JP2005300932A - Remote controller for karaoke - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller for karaoke that enables searching music, by the same method as that for a song book. <P>SOLUTION: The remote controller for karaoke is equipped with an operation input part composed of a touch panel for inputting characters as a search key, a display which displays the search keyword and a search result, and a search means of searching a musical piece based on a musical piece database for search; and search keys are composed of index search keys 240 of Japanese syllabary, and while input key buttons are arranged to the right and left, the upper and lower input key buttons are arranged slightly shifted from each other in the right/left directions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke remote control device for inputting a requested song to a karaoke performance device, and more particularly to a karaoke remote control device having a table of contents function for a large number of songs.

  When reserving a song request to a karaoke performance device, the user picks up a book title in the form of a song title or singer name list written in alphabetical order while turning the page. Find out. Next, the user picks up the remote controller, inputs a button by pressing a button on the remote controller while looking at the reservation number written in the vicinity of the name, and sends a music selection signal including the reservation number to the karaoke performance apparatus.

  Upon receiving the music selection signal, the karaoke performance device reproduces the video including the corresponding accompaniment music and lyric image based on the reservation number included therein and outputs it from the speaker and the display.

  In the music selection procedure as described above, first of all, it is troublesome to find the requested song while turning the page of the song book, and it is very difficult to enter by pressing the remote control button while looking at the reservation number of the song book It is troublesome.

  In view of this, an apparatus has been proposed in which a remote control device for karaoke is provided with a table of contents function to search and select music (for example, see Patent Document 1).

A remote control device for karaoke that can search and select songs is an operation input unit such as a keyboard and touch panel for inputting kana characters and numbers as search keys, a display that displays search keywords and search results, A search music database and a search function for requested music are provided, a desired music is searched based on a search keyword, and the selected music is requested by a remote controller.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-268138

  By the way, in the karaoke remote control device described above, when searching for a song, for example, when searching for a song starting with “A”, “A” is input. The character string is referred to the music database, and the number of corresponding music is displayed. Then, information about the music is displayed on the display. When the number of songs is small, all the searched songs can be displayed on one screen. However, when the number of songs is large, it is displayed over a plurality of pages. In this case, the total number of pages and the number of currently displayed pages are displayed. If there is a desired song among the displayed songs, the user can specify the song and perform a music selection operation. If there is no desired song, the next page is displayed to display the previous and next pages. Or, a button for designating the previous page is pressed, and the next page or the previous page is displayed. When the number of songs as a result of the search is small and the total number of pages is several pages, the operation of instructing the next page or the previous page is not very painful, but when the number of songs is large, for example, 10 pages or more are paged. When there is a need to perform, there is a problem that the page turning operation takes time and the music selection work is troublesome.

  You may also search for “A” but want to search again with “KA”. In this case, it is necessary to return to the initial song search screen, and continuous search cannot be performed. There was also.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and can search for a song by the same method as a song book, and can quickly search for and select a desired song even when there are many search results. An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device.

  The present invention includes an operation input unit composed of a touch panel for inputting characters as search keys, a display for displaying search keywords and search results, and search means for searching for music based on a music database for search. The remote controller for karaoke is characterized in that the search key is divided and arranged on the left and right sides of the touch panel.

  The search key is composed of an index search key consisting of 50 sounds. Input key buttons are arranged on the left and right, and the upper and lower input key buttons are arranged slightly shifted in the left-right direction.

  Further, when a search result for a certain character is displayed on the display, when a search key for another character is pressed, the search is performed using the pressed search key and the search result is displayed. It is good to configure.

  As described above, according to the karaoke remote control device of the present invention, when the user holds it, the search key button can be pressed with the fingers of both hands (for example, the thumb), so that the operability is improved. .

  Also, the upper and lower input key buttons are arranged slightly shifted from each other in the left-right direction, so that the size of the key can be increased to make it easier to press the key, and mistakes in pressing the key can be reduced.

  When a search result for a certain character is displayed on the display and a search key for another character is pressed, the search is performed with the pressed search key and the search result is displayed. By doing so, continuous search can be performed and convenience is improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a karaoke performance system.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a karaoke performance system 100 using a karaoke remote control device 200 of the present invention includes a communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 and a host server device 400. In this embodiment, the karaoke performance terminal device 300 and the karaoke remote control device 200 are transmitted and received using Bluetooth. Further, the karaoke performance terminal device 300 and the server device 400 transmit and receive karaoke music data and the like via a public communication network.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke performance system 100. A schematic configuration of the karaoke performance system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The communication karaoke performance terminal 300 includes a central processing unit 311, a hard disk device (HDD) 313, a video control device 317 and a display 319, a karaoke accompaniment music and a microphone 321 which are computers including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like. A voice control device 323 for synthesizing and outputting voice input, a speaker 325 connected thereto, an operation unit 331 constituted by an operation panel / display panel, an index RAM 327 in which a music database for search is read and stored, Bluetooth (Bluetooth) A Bluetooth interface 329 capable of two-way communication, and a communication control device 333 connected to the host device 400 via a public communication line network.

  The hard disk device 313 includes a music database Dg in which karaoke data composed of accompaniment music data and lyric rendering data is organized by music code, and a table of contents such as music code, title name, genre name, singer name, etc. as a search music database. A music search database ICM consisting of information is stored. The communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 receives the new karaoke data sent from the host device 400 and appropriately adds it to the music database Dg and the music database ICM for search. The search music database ICM is read from the hard disk device 313 and developed in the index RAM 327.

  The communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 receives the music code of the requested music transmitted from the operation unit 331 and the Bluetooth interface 329, reads out karaoke data corresponding to the music code from the music database Dg, and based on this karaoke data. The karaoke accompaniment music is output to the speaker 325 and the lyrics video and the background video synchronized with this are output to the display 319.

  The main body of the karaoke remote control device 200 has a thick panel shape, and the size is such that both hands can be held lightly when the panel is vertically long. A liquid crystal display (LCD) 201 is disposed on the front surface of the panel, and a touch panel 202 is laminated on the surface of the LCD 201. The karaoke remote control device 200 is formed in such a size that fingers of both hands (for example, thumbs) can be easily pressed when a user holds the remote controller 200 for index search described later.

  A Bluetooth transmitter is disposed on the upper end surface of the karaoke remote control device 200. The configuration of the karaoke remote control device 200 of this embodiment is basically the same as that of a computer such as a PDA.

  In the RAM 206, attribute information such as a song title, singer name, and singing part of lyrics corresponds to the song number of the karaoke song that can be used in the karaoke performance terminal device 300 transmitted from the karaoke performance terminal device 300 through the Bluetooth interface 207. A music index database is constructed. The RAM 206 is sequentially rewritten based on data to be searched by Bluetooth transmission / reception.

  When the central control unit 205 including CPU, RAM, and ROM receives operation input information from the touch panel 202 via the operation control unit 204, the central control unit 205 includes image data prepared in the internal ROM, The image data in which the processing result corresponding to the operation input information is reflected in the image data is developed in the video RAM as a bitmap, and the LCD driver 203 is controlled to display and output the bitmap image on the LCD 201.

  The karaoke remote control device 200 provides a user with a GUI (graphical user interface) environment. The central control unit 205 searches the music database for search through user interaction, and displays and outputs the search result, thereby realizing the table of contents function of the song book.

  The central control unit 205 generates a code including the corresponding song number if there is an input from the user to reserve the performance of the song in the state where one karaoke song is finally presented by the table of contents function of the song book. The code is sent to the Bluetooth interface 207. The Bluetooth interface 207 causes the karaoke performance terminal apparatus 300 to transmit this code modulation signal as a radio signal for performance reservation.

  The ROM in the central control unit 205 stores codes of various remote control signals transmitted from the conventional remote control device attached to the karaoke performance device. The central control unit 205 operates the karaoke performance device through the GUI. When it is recognized that there is a user input to that effect, a remote control signal including the corresponding code is transmitted.

  The remote controller for karaoke 200 of the present invention is a music search system that searches for an arbitrary requested song by interactive processing with a user and transmits the song code of the requested song to the communication karaoke performance terminal device 300. Next, the operation of the remote controller for karaoke 200 will be described with reference to the drawings.

  When the remote control device 200 for karaoke is turned on, the startup screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and then the top menu screen 220 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The top menu screen 220 is provided with menu buttons 221 to 226 for activating various search modes and various functions mounted on the karaoke remote control device 200 and various command buttons 227 for operating the karaoke performance device. Yes.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a function called when each button arranged on the top menu screen 220 is designated. When the touch panel 202 is turned on (step S1), the top menu screen 220 is displayed and waits for instructions from the buttons 221 to 227. When the index search button 221 is pressed, the index search processing mode is entered (steps S3 and S4). The index search processing mode is an operation that allows you to search for a requested song in the same way as a song search using a song book, with the same feeling as searching by looking at the 50-sound or alphabetical index attached to the song book. The processing is performed so that the user can search for the requested music, the music that the user wants to reserve for performance is specified, and a remote control signal including the corresponding music code is sent in accordance with an operation input to reserve the performance of the music.

  When the index world search button 221 is pressed, the world index search processing mode is entered (steps S5 and S6). In the world index search processing mode, a search is performed in the same manner as the index search processing. In this mode, a search for foreign songs is performed.

  When the keyword search button 223 is pressed, the keyword search processing mode is entered (steps S7 and S8). The keyword search processing mode is an operation that allows you to search for the requested song in the same way as the song search by song book corresponding to keywords such as new music, singer name, genre, etc. A remote control signal including the corresponding music code is transmitted in accordance with an operation input for reserving the performance.

  When the enjoy button 225 is pressed, the enjoy process mode is entered (steps S9 and S10). The fun processing mode is an operation for displaying a game, news, karaoke history, etc. on the karaoke performance terminal device 300, and a remote control signal including a code for displaying on the karaoke performance terminal device 300 in accordance with an operation input designated by the user. Send it out.

  When the operation explanation button 226 is pressed, the operation explanation processing mode is entered (steps S11 and S12). In the operation explanation processing mode, the explanation of each button and the usage method in this remote control device are displayed on the LCD 201 to assist the user in understanding various functions.

  When the remote control button 224 is pressed, the remote control processing mode is entered (steps S13 and S14). The remote control processing mode performs normal remote control operation, and is an operation to enter the song number required for request reservation. The user specifies the song that the user wants to reserve for performance and corresponds to the operation input to reserve the performance for that song. A remote control signal containing the music code to be sent is sent.

  When the command button 227 is pressed, the command operation processing mode is entered (steps S15 and S16), and a signal for executing various commands for operating the karaoke performance device is transmitted.

  Next, specific examples of various modes of the remote controller for karaoke 200 will be described. First, the operation explanation processing mode will be described.

  When the operation explanation button 226 is pressed, the LCD 201 is switched to the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the operation description in Japanese, and FIG. 7 shows the operation description in English. Operation instructions are also available in Korean and Chinese. Each language can be switched by pressing language buttons 230 to 233. When the language button 231 is pressed, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. Although not shown, when the language button 232 is pressed, the screen is switched to an explanation screen in Korean characters, and when the language button 233 is pressed, the screen is switched to an explanation screen in Chinese. When the button 234 is pressed, the top menu screen 220 is displayed.

  The explanation of the operation is displayed for the index, tab, bar and page feed button. The index is composed of index search keys from a to z (a to z) as in the case of a song book used for index search, and an initial of a singer name or a song title is selected by this search key. The tab key moves to an item to be searched by pressing this key. Touch the bar to move the page.

  In this embodiment, when the position where the entire bar is desired to be jumped is touched, the entire bar is jumped to a position at a ratio of 20 divisions. If you press the next page key, the next page will be used instead of the next page. When the previous page key is pressed, instead of the previous page, it is rewound when pressed for a long time.

  In this embodiment, the search data structure basically uses a search database in order. When the first character is selected, the number of songs or singers for the second 50 characters of that character (that is, when “A” is selected, the number of songs “Ah” or the number of singers, the song “Ai”) The number of songs or the number of singers “An” or the number of singers is acquired), and what is displayed on one page is determined. In this embodiment, the number of songs or singer names that can be displayed on one page is 11 songs. When the page is moved, the number of the first song on the page is from the beginning, so it is possible to calculate what the second character is. For example, if there are 10 songs for “Ah” and 20 songs for “Ai”, 11 songs are displayed on one page. Since the 2nd page corresponds to the 22nd song, 22-10 = 12, 12-20 = -8 minus “Ai” at the point where it becomes becomes the character to be displayed.

  Next, index search will be described. When the index search button 221 is pressed, the LCD 201 of the remote controller switches to an index search screen. 8 is a search screen by song name on the index search screen, FIG. 9 is a search screen by singer name on the index search screen, and FIG. 10 is a search screen with a new score on the index search screen. By pressing the tab 236, it is possible to switch to a new score, singer name, or duet.

  The index is composed of index search keys 240 (a to z) similar to a song book used for index search, and input key buttons are arranged on the left and right. In this embodiment, “a” to “no” are arranged on the left side, and “ha” to “n” are arranged on the right side. The upper and lower input key buttons are slightly shifted in the left-right direction. This is because the key size is increased by making it slightly shifted to the left and right to make it easier to press the key, and the key pressing mistakes are reduced. Also, in this remote control device for karaoke 200, fingers (for example, thumbs) of both hands are arranged at positions where the buttons of the index search key 240 can be easily pressed when held by the user. Then, for example, when the “A” key is pressed, the music or singer with the initial “A” is selected and displayed. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the names of songs or singers that can be displayed on the one-page list screen 235 are 11 songs.

  A method for searching by inputting the initials will be described. In this embodiment, the karaoke performance terminal device 300 and the karaoke remote control device 200 are transmitted and received using Bluetooth, and are used in the karaoke performance device transmitted from the karaoke performance terminal device 300 through the Bluetooth interface 207. For possible karaoke songs, attribute information such as the song title, singer name, and the singing part of the lyrics is stored in association with the song number.

  An example of song name search will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the song name search operation of the karaoke remote control device 200, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the song title search operation of the karaoke performance terminal device 300.

  When the touch panel 202 is pressed (step S20), the X and Y coordinates of the pressed position are acquired (step S21). It is determined whether or not the acquired coordinate position is an effective area (step S22). If it is not an effective area, the process returns to the first step S20 and the above-described operation is repeated until the effective area is pressed. When the effective area is pressed, a 50-sound character is specified from the position of the effective area (step S23). Then, the display color is changed so that the user can recognize the specified character (step S24). In the example of FIG. 9, it is determined that “A” is pressed, and the color of “A” is changed from the color of other keys.

  Then, an inquiry is made in the RAM 206 to check whether the scheduled data, for example, data relating to “A” has already been stored (step S25). When the RAM 206 has a search music database in which attribute information such as the song title, singer name, and the singing part of lyrics transmitted from the communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 via the Bluetooth interface 207 is associated with the music number and stored. In step S29, if there is not, the communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 is inquired of data such as a song name, and the terminal device 300 is inquired of the song name of the specified character in order to obtain the corresponding data ( Step S26). And it waits until there is a response from the communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 (step S27), and when there is a response, the data acquired from the communication karaoke performance terminal device 300 is set in the RAM 206 (step S28). Thereafter, a list of music titles, singer names, etc. is created and displayed on the LCD 201 (step S29).

  The operation of the karaoke performance terminal apparatus 300 when the karaoke performance terminal apparatus 300 receives a song name inquiry from the karaoke remote control apparatus 200 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As described above, the hard disk device 313 of the karaoke performance terminal device 300 stores table-of-contents information such as a song ID, title name, genre name, and singer name as a song index data for search using the song ID as a key. A music search database ICM is stored.

  The search music database ICM is configured as shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, for example. The database is composed of a song name sort database shown in FIG. 13, a song name database shown in FIG. 14, and a singer name database shown in FIG. These databases are sent to the karaoke remote control device 200 from the Bluetooth interface 329 in response to a song name inquiry from the karaoke remote control device 200, and the data is stored in the RAM 206 via the Bluetooth interface 207.

  When there is a song name inquiry from the karaoke remote control device 200, the karaoke performance terminal device 300 starts searching for a query character from the song name sort database stored in the hard disk device 313 (step S30). Then, the retrieved song number is extracted (step S31), the singer number, song name (title) and song information in the song name database are obtained from the song number (step S32), and the return memory area of the search index RAM 327 is obtained. The song name (title) and song information are set in (Step S33). Then, the singer name in the singer name database is acquired from the singer name number (step S34), and the singer name is set in the return memory area of the search index RAM 327 (step S35). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the setting has been completed in the memory for the number of inquiries (step S36). If not completed, the next song number is obtained from the song name sort database (step S37), and the process returns to step S32 and ends. Repeat the above operation. When the number of inquiries has been set, the data in the return memory area of the search index RAM 327 is sent from the Bluetooth interface 329 to the karaoke remote control device 200 (step S38), and the operation is terminated.

  In this embodiment, the music name sorting in the above operation is performed by using the reading of the music (half-width katakana) as the search character string code as the keyword of the music name sorting database.

  As described above, when the user presses the “A” key of the index search key 240, the music having the initial “A” is selected, and as shown in FIG. The eleven song names and the corresponding singer names are displayed. Also, when reselecting the song with the initial of “I” instead of “A” at this time, the work was conventionally reworked on the top screen, but in this embodiment, it is shown in FIG. When the user presses the index search key “I” from the state, the music having the initial “I” is selected, and the search name and the corresponding singer name are displayed with “I”. In this way, the user can press the index search key 240 and display it on the corresponding initial CD 201 as if pointing to the index of the song book and displaying the page.

  By the way, the song name that can be displayed on the one-page list screen 235 and the singer name corresponding to it are one, so if the searched songs are within 11 songs, they are all displayed in one screen. Is displayed in multiple pages.

  Basically, the search database is divided into multiple pages. When the first character is selected, the number of songs corresponding to the second 50 characters of that character (ie, “Tomorrow when“ Ah ”is the number of songs,“ Ai ”is the number of songs ... ) To get. Since the number of songs from the top of the page is the number of songs from the top when moving, calculate what the second character is. For example, there are 10 songs “Ah” and 20 songs “Ai”. Since the place where the music is displayed corresponds to the 22nd music, 22-10 = 12, 12-20 = -8, and “ai”, which is negative, is displayed as a character to be displayed.

  If the search result of “A” reaches 100 pages, the total number of pages corresponding to the display unit 2 of the LCD 201 and the number of currently displayed pages are displayed in 1/100 or the like.

  In the case of page turning, the previous page button 242 and the next page button 243 may be pressed. However, when the page display is turned off by pressing the page button 242 or 243 for each page, the number of pages is large. The user needs to press the button many times and is troublesome for the user. In this embodiment, the scroll bar 241 is displayed, and the selection display bar 241a is displayed where the user thinks, such as the middle or the back of the total page. By touching and moving, it jumps to the corresponding part.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the previous page key button 242 or the next page key button 243 is configured so that rewinding at a high speed and page feeding at a fast forward can be performed to perform a search operation.

  Hereinafter, the simplification of the update process of search candidates will be described. FIG. 16 shows a scroll bar 241 and a page button part of the front page feed function during index search.

  The display unit 244 displays the first letter of the initial character currently displayed in the list, the display unit 245 displays the first two characters of the initial character currently displayed, and the display unit 246 displays the initial character currently displayed in the list. The next 50th character is displayed. The scroll bar 241 is fixedly displayed, and all the target music pieces are set. The selection display bar 241a determines and displays the large display width of the entire bar by the ratio of the target music pieces in the number of display lists. When this button is pressed, the previous page key button 242 returns to the previous list page, and the next page key button 243 sends the list display one page later. By long-pressing the previous button 242 or the next page key button 243, rewinding or page turning can be performed at high speed.

  When the previous page key button 242 or the next page key button 243 is pressed long, the selection display bar 241a, the display unit 245, and the page number display are changed until the key is released. A list of the parts that have been released is displayed. Since the second character currently being moved is displayed on the display unit 245, the user can check the second character by looking at the display unit 245.

  Further, when the selection display bar 241a is touched up to the position of the scroll bar 241 where the jump is desired, the scroll bar 241 jumps to a position at a ratio of 20 divisions. This 20-division is, for example, searched for “A”, and the number of songs for the next second character, the second character of the second character 50 sounds (that is, when “A” is selected, the number of songs “A”, “ (The number of songs of “Ai” ... number of songs of “An”) is divided into 20 as the target. For example, if there is 50% of "Ah", up to half of the scroll bar 241 is "Ah", and within that "Ah", it is sorted by the third 50 characters of that letter. .

  Further, when the total number of pages searched as a result of the first letter of the first character is less than 20, the entire scroll bar 241 is divided in accordance with the total number of pages. The width of the scroll display bar 241a is correspondingly increased.

  Next, the page feed operation by the scroll bar 241 and the previous page key button 242 or the next page key button 243 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The process waits until the touch panel 202 is pressed (step S41). When the touch panel 202 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S52. In step S52, it is determined whether or not the pressed position is the next page key button 243 (step S52). If it is the next page key button 243, the process proceeds to step S53, and the operation of the timer 2 for the fast forward operation is performed. Start, set a fast-forward operation (step S53), and proceed to step S42.

  In step S42, it is determined whether or not the touch panel 202 is released. If the touch panel 202 is kept pressed, the process proceeds to step S43, where it is determined whether or not a fast forward (or rewind) operation is being performed. If a fast forward (or rewind) operation is being performed, the process proceeds to step S44 and fast forward ( If the operation is not in progress, the process proceeds to step S45. Immediately after the touch panel 202 is pressed, it does not enter during the fast-forward (or rewind) operation. Therefore, in step S45, it is determined whether the time of the timer 2 in the fast-forward (or rewind) operation has elapsed. In this embodiment, a fast forward (or rewind) operation is entered when the page key button 242 or 243 is pressed for 1 second or longer. When 1 second has not elapsed, the timer 2 returns to step S42 and repeats the above operation.

  When the timer 2 has passed 1 second in step S45, the process proceeds to step S46 to start the fast forward (or rewind) operation and start the operation of the timer 1, and return to step S42.

  If it is determined in step S43 that the fast-forward (or rewind) operation is being performed, the process proceeds to step S44, and it is determined whether or not the timer 2 has passed 0.2 seconds. In this embodiment, the display of the selection display bar 241a and the display unit 245 is switched every 0.2 seconds. Until 0.2 seconds elapse, the process returns to step S42 to repeat the above-described operation. When 0.2 seconds have elapsed, the process proceeds to step S47, where the page display is updated and the display of the selection display bar 241a and the display unit 245 is changed in step S47. Timer 1 is also initialized. When there is data in the RAM 206 of the karaoke remote control device 200, the page display corresponding to the number of pages is displayed. However, when the karaoke performance terminal device 300 is being inquired, a display that turns the page is displayed. Do. Then, the process returns to step S42.

  If it is determined in step S42 that the finger or the like has been released from the touch panel 202, the process proceeds to step S48. If the fast forward (or rewind) operation is being performed in step S48, the process proceeds to step S49, the page display is updated, the display of the selection display bar 241a and the display unit 245 is changed, and the operation is terminated. In step S48, if the fast-forward (or rewind) operation is not being performed, that is, if page-by-page operation is performed for each page, the process proceeds to step S50 to update the page counter display and change the display of the selection display bar 241a and the display unit 245. In step S51, the list of the next page or the previous page is displayed and the operation is terminated.

  In step S52, it is determined whether or not the pressed position is the next page key button 243 (step S52). If it is not the next page key button 243, the process proceeds to step S54, and in step S54, the pressed position is the previous page. When it is determined whether or not the key button 242 is pressed and the pressed position is the previous page key button 242, the process proceeds to step S55, the timer 2 operation for rewinding operation is started, and the rewinding operation is set. In step S42, the same operation as when the next page key button is pressed is performed.

  On the other hand, if the pressed position is not the previous page key button 242 in step S56, the process proceeds to step S56, and it is determined whether or not the pressed position is the scroll bar 241 in step S56. If so, the operation ends. In the case of the scroll bar 241, the process proceeds to step S57, the jump position is calculated, the page display is updated in step S57, the display of the selection display bar 241a and the display unit 245 is changed, and the operation is terminated.

  As described above, when a screen on which a music piece desired by the user is displayed, the user designates the music piece. The music is designated by pressing the location where the name of the music desired by the user is displayed. When the user presses the touch panel 202 where the desired song name is displayed, the screen is switched to a screen showing the details of the song. FIG. 19 is a screen showing song details. For example, FIG. 19 illustrates the case where the top song name in the figure is pressed. On the song detail screen, if the Japanese title and the original song name are different for the singer name, song name, and foreign song, the original song name is displayed. In addition, items necessary for karaoke information are also displayed. When the return key is pressed, the screen returns to the index search screen shown in the figure.

  Then, when the reservation transfer key is pressed to reserve the music confirmed on the music detail screen, the reservation completion screen shown in FIG. 20 is displayed, and the user displays only for a sufficient time to confirm the reservation completion, When the predetermined time has elapsed, the top menu screen is displayed again.

  As mentioned above, if there is a foreign language song that has a Japanese title, the original title can be displayed, and in the reserved song confirmation, was it reserved for the original title or for the Japanese title? Can be managed and displayed. When making a reservation, if the title of the song is the same as that of the curved surface and the reservation is the original title, the original title is displayed. For example, a user who knows the original title but does not know the Japanese title may make a reservation with the original title, but if it is displayed with the Japanese title, it may not be determined that the song has been reserved. However, if the reserved song can be displayed with the title used when the user made the reservation, the reservation can be confirmed with certainty.

  In the above description, the case where the index search is performed by the song name has been described, but the same processing is performed when the search is switched to the singer name, the new score, and the duet by the tab.

  In the singer name index search, search data sorted by song name in order of singer name is generated and processed, and sorted and displayed by song name in singer name order, so that music selection can be performed easily.

  When searching for new music, new music may not yet be distributed. In such a case, displaying the distribution date is convenient for the user because it is known when the distribution date is distributed. In addition, when a distribution date is displayed for an already distributed one, it is possible to know which musical piece has been distributed most recently, which is also information for selecting a musical piece. For this reason, in this embodiment, when a new musical piece is displayed, the distribution date is displayed in addition to the song name and singer name.

  Newly released and distributed songs include new music and additional songs (sold in the past). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 21, whether or not the newly released and distributed music is a new music or an additional music is managed and distinguished, and the distribution date and availability of performance are displayed.

  With this configuration, the convenience of the user is improved. In addition, in a new musical piece, even when the date for distribution registration is reached, it may not be registered due to a malfunction in the communication state between the host device 400 and the communication karaoke performance terminal device 400. If such a song is displayed as a new music piece, even if the distribution date has passed and the user wants to sing as a new music piece, the music piece cannot actually be played. In such a case, instead of displaying the distribution date in the new music as it is, songs that have not been registered after the distribution date have been switched from the new music as additional music, so that they will wait for a while until they are added, It is configured to notify the user. And when it comes to be able to sing with a new score, it is constituted so as to indicate that the performance is possible. If it is displayed as an additional song and a song that has been distributed is marked as playable, it is convenient for the user to immediately determine whether or not this song can be played.

  Next, a process for displaying newly released and distributed songs will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the display processing operation of a newly released and distributed song is performed, the song attribute information is acquired from the database (step S61). This information includes the name of the song, the name of the singer, the distinction between a new score and an additional song, the distribution start date, etc. It is determined whether or not the acquired attribute information has a distribution start date (step S62). If there is no information on the delivery start date, the operation is terminated. If there is information on the distribution start date, the process proceeds to step S63, where a new music or an additional music is determined. If it is a new music, the process proceeds to step S64, and if it is an additional music, the process proceeds to step S65. In step S64, the display of the new music, the date of distribution, the name of the song, the name of the singer, and if there is a display item for displaying the new music itself, the date of distribution, the name of the music, and the name of the singer are displayed in that item. Proceed to S66.

  In step S65, the display of additional music, the date of distribution, the name of the music, the name of the singer, and if there is a display item for displaying the additional music itself, the date of distribution, the name of the music and the name of the singer are displayed in that item. The process proceeds to step S66.

  In step S66, whether or not the distribution start date has been reached is compared with the date obtained from the function of counting the current time provided in the karaoke remote control device 200 or the like, and the distribution start date has not been reached. In step S63, the above operation is repeated.

  When the distribution start date is reached, the process proceeds to step S67, and it is determined in step S67 whether or not registration of the music has been completed. If the distribution registration has not been completed for some reason, in the case of a new score, the item to be displayed or displayed is changed to an additional song, and the message indicating that the distribution is not yet performed is displayed, and the process goes to step S67. Return and wait until distribution registration is completed. In the case of an additional song, a message indicating that the distribution is not yet performed is displayed, and the process waits until the distribution registration is completed.

  When the distribution registration is completed, a display indicating that performance is possible is performed (step S69), and the operation is terminated.

  In the embodiment described above, the operation of the remote control device for karaoke in Japanese is described. However, when a tab in a foreign language such as English, Korea, or China is pressed, an index search or the like based on the language of the foreign language is performed. . For example, in English, sorting and display may be performed in an order suitable for the language, such as sorting in alphabetical order, and in Chinese, sorting by the number of strokes of initial Chinese characters.

  In the above-described embodiment, the karaoke performance terminal device 300 and the karaoke remote control device 200 perform transmission / reception using Bluetooth, but may be configured using another wireless LAN such as IrDA. it can.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the karaoke performance system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke performance system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the starting screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the top menu screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the function called when each button arrange | positioned on the top menu screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning this Embodiment is instruct | indicated. It is a schematic diagram which shows the operation description screen of Japanese in the display screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the English operation description screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the search screen by the tune name of the index search screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the search screen by the singer name of the index search screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the search screen in the new score of the index search screen in the display screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the song name search of the remote controller for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the song name search of the karaoke performance terminal device in this invention. In the karaoke performance terminal apparatus of this invention, it is a figure which shows the structure of the song name sort database in the music database for a search. In the karaoke performance terminal apparatus of this invention, it is a figure which shows the structure of the song name database in the music database for a search. In the karaoke performance terminal apparatus of this invention, it is a figure which shows the structure of the singer name database in the music database for a search. It is a schematic diagram which shows the scroll bar and page button part of the page feed function displayed at the time of the index search of the remote controller for karaoke concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the page feed function displayed at the time of the index search of the remote controller for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the page feed function displayed at the time of the index search of the remote controller for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the detailed screen of the music in the display screen of the remote control device for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the reservation screen of the music in the display screen of the remote control apparatus for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen of the newly released music in the display screen of the remote control device for karaokes concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the display processing operation | movement of the newly released music in the remote control apparatus for karaoke concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

100 Karaoke performance system 200 Karaoke remote control device 300 Communication karaoke performance terminal device 400 Server device 201 Liquid crystal display (LCD)
202 Touch Panel 203 LCD Driver 204 Operation Control Unit 205 Central Control Unit 206 RAM
207 Bluetooth interface

Claims (3)

A remote controller for karaoke comprising an operation input unit composed of a touch panel for inputting characters as a search key, a display for displaying search keywords and search results, and a search means for searching for music based on a music database for search A remote control device for karaoke, characterized in that the search key is divided into left and right sides of the touch panel. The search key is composed of an index search key consisting of 50 sounds, and input key buttons are arranged on the left and right, and the upper and lower input key buttons are arranged slightly shifted in the left-right direction. The remote control device for karaoke according to claim 1. When a search result for a certain character is displayed on the display and a search key for another character is pressed, the search is performed using the pressed search key and the search result is displayed. The remote controller for karaoke according to claim 1.

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