JP2002336545A - Game device, method of writing song, song writing game program, and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow players to write songs as a game while answering questions. SOLUTION: A player sets an original song to an original or favorite melody. The player can produce an original CD on which either computerized voices or the songs and music performed by the player her/himself are recorded. By enabling a CD jacket to be produced based on image data input by the player, a realistic original CD can be produced. The songs produced by the player may be recorded on recording media other than CD, such as hard disc, DVD, etc. These recording media may be connected to a game device via a network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique in which a player plays a game while freely writing lyrics.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some automatic lyric software has been provided to support songwriting. For example, JP-A-10-
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 97529 discloses a songwriting support device that allows a user to select an appropriate phrase in accordance with the entire music and its partial image. In this device, the user first sets the lyric conditions for the entire lyrics. For example, a combination of items such as a title, a genre, a theme, a viewpoint, and the presence or absence of a melody is illustrated as a lyric condition. By setting the value of each item, the overall composition of the song is determined.

[0003] Next, the user sets a lyric writing condition for each paragraph. As the songwriting condition for each paragraph, a combination of items such as cast, situation, emotion, age, and season are illustrated. The user selects one of the candidates for each item and sets the lyric writing conditions for each paragraph. For example, if the user sets the item "Cast", "My (male)"
"I (woman)", "I (man)", "I (woman)"
Choose a value that suits your image from among the candidates such as "I" and "Oira". The user sets the other items in the same manner, and sets the lyric conditions for each paragraph. Thereafter, based on the lyric conditions for the entire lyric and the lyric conditions for each paragraph, the unit candidates of the lyric are extracted and presented to the user. When the user selects an arbitrary segment from the presented segment candidates, lyrics are created by connecting these.

[0004]

The above-mentioned songwriting support device is
This is effective in that lyrics can be created with emphasis on the image possessed by the user. However, this apparatus focuses on supporting the creation of lyrics that match the image of the user, and does not focus on the fun of the completed lyrics or the completed course. In other words, when this device is applied to a game, there is a problem that the game lacks in interest.

For example, in the lyric writing support apparatus, a user sets a plurality of items in order to set conditions for the entire lyrics. Further, the user can change the composition of the lyrics to the first and second lyrics.
No. 3 must be set for each. Then, for the purpose of creating lyrics close to the idea of the user, the user sets not only the entire lyrics but also the conditions for each paragraph. Moreover, the condition setting for each paragraph is quite fine, and the number of items and the number of candidates for each item are large. for that reason,
Aside from a user who wants to create lyrics in earnest, a user who wants to create lyrics with a sense of play has a heavy burden and poor game characteristics.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for playing a game by creating lyrics as if playing.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention of the present application is a game device in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display.
There is provided a game device comprising means. A: pattern storage means for storing a lyrics pattern group in which an embedding position at which the lyrics material constituting the lyrics are embedded and an order of embedding the embedding positions are defined; B: among the lyrics patterns included in the lyrics pattern group Question storage means for storing a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position and an answer group for each question, C: material storage means for storing display data for displaying the lyric material, D: Pattern selecting means for selecting any of the lyrics pattern groups; E: displaying a question corresponding to any of the embedding positions of the selected lyrics patterns and a group of answers to the questions on a display; Question means for receiving a selection from the player; F: searching the material storage means based on the selected answer, and placing the searched lyrics material in the embedding position G: control means for controlling the question means and the embedding means so as to embed the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order of embedding the selected lyrics pattern, thereby completing the lyrics; : Lyric display means for displaying the completed lyrics on the display.

The lyric material is a phrase, a word, a sentence, etc., constituting the lyric. The display data of the lyrics material is data used for displaying the lyrics. Taking the phrase "dream" as an example, "dream" is displayed based on the display data. As will be described later, when lyrics are assigned to a melody and displayed, it is necessary to use phrase data for allocation in which all display data is divided into syllables. For example, "See the dream", "Yumezmir"
It is.

The second invention of the present application is the first invention, wherein
The material storage means includes a first material storage means storing one of the answer groups and the lyrics material on a one-to-one basis, and a second material storage means storing the lyrics material classified for each attribute. Provide gaming device including:

A third invention of the present application provides the game device according to the first or second invention, wherein the pattern storage means further stores a plurality of lyric conditions in association with the lyrics pattern. In this game device, the pattern selecting means displays the lyric condition, receives any selection from the player, and determines a lyric pattern corresponding to the selected lyric condition.

For example, it is conceivable to determine the songwriting condition according to the theme of the lyrics or the genre of the song to which the lyrics are attached.
More specifically, the theme of the lyrics includes "For the peace of the earth", "Love theory", "Various life" and the like. Also, the genres of the songs are "pops", "enka",
"Ballad" and the like. Lyrics condition is 1
Or a combination of a plurality of conditions.

The fourth invention of the present application is the third invention, wherein
A game device is provided in which the lyric conditions include at least a genre of music to which lyrics are given. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects, the embedding means includes the selected lyrics pattern, an embedding position in the lyrics pattern, and a lyric material embedded in the embedding position. There is provided a game device that repeats the process of displaying on the display every time lyrics material is embedded.

In this game device, the player can watch the lyrics being completed, and can enjoy the songwriting process. A sixth invention of the present application provides the game device according to the first to fifth inventions, further comprising a first title creating means for creating a title based on the completed lyrics and displaying the created title as the title of the lyrics. .

For example, the first title creating means extracts an arbitrary phrase or an arbitrary phrase from the lyrics and sets it as a title. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, a title candidate group is generated based on the completed lyrics, and any of the title candidate groups is selected or the selection is accepted. A game device further provided with a second title creating means for displaying a title candidate as the title of the lyrics.

For example, the second title creating means extracts some phrases and phrases from the completed lyrics and displays them as title candidates. The title creating means sets a title candidate selected by the player from the displayed title candidates as a title. The title creating means may determine any of the title candidates as a title. The completed lyrics may be displayed together with the display of the title candidates. The method of generating a title candidate is not particularly limited. For example, there are a method of generating a combination of adjectives and gerunds and nouns included in lyrics, a method of associating a lyrics pattern with a group of titles prepared in advance, a combination of these methods, and the like.

The eighth invention of the present application provides the game device according to the first to sixth inventions, further comprising music determination means for determining music to which the completed lyrics are attached. As the music determining means, it is conceivable to create a melody and an accompaniment that match the lyrics by using various automatic music software already provided. Alternatively, the music determination means may include a sound input means such as a disk drive or a microphone, and the sound data of the existing music may be input via the sound input means and the music may be added to the lyrics. The music can be determined either before or after the lyrics.

According to a ninth invention of the present application, in the eighth invention,
There is provided a game device further provided with lyrics allocating means for allocating completed lyrics to the music melody. A tenth aspect of the present invention is the game apparatus according to the eighth aspect, wherein the material storage means further stores pronunciation data for outputting a sound of the lyric material by a computer in correspondence with each of the display data. I will provide a. This game device further includes lyrics allocating means and playing means. The lyrics allocating means allocates the lyric material constituting the completed lyrics to the melody of the music. The playing means generates song data in which the lyrics are added to the melody of the music based on the pronunciation data, synthesizes the audio data of the music and the song data, and outputs the synthesized voice.

This game device outputs the lyrics created by the player while answering the questions in accordance with the melody by using a synthetic voice of a computer. The player can hear the lyrics created by him sung to the music. When the display data is “dream”, the pronunciation data is “dream”, “yumeomiru” or “yu”.
-Me-o-mi-ru ".

The eleventh invention of the present application provides the game device according to the eighth invention, further comprising lyrics allocating means, instruction means, and evaluation means. The lyrics allocating means allocates the lyric material constituting the completed lyrics to the melody of the music. The instruction means outputs the music, and instructs the player at the timing of producing each syllable of the lyrics in accordance with the output music. The evaluation means receives an input of a song by the player, detects a difference between the timing of the song by the player and the instructed timing, evaluates the song of the player based on the detection result, and evaluates the evaluation result. Display on the display.

In this game device, the timing of singing is instructed to the player. A change in pitch may be instructed together with the timing. When a player sings a song of his / her own, the evaluation is, for example, “Great”, “Perfec”.
t "and" Good ". This further increases the fun of the game.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect, the material storage means further stores pronunciation data for outputting a sound of the lyric material by a computer in correspondence with each of the display data. Game device. This game device comprises a lyrics allocating means and a first
And vocal storage means.

The lyrics allocating means allocates lyric materials constituting the completed lyric to the melody of the music. The first vocal storage means generates song data in which the lyrics are attached to the melody of the music based on the pronunciation data, generates voice data of the music and the song data to generate synthesized data, and generates the synthesized data. The data is stored on a computer-readable recording medium.

The player's original song created by the synthesized voice of the computer is first stored in the hard disk or memory of the computer. Then, it is synthesized with the accompaniment and recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-R, DVD, magneto-optical disk, MD, or cassette tape. The player
Play the recorded original song on another playback device,
You can enjoy. The music data may be stored in a server via a network, and an on-demand download service to a mobile phone using an Internet service may be received.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the game device according to the eighth aspect, further comprising lyrics allocating means, instruction means, and second vocal storage means. The lyrics allocating means allocates the lyric material constituting the completed lyric to the melody of the music. The instructing means outputs the music, and instructs the player at a timing of uttering each syllable of the lyrics in accordance with the outputted music. The second vocal storage means receives an input of a song by the player, synthesizes song data based on the voice of the player with audio data of the music to generate synthesized data, and records the synthesized data in a computer-readable manner. Store in the medium.

The player sings a song at the designated timing while listening to the music to be accompanied. The original song sung by the player is first saved on the hard disk or memory of the computer. After that, it is synthesized with the accompaniment, and the CD-R, DVD, magneto-optical disk, MD,
It is recorded on a recording medium such as a cassette tape. The player can play the recorded original song on another playback device and enjoy it. The music data may be stored in a server via a network, and an on-demand download service to a mobile phone using an Internet service may be received.

A fourteenth invention of the present invention is the game according to the eighth invention, wherein the material storage means further stores syllable data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable in correspondence with each of the display data. Provide equipment. This device further includes scroll means and instruction means.

[0027] The scrolling means scrolls syllable data of the lyric material constituting the lyrics assigned to the music melody on the display. The area display means is
A hit area that intersects the scroll direction is displayed on the display. The instruction unit superimposes the scrolled syllable data and the hit area in accordance with the music melody.

For example, syllables constituting the lyrics are displayed while flowing from right to left. Since the syllable to be sung next is always displayed, the player can sing while predicting the next lyrics. When the syllable enters the hit area at the left end of the display, it is time to sing that sound.

A fifteenth invention of the present application provides the game device according to the fourteenth invention, further comprising singing support means. The singing support means displays the completed lyrics on the display independently of the syllable data and the hit area, and can identify a part of the lyrics corresponding to the syllable data scrolled on the display. To be displayed.

For example, it is displayed where the phrase currently flowing on the display is in the entire lyrics.
Players can more easily predict the next lyrics. Application No. 16
The present invention provides the game apparatus according to the first to fifteenth aspects, further comprising an image input unit for receiving an image input, and a print control unit. The print control unit generates a jacket image on a computer-readable recording medium based on the input image, and causes the jacket image to be printed.

Examples of the image input means include a camera, a scanner, and a disk drive for reading a memory card storing an image captured by a digital camera. If the image is compressed, the decompression means is also included in the image input means. If the image data is analog, A
The / D conversion means is also included in the image input means. The jacket image includes images of the jacket body and the spine of the jacket. The completed lyrics may be printed on the jacket. When the title of the lyrics is determined, it is preferable that the title is also printed on the jacket. The player can make an original jacket on which photographs of himself / herself, memories of his travels, and pictures of his favorite paintings are printed.

The seventeenth invention of the present application provides the game device according to the sixteenth invention, further comprising an image storage unit and a background selection unit. The image storage means stores a background image group of the recording medium jacket. The background selection means is
The background image group is displayed on the display, and any selection is accepted. Further, in this device, the image output control means generates the jacket image by further synthesizing the selected background image and the input image.

As the background image, a plurality of pictures of the scenery are stored in the image storage means. A photograph of the player is taken using a camera as an image input means, and the photograph is combined with a background image to print a jacket unique to the player that is closer to the real thing. The composition of the background image and the photographed image can be performed by, for example, chroma key processing.
In the chroma key processing, a player is photographed against a blue screen as a background, and data captured from the camera is processed by a computer to synthesize a background image with a part other than the player. In this processing, it is possible to compose whatever is drawn on the background image such as a foreign landscape, the universe, and the flame, so that a variety of jackets can be created.

The eighteenth invention of the present application provides a songwriting method used in a game device in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display. The method includes the following A to H steps. A: a pattern holding step for holding a lyrics pattern group in which an embedding position in which the lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded and the order in which the embedding positions are embedded are defined; B: in each of the lyrics patterns included in the lyrics pattern group Question holding step for holding a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position and an answer group for each question; C: material holding for holding display data for displaying the lyric material in a material storage means D: a selecting step of selecting one of the lyrics pattern groups; E: displaying a question corresponding to any embedding position of the selected lyrics pattern and an answer group to the question on the display; A question step of receiving a selection of the answer from the player; F: searching the material storage means based on the selected answer, and searching An embedding step of embedding the selected lyric material in the embedding position; G: controlling the question step and the embedding step so as to embed the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order of embedding the selected lyrics pattern. H: a display step of displaying the completed lyrics on the display.

The nineteenth invention of the present application provides a songwriting game program in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display, and causes the computer to execute the above steps A to H.

Note that a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded is also included in the present invention. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a computer-readable and writable floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and a CD-RO.
M, DVD, magneto-optical disk (MO), and others.

The twentieth invention of the present application provides a game system in which a player creates lyrics, the game system including the following A to L means. A: display means for displaying the completed lyrics B: pattern storage means for storing a lyrics pattern group in which the embedding position at which the lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded and the order of embedding the embedding positions are defined C: question storage means for storing a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyric pattern included in the lyric pattern group, and an answer group for each question; D: for displaying the lyric material E: any one of the lyric pattern groups, in which the display data, syllable data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable, and pronunciation data for audio output by a computer are stored in association with each other. Pattern selection means for accepting selection from the player; F: display of a question corresponding to the embedding position of the selected lyrics pattern and a table of answers to the question A question means for displaying any of the answers from the player, G: searching the material storage means based on the selected answer, and embedding the searched lyrics material in the embedding position. H: control means for controlling the question means and the embedding means so as to embed the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order of embedding the selected lyrics pattern, thereby completing the lyrics; I: completed Music deciding means for deciding music to be matched with the lyrics, J: lyrics allocating means for allocating the lyrics to the melody of the music based on the syllable data, K: attaching the lyrics to the melody of the music based on the pronunciation data Generated song data, synthesizes the audio data of the music and the song data to generate synthesized data, and reads the synthesized data by computer. First vocal storage means for storing the ability recording medium, L: discharge means for discharging the recording medium.

In this game system, it is possible to create a recording medium in which a song created by a player is recorded by voice synthesis by a computer. The twenty-first invention of the present application is a game system in which a player creates lyrics,
A game system including M means is provided. A: display means for displaying the completed lyrics B: pattern storage means for storing a lyrics pattern group in which the embedding position at which the lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded and the order of embedding the embedding positions are defined C: question storage means for storing a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyric pattern included in the lyric pattern group, and an answer group for each question; D: for displaying the lyric material And E: a pattern selecting means for selecting one of the lyrics pattern groups, and F: the selected lyric pattern group, and syllable data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable. A question corresponding to the embedding position of the lyric pattern and a group of answers to the question are displayed on the display, and a selection of one of the answers is accepted from the player. G: embedding means for searching the material storage means based on the selected answer and embedding the searched lyric material in the embedding position; H: the question and the question in the order of embedding the selected lyric pattern Control means for controlling the interrogating means and the embedding means so as to embed an answer to the words, and I: music deciding means for deciding music to be matched with the completed lyrics, J: Lyrics assigning means for assigning the lyrics to the melody of the music based on: K: instructing means for instructing the player to utter each syllable of the lyrics and a pitch; L: receiving a song input by the player; A composite data is generated by synthesizing song data based on the voice of the player and audio data of the music, and the composite data is computer-readable. Vocal storage means for storing the recording medium in a simple recording medium; M: discharging means for discharging the recording medium.

A game system comprising: In this game system, the player can sing a song created by the player and create a recording medium on which the song is recorded.

[0040]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <Summary of the Invention> In a game device according to the present invention, a player plays a word as if playing a game while answering a question. The player attaches an original melody or a favorite melody to the created lyrics. Further, the player can create an original CD in which the synthesized voice of the computer or the song and music of the player itself are recorded. If it is possible to create a CD jacket based on the image data input by the player himself, the original CD
Can be finished with higher texture. The songs created by the player include not only CDs but also hard disks and DVDs.
For example, it may be recorded on another recording medium. These recording media may be connected to the game device via a network.

<First Embodiment> (1) Configuration of a Game System According to the First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a game system 100 which is an embodiment of the game system according to the present invention. The game system 100 includes a control unit 1, an image processing unit 2,
It has an audio processing unit 3, a media recording unit 4, an operation unit 5, an audio input unit 6, an image input unit 7, and a printing unit 8.

The control unit 1 has a CPU 10, a ROM 18, and a RAM 19. The CPU 10 implements a plurality of functions described below based on the OS recorded in the ROM 18 and the game data stored in the RAM 19. The ROM 18 stores an OS for causing each unit of the game system 100 to perform a basic operation and various data for games. As the ROM 18, a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a hard disk may be used. The RAM 19 is loaded with a system program and a game program of the OS at startup. Also, RAM
Reference numeral 19 denotes writing to the CD-R of the media recording unit 4,
It is used as a work area for storing a temporary storage file for printing out by the printing unit 8.

The image processing unit 2 includes a frame memory buffer 2
1 and a monitor 22. The image processing unit 2 includes a CP
In response to a control command from U10, a game image is generated in the frame memory buffer 21 in real time, converted into analog RGB data, and output to the monitor 22. In addition,
The image processing unit 2 includes a GTE (Geometry Tran
sfer Engine) (not shown). The GTE is not an essential component of the game system 100, but is often provided when the present system is realized using a home-use game machine or a personal computer. It can be used when a CD jacket is created by using this.

The audio processing unit 3 includes a sound card 31, an amplifier 32, and a speaker 33,
SPU (Sound) that mixes vocal-recorded voice and computer synthesized sound and converts it into waveform information
(Processing Unit, not shown). The mixed waveform information is output from the speaker 33 through the amplifier 32.

The media recording section 4 has a drive 41 such as a CD-R drive. Drive 41 is a CP
The sound data converted into the waveform information by the U10 and the sound card 31 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-R.

The operation unit 5 can be realized by, for example, an operation panel having arrow keys. Further, the operation unit 5 can be realized by a touch panel that also serves as the monitor 22. The voice input unit 6 includes a microphone and an A / D converter (not shown). The voice of the player is captured by a microphone and converted into digital voice data by an A / D converter.

The image input unit 7 is realized by using, for example, a camera or a scanner and an A / D conversion unit. Further, it is also possible to use a disk drive or another recording medium reading device for the image input unit 7 and capture an image taken by a digital camera or digital video via a recording medium such as a floppy disk or a memory card. Further, the image input unit 7 may be configured using software for acquiring an image file downloaded from a network such as the Internet, for example, a WWW browser and a network interface.

The printing unit 8 is specifically a printer,
A recording medium jacket on which the song is recorded is printed as described later. (2) Example of Game System (2-1) Overall Game System FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a music studio game system 200 which is a specific example of the game system 100. In the music studio game system 200, a touch panel 201 serving as the operation unit 5 and the monitor 22 is provided at the center of the front of the housing. A microphone 202 for inputting audio is connected to the housing wirelessly or by wire on the center right side of the housing.
A plurality of microphones 202 may be provided in consideration of a case where a plurality of players sing such as a duet or a trio.

An image input camera 203 is provided at the upper center of the front of the housing. Speakers 204a and 204b for sound output are mounted on the left and right of the upper part of the front of the housing. In the lower part of the housing, there are provided a CD-R outlet 205 in which the song written by the player is recorded together with the accompanying music, a paper outlet 206 on which a CD jacket is printed, and a CD case outlet 207. ing. A coin insertion slot 208 for inserting a coin is provided on the lower right side of the housing.

FIG. 3 is another perspective view and a side view of the music studio game system shown in FIG. The music studio game system 200 includes a housing main body and an L-shaped member 210 arranged so as to surround a play space. As shown, a banner 211 may be hung on the side of the music studio game system 200. If the banner 211 is used, a player playing in front of the housing can be visually blocked from the outside. In addition, depending on the installation environment of the game system 200, a hanging curtain 211 may be used to clearly finish a photograph taken by the camera 203.
May block external light. (3) Outline of Music Studio Game Next, an outline of a game performed in the music studio game system 200 will be described with reference to FIGS.

(3-1) Basic Lyrics Processing First, the basic lyric processing of the game system 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the concept of the songwriting process. FIG. 7A shows the flow of the songwriting process, and FIG. 7B shows an example of the lyrics template and an example of the completed lyrics. The present game system 200
Then, template DB114, question DB111,
A direct DB 112 and a clause DB 113 are provided.

The template DB 114 stores lyrics templates with holes in which lyrics should be inserted. The question DB 111 stores a question corresponding to each lyrics template and options for answering the question. In the direct DB 112, phrases corresponding to one-to-one correspondence with answer options are stored. The phrase DB 113 stores phrases, which are the material of the lyrics, classified by attribute. Details of these DBs will be described later.

In the songwriting process, first, a lyrics template is determined (# 1), a question is displayed to the player (# 2), an input of an answer to the question is accepted (# 3), and the direct DB 112 or the phrase DB 113 is searched (# 4), and the search result is entered in the lyrics template (#
5) The lyrics are completed by repeating the processes of # 2 to # 5 and filling the lyrics template (# 6).

For example, the lyrics template shown in FIG. 4B has four holes. Answers A1, A2, A3 for three questions Q1, Q2, Q3
Respectively. The hole corresponding to the question Q1 (hereinafter referred to as a hole T1) is filled based on the answer A1 from the player to the question Q1. Other holes T
2, T3 and T4 are similarly sequentially filled. There may be more than one hole filled by one question. For example, the holes T3 and T4 may be filled based on the answer A3 to the question Q3. One hole may be filled with a plurality of answers to a plurality of questions. The question has a tree structure, and the next question may change depending on the answer to the question. Further, if the answer changes, the phrase extracted from the lyrics DB also changes, so that different lyrics can be created for each player.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of filling the lyrics template exemplified in FIG. 4B by a question having a tree structure. In the figure, “Q” indicates a question and “A” indicates an answer. The number “X” after each question Q and answer A indicates the order of the questions and answers. For example, Q1 is the first question, and A1 is the answer to Q1. The number after the answer order is the number of the answer option. For example,
A1-1 and A1-2 are options of the answer A1 to the first question Q1.

As shown, the answers to the first question Q1 are A1-1, A1-2 and A1-3.
There are two options. Second question Q2-1, Q2-2 and Q for each option of the first answer
2-3 are prepared. Second question Q2-1, Q2
-2 and Q2-3, two options are provided, each of which has six options A2-1 to A2-6.

When one of the answers to the question Q1 is selected, the lyrics corresponding to the selected answer are displayed in the direct DB1.
12 and is embedded in the hole T1. For example, when the answer A1-1 "unrequited love" is selected, "lonely" is embedded in the hole T1. Similarly, when either “Yes” or “No” is selected for any of the questions Q2, the lyrics corresponding to the selected answer are displayed in the direct DB11.
2 and embedded in the hole T2. FIG. 4
(B) shows a case where the answer A1-2 is selected for the question Q1 and the answer A2-3 is selected for the question Q2-2.

For the third question Q3, five answer options are prepared. When either is selected,
The search of the phrase DB 113 is started based on the answer,
The lyrics corresponding to the hole T3 are determined. For example, in FIG. 5, in response to question Q3 "How do you feel now?"
It is assumed that “normal” is selected. In this case, the phrase DB 11
3 are searched for Japanese and English phrases expressing the feeling of "normal", and the hit phrase is embedded in the hole T3. When there are a plurality of corresponding phrases, a phrase close to the number of pronunciations of the corresponding melody may be selected, or any of the phrases may be selected at random.

(3-2) Database Next, the above-described template DB 114 and question DB 1
11, the direct DB 112 and the clause DB 113 will be described in detail. The template DB 114 is associated with a number for identifying a lyrics template, and
A lyrics template illustrated in (b) is stored (not shown).

FIG. 6 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the question DB 111. The question DB 111 stores questions and answer options for each lyrics template. In this example, this DB is “template number”, “question number”, “DB”
It stores "type", "initial search condition", "question sentence", "hole number", "answer sentence", "lyric information", and "related question number".

The "template number" is a number for identifying each lyrics template. “Question number” is a number for specifying a question sentence. In the “DB type”, the phrase corresponding to the answer is stored in the direct DB 112 or the phrase DB.
113 is specified. When the phrase DB 113 is specified, the attribute of the phrase is also specified.

The "initial search condition" is a search condition set regardless of the answer content when the DB type is a phrase DB. For example, if "Japanese" is set, Japanese is searched as the corresponding phrase.

The "question sentence" stores the content of the question itself to be displayed on the monitor 203. “Hole number” specifies a hole in the template.

The “answer sentence” stores answer options displayed on the monitor 203. Two or more answer sentences are stored for one question number. “Lyrics information” indicates identification information for specifying a phrase stored in the direct DB 112 when the DB type is a direct DB. If the DB type is phrase DB,
Search conditions are set in “lyric information”. For example, FIG.
One of the answer options corresponding to the question Q3, "Mood refreshment"
Is selected, the phrases classified into the attribute "emotion" are retrieved from the phrase DB 113 based on the retrieval condition "emotion A".

The "related question number" indicates the number of the next question when the next question changes according to the answer to the question. For example, in FIG. 6, when the answer "unrequited love" is selected for the first question Q1, the question Q2-1 is output as the second question.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the direct DB 112. As described above, this DB stores a phrase corresponding to each answer option on a one-to-one basis. Specifically, this DB includes “clause number”, “display data”,
“Syllable data” and “pronunciation data” are stored.

The “phrase number” refers to the direct DB 112
This is an identification number for specifying a phrase stored in the file. In the question DB, the DB type is direct D
This phrase number is used for “lyric information” in the case of B.

The “display data” is data for displaying lyrics in a form that is easy for the player to see. For example, in phrase number 877, "being together" is display data.

"Syllable data" means a Japanese song
This is data for displaying syllables for each syllable.
More specifically, the syllable data is data for displaying syllables one syllable at a time in hiragana, katakana, Roman notation, or the like. For example, “I'm together”, “Issoniil”, and “i-syo-ni-i-ru” are syllable data. Of course, Hiragana, Katakana, and Roman alphabet may be used together. The syllable data is used to assign lyrics to the melody and to instruct the player when to sing.

The "pronunciation data" is data for specifying the pronunciation of a phrase. In the case of a Japanese song, it is stored in hiragana or katakana. When a song is recorded not by the player itself but by a computer voice, pronunciation data is required. For example, even when the syllable data of the phrase number 879 is "someday, it is ...", the pronunciation data is "someday, it is ..." or "it's cutemel ...".

FIG. 8 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the phrase DB 113. As described above, in this DB, phrases used as the material of the lyrics are classified and stored by attribute. In this example, a phrase classified into the attribute of “emotion” is shown.
Specifically, the phrase DB 113 stores “phrase data” and “search keywords”. "Phrase data"
Includes “display data”, “syllable data”, and “pronunciation data”. Each data is the direct DB1
Same as 12.

The "search keyword" stores whether each phrase hits each search keyword (Yes) or not (blank). In FIG. 8, emotions A to E, Japanese, and English are set as search keywords. Clause DB11
Any of the search keywords set in No. 3 is written in the “initial search condition” and “lyric information” of the question DB 111. For example, when the answer with the attribute “emotion”, the initial search condition “Japanese”, and the lyrics information “emotion A” is selected,
Any of the clauses that meet these conditions are embedded in the template. In FIG. 8, for example, such a phrase is “gorgeous jewelry”. When a plurality of clauses are hit, any one of the clauses can be selected at random. In addition, when the melody to which a song is to be added has already been determined, it is also possible to select a phrase that is close to the number of notes in the melody.

FIGS. 9A to 9F show the case where the lyrics template shown in FIG. 4B is embedded based on the question DB 111 of FIG. 6, the direct DB 112 of FIG. 7, and the phrase DB 113 of FIG. This is an example of the lyrics that are generated. As shown in the figure, even with the same template, various lyrics are generated in accordance with the way the player answers.

In the present game system, diversity of lyrics to be completed is realized by adopting a tree-structured question and answer. By repeating one question and one answer, the player can enjoy the songwriting process itself as a game. Further, by preparing the direct DB 112, the completeness of the lyrics is enhanced, and by using the phrase DB 113 together, it is possible to create a wide range of unexpected lyrics, thereby improving the game characteristics.

(3-3) Processing Performed by CPU Processing performed by the CPU 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 10 to 21. The CPU 10 includes a music determination unit 11,
It has a lyrics template determining means 12, a lyric means 13, a allocating means 14, a singing voice recording means 15, a synthesis recording means 16, and a jacket creating means 17.

(3-3-1) Determination of Music The music determination means 11 determines music to which the player attaches lyrics. There are various determination methods. For example, known music composition software can be used as the music determination means 11 to determine the music to which the lyrics are attached. Whichever method is used, the lyrics may be written after the music is determined, or vice versa.

In the present game system 200, the player selects a composition condition, and creates music that matches the selected composition condition using known composition software. FIG. 10 is an example of a “composition condition setting screen” for the player to set composition conditions. In this screen example, three pieces of music composition "theme", music "atmosphere", and music "genre" can be set. The player uses the touch panel 20
By pressing the arrow buttons 101a and 101b displayed on the screen 1, the options of each item can be scrolled.
Further, the player can set each item by directly pressing any option. The figure shows a state in which “LOVE” is set as the theme, “Pounding” as the atmosphere, and “Enka” as the genre. When the “OK button” 102 is pressed,
The composition conditions are determined. Depending on the composition software, if the music accompaniment is determined by determining the composition conditions, the accompaniment data is temporarily stored.

FIG. 11A is a theme table for storing options of “theme”. FIG. 8B is an atmosphere table for storing options of “atmosphere”. FIG. 8C is a genre table storing options of “genre”. The player can select various composition images depending on the combination of the theme, atmosphere, and genre. On the "composition condition setting screen" in FIG. 10, the options stored in each table are displayed.

When the music composition conditions are determined, the music determination means 11 outputs the melody and accompaniment of the basic music stored in advance corresponding to the music composition conditions, by voice and image. FIG.
Is an example of a "score screen" displayed by the music determination means 11 together with the audio output of music. The player freely arranges the melody by moving the position of a circle indicating each note in the score window 121. For example,
You can change the pitch by moving the circle up and down,
You can change the length of the sound by moving the circle to the left or right.

It is also possible to change the tempo of the tempo by using the tempo button 122. Parameter button 1
With 23, it is also possible to change parameters such as dynamism, pitch of the sound, voluminousness, and goodness of the paste.

Further, if the output music does not match the taste, the player presses the return button 125 to return to the "composition condition setting screen", and the arrow buttons 101a and 101b.
It is also possible to change the music composition conditions. When the player presses the “OK button” 124 on the “score screen”, the melody of the music is determined. Music determination means 11
The determined melody is temporarily stored.

Depending on the composition software, when the player changes the melody, it is possible to change the accompaniment according to the change of the melody. In this case, the music determination means 11
Performs accompaniment data storage at this stage. In the case of music composition software in which not only the melody but also the accompaniment is changed by the player itself, the accompaniment data is stored at this stage.

(3-3-2) Lyrics Lyrics template deciding means 12 decides a lyrics template based on composition conditions and a lyric theme to be described later. In this example, a genre is used as a composition condition, but the composition is not limited to the genre, and a theme, an atmosphere, or a combination thereof may be used as the composition condition. FIG. 13 shows a “lyric theme selection screen” displayed by the lyrics template determining means 12.
This is an example. On this screen, lyrics theme candidates according to the genre are displayed, and when the player selects one, a lyrics template according to the combination of the genre and the lyrics theme is determined.

FIG. 14A is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the theme & template table 110. The lyrics template determination means 12 refers to this table to display the lyrics theme selection screen and determine the lyrics template. Specifically, in this table, the “genre” of the music, the “theme” of the lyrics, and the template number are stored in association with each other. The lyrics template determining means 12
The theme corresponding to the selected genre is displayed on the lyrics theme selection screen, and the lyrics template corresponding to the selected theme is determined. For example, if "Ballard" is selected as the genre, the lyric theme candidates are "Love Theory", "Proposal", "With Love for Longing People", "For the Peace of the Earth", "To my future self",
Six "Life various" are displayed. Here, when "love theory" is selected, the lyrics template of template number 13 is determined.

FIG. 14B is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the lyrics template of the template number 13. Although not shown, the structure of the lyrics template corresponding to each template number is stored in the template DB 114.

The lyric unit 13 refers to the question DB 111 and displays questions and answer options corresponding to the determined lyrics template. The phrase corresponding to the selected answer is stored in the direct DB 112 or the phrase DB 113.
And embed it in the lyrics template. Lyricist 1
No. 3 repeats the display of questions, the display of answer options, the search and embedding of phrases until the lyrics are completed.

FIG. 15 is an example of the “question and answer display screen” displayed by the lyric unit 13. A question is displayed in a question window 151 at the upper left of the screen. Below that, an answer option 152 is displayed. The player makes a selection by directly clicking on one of the options. In this figure, "allow up to three times" is selected. A template window 153 is displayed on the right side of the screen. In the template, in the hole 154 where the lyrics are not determined, for example, “???” indicates that the lyrics are not determined. In the hole 155 where the lyrics are determined, the determined lyrics are displayed. When the player selects one of the answer options for the question, a phrase corresponding to the answer is displayed in a hole in the template. In this figure, the phrase “if up to three times” retrieved based on the answer to question 1 “allow up to three times” is displayed in the hole 155 corresponding to question 1.

After completing the lyrics, the lyric unit 13 selects a keyword from the completed lyrics to generate a title candidate. In the present embodiment, a title candidate is generated as follows. One or more static title candidates are associated with the lyrics template in advance. The lyric unit 13 extracts a part of the completed lyrics and generates one or more dynamic title candidates. As an extraction method, it is preferable to extract continuous phrases constituting the lyrics and make them dynamic title candidates. Further, an extraction part may be determined for each lyrics template. In generating dynamic title candidates, it is conceivable to limit the minimum and / or maximum number of characters. The number of sounds may be limited instead of the number of characters. Further, the lyric unit 13 displays the static title candidate and the dynamic title candidate together and accepts any selection.

FIG. 16 is an example of a title candidate screen displayed by the lyric unit 13. Title candidates 161 including dynamic title candidates and static title candidates are displayed on the left side of the screen. In this figure, the upper four are dynamic title candidates generated from lyrics, and the lower three are static title candidates corresponding to the lyrics template. The player selects a title by directly clicking any of the displayed titles. In this figure, one of the dynamic titles, "Pleasant Savanna Wind", is selected. On the right of the screen, the selected title 162 and the completed lyrics 1
63 is displayed.

The allocating means 14 allocates lyrics to the melody based on the syllable data of the completed lyrics. This processing is performed to instruct a player to sing timing and to record a singing voice by a synthetic voice of a computer, as described later.

(3-3-3) Recording The singing voice recording means 15 acquires or generates song data in which lyrics are added to a music melody, and temporarily stores the song data in a hard disk or a memory. Singing voice recording means 15
Mixes (synthesizes) the song data with the accompaniment data,
The signal may be output from the speaker 204. The player can hear the finished state of the song composed by the lyricist on the spot.
Here, the song data may be voice data of a player, synthesized voice data of a computer, or a mixture of both. First, the singing voice recording means 15 allows the player to select a recording method. FIG. 17 is an example of a recording method selection screen displayed by the singing voice recording means. In this example, three recording methods can be selected.

The first method is a recording method in which “all is left to the computer”. In this case, the singing voice recording means 15 generates synthesized voice data for outputting a song by a synthesized voice of the computer, and temporarily stores the data as song data.

The second method is a recording method in which the player sings only important parts by himself. The player sings the key parts of the song, such as the rust of the song, the hand of hand, and the lines. The singing voice recording means 15 acquires the digitized voice data of the player via the voice input unit 6, and temporarily stores the voice data. For the other parts, synthesized speech data is generated in the same manner as in the first method. The singing voice recording means 15 completes the singing data by synthesizing the synthesized voice data and the voice data of the player, and temporarily stores the data.

When the second method is used, it is preferable that the singing voice recording means 15 generates synthetic voice data for the entire song in the same manner as in the first method, and outputs a model using the synthetic voice of the computer. After the model is output, the singing voice recording means 15 is used so that the player can easily sing the key portion.
May output a song and the music by a synthetic voice. Then, when approaching the key portion, the voice of the player singing along with the output music is acquired.

After the model output by the synthetic voice of the computer, the singing voice recording means 15 may acquire the voice of the player in the key portion instead of the entire music. Also, instead of outputting the model throughout the song, the sound of the player at the key portion may be acquired immediately after the model is output up to the key portion. In any case, it is preferable that the accompaniment data of the key portion be output while the voice of the player is being acquired, so that the player can easily sing.

Thereafter, the singing voice recording means 15 replaces the acquired voice data of the player with the synthesized voice data for the key portion of the music. It is also possible to generate duet song data by superimposing the voice data of the player and the synthesized voice data.

The third method is a recording method of “singing all by yourself”. In this case, the singing voice recording means 15
It is preferable to divide the recording part in units of phrases and output a model by a synthetic voice of a computer for each phrase. The model synthesized speech data is the first
Is generated in the same manner as in the above method. Then, the singing voice recording means 15
Continuously acquires voice data of the same phrase as the model sung by the player and temporarily holds the same. This is repeated for each phrase, and when the voice data of the player is obtained for all the phrases, the respective phrases are connected to complete the song data. In this method, the player may be embarrassed on the way and fail to record. Therefore, it is preferable that the singing voice recording means 15 interrupt the recording at any time during the recording and accept the switching to the recording by the synthetic voice of the computer.

FIG. 18 is an example of a recording screen displayed by the singing voice recording means 15. This screen is for instructing the player on the timing and pitch of singing.
If “Sing only the important part” or “Sing all by yourself” is selected from the recording methods, this screen is displayed. Score window 18 in the center of the screen
1 is displayed, and a graph indicating a pitch and a rhythm is displayed. Lyrics are displayed in the circles representing musical scores on the graph in association with each syllable. The lyrics are displayed based on the syllable data. The graph and lyrics flow from the right of the screen to the left according to the song. A hit area 182 is displayed on the left of the score window 181. The player may sing the song so that the syllable data enters the hit area 182.

In the lyrics window 183 on the right side of the screen, lyrics are displayed with a line break for each phrase. The current phrase 184 is shown surrounded by a frame. An evaluation area 185 is provided at the lower left of the screen. In this area,
The evaluation of whether or not the song is sung with good timing and at the correct pitch is, for example, "Great", "Good", "M
This is indicated by a three-stage evaluation such as "iss". The evaluation may be displayed for each syllable, for each phrase, or for each song. Give up button 186 at the bottom of the screen
Is provided. When the player clicks on this button 186, it is possible to switch to recording of synthetic speech by the computer.

The synthesizing recording means 16 mixes the singing data temporarily held by the singing voice recording means 15 with the accompaniment data, and records the mixing data on a CD-R. (3-3-4) Creation of Jacket The jacket creation means 17 is a player's original CD.
Create an image to be printed on the jacket and output it. In the present game system 200, one of the stored background images and a photograph of the player taken by the camera 203 are combined and printed on the jacket. FIG. 19 is an example of a background selection screen displayed by the jacket creating means 17. On this screen, a plurality of background image candidates 191 stored in the jacket creating means 17 are displayed. The player directly clicks any of the displayed background images and selects a jacket background. On the right side of the screen, the currently selected background image 192 is enlarged and displayed. When the player wants to refer to another background image candidate, the background image candidate can be scrolled by pressing a button 193 at the bottom of the screen. When the player clicks the “OK button” 194 with any background image selected, the background image is determined.

Next, the jacket creating means 17 shoots the player with the camera 203. FIG. 20 is an example of a photographing screen displayed by the jacket creating means 17. This screen prompts the player to take a photo pose. It is preferable that the jacket creating means 17 displays the image 196 of the camera 203 combined with the background image 195 on the touch panel 201 in real time. This is because the player can determine a pose while looking at the touch panel 201. Also, the jacket creating means 17
Should also show a sample of how to pose. If the player poses according to the sample, a better-looking jacket can be created. The sample pose is stored in association with the background image (not shown). Further, the jacket creating means 17 displays the remaining time 197 until the shutter at the lower right of the screen.

When the photographing of the player's photograph is completed, the jacket creating means 17 combines the background image with the photograph.
Next, the jacket creating means 17 controls the printing unit 8 to print the CD jacket and the spine of the jacket on one sheet of paper. FIG. 21 is an example of the jacket main body and the spine of the jacket printed by the jacket creating means 17. For example, on the front side of the jacket body, a composite image of the captured image of the player and the background image and a title are printed. On the back side, a title and lyrics are printed on a background image. The title is printed on the spine. The jacket body and the spine of the jacket are printed on a piece of paper. Each printed portion is printed at a position such that the jacket itself and the spine are completed when the player cuts it later. Note that the jacket creating means 17 may adjust the size of the jacket body and the spine according to the size of the recording medium. When the recording medium is not a CD-R, DVD, MO or the like and is a hard disk, the jacket does not have to be printed.

In the present game system 200, the jacket creating means 17 outputs the CD-R and the CD case recording the song and the music in addition to the printing of the jacket, to the outlet 205,
The game is discharged from 206 and 207, and the game ends. The player cuts and combines the printed jacket body and spine, sets it in a CD case with CD-R,
Complete the original CD.

(3-4) Processing Flow FIGS. 22 and 23 are flowcharts showing the flow of the overall processing procedure in the music studio game system 200. Hereinafter, the game system 20 will be described with reference to these drawings.
The flow of the process 0 will be specifically described. The following processing is started when the player inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 208 of the game system 200.

Steps S1, S2; music determination means 11
Causes the player to set composition conditions, for example, the theme, atmosphere, and genre, and determines basic music from the set composition conditions (S1). Further, the music determination means 11 receives a change in various parameters, a change in tempo, and a change in pitch and rhythm for the basic music (S2).

Steps S3 and S4: The lyric template determining means 12 displays a songwriting theme candidate corresponding to the genre of the song selected in step S1, and accepts selection of any songwriting theme (S3). Further, the lyrics template determining means 12 determines the lyrics template based on the combination of the genre and the songwriting theme with reference to the theme & template table (S4).

Step S5: The lyric unit 13 uses the question DB
With reference to 111, the content of the question and the answer options corresponding to the lyrics template are displayed on the touch panel 201. Steps S6, S7, S8: The lyric unit 13 determines whether any answer has been selected and, when an answer is selected, searches either the direct DB 112 or the phrase DB 113 (S6, S7). Which one to search is determined based on the question DB 111. Lyricist 13
Embeds the searched phrase in the corresponding hole of the lyrics template (S8).

Step S9: Next, the lyric unit 13
It is determined whether all the holes in the lyrics template have been filled and the lyrics have been completed. If not, the processing in steps S5 to S8 is performed until the lyrics template is filled and the lyrics are completed. When the lyrics are completed, the process proceeds to step S10.

Step S10: The allocating means 14 performs a process of allocating each syllable to a melody of music based on the syllable data of the bunsetsu constituting the lyrics. Steps S11 and S12: The lyric unit 13 extracts a keyword from the completed lyrics and generates a title candidate (S11). Next, the lyric unit 13 displays the generated title candidate and the completed lyrics (S12). The lyric unit 13 receives one of the displayed title candidates from the player and determines the title of the lyrics.

Step S13: The singing voice recording means 15 receives a recording method selection from the player. Steps S14 and S15: If the player selects the recording method of "leave it all to the computer" (S14), the singing voice recording means 15 uses the computer to synthesize the singing data based on the pronunciation data of the phrases constituting the lyrics. Is generated (S15).

Steps S16, S17, S18: When the player selects the recording method of "singing only important parts by himself" (S16), the singing voice recording means 15 displays the recording screen, and the player can sing and how to sing. It is instructed whether to proceed (S17). Singing voice recording means 15
Acquires the voice of the player only in the key portion and synthesizes it with the synthesized voice of the computer in the other portions (S18).

Steps S19, S20, S21, S2
2: When the player selects the recording method of “singing all by himself” (S19), the singing voice recording unit 15 first generates synthetic voice data for the entire song. Next, the singing voice recording means 15 outputs a model by a synthetic voice of the computer for each phrase (S20). Thereafter, the voice of the player is acquired for the same phrase, and is temporarily stored (S21). After recording the voice of the player for one phrase, the singing voice recording means 15 determines whether or not all the lyrics have been recorded (S22). If not, step S20
Steps S22 to S22 are repeated, and the voices of the player are recorded for all the phrases to be song data.

Step S23: The synthesizing recording means 16 mixes (synthesizes) the temporarily held song data and accompaniment data. Next, the synthesizing and recording means 16 starts processing for writing the mixed audio data to the CD-R.

Step S24: Jacket creating means 17
Starts the creation of the jacket while the composite recording means 16 is recording on the CD-R. That is, the jacket creating means 17 displays the background selection screen and causes the player to select any one of the background images (S24).
Next, the jacket creating means 17 takes a photograph of the player (S25). The jacket creating means 17 combines the background image, the photographed image, the title, and the lyrics, and prints the front cover, the back cover, and the back cover of the jacket on one sheet of paper (S2).
6).

Step S27: Jacket creating means 17
Is a CD-R in which song data and accompaniment data are written,
The CD case is discharged, and the process ends. <Other Embodiments> (A) Another Example of Music Determination Method A music determination method other than the music determination method using the composition software may be used. For example, the music determination unit 11 reads a music title from a CD-ROM or DVD recording music and displays the title on the monitor 22. Further, the music determination means 11 accepts selection of any title, reads the selected music file from a CD-ROM or the like, and sets it as accompaniment data.

As still another method, music determination means 11
It is also conceivable to accept the selection of an mp3 format music file on the network and download the selected music file as accompaniment data. Regardless of which method is used, the song may be written after the music is determined, or vice versa.

(B) Another Example of Generating Title Candidate The method of generating a title candidate is not limited to a method of using a phrase constituting lyrics as a title candidate, or merely preparing a fixed title candidate in a lyrics template. For example, the following method is conceivable.

A part of speech having an adjective function such as an adjective, a gerund, an adjective verb, and a noun are extracted from the completed lyrics.
There is a method in which both are combined and used as title candidates. Further, the title candidate may be generated using not only the lyrics but also the lyrics material included in the phrase DB or the direct DB. For example, a phrase that matches the search keyword for searching the phrase DB but is not selected is used. Explaining in detail using the phrase DB in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the search keywords are “emotional A” and “Japanese”, and “gorgeous jewelry” is embedded in the lyrics template.
In this case, other phrases that hit this search keyword,
For example, "1 million watts!", "Full speed sprinting", and "Japan fine!" Title candidates are
It is generated by the method described above, another method, or a combination thereof.

(C) Another Example of Song Recording Medium A recording medium for recording mixing (synthesis) data of song data and accompaniment data is not limited to CD-Rs. Other recording media, for example, a hard disk connected to the CPU 10, a semiconductor memory, a DVD, a magneto-optical disk (MO)
The mixing data may be recorded in the data. Further, these recording media may be connected to the CPU 10 via a network. For example, it is conceivable to upload and store mixing data in a VOD server on a network.

Further, prior to writing the mixing data, selection or designation of a recording destination of the mixing data may be received from the player. For example, it is possible to accept selection of either a CD-R or a predetermined server on a network as a recording destination candidate.

(D) Another Example of Jacket Creation Method For example, the image input unit 7 of the game system 200 may be a disk drive that reads a memory card of a digital camera. This configuration is preferable when the present game system 200 is realized using a home PC. The jacket creating means 17 reads the title of the image file photographed by the player with the digital camera from the disk drive, and accepts selection of one of the image files. Then, the selected image file is used as a jacket image.

Further, the image input section 7 can be constituted by a scanner. The jacket creating means 17 acquires an image drawn by the player from the scanner and uses the image as a jacket image.

Further, the jacket creating means 17 acquires the title of the image file from the recording medium connected to the CPU 10 via a network or a communication interface, accepts any selection, and acquires the selected image file from the recording medium. It can also be an image of a jacket.

(E) Another Embodiment of Game System FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the music studio game system 200. This game system uses CP
A monitor 222, a home PC 241 having a built-in U10
A speaker 243, a printer 244, a keyboard 245, and a microphone 246 are connected to each other. Image input can be performed, for example, by inserting a memory card of a digital camera into the drive 248. The mixing data of the song data and the accompaniment data is PC241.
May be recorded on the hard disk of the drive 248.
Alternatively, a CD-R may be inserted and recorded. The CD jacket can be printed out by the printer 244.

(F) Program and Recording Medium A game program for causing a computer to execute the game method and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the scope of the present invention. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a computer-readable and writable floppy disk, hard disk, semiconductor memory, CD-ROM, DVD, magneto-optical disk (MO), and others.

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According to the present invention, lyrics unique to a player can be easily created with a sense of play. It is also possible to create a unique recording medium on which a song and accompaniment are recorded and its case, and it is possible to reflect the player's individuality, will, and creativity in the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a music studio game system which is an example of the game system of FIG. 1;

3A is another perspective view of the appearance of the music studio game system. FIG. 3B is a side view of the game system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4A is an explanatory view showing an outline of processing in the music studio game system of FIG. 2; (B) An example of a lyrics template and lyrics.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a songwriting process in the music studio game system of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a question DB.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a direct DB.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a phrase DB.

FIG. 9 is an example of lyrics created using the lyrics template of FIG. 4 (b).

FIG. 10 is an example of a composition condition setting screen.

FIG. 11 shows options of composition conditions displayed on the composition condition setting screen of FIG. (A) Theme table (b) Atmosphere table (c) Genre table

FIG. 12 is an example of a score screen.

FIG. 13 is an example of a lyrics theme selection screen.

FIG. 14A is a conceptual explanatory diagram of a theme & template table. (B) Explanatory drawing which shows an example of another lyrics template.

FIG. 15 is an example of a question and answer display screen.

FIG. 16 is an example of a title candidate screen.

FIG. 17 shows an example of a recording method selection screen.

FIG. 18 is an example of a recording screen.

FIG. 19 is an example of a background selection screen.

FIG. 20 shows an example of a shooting screen.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory view showing an example of a jacket body and a spine.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating an example of a processing flow in the music studio game system of FIG. 2;

FIG. 23 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating an example of a processing flow in the music studio game system of FIG. 2;

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing another configuration example of the music studio game system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100; game system 200; music studio game system 1: control unit 2: image processing unit 3: sound processing unit 4: disk control unit 5; operation unit 6; sound input unit 7; image input unit 8;

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ryuhei Hirota 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami Corporation (72) Inventor Koji Sakaguchi 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami Corporation (72) Inventor Tsuyoshi Tsuji 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami Corporation F-term (reference) 2C001 AA11 AA17 BA06 BA07 CA02 CA07 CB01 CC02 CC08 5D082 AA20 AA23 5D378 MM38

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A game device in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display, a lyrics pattern group in which an embedding position in which lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded and an order in which the embedding positions are embedded are defined. A question storage unit that stores a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyrics pattern included in the lyrics pattern group, and an answer group for each question; A material storage unit that stores display data for displaying a material; a pattern selection unit that selects one of the lyrics pattern groups; and a question corresponding to an embedding position of any of the selected lyrics patterns. Question means for displaying a group of answers to the question on the display and accepting selection of any answer from the player; Embedding means for retrieving the material storage means based on the above, and embedding the searched lyrics material in the embedding position, and embedding the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order in which the selected lyric pattern is embedded. A game device comprising: control means for controlling the interrogating means and the embedding means to complete the lyrics; and lyrics display means for displaying the completed lyrics on the display. 2. The material storage means includes a first material storage means for storing one of the answer groups and lyrics material on a one-to-one basis, and a second material for storing lyrics materials classified for each attribute.
The game device according to claim 1, further comprising material storage means. 3. The pattern storage means further stores a plurality of lyric conditions in association with the lyric pattern, the pattern selection means displays the lyric conditions, and accepts one of the selections from the player. The game device according to claim 1, wherein a lyrics pattern corresponding to the selected lyric composition is determined. 4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein said lyric condition includes at least a genre of music to which lyrics are added. 5. The embedding means performs a process of displaying the selected lyrics pattern, an embedding position in the lyrics pattern, and a lyrics material embedded in the embedding position on the display. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the game device repeats the process every time the lyrics material is embedded. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: first title creating means for creating a title based on the completed lyrics and displaying the created title as the title of the lyrics.
6. The game device according to any one of 5. 7. A title candidate group is generated based on the completed lyrics, any one of the title candidates is selected or selected, and the selected title candidate is displayed as the title of the lyrics. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a second title creating unit that performs the operation. 8. The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising music determination means for determining music to which the completed lyrics are attached. 9. The game device according to claim 8, further comprising lyrics allocating means for allocating completed lyrics to the music melody. 10. The material storage means further stores pronunciation data for sound output of the lyrics material by a computer corresponding to each of the display data, and stores the lyrics material constituting the completed lyrics. Lyrics allocating means for allocating to the melody of the music, a performance of generating song data in which the lyrics are attached to the melody of the music based on the pronunciation data, synthesizing voice data of the music and the song data, and outputting the voice. The game device according to claim 8, further comprising: means. 11. A lyric allocating means for allocating lyric materials constituting the completed lyric to the melody of the music, and outputting the music and timing each syllable of the lyric according to the output music. Instructing means for instructing the player, receiving an input of a song by the player, detecting a difference between the timing of the song by the player and the instructed timing, and evaluating the song of the player based on the detection result. The game device according to claim 8, further comprising: an evaluation unit configured to display an evaluation result on the display. 12. The material storage means further stores pronunciation data for sound output of the lyric material by a computer corresponding to each of the display data, and stores the lyric material constituting the completed lyric. Lyric allocating means for allocating to the melody of music; generating song data in which the lyrics are added to the melody of the music based on the pronunciation data; generating synthesized data by synthesizing the voice data of the music and the song data. The game device according to claim 8, further comprising: a first vocal storage unit that stores the composite data on a computer-readable recording medium. 13. A lyric allocating means for allocating lyric materials constituting the completed lyric to the melody of the music, and the player outputs the music and determines the timing of producing each syllable of the lyric according to the output music. Receiving means for inputting a song by the player, synthesizing song data based on the voice of the player and audio data of the music to generate synthetic data, and computer-readable recording of the synthetic data The game device according to claim 8, further comprising: a second vocal storage unit that stores the vocal information in a medium. 14. The material storage means further stores syllable data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable, corresponding to each of the display data, and constitutes the lyrics assigned to the melody of the music. Scroll means for scrolling syllable data of lyrics material on the display; area display means for displaying a hit area intersecting a scroll direction on the display; and the scrolled syllable data and the hit area, The game device according to claim 8, further comprising: an instruction unit configured to overlap the music with the melody of the music. 15. The completed lyrics are displayed on the display independently of the syllable data and the hit area, and a part of the lyrics corresponding to the syllable data scrolled on the display can be identified. The game device according to claim 14, further comprising a singing support unit that displays the singing support. 16. An image input means for receiving an input of an image, and print control means for generating a jacket image on a computer-readable recording medium based on the input image and printing the jacket image. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, comprising: 17. An image storage means for storing a background image group of the recording medium jacket; and a background selection means for displaying the background image group on the display and receiving any selection. 17. The game device according to claim 16, wherein the control unit generates the jacket image by further synthesizing the selected background image and the input image. 18. A songwriting method used in a game device in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display, wherein an embedding position in which lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded and an order in which the embedding positions are embedded are defined. Pattern holding step of holding the group of lyrics patterns obtained, question holding of a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each of the lyrics patterns included in the lyrics pattern group, and question holding of an answer group for each question A material storing step of storing display data for displaying the lyrics material in a material storage unit; a selecting step of selecting one of the lyrics pattern groups; and a selecting step of selecting one of the selected lyrics patterns. A question corresponding to the embedding position and a group of answers to the question are displayed on the display, and selection of one of the answers is performed by the play. A query step accepted from the following; an embedding step of searching the material storage means based on the selected answer, embedding the searched lyrics material in the embedding position; and embedding the selected lyrics pattern in the order. A lyrics writing method comprising: controlling the question step and the embedding step so as to embed a question and an answer to the question to complete the lyrics; and a display step of displaying the completed lyrics on the display. . 19. A songwriting game program in which a player creates lyrics while referring to a display, wherein a lyrics pattern in which lyrics materials constituting the lyrics are embedded and the order in which the embedding positions are embedded are defined. Pattern storage means for storing a group; question storage means for storing a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyrics pattern included in the lyrics pattern group; and answer storage for each question, Material storage means for storing display data for displaying lyrics material; pattern selection means for selecting one of the lyrics pattern groups; and a question corresponding to an embedding position of one of the selected lyrics patterns Question means for displaying a group of answers to the question on a display, and accepting selection of any answer from the player; Embedding means for searching the material storage means based on the retrieved answer and embedding the searched lyric material in the embedding position; embedding the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order of embedding the selected lyrics pattern A lyrics writing game program for causing a computer to function as control means for controlling the interrogating means and the embedding means so as to complete the lyrics, and as lyrics displaying means for displaying the completed lyrics on the display. 20. A game system in which a player creates lyrics, a display means for displaying completed lyrics, an embedding position in which lyrics material constituting the lyrics is embedded, and an order in which the embedding positions are embedded. A pattern storage unit for storing a group of defined lyrics patterns; a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyrics pattern included in the lyrics pattern group; and an answer group for each question Question storage means, material storage for associating and storing display data for displaying the lyric material, syllable data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable, and pronunciation data for audio output by a computer. Means, a pattern selecting means for receiving any selection of the lyrics pattern group from the player, and corresponding to an embedding position of the selected lyrics pattern. A display of a question to be displayed and a group of answers to the question on the display means, a question means for accepting selection of any answer from the player, and a search for the material storage means based on the selected answer. Embedding means for embedding the lyric material in the embedding position, controlling the question means and embedding means to embed the question and the answer to the question according to the order of embedding the selected lyrics pattern, Control means for completing lyrics, music determining means for determining music to be matched with the completed lyrics, lyrics allocating means for allocating the lyrics to the melody of the music based on the syllable data, and based on the pronunciation data Generating song data with the lyrics attached to the melody of the music, and synthesizing the audio data of the music and the song data to generate synthesized data; A game system comprising: first vocal storage means for storing the composite data on a computer-readable recording medium; and discharging means for discharging the recording medium. 21. A game system in which a player creates lyrics, a display means for displaying completed lyrics, an embedding position in which lyrics materials constituting the lyrics are embedded, and an embedding order of the embedding positions. A pattern storage unit for storing a group of defined lyrics patterns; a tree-structured question group corresponding to each embedding position in each lyrics pattern included in the lyrics pattern group; and an answer group for each question Question storage means, display data for displaying the lyric material, and syllabic data obtained by dividing the lyric material for each syllable, and a material storage means for storing them in association with each other; Selecting a pattern selecting means, displaying a question corresponding to the embedding position of the selected lyric pattern, and displaying a group of answers to the question on the display means, Question means for receiving a selection of an answer from the player; embedding means for searching the material storage means based on the selected answer and embedding the searched lyric material in the embedding position; and the selected lyrics Control means for controlling the interrogating means and the embedding means so as to embed the question and the answer to the question in accordance with the order of embedding the pattern, and completing the lyrics; Means, based on the syllable data, lyrics allocating means for allocating the lyrics to the melody of the music, instruction means for instructing the player on the timing and pitch at which each syllable of the lyrics is uttered, Receiving input, synthesizing song data based on the voice of the player and voice data of the music to generate synthesized data, Game system comprising a vocal storage means for storing the combined data in a computer-readable recording medium, and discharge means for discharging the recording medium.