

The selection means may include a touch screen type monitor that displays a menu on a screen to select music and touches the menu. Accordingly, the menu uses at least one of a title, a singer, a genre, or a production company. Characters such as Korean vowels, consonants, and English alphabets are displayed for selection.

In order to achieve the above object, a signal reproducing method of an automatic electronic recording system connected to a communication network of the present invention is a signal reproduction method of an automatic electronic recording system which reproduces selected music from a speaker by selecting music through subtitles output from a monitor, Exchanging a signal related to the music with a server connected through a network under a control of a preset program or a user; The signals exchanged are indexed by information including a title, a singer, a genre, a production company, etc. and stored as a digital signal such as MPEG or AAC; And a predetermined signal is selected by at least one information selected from a title, a singer, a genre, or a production company among the indexed signals according to an operation by the user, so that music and lyrics corresponding to each of the speakers and the monitor are respectively generated. It characterized in that it comprises a step of output.

In the storing step, a predetermined number of music is selected by counting the music selected by the user among the indexed and stored music, and deleting the music in the order of the highest frequency not selected according to the frequency of the selected music. The music is stored.

The output step may include a method of sequentially selecting a predetermined number of consonants in Korean to select at least one or more information selected from a title, lyrics, singer, genre or production company among the indexed signals, and a predetermined number in English. It is characterized in that the music is selected by at least one or more of the manner of selecting the alphabetic characters of the sequentially.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an automatic electronic shaft connected to a communication network according to the present invention.

As shown, the automatic electronic shaft is connected to the communication network according to the present invention, the server 10 as a server means, the communication unit 20 as a communication means, the storage unit 34 as a storage means, the selection unit 32 as a selection means ), A control unit 36 as a control means and a reproducing unit 38.

The server 10 includes a DB server 11, an FTP server 12, respective first and second LAN controllers 14 and 15, and a hub 17. In addition, a communication protocol including TCP / IP, FTP, or the like may be used to connect with other communication networks and exchange information related to music.

The DB server 11 is provided with information related to the music, as an embodiment includes at least one or more information from the title, lyrics, singer, genre or production company of the music.

The FTP server 12 is provided with a large amount of music according to the information related to the music, is output in conjunction with the information of the DB server (11). At this time, as another embodiment, any one of the DB server 11 or the FTP server 12 may be used to store the information or the music. At this time, the DB server 11 and the FTP server 12 may be communicated with other network devices through a network (not shown).

The first and second LAN controllers 14 and 15 are controllers provided to communicate with the DB server 11 and the FTP server 12.

The hub 17 is a relay device that is connected to the first and second LAN controllers 14 and 15 to communicate with the modem 22 of the communication unit 20 through the modem 18.

The communication unit 20 includes a modem 22 and a third LAN controller 24.

Modem 22 includes a cable modem as an embodiment and communicates with hub 17 via modem 18.

The third LAN controller 24 uses the output of the modem 22 as an input, and exchanges the input signal with a circuit at a later stage.

The storage unit 34 stores signals exchanged through the third LAN controller 24. When the storage unit 34 is stored as an embodiment, it may be compressed or encrypted according to standards such as MPEG and AAC. The medium to be stored is an electronic element, and preferably includes a memory, a CD ROM or a hard disk.

The selector 32 is manipulated by the user to select music using subtitles displayed on the monitor while being linked to a signal stored in the storage 34. In this case, the selector 32 includes a touch screen monitor for touching a menu by displaying a menu on the screen to select music, and a charge inlet for charging a fee.

The control unit 36 controls the music to be selected by the operation in the selection unit 32 is output from the speaker and the signal exchanged in the communication unit 20 in communication with the server 10, preferably the micro A microprocessor or electronic circuit including a microprocessor.

The reproduction unit 38 outputs a signal related to music stored in the storage unit 34 under the control of the control unit 36, which is an audio system including a speaker or a monitor.

As described above, the automatic electronic recording apparatus of the present invention includes a server 10, a communication unit 20, a storage unit 34, a selection unit 32, a control unit 36, and a reproducing unit 38. It is composed.

However, the communication unit 20, the storage unit 34, the selecting unit 32, the control unit 36 and the reproducing unit 38 are integrally provided or the storage unit 34, the control unit 36 and the selecting unit 32 One automatic electronic prespinion including a) may be connected to a computer system including the communication unit 20 and an audio system including the reproduction unit 38. In other words, the automatic electronic recording apparatus of the present invention may be provided by a combination with a computer system or an audio system.

Referring to the flowchart illustrating a signal reproducing method of the automatic electronic shaft connected to the communication network of FIG. 2, the automatic electronic shaft connected to the communication network of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

That is, in a signal reproduction method of an automatic electronic recording system that plays back selected music on a speaker by selecting music through subtitles output from a monitor,

First, a signal related to the music is exchanged with a server 10 connected through a network under a control of a user who manipulates a program preset in the controller 36 or a user selector 32. (40)

The exchanged signals are indexed by information including the title, singer, genre or production company and stored in the storage unit 34 as digital signals such as MPEG or AAC.

A predetermined signal is selected by at least one or more pieces of information selected from a title, a singer, a genre, or a production company among the signals indexed by the user who operates the selector 32 so that music corresponding to the output is output from the speaker. (44)

In this case, the display may include a touch screen type monitor that touches the menu by displaying a menu on the screen to select music. That is, the menu displayed on the touch screen type monitor displays at least one of Arabic numerals, Korean vowels and consonants or letters of the English alphabet so that at least one of the title, singer, genre or production company of the music is displayed. Can be selected.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to a signal reproducing method of an automatic electronic shaft that is connected to a communication network of the present invention will be described in more detail.

That is, the automatic electronic shaft connected to the communication network according to the present invention is connected to the server 10 through which the communication network such as the Internet is connected through the communication unit 20. At this time, the server 10 stores a large amount of music files, which are stored in a digital music format such as MP3, MP4 or AAC.

In addition, the DB server 11 includes at least one or more pieces of information related to music, for example, titles, lyrics, singers, genres, production companies, etc., and information related to music, and the FTP server 12 relates to the music. A large amount of music according to the information to be provided is provided.

Accordingly, the information related to the music and the music related thereto are input to the communication unit 20 through the respective LAN controllers 14 and 15 and the hub 17. At this time, since the hub 17 may be connected to another network, it may have its own IP address.

On the other hand, the server 10 or the hub 17 is associated with the address of the automatic electronic recorder including the communication unit 20, the selection unit 32, the storage unit 34, the control unit 36 and the playback unit 38. Have information For example, a signal is exchanged with the automatic electronic pre-roller of each store including the location, contact information, representative name, trade name, etc. of the store in which the automatic pre-roller is installed.

In addition, the server 10 aggregates the information related to the music, such as the title, lyrics, singer, genre or production company of the music and the ranking and usage of the music selected from the automatic electronic recorder installed in the store, the aggregated result It is sent to the automatic electronic shaft installed in each store through a communication network using a hub (17).

In other words, the automatic electronic recording receiving information from the server 10 displays the contents on the screen included in the playback section 38 or the selection section 32. Accordingly, the user can know the ranking of the popular songs of the music counted in the server 10, and selects the popular songs displayed on the screen of the automatic electronic recorder. At this time, the music is selected by operating the operation button provided in the selector 32 or by selecting a menu displayed on the touch screen type screen provided in the selector 32.

Accordingly, the menu displayed on the touch screen type monitor may be selected using at least one of a title, lyrics, singer, genre, or production company, among letters such as Arabic numerals, Korean vowels and consonants, or English alphabets. At least one is displayed.

For example, the shape of the singer or the CD-jacket of the singer is displayed on the screen so that the music can be selected, and all the music sung by the singer is displayed.

In addition, a title, lyrics, a singer, a genre, or a production company can be selected using at least one. For example, if the name of the desired singer is "Jo Yong-pil", "Y" is selected first. Then, the names of the singers starting with "ㅈ" are displayed, so you can select "Jo" here. If you select the next "ㅇ", the name of the singer whose middle name is "ㅇ" is displayed. You can choose. A singer, music, and the like can be selected by the method of sequentially selecting such consonants.

In addition, the music having the English name may select the name of the music excluding the definite article or the indefinite article. For example, the English name of "the most beautiful .." in English, except for the definite article "the", is selected by a predetermined number of alphabetic characters such as "m", "o", and "s" from "most". Can be selected.

On the other hand, a method of selecting and selecting a music number formed of Arabic numerals assigned to the music may be used as the sequential search method as described above.

When the music is selected as described above, the fee is charged accordingly, and the music selected by the control of the control unit 36 is output from the storage unit 34 and reproduced by the playback unit 38. At this time, as an embodiment, the music file stored in the storage unit 34 is stored as a compressed file of the digitized MPEG series or the AAC series.

Once the predetermined music is prepared in the storage unit 34, the music can be output at the request of the user. However, when the user requests the music that is not prepared in the automatic electronic recording, the control unit 36 controls the communication unit ( 20 may receive the music requested by the user from the server 10.

As such, the music input from the server 10 connected to the communication network is stored in the storage unit 34 having a medium such as a memory, a CD ROM, or a hard disk as a storage medium. The quantity can be in large quantities.

In addition, a predetermined number of music or music of the same genre selected by a user preset program may be output from the playback unit 38 for a predetermined time, and the signal stored in the storage unit 34 is greater than or equal to the storage capacity range. In the case of, the music is deleted in the order of the highest frequency not selected by the control of the control unit 36 which counts the frequency of the selected music. Therefore, the capacity of the storage unit 34 can be properly provided according to the condition of the store.

The drawings and specification are merely exemplary of the invention, which are used for the purpose of illustrating the invention only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

According to the present invention, even when there is no music required by the user, various music can be provided from a server to which a communication network such as the Internet is connected, and music can be provided according to a user's preference by storing music as a digital signal. There is an advantage that can provide.

In addition, since the various music provided from the network such as the Internet, ISDN and indirectly stored, there is an advantage that the user can select the music desired by the title, singer, genre or production company.

Claims (6)

In the front axis to play the selected music on the speaker by selecting the music through the subtitle output from the touch screen monitor, Server means connected to a communication network such as the Internet and processing a large amount of information related to music; Communication means including at least one of a LAN controller for processing signals exchanged with a local area network for exchanging signals with the server means, and a cable modem communicating with the Internet; Storage means for storing signals exchanged through the communication means; In accordance with the menu displayed on the monitor while being linked to the signal stored in the storage means, such as vowels, consonants, alphabets of English, English, etc. to be selected by at least one of the title, lyrics, singer, genre or production company, etc. Selecting means for selecting music using letters; And And control means for controlling the communication means for outputting the selected music from the speaker or by exchanging a signal with the server means by the operation in the selection means. delete delete In the signal reproduction method of the automatic electronic recording system to reproduce the selected music in the speaker by selecting the music through the subtitles output from the touch screen type monitor, Exchanging a signal related to the music with a server means connected through a network under a control of a preset program or a user; The signals exchanged are indexed by information including titles, lyrics, singers, genres or production companies, and stored as digital signals such as MPEG or AAC; And According to the operation by the user, a predetermined signal is selected by at least one or more information selected from a title, lyrics, singer, genre or production company among the indexed signals, and the corresponding music and lyrics are respectively touched by the speaker and the speaker. And a signal output from the monitor of the screen type. The method of claim 4, wherein the storing step, The music selected by the user is counted among the indexed and stored music, and a predetermined number of music set by deleting the music in the order of the greatest frequency not selected according to the frequency of the selected music selection is stored. A method for reproducing signal of an automatic electronic shaft. The method of claim 4, wherein the outputting step comprises: In order to select at least one or more information selected from a title, a lyrics, a singer, a genre or a production company among the indexed signals, a method of selecting a predetermined number of consonants in Korean, and a predetermined number of alphabetic characters in English The method of reproducing the signal of the automatic electronic shaft, characterized in that the music is selected by at least one or more of the method.