JP2001034275A - Communication karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to always display a background image suitable for the image of lyrics under reproduction according to the image of the lyrics changing with progression of tune. SOLUTION: Information on lyrics recorded in KARAOKE information memory 11 on a side of a data base 1 is analyzed by a lyrics information analysis circuit 13 based on key word information recorded in a key word memory 14. And, this system allots a background image corresponding to the key word included in the lyrics to a terminal device 3 with KARAOKE information, and reproduces the background image corresponding to the key word included in a telop of the lyrics displayed on a monitor 33 at the time of reproduction, so as to update the background image with progression of KARAOKE tune.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication karaoke system which displays a background image corresponding to the lyrics of karaoke information to be reproduced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a communication karaoke system,
Regardless of the lyrics of the karaoke song to be reproduced, for example, a still image selected to match the genre or image of the song is displayed as a background image. For this reason, a background image that does not match the lyrics currently sung may be displayed, and there has been a problem that users of karaoke will be disturbed. In order to solve this problem, a technology that analyzes the image of lyrics of all karaoke songs that can be requested and displays a still image prepared according to those images can be considered, but hundreds of thousands of karaoke songs This cannot be done for all of.

[0003] It is also conceivable to classify all karaoke songs in detail for each image. However, since the image of the lyrics of one song changes in a variety of ways as the song progresses, each image has its own lyrics. Is not always the same. For this reason, the background image selected according to the image of the entire lyrics often does not match the image of the lyrics being sung, and the problem that the user was aroused could not be completely solved. .

[0004] Further, background image information displayed on a monitor of a conventionally known terminal device is held in the terminal device side, and at the time of reproducing karaoke information, the background image information is randomly or specified from among the held background images. An object is selected and displayed, and the same background image is reused many times. For this reason, the user sees the same background image many times, and there is a problem that the singer gets bored especially.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and its object is to always adjust the image of lyrics as the song progresses.
An object of the present invention is to enable display of a background image suitable for an image of a lyrics being reproduced.

[0006]

The object of the present invention is to analyze the lyric information recorded in the karaoke information memory on the database side by a lyric information analysis circuit to extract image selection information and to correspond to the image selection information. From the background image memory where the background image information is recorded, select the corresponding background image information,
The background image information is distributed to the terminal device together with the karaoke information, and the terminal device reproduces the background image information corresponding to the image selection information extracted from the lyric information of the portion being reproduced in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke information. Achieved by:

Specifically, a keyword memory in which a plurality of keywords are recorded is provided on the database side, a keyword recorded in the keyword memory is searched from the lyrics information by a lyrics information analysis circuit, and the searched keyword is selected by an image. When a background image is selected as information and karaoke information is reproduced on the terminal device, a background image corresponding to the lyrics of the part being reproduced is reproduced in accordance with the progress of the karaoke song.

In the lyrics information recorded in the karaoke information memory on the database side, a predetermined word included in the lyrics is registered as a keyword, and the registered keyword is searched by a lyrics information analysis circuit. Alternatively, the background image information corresponding to the keyword may be selected and distributed to the terminal device, and the corresponding background image may be reproduced as the karaoke song progresses. The lyrics information recorded in the karaoke information memory on the database side is provided with a code arranged according to the lyrics image in accordance with the progress of the lyrics, and the lyrics information analysis circuit searches for the code from the lyrics information. Alternatively, the background image information corresponding to the code may be selected and distributed to the terminal device, and the corresponding background image may be reproduced as the karaoke song progresses.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a first embodiment of a communication karaoke system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a second embodiment of the communication karaoke system according to the present invention. First, FIG. 1 will be described. In the figure, 1 is a database, 2 is a public communication line, and 3 is a terminal device. The database 1 includes a CPU 10, a karaoke information memory 11, a background image memory 12, a lyrics information selection circuit 13, and a keyword memory 14. The database 1 is used for the operation of the communication karaoke system,
Although there are conventionally known components (not shown) required for management, their details are omitted.

The CPU 10 controls the operation of the whole database 1, and stores the karaoke information memory 11, the background image memory 1
2. Lyric information selection circuit 13 and keyword memory 14
Are connected by a data bus. The karaoke information memory 10 stores a large number of karaoke information including music information and lyrics information.

The lyric information recorded in the karaoke information memory 10 is divided into lyrics, which are displayed on the screen at one time during reproduction, as one phrase. Each lyric information also includes title information of the karaoke song. When the title information does not include a keyword recorded in the keyword memory 14 described later,
A keyword indicating the image of the entire karaoke song is registered as subtitle information.

The keyword memory 14 stores various words included in the lyrics of the karaoke song and reminding the image of each place. The lyrics information selection circuit 13 searches for a keyword included in the lyrics information of the karaoke tune requested by the terminal device 3 described later based on the keyword information recorded in the keyword memory 14. At this time, one keyword is selected from each phrase of the lyrics as much as possible.

When one phrase includes a plurality of keywords, a keyword is selected by some method, for example, a predetermined priority, and when one phrase does not include a keyword, for example, The keyword included in the title information is selected as the keyword of the phrase, and when the keyword is not included in the title, the keyword registered as the subtitle information is selected as the keyword of the phrase.

The lyrics information selection circuit 13 outputs the searched keywords as image selection information. This image selection information is used when selecting a background image from a background image memory 11 described later, and is attached so as to correspond to each phrase of the lyrics information distributed to the terminal device 3.

The background image memory 11 records a large number of background image information having individual IDs. In each background image information recorded in the background image memory 11, at least one piece of image selection information corresponding to a keyword recorded in the keyword memory 14 is registered.

The terminal device 3 includes a CPU 30, a karaoke information memory 31, a background image memory 32, and a monitor 33.
, A mixing circuit 34, a microphone 35, and a speaker 36. Although the terminal device 3 has conventionally known components (not shown) required for requesting and reproducing karaoke information, the details thereof are omitted. CP
U30 controls the operation of the terminal device 3, and is connected to a karaoke information memory 31, a background image memory 32, a monitor 33, and a mixing circuit 34.

The karaoke information memory 31 records karaoke information requested by the terminal device 3 and downloaded from the database 1. The background image memory 32 stores background image information downloaded together with karaoke information. The monitor 33 reproduces and displays the lyrics information output from the karaoke information memory 31 on the background image information output from the background image memory 32, as described later. The mixing circuit 34 combines the music information output from the karaoke information memory 31 with the information of the singing voice of the player input from the microphone 35 and outputs the synthesized information to the speaker 36. The speaker 36 reproduces the audio information output from the mixing circuit 34.

The operation of the above communication karaoke system will be described below. When the player operates a controller (not shown) to request a required karaoke song, request information is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the database 1 via the public communication line 2. In the database 1, based on the request information, the karaoke information memory 10
, And the lyrics information selection circuit 13 retrieves a keyword from the lyrics information in the called karaoke information and generates image selection information.

Based on the image selection information output from the lyrics information selection circuit 13, a corresponding background image is selected from the background image memory 12. When there are a plurality of background images corresponding to one image selection information, a predetermined method, for example,
When one of them is selected at random and the same image selection information is extracted with different phrases, and there are a plurality of background image information having the image selection information, at least on average, the average is random so that the same background image does not continue. Is selected.

Using the ID of the background image information selected corresponding to each phrase, call information indicating which background image corresponds to which phrase is generated and attached to the karaoke information. When the selection of the background image information is completed, the selected background image information is downloaded to the requesting terminal device 3 together with the karaoke information including the call information of the background image information.

The downloaded karaoke information is recorded in the karaoke information memory 31 of the terminal device 3, and the background image information is recorded in the background image memory 32. When all the information has been downloaded and a command to start reproducing the karaoke information is issued, the karaoke information memory 31 sequentially outputs music information and lyrics information. The lyrics information is output in units of phrases according to the progress of the karaoke song, and is displayed on the monitor 33 for each phrase. At this time, the background image information corresponding to the phrase output from the background image memory 32 is called based on the call information attached to the karaoke information, and the monitor 33 displays the image in which the lyrics telop is superimposed on the background image. Is displayed.

With the progress of the karaoke song, the lyrics telop is sequentially updated to the next phrase.
Since the background image is also replaced with the background image corresponding to the phrase to be updated, the background image changes in accordance with the update of the lyrics telop. The background image is always displayed during the reproduction of the karaoke song, and is continuously displayed even if the lyrics telop disappears. In this communication karaoke system, users can enjoy karaoke while always watching the background image suitable for the content of the lyrics simply by performing the necessary operations for requesting a normal karaoke song. In addition, since there are countless combinations of the background images, the user does not get bored.

In the first embodiment, in order to diversify the combination of background images, a plurality of pieces of image selection information are registered in one piece of background image information, and the image selection information registered in the background image is It is recommended to share some or all of the background image information with other background image information, and it is also recommended to prepare a plurality of background image information corresponding to one type of image selection information. It is recommended that the same background image information not be selected in a song.

When one phrase of the lyrics does not include the keyword recorded in the keyword memory, the image selection information corresponding to the phrase is left blank,
At the time of reproduction, a conventional background image may be displayed, and the background image may be updated next time a phrase including a keyword is displayed. Further, regardless of the update of the lyrics telop, the background image may be updated to the corresponding one each time a keyword appears.

Next, a second embodiment of the communication karaoke system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The main configuration of this embodiment is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and therefore the description will be focused on the differences, and redundant description will be omitted. In the figure, 4 is a database, 40 is a CPU, 41 is a karaoke information memory, 42 is a background image memory, 43 is a lyrics information selection circuit, 2 is a public communication line, 5 is a terminal device, and 50 is a CP.
U and 51 are karaoke information memories, 52 is a background image memory, 53 is a monitor, 54 is a mixing circuit, 55 is a microphone, and 56 is a speaker.

The karaoke information memory 4 of the database 4
The lyrics information recorded in No. 1 is divided and recorded for each phrase as in the first embodiment, but at least one word included in the lyrics is registered as a keyword for each phrase. The lyric information selection circuit 43 searches the lyric information of the requested karaoke information for a keyword registered in each phrase, outputs the keyword information as image selection information, and outputs the image information.
2, background image information corresponding to each phrase is selected and can be downloaded to the terminal device 5 together with the karaoke information.

Next, a third embodiment of the communication karaoke apparatus according to the present invention will be described. The main configuration of this embodiment is almost the same as that of the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, an image selection code is assigned to each phrase of the lyrics information recorded in the karaoke information memory on the database side.
The image selection code is selected according to the image of the corresponding phrase, and for each phrase, background image information predetermined corresponding to the image selection code is selected. ing. In the above description, all background image information is transmitted from the database. However, at least a part of the background image information is recorded on the terminal device side, and the distributed karaoke information is stored in the terminal device side. The call information of the background image information recorded in the terminal device may be attached and distributed to the terminal device, and the designated background image recorded on the terminal device side may be reproduced based on the call information. . In addition, for example, it is also recommended that the methods of the first and second embodiments be compromised. In this case, for a new song, the first embodiment was first attempted, and there was a phrase without a keyword. At the same time, the second embodiment is implemented, and the keyword specified at that time is recorded in the keyword memory of the first embodiment, and the corresponding background image information is assigned.

[0028]

Since the present invention is configured as described above,
According to the present invention, it is possible to always display a background image suitable for the image of the lyrics being reproduced in accordance with the image of the lyrics that changes as the music progresses.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a first embodiment of a communication karaoke system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a second embodiment of the communication karaoke system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 database 10 CPU 11 karaoke information memory 12 background image memory 13 detection circuit 14 selection circuit 2 public communication line 3 terminal device 30 CPU 31 karaoke information memory 32 background image memory 33 monitor 34 mixing circuit 35 microphone 36 speaker

Claims (6)

[Claims] The system receives desired karaoke information from a database (1, 4) storing a plurality of karaoke information and a database (1, 4) through a public communication line (2) and reproduces the received karaoke information. In a communication karaoke system for singing karaoke, a karaoke information memory (11, 41) in which karaoke information including music information and lyric information is recorded, and a karaoke information memory (11, 41) are stored in the database (1, 4). 41)
A lyrics information analysis circuit (13, 43) for extracting at least one piece of image selection information from the lyrics information recorded in a background image memory (at least one screen corresponding to each piece of image selection information) 12, 42), and the lyrics information analysis circuit (13, 43) extracts image selection information from the lyrics information of the requested karaoke information, and outputs background image information corresponding to the image selection information to the request. The background image memory for distributing the background image distributed from the database (1, 4) on the terminal device (3, 5) side together with the requested karaoke information and distributed to the terminal device (3, 5) that made the request. (3
2, 52) is provided, and the background image information corresponding to the image selection information extracted from the lyrics information of the portion being reproduced is reproduced in accordance with the reproduction of the distributed music information and lyrics information. The above communication karaoke system. 2. A keyword memory (14) in which a plurality of keywords are recorded is provided on the database (1) side, and a lyrics information analysis circuit (13) uses a keyword memory (14) based on lyrics information of requested karaoke information. 2. The communication karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein a keyword recorded in (1) is searched, and a background image is selected using the searched keyword as image selection information. 3. The karaoke information memory (41) of the database (4) stores lyric information in a state where at least one word included in each lyric is registered as a keyword. The circuit (43)
2. The communication karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein a word registered as a keyword is searched from the lyrics information of the requested karaoke information, and a background image is selected as image selection information using the searched word as a keyword. 4. The karaoke information memory on the database side stores the lyrics information together with the corresponding image selection code, and the lyrics information analysis circuit searches for the image selection code from the lyrics information of the requested karaoke information. The communication karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein a background image is selected using the selected image selection code as image selection information. 5. Lyrics information recorded in a karaoke information memory (11, 41) on a database (1, 4) side is divided for each phrase displayed on a screen at the time of reproduction. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the phrase is extracted for each phrase and the background image is updated to the corresponding one at the same time as the lyrics telop is updated when the lyrics are reproduced on the terminal device (3, 5) side. Communication karaoke system. 6. A call information designating a background image recorded in advance on the terminal device in place of a part of the background image included in the distributed karaoke information, and the call information is added in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke information. The communication karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a background image specified by the karaoke system is also reproduced.