JP2005283811A - Generation system for karaoke melody by user accelerating high calorie consumption - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke melody generation system that enables a user to slim down by accelerating high calorie consumption by singing while enjoying singing a favorite karaoke musical piece. <P>SOLUTION: Structured is the system with a function of generating a melody. When one karaoke musical piece is divided into a plurality of sections and calorie consumptions of an arbitrary user when the user sings the desired karaoke musical piece are calculated by the sections to generate a melody for the user, the function extracts sections based upon a specified total value of recorded calorie consumptions from set sections whose total values are in high order within the number of employable set sections of each karaoke musical piece included in a singing history corresponding to a specified playing time of the melody, and connects them together to generate the melody. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system that has a function of identifying a user ID and generates a medley that promotes high calorie consumption from karaoke songs sung by each user based on the karaoke song history of each user.

  People consume calories from food through basal metabolism and exercise. If enough exercise is not performed for the calories ingested, excess calories are accumulated in the body as fat and the like, leading to poor health, particularly obesity. Therefore, it is necessary to perform an appropriate exercise commensurate with the amount of calories consumed. It is known that obesity causes adult diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. In order to eliminate such obesity, it is important to keep a proper exercise every day as well as pay attention to eating habits. For this reason, there is a growing interest in exercise aimed at dieting regardless of gender.

  In recent years, it has been found that singing at karaoke consumes a considerable amount of calories. This is due to abdominal breathing when speaking from the bottom of the abdomen, which consumes a lot of energy when moving the diaphragm up and down violently to ingest and exhale large amounts of air. It is said that if you sing a song seriously in karaoke, it will consume the same energy as you ran 100m. This is a good exercise for dieting, that is, you can expect a considerable diet effect by continuing karaoke moderately. is there.

  Thus, when singing at karaoke, if you know your calorie consumption, you can use it for calorie management and dieting with karaoke. Therefore, conventionally, a karaoke system has been conceived that can inform the calorie consumption by physical exercise when singing at karaoke. For example, in Patent Document 1, sampling input volume from a microphone is sampled at a predetermined time interval, and an integrated value obtained by sequentially integrating each sample value is converted into a calorie consumption amount of physical exercise according to a predetermined algorithm. A technique for notifying the user of the calorie consumption calculated is disclosed. Moreover, in patent document 2, the momentum data correlated with the calorie consumed when the user sang karaoke music is collected, and the data is transferred to the karaoke host device together with the user ID. A technique is disclosed in which the exercise amount data is sequentially accumulated for each user based on the user ID associated with each.

By the way, many techniques related to a karaoke system that can extract a predetermined portion from a plurality of karaoke pieces and connect them together to create a desired medley have been conceived. For example, in Patent Document 3, a predetermined song section is selected from predetermined karaoke songs based on a command, and the song sections selected from a plurality of karaoke songs are joined together to form a medley song. Technology is disclosed. Further, in Patent Document 4, a plurality of karaoke pieces to be medley generated are specified by an input operation, and a position of the medley specified music piece is determined in the medley, and according to this determination A technique for selectively extracting a predetermined medley generating unit of music information and performing connection processing of each extracted medley generating unit is disclosed.
JP 2000-29479 A JP 2001-204969 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-295581 JP-A-9-212182

  Therefore, the present invention pays attention to the diet effect of the karaoke, and further uses the karaoke system that can create a desired medley, so that the user can enjoy singing the favorite karaoke music while singing. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a karaoke medley generation system for promoting high-calorie consumption and enabling an efficient diet.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventors divide one piece of karaoke music into a plurality of sections, and when an arbitrary user sings desired karaoke music, the user's calorie consumption for each section When calculating the amount and generating a medley for the user, based on a predetermined total value of the recorded calorie consumption, in each karaoke piece included in the singing history according to the predetermined performance time of the medley The above problem can be solved by constructing a system with a function to generate a medley by extracting the combined values from the upper set sections within the range of the number of set sections that can be adopted and connecting them sequentially. As a result, the karaoke medley generation system for each user of the present invention has been conceived.

That is, the user-specific karaoke medley generating system according to claim 1 of the present invention is:
A system that has a function of identifying a user ID and generates a medley that promotes high-calorie consumption by singing based on the karaoke song history of each user,
(A) A section for dividing one piece of karaoke music into a plurality of sections and calculating the calorie consumption of the user for each section when an arbitrary user sings desired karaoke music Another calorie calculating means;
(I) Singing history recording means for recording the history of karaoke songs sung by the user together with information on calorie consumption by section in each karaoke song,
(C) For each karaoke piece included in the singing history, to set a single or a plurality of continuous sections to be adopted in an arbitrary medley, and to add and record calorie consumption in the set section A set section calorie summing means,
With
(D) When generating a medley for the user, the setting in each karaoke piece included in the singing history according to a predetermined performance time of the medley based on the total value of the recorded calorie consumption Within the range of the number of sections that can be adopted, the total value is extracted from the upper set section, and the medley is generated by sequentially connecting them.

Moreover, the karaoke medley generation system classified by user of Claim 2 of this invention is the system of Claim 1,
(E) A karaoke host device connected to a network of the karaoke performance devices and the karaoke performance devices. The karaoke host device is accompanied by the singing history recording means.

Furthermore, the karaoke medley generation system for each user according to claim 3 of the present invention is the system according to claim 2,
(F) The karaoke medley generating system for each user according to claim 2, wherein the karaoke host device further includes the set section calorie adding means.

  According to the user-specific karaoke medley generating system according to claim 1 of the present invention, when one karaoke music piece is divided into a plurality of sections and any user sings a desired karaoke piece, the section When calculating the calorie consumption of the user every time and generating a medley for the user, the total value is extracted from the upper set section based on the total value of the recorded calorie consumption for a predetermined section. In order to generate a medley by sequentially connecting them, the user can enjoy singing a favorite karaoke song by continuously singing a medley song setting section of a karaoke song that can obtain a relatively high calorie consumption, High calorie consumption by the singing is promoted, and an effect such as an efficient diet is achieved.

  According to the karaoke medley generation system for each user according to claim 2 of the present invention, in the system according to claim 1, a karaoke host device connected to a large number of karaoke performance devices is accompanied by a singing history recording means. Therefore, even if singing at any karaoke performance device connected to the network, the singing history is recorded in the host device, which is inevitable compared to recording the singing history in a specific karaoke performance device. As a result, the number of medley-targeted songs increases, and a variety of user-friendly medleys can be generated.

  Furthermore, according to the karaoke medley generation system for each user according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the system according to claim 2, since the karaoke host device further includes a set section calorie summing unit, It is not necessary to add the setting section calorie summing means to the system, the system is simplified, and the host device supervises this function so that any user can use any karaoke performance device connected to the network. There is an effect that this can be handled efficiently.

  Hereinafter, the optimal example is given about the karaoke medley production | generation system classified by user of this invention, and the structure of (a) to (d) of Claim 1 of this invention is explained in full detail.

  FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a user-specific karaoke medley generating system according to the present invention. The system (1) of the present embodiment is mainly composed of a karaoke performance device (P), and this karaoke performance device (P) includes a RAM (12), a sound source (6), a mixer (7), a volume detection unit (14), An MPEG decoder (15), a synthesizing circuit (16), an ID card reading / writing device (2), etc. are connected, and a central control means (10) for comprehensively controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, and further a communication control means (19 In addition to performance data (23) and video data (24) transferred from the karaoke host device via the karaoke) host, the recording medium is mainly composed of recording means such as a hard disk (11) in which various data are recorded.

  Here, each component will be described in detail. First, each user logs in by inputting his / her user ID in advance using the ID card reading / writing device (2). Thereafter, the user performs an operation after designating his / her ID icon formed by the login, specifically, reservation registration of a song ID attached to a desired karaoke song, and a user-specific medley of the present invention. For operations such as performance instructions, the central control means (10) can identify who the operation originated from.

  The music ID designated by the user is received from the user interface attached by the remote control device (3) and via the operation signal interface (22) on the central control means (10) side. The received music ID is registered in the performance reservation queue in association with the user ID by the reservation registration means (21). The reserved karaoke songs are played sequentially, and the performance is performed as follows. The tone generator (6) forms a tone signal according to the performance data corresponding to the music ID input by the processing of the sequencer (20) executed by the central control means (10), and the formed tone signal is the mixer (7). The mixer (7) inputs the musical sound signal generated by the sound source (6) and the user's singing voice signal from the microphone (5) input through the A / D converter (13) in an appropriate balance. The mixed digital audio signal is input to the sound system (8). The sound system (8) includes a D / A converter and a power amplifier, and converts the input digital signal into an analog signal. Amplify and emit karaoke accompaniment music and singing voice from the speaker (9).

  On the hard disk (11), video data (24) is encoded in the MPEG2 format in addition to the performance data (23), and playback processing is performed by background video playback means (not shown) executed by the central control means (10). This is read out and input to the MPEG decoder (15). The MPEG decoder (15) converts the input MPEG data into an NTSC video signal and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (16). The synthesis circuit (16) adds lyrics telop and scoring on the background video signal. The OSD such as display is synthesized, and the synthesized video signal is displayed on the display device (4).

  The remote control device (3) includes a user interface, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the user's operation to the central control means (10). The central control means (10) detects this operation signal and performs corresponding processing. For example, when a music ID is input from the remote control device (3), the music ID is transmitted to the sequencer (20) as a request for karaoke music. The sequencer (20) mainly comprises a music sequencer, a lyrics sequencer, and a character pattern creation means, and reads out performance data identified by the music ID from the hard disk (11).

  And this karaoke apparatus (P) is provided with the sound volume detection part (14) as a means to notify the calorie consumption by singing. The sound volume detection unit (14) is composed of various processing circuits capable of sampling the singing input signal. When the singing input signal from the microphone (5) is input, the singing input signal is input at a predetermined time interval. Sampling process. In this sampling process, the sound volume detector (14) successively takes out the instantaneous value of the signal level of the singing input signal as a sample value every predetermined time. The sampling interval is set to about 0.2 seconds, for example. The section-specific calorie calculating means (18) performs a calculation process of sequentially integrating the sample values sent from the volume detection unit (14) during the performance process. Is integrated for each divided section, and the total volume of the user's utterance volume level is obtained by time integration for each section.

  Next, the section-specific calorie calculating means (18) performs a process of converting the calorie consumption of the physical exercise by the user's singing based on the integrated value calculated by the predetermined calculation process and using a predetermined algorithm. Do. In this embodiment, a calculation process for multiplying the calculated integrated value by the calorie conversion coefficient is performed, and the calorie conversion coefficient here represents the calorie consumption per unit utterance volume, and a person having a standard physique is very small. It is obtained by actually measuring the calorie consumption with respect to the utterance volume when singing normally. As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 5-212136, the calorie consumption with respect to the vocalization volume is calculated by measuring the amount of oxygen consumed by the person by singing with an oxygen consumption measuring device. . Thus, the calorie consumption can be calculated for each section obtained by dividing one karaoke piece. The present invention is not limited to this, and the karaoke system technology capable of measuring calorie consumption by various methods and algorithms disclosed in the past can be applied.

  The history of the karaoke music sung by the user is recorded together with information on the calculated calorie consumption by section. In a predetermined area of the RAM (12), a recording unit (26) for singing history linked to the user ID (25) is provided, and at least the song ID (26a) of the karaoke song sung by the user and each song. The section-specific calorie consumption information (26b) corresponding to the ID is recorded. The central control means (10) records the song ID and the calorie consumption information for each section in the singing history recording unit (26) according to the user ID as the singing history each time the user sings. . Further, based on the information recorded in the recording unit (26), in another predetermined area of the RAM (12), there is a recording unit (27) for setting section calorie total information linked to the user ID (25). Provided, and at least a song ID (27a) and a calorie consumption total value (27b) in a set section corresponding to each song ID are recorded.

  In order to generate an arbitrary medley, a plurality of single or continuous sections for use in the medley are set. The performance data is normally MIDI standardized, and a MIDI track is used for setting the section, as will be described later. Note that the lyrics display timing is also set to the MIDI track, so that lyrics characters necessary for medley generation can be automatically displayed. In the medley generating means (17), the medley music designating part (17a), based on the recorded calorie consumption total value (27b), the singing history (26 according to the performance time of any medley (for example, 4 minutes)). ), A predetermined number of karaoke pieces having a set section having a higher set value is designated, and the set section extraction unit (17b) determines from the designated karaoke pieces. Corresponding setting sections are extracted, and an extraction setting section connecting unit (17c) is sequentially connected to generate a medley. In addition, this extraction setting section connection part (17c) adds a prelude section to the first music and a later to the last music based on a preset program for smooth connection processing. It is preferable to perform a performance section, adjust a performance speed or a scale of continuous music pieces, or provide a pause section or an interlude section for timing adjustment at a connection portion.

  Here, based on the conceptual diagram of the division | segmentation of karaoke music shown in FIG. 2, and the calorie consumption calculation for every area, the structure of (a) of Claim 1 of this invention is explained in full detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, (a) the performance data of one karaoke piece is MIDI standardized data, and (b) the data includes a prelude part, a singing part, and an interlude part. In this embodiment, each phrase is set as one section, and when the user sings karaoke music, Calorie consumption is calculated for each section. The present invention is not limited to MIDI standard karaoke music, but can also be used for MP3 standard karaoke music recording actual performances. In this case, you may manage with the time variable of the start time and end time for every phrase. Also, with respect to the division of sections, instead of setting each phrase as one section, (d) each measure constituting each phrase may be set as one section. Calculated. Of course, the more sections are set, the greater the number of set sections that are employed as medleys. On the other hand, if a plurality of phrases are defined as one section (not shown), the number of set sections also decreases. For example, a single section can be used as a set section as it is.

  Next, the configurations of (c) and (d) according to claim 1 of the present invention will be described in more detail based on the conceptual diagram of the total calorie consumption in the set section of karaoke music shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, (e) karaoke music has a singing performance part that the user sings, and (f) the singing performance part is composed of a plurality of phrases, and each phrase is defined as one section. The calorie consumption is calculated for each section. Karaoke music has a part that is suitable for use as a medley, such as the “rust” part. In general, the calorie consumption of this part is higher than other parts, so this part is used as the set section. It is preferable to do this. In this karaoke musical piece, “setting section A” and “setting section B” are set, each of which is set over a plurality of sections, with setting section calorie summing means (substantially serving as the central control means). A “consumed calorie sum a” and a “consumed calorie sum b” are calculated for each of A and B, and the sum of the values is compared almost simultaneously. In the user of this embodiment, since the “total calorie consumption value a” is larger than the “total calorie consumption value b”, the setting section A is recorded as the representative setting section of the music.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to this, The number of setting areas can be set arbitrarily, and the number of areas which comprise a setting area, and the duplication of areas can also be set arbitrarily. For example, in the conceptual diagram of the total calorie consumption in another set section of the karaoke song shown in FIG. 7, (g) all the singing performance parts in the predetermined karaoke music piece without considering the “rust” part ( H) It is divided into a plurality of sections, and the calorie consumption is calculated for each section. Then, “setting section A” to “setting section Z” each having a predetermined number of sections are set so that the sections overlap one by one. The “total calorie consumption value z” is calculated from the value “a”, and all the total values are compared substantially simultaneously. Since the total calorie consumption value t is the highest for the user of the present embodiment, the setting section T is recorded as the representative setting section of the music. In the case in this case, since the setting section is set mechanically, an artificial work part incorporated in the system is omitted and automated, so that the efficiency of the entire system is improved.

  Here, (D) of claim 1 of the present invention will be further described in detail based on the singing history and the extraction section table of setting sections and the conceptual diagram of the medley generation method shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the singing history and setting section extraction criteria table (T) includes a user ID field (f1), a song ID field (f2) of a karaoke song sung by the user, and a set section in the song. “Setting section A”, “setting section B”, and “setting section C”, the total consumption calorie value field (f3) representing the total consumption calorie value for each setting section, and the highest total calorie consumption in the setting section A representative setting section field (f4) indicating a value, a combined value rank field (f5) indicating a rank based on a combined value of the representative setting section, and the like are included. Since the medley has a predetermined performance time, the number of set sections that can be adopted is determined according to this, but in this embodiment, five set sections are adopted. The representative setting sections in the five karaoke songs adopted in this way are sequentially connected according to the rank of the total value rank field (f5), and a predetermined medley song is generated.

  Hereinafter, based on the network configuration diagram of the system of the present invention including the karaoke host device shown in FIG. 5 and the block configuration diagram of the karaoke host device constituting the system of the present invention shown in FIG. (E) described in 2 and (f) described in claim 3 will be described in detail.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, a user-specific karaoke medley generation system (1) according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a large number of karaoke performance devices (P, P...) And respective karaoke performances. It consists of a karaoke host device (H) connected to a device (P, P...) Via a network communication line (N). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the host device (H) is linked to the user ID from the karaoke performance device (P) with the ID card reading / writing device (30), and the user is connected to the host device (H). Data such as the song ID of the sung karaoke song and the calorie consumption information by section of the song is appropriately transferred via the network communication line (N).

  Then, the transferred data is taken into the karaoke host device (H) from the communication interface (31). Specifically, a singing history recording unit (35) associated with the user ID (37) is provided in a predetermined area of the hard disk (34), as in the karaoke performance device of the first embodiment. The central control means (32), for each data transfer from each karaoke performance device (P, P...), The song ID (35a) of the karaoke song sung by the user and the section-specific calorie corresponding to each song ID. The consumption information (35b) is recorded. Further, another predetermined area of the hard disk (34) is provided with a recording section (36) for setting section calorie total information linked to the user ID (37), and the singing history recording section (35). ), The music ID (36a) and the calorie consumption total value (36b) in the set section corresponding to each music ID are recorded.

  In this embodiment, the karaoke host device (H) has a medley generating means (33), and this medley generating means (33) is the same as that in the karaoke performance apparatus (P) of the first embodiment. The music designating unit (33a) can adopt the set section in each karaoke music included in the singing history (35) according to the performance time of an arbitrary medley based on the total value (36b) of the recorded calorie consumption. A predetermined number of karaoke pieces having a set section having a higher number, that is, a combined value is designated, and the set section extraction unit (33b) extracts a corresponding set section from the designated karaoke piece, and connects the extracted set sections. The unit (33c) sequentially connects them to generate a predetermined medley, which is transferred to the karaoke performance device (P) requested by the user.

  As described above, in this embodiment, even when singing at any karaoke performance device (P, P...) Connected to the network, the singing history is recorded in the karaoke host device (H). Compared to recording the singing history in the karaoke performance device (P), the number of medley target songs inevitably increases. Further, since the medley generating means (33) is also provided, it is not necessary to attach the means to each karaoke performance device P, P. In this embodiment, the karaoke host device (H) has the singing history recording means and the set section calorie summing means. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may attach to each karaoke performance apparatus (P, P ...), without providing in (H).

  In addition, as a mechanism for receiving medley provision using the user-specific karaoke medley generation system of the present invention, for example, using a GUI environment of a remote control device attached to a karaoke performance device, through a dialogue with the user via the GUI The system is configured so that the system can be used for each user by designating an icon with a predetermined name (for example, “played medley”) that is a trigger for system use, followed by a user ID icon. Is good.

  As described above in detail, according to the user-specific karaoke medley generating system of the present invention, one karaoke piece of music is divided into a plurality of sections, and an arbitrary user sings a desired karaoke piece. At the time, when calculating the calorie consumption of the user for each section and generating a medley for the user, based on a predetermined sum of the recorded calorie consumption, Within the range, the combined value is extracted from the upper set section, and these are sequentially connected to generate a medley, so by continuously medley singing the set section of karaoke music that can obtain relatively high calorie consumption , Users can enjoy singing their favorite karaoke music, while being encouraged to consume high calories and singing efficiently.

The block block diagram of the karaoke medley production | generation system classified by user of this invention. The conceptual diagram of the division | segmentation of karaoke music, and the calorie consumption calculation for every area. The conceptual diagram of the calorie consumption total in the setting area of karaoke music. The conceptual diagram of the extraction reference | standard table of a song history and a setting area, and a medley production | generation method. The network block diagram of the system of this invention including a karaoke host apparatus. The block block diagram of the karaoke host apparatus which comprises the system of this invention. The conceptual diagram of the calorie consumption total in another setting area of karaoke music.

Explanation of symbols

1 User-specific karaoke medley generation system 2,30 ID card reader / writer 10,32 Central control means 11,34 Hard disk 12 RAM
17, 33 Medley generation means 18 Calorie calculation means by section 25, 37 User ID
26, 35 Singing history 26b, 35b Calorie consumption information 27, 36 Set section calorie total information 27b, 36b Calorie total value H Karaoke host device P Karaoke performance device N Network communication line

Claims (3)

A system that has a function of identifying a user ID and generates a medley that promotes high-calorie consumption by singing based on the karaoke song history of each user,
(A) A section for dividing one piece of karaoke music into a plurality of sections and calculating the calorie consumption of the user for each section when an arbitrary user sings desired karaoke music Another calorie calculating means;
(I) Singing history recording means for recording the history of karaoke songs sung by the user together with information on calorie consumption by section in each karaoke song,
(C) For each karaoke piece included in the singing history, to set a single or a plurality of continuous sections to be adopted in an arbitrary medley, and to add and record calorie consumption in the set section A set section calorie summing means,
With
(D) When generating a medley for the user, the setting in each karaoke piece included in the singing history according to a predetermined performance time of the medley based on the total value of the recorded calorie consumption A user-specific karaoke medley generation system having a function of generating the medley by extracting the combined values from the upper set sections within a range of the number of sections that can be adopted and sequentially connecting them. (E) A karaoke host device connected to each karaoke performance device and a network connected to each karaoke performance device, wherein the karaoke host device is accompanied by the singing history recording means. Karaoke medley generation system. (F) The karaoke medley generating system for each user according to claim 2, wherein the karaoke host device further includes the set section calorie adding means.

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