JP2002278572A - Karaoke service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke service, enabling a plurality of persons located away from each other to enjoy Karaoke with the sensation of being inside a Karaoke box, together by using a portable telephone, anywhere and anytime they please. SOLUTION: Portable telephone terminals 1 and 3 are provided with the function of reproducing a piece of music by a built-in speaker or an external loudspeaker connected to a voice output terminal, the function of displaying images by a built-in display device or an external display device connected to an image output terminal, the function of fetching singing voice by a built-in microphone or a microphone connected to a voice input terminal and the function of capturing the images by a built-in video camera or an external video camera connected to an image input terminal. A Karaoke service system is constituted of a plurality of the portable telephone terminals and a karaoke distribution server 5 distributing music piece/image information to a plurality of the portable telephone terminals and receiving singing voice/image information from a plurality of the portable telephone terminals and Karaoke music pieces are distributed via a public line network 6 to the respective portable telephone terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke service system, and more particularly, to a virtual karaoke box service for delivering karaoke to a plurality of portable telephone terminals.
For example, the present invention can be applied to an in-vehicle communication karaoke system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones have not only been used to call each other, but also have tools for Internet access, such as purchasing tickets, making bank transfers, viewing news and weather forecasts, and the like. Has come to be used as. Therefore, a system for performing karaoke distribution using this mobile phone is considered.

For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 09-026798 proposes a communication karaoke system that distributes compressed karaoke data stored in a database center to a PHS terminal via a public line and a PHS base station.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-007290 proposes a communication karaoke system in which a portable telephone having an interface card is connected to a communication karaoke apparatus so that a karaoke request music can be received.

[0005]

As described above, karaoke music data is downloaded to a mobile phone in the same manner as when requesting distribution of news information using a mobile phone.
The lyrics can be displayed on the liquid crystal display, and the music can be played on the speakers, so that the user can enjoy karaoke. However, when people who are far apart from each other simultaneously enjoy karaoke using a mobile phone, it is difficult to enjoy it with a sense of realism.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and it is possible to use a plurality of mobile telephone terminals in a karaoke box using the mobile telephone terminals even when the users are away from each other. A system that allows you to enjoy karaoke simultaneously and casually while feeling a sense of realism.In other words, multiple people who are far away from each other can use their mobile phones together at the karaoke box at their favorite places and whenever they like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke service that allows users to enjoy karaoke with such a feeling.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a function of reproducing music by a built-in speaker or an external speaker connected to an audio output terminal, a function of reproducing a music by a built-in display device or an external display device connected to an image output terminal. Use a mobile phone that has a function to display images, a function to capture singing voices with the built-in microphone or a microphone connected to the audio input terminal, and a function to capture images using the built-in video camera or an external video camera connected to the image input terminal. A plurality of mobile phone terminals that are distant from each other, and a server that distributes music and image information to the plurality of mobile phone terminals and receives singing voice and image information from the plurality of mobile phone terminals. It is characterized by that.

[0008] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, by specifying a service request from a mobile phone terminal and a plurality of mobile phone terminals to receive the service, the server sends the service request to the specified mobile phone terminal. Karaoke music information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, voices or images of a terminal user captured from a microphone or a video camera provided in the mobile phone terminal are transmitted from each mobile phone terminal to the server. This is synthesized by a server, distributed to each mobile phone terminal, and output to a speaker or a display device provided in the mobile phone terminal.

[0010] The invention of claim 4 is characterized in that, in any one of the inventions of claims 1 to 3, there is provided a billing means, and bills for a service of a user of the service.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a karaoke distribution system with still images according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. A radio base station in the cell to which the terminal 1 belongs, 4 a radio base station in the cell to which the mobile phone terminal 3 belongs, 5 a server for providing a karaoke service, and 6 a network connecting the radio base station and the server. . This is a public network,
The Internet can be considered. When a public network is used, an exchange may be provided.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the portable telephone terminal 1 (or 3), 11 is an antenna, 12 is a transmitting / receiving unit, 13 is a wireless modem unit for modulating and demodulating data, and 16 is a singing voice of the user. , A speaker for outputting a karaoke song, a voice input / output interface,
Reference numeral 14 denotes an audio processing unit that processes the distributed karaoke song or the singing voice of the user. Reference numeral 19 denotes a memory, 20 denotes an operation unit for performing a service request / operation during service, and 18 denotes a CPU for processing transmission / reception data. Reference numeral 22 denotes a video camera for capturing an image of a user, 23 denotes a display unit for displaying image information provided from a server, and 21 denotes an image input / output interface.

The data transmitted from the radio base station is decoded by an audio processing unit 14 via an antenna 11, a transmitting / receiving unit 12, and a radio modem unit 13, and transmitted from an audio input / output interface 15 to a speaker 17. Sound is output. The image is processed by the CPU 18 and displayed on the display unit 23 via the image input / output interface 21.
The image captured from the video camera 22 is processed by the CPU 18 via the image input / output interface 21, and the voice captured from the microphone 16 is decoded by the voice processing unit 14 via the voice input / output interface 15. The data is transmitted to the wireless base station via the wireless modem unit 13, the transmitting / receiving unit 12, and the antenna 11. The audio input is to the external microphone through the audio input terminal instead of the built-in microphone, the audio output is to the external speaker through the audio output terminal instead of the built-in speaker, the image input is to the external video camera through the image input terminal instead of the built-in video camera,
For image output, an external television or display may be used instead of the built-in display unit. By using an external device, a sense of presence closer to that of a karaoke room can be obtained.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the server 5 for providing a karaoke service. In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes karaoke music information stored in the portable radio terminal when the Internet or a public line is connected. Delivery,
A communication interface unit that receives a request from the mobile phone terminal; 32, a transmission / reception unit; 33, a data processing unit that processes karaoke service request data from the mobile phone terminal and searches for a karaoke song requested; 34 is a database for storing karaoke music information,
Reference numeral 35 denotes a database for managing user information and billing information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the basic procedure of the karaoke service system. The mobile phone terminal A, the mobile phone terminal B receiving the karaoke service at the same time as the mobile phone terminal A, and the server for providing the karaoke service. Is shown.

In FIG. 4, it is assumed that a user having a portable telephone terminal A simultaneously receives a karaoke service together with a user having a portable telephone terminal B at a remote place.
First, the user having the mobile phone terminal A uses the operation unit,
Request a karaoke service to the server (S41,
S71). When connected to the server, the server accepts a karaoke service for the mobile phone terminal A (S49),
The mobile phone terminal A is requested to designate a terminal to receive the simultaneous service (S50). When the mobile phone terminal A receives the terminal designation request (S72) (S42), the mobile phone terminal A
Is displayed on the display unit for prompting the user to input the telephone numbers of other portable wireless terminals to receive the simultaneous service. The mobile phone terminal A inputs the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal of the person who enjoys the karaoke service together using the operation unit.

Since it is assumed that the service will be received simultaneously with the mobile phone terminal B, the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal B is input (S43). Upon receiving the data including the telephone number, the server calls the terminal having the telephone number. Since the mobile phone terminal B has been designated, the mobile phone terminal B is called, and the mobile phone terminal A notifies the mobile phone terminal B that it wants to receive the karaoke service using the display unit of the mobile phone terminal B. Further, it inquires of the mobile phone terminal B whether to receive the service (S80).
When receiving the service, the mobile phone terminal B sends the fact to the server (S81). When the mobile phone terminal B has agreed to the service, the server notifies the mobile phone terminals A and B that the service is to be started, and at the same time, sounds and images from the microphone / video camera to each terminal. Is sent to the server (S52). Accordingly, the mobile phone terminals A and B start sending voice / image to the server (S44, S59).

The server combines the voices and images sent from the respective servers in the server (S53), and distributes them again to the mobile phone terminals A and B (S54). On the display units of the mobile phone terminals A and B, a composite of the image of the user (face or whole body) and the image of the partner is displayed, and the voice of the partner is output from the speaker (S45). When synthesizing images, the server processes the transmitted images and synthesizes background photos, etc., as if they were in the same place even though they were far away from each other, You can also create realistic images.

Next, the server sends a list of karaoke stations to the mobile phone terminals A and B as service users (S5).
5). Either of the mobile phone terminals A and B selects a desired song from the list (S47). The server retrieves and extracts the selected music from the database in the server (S5).
6). After the extraction, the music is simultaneously delivered to the mobile phone terminals A and B together with the lyrics (S57). At the time of distribution, of course, the speech of the mobile phone terminals A and B is also sent at the same time. The lyrics may also be sent in combination with the images from the mobile phone terminals A and B. When the distribution of the karaoke music starts, the mobile phone terminals A and B can start karaoke. Also at the time of karaoke distribution, the server performs image synthesis and voice synthesis.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of people can easily enjoy karaoke using a mobile phone terminal even if they are away from each other.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a karaoke service can be easily requested using a portable telephone terminal, and a karaoke service for a plurality of persons can be provided by simultaneously specifying a telephone number of a user who receives the service. Can receive.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by simultaneously synthesizing the image and voice of the person who receives the service by the server and distributing the synthesized image and audio to all users, it is possible for a person who is at a remote place to You can create a sense of realism as if you are enjoying karaoke at the same place.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the karaoke service provider can collect the usage fee from the user of the portable telephone terminal by registering the karaoke service request in the server every time the user makes a karaoke service request. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a karaoke service system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a mobile phone terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a karaoke distribution server.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure up to the start of use of the karaoke service system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,3: Mobile phone terminal, 2,4: Wireless base station, 5: Karaoke distribution server, 6: Public line or Internet, 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna, 12 ... Transmission / reception part, 13 ... Wireless modem part
14 audio processing unit, 15 audio input / output interface, 16 microphone, 17 speaker, 18 CPU, 1
9 memory, 20 operation unit, 21 image input / output interface, 22 video camera, 23 display unit, 31
Communication interface unit, 32: transmission / reception unit, 33: data processing unit, 34: database for storing karaoke music information, 35: database for managing user information and billing information.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A function of reproducing music by an internal speaker or an external speaker connected to an audio output terminal, a function of displaying an image by an internal display device or an external display device connected to an image output terminal, an internal microphone or audio input Using a mobile phone with a function to capture singing voices with a microphone connected to the terminal, and a function to capture images with an internal video camera or an external video camera connected to the image input terminal And a server that distributes music and image information to the plurality of mobile phone terminals and receives singing and image information from the plurality of mobile phone terminals. 2. A service request from a mobile phone terminal and designation of a plurality of mobile phone terminals to receive the service, whereby the server distributes karaoke music information to the designated mobile phone terminal. The karaoke service system according to claim 1. 3. A terminal user's voice or image taken from a microphone or a video camera provided in a mobile phone terminal is sent from each mobile phone terminal to a server, and synthesized by the server and distributed to each mobile phone terminal. The karaoke service system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the karaoke service is output to a speaker or a display device provided in the mobile phone terminal. 4. The karaoke service system according to claim 1, further comprising charging means for charging a service of a user of the service.