JP2005352519A - Karaoke machine peripherally giving wireless notice of respective addresses of plurality of kinds of information sites relating to musical piece during karaoke performance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke machine that informs peripheral mobile information terminals of the address of a music-related information site by wireless. <P>SOLUTION: The karaoke machine is equipped with a short-distance wireless communication means capable of data communication with a mobile information terminal nearby it, a means of managing an information source address database in which addresses of music-related information providing sites that the mobile information terminal can access are aggregated while related to property information of karaoke musical pieces, and a means of extracting the address of a music information site related to a karaoke musical piece when the karaoke musical piece is played, of generating a site introduction hyperlink message for displaying on the mobile information terminal a site introduction picture with an explanation including the address in hyperlink format, and of sending the site introduction hyperlink message to the short-distance wireless communication means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus that wirelessly notifies each address of a plurality of types of information sites related to music during karaoke performance.

  Recently, mobile phones having an Internet connection function have exploded in popularity. Along with this, a large number of sites that provide various information to mobile phone users are operated on the Internet. In particular, there are various information related to the music industry, and the number of sites providing such information is huge. For example, information on concerts and dinner shows held by artists, new music release information, TV program and movie / stage appearance information, fan club admission information and event information, release information on magazines featuring feature articles, etc. It is studded. This information is potentially of interest to artist fans.

  However, it is not easy to find the target information from among these enormous amounts of information. Once the information you have found is stored with the bookmark function, you can easily check the updated information from the next time onward. However, if you are looking for a site that can obtain the target information, you can use a search engine. It ’s not always the case.

  In addition, it is very troublesome to input characters (URLs) of information sites published in magazines and advertisements by operating the keys of the mobile phone. From this point of view, the bookmark function is not an effective function for information sites that are visited for the first time.

  By the way, karaoke users usually select songs from their favorite artists. Therefore, when a user requests a song and sings, it is a meaningful and efficient advertising method for both the advertising side and the user side to flow information on the artist of the song.

  Therefore, using a karaoke performance between performances or between ensembles, karaoke vendors circulate various ranking information and information about the artist of the requested song, such as new songs, new albums and concerts, etc. There is also. However, it is difficult to say that sufficient information can be provided in such a limited time frame. Moreover, it is not necessarily the information that the user wants to see. Some users feel noisy and feel uncomfortable.

  Therefore, the present inventor would be able to display information on the Internet related to the currently played music on each mobile phone with an Internet connection function that many people would carry with them every day and bring it to a karaoke shop. I thought. For that purpose, the address of the related information site may be notified to the user's portable information terminal. It is even more convenient if the address of the character symbol string can be notified in a hyperlink format so that it is not necessary to input from the keyboard of the portable information terminal. Users who want to see can be seen immediately, and users who are not interested in such information will not see and feel uncomfortable.

  The present invention has been made based on the above viewpoint, and an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus that wirelessly notifies an address of a music-related information site to a nearby portable information terminal.

The karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is specified by the following items (1) to (7).
(1) It is a karaoke apparatus provided with an information source address database, a short-range wireless communication means, a control means, and a performance means. (3) The information source description includes a plurality of addresses specifying a plurality of information locations on the information communication network, and information item names associated with the respective addresses ( 4) The short-range wireless communication means enables data communication with portable information terminals existing in the vicinity. (5) The control means performs a telegram output process for introducing the information site when the performance means plays the music. (6) The message output process extracts the song name, artist name, and information source description of the music to be played from the information source address database, and introduces the information site based on the extracted information. Create a message and send it via short-range wireless communication means. (7) The information site introduction message displays the name of the music and the name of the artist and the information item name of the information source description on the portable information terminal that has received it. Enabling the processing to accept the selection input of the information item name and the communication processing to request information from the address corresponding to the selected information item name

  According to the karaoke apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to wirelessly notify a nearby portable information terminal of the address of an information providing site that transmits information related to the music being played. Thereby, in the portable information terminal, it is possible to easily browse only the information site to be viewed without performing troublesome URL input operations. There is no hassle of showing information you don't want to see, and you can see the information you want to see until you are satisfied even while you are playing karaoke. From the standpoint of the operator of the information providing site, there will be more opportunities to send the music related information being sent to interested people. In this way, with the act of singing at karaoke as a mediator, singing and listening to the music with people who want to see as many people as possible about the information related to the music being sung on the Internet. It can promote the connection of those who are.

=== Example configuration of karaoke apparatus ===
FIG. 1 shows an example of a hardware-based configuration of a communication karaoke apparatus according to the present invention. As is well known, the karaoke apparatus is a computer application device equivalent to a personal computer. The central processing unit 1 is a computer main body including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM. The communication control unit 3 communicates with a hard disk device 2 as a large-capacity external storage unit and a karaoke host device via a subscriber telephone line or ISDN line. A user interface device 4 that exchanges input from the user and a response to the user, and a music generation device 5 that generates an acoustic signal of accompaniment music based on music performance data mainly composed of MIDI data. And an audio device 6 that amplifies an acoustic signal from an accompaniment music or a microphone and generates sound from a speaker, a display 7 using a CRT, LCD, PDP, or the like, and video processing for processing video data to be displayed on the display 7 Device 8 and DC-ROM or DVD-ROM containing various video data are installed in the disc changer. The optical disk apparatus 9 to be reproduced appropriately allowed to, and a Bluetooth communication device 10 to the portable information terminal and the wireless communication in the vicinity under the control of the central processing unit 1.

  Further, the karaoke apparatus stores karaoke data (including data for generating accompaniment music and data for displaying lyrics) stored in the karaoke database by using the hard disk device 2 as a storage resource and acquiring a large number of karaoke data acquired from the karaoke host apparatus. Manage as. The central processing unit 1 manages the requested music received from the user as a queue in an appropriate storage unit. Then, the karaoke data of the requested music is extracted from the karaoke database according to the registration order of the queue, and the accompaniment music and the lyrics are output in synchronization with the audio video.

=== Configuration example of information source address database ===
In this embodiment, the karaoke apparatus manages an information source address database in addition to the karaoke database. In this information source address database, addresses (URLs) of sites that provide information related to karaoke music on the Internet are collected and managed using music IDs as keys. A logical configuration for one record of the information source address database is illustrated in FIG.

In this example, in addition to the song name and artist name corresponding to the song ID, the information site related to one song is classified into the following five information items (A) to (E), and each information item is classified into each information item. The corresponding URL (information source address) is managed.
(A) Lyrics: Information site that lists the lyrics of the song (B) Music score: Information site that lists the score of the song (C) Album jacket: Jacket photo of the CD album that contains the song (D) Concert information: Information site (E) New music information: Information on the artist's new song announcement and new CD release schedule Information sites

  In addition, an information item “others” may be included. For example, if there is a site that publishes urgent notices or special information about artists, it can be used to manage their addresses. The contents of this database are updated at an appropriate communication opportunity with the karaoke host device, such as when receiving supply of karaoke data from the karaoke host device.

=== Creating Information Source Notification Data ===
The karaoke apparatus prepares performance by taking out karaoke data corresponding to the song ID from the karaoke database in the order of the song IDs managed as the queue of requested songs. At the same time, the address of the information site associated with the music ID is extracted from the information source address database. Then, by following a predetermined format based on the retrieved address information, an information site introduction message (information source) for displaying the address of the information site related to the music in a hyperlink format on the display of the nearby portable information terminal Notification data).

  This electronic message has a structure capable of displaying a screen for two pages on a portable information terminal. In other words, the portion corresponding to the first page has a structure in which a screen as illustrated in FIG. 3 can be displayed by writing a song name corresponding to a song ID in a predetermined format of a message. That is, a screen in which the top position of the second page (described later) is hyperlinked to the “information menu” can be displayed.

  Also, in the part corresponding to the second page, if you write the address corresponding to the information item such as artist name and “lyrics” “music score” “jacket” “concert information” “new music information” in the predetermined format of the message, As illustrated in FIG. 4, the information site introduction screen related to the song with this song ID can be displayed. That is, it is possible to display a screen in which information sites corresponding to the information item names are hyperlinked. The telegram created in this way is temporarily stored in an appropriate storage unit as information source notification data for the music ID.

  Note that the above message format is only an example. There is no need for stylization in this way, and various types of messages can be created. For example, information items may not be displayed for music that does not have an information site for “lyrics” and “musical scores”. In addition, depending on the music, a message may be created so that “other” and information items specific to the music are added and displayed.

=== Piconet by Bluetooth ===
The Bluetooth communication device 10 provided in the karaoke device assumes a mobile phone with a Bluetooth communication function possessed by a karaoke user as a main communication partner. As a master station, it sometimes calls and establishes a piconet link with the responding mobile phone as a slave station. Then, the Bluetooth communication device 10 checks whether or not a program that receives the information source notification data is installed in the mobile phone of each slave station, and downloads the program to slave stations that are not installed.

  In the karaoke device, the information source notification data is transferred to the Bluetooth communication device 10 when the musical performance process is started. Upon receiving this, the Bluetooth communication apparatus 10 transfers the data to the slave mobile phone that has established the piconet link by data communication.

  The first page is first displayed on the display of the mobile phone as the slave station that has received the information source notification data in accordance with the information source notification data. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 3, first, an “information menu” for displaying a name of a song being played and a list of information sites related to the song is displayed.

  When the user desires to browse the list of related information sites by selecting the “information menu”, the second page is displayed on the display of the mobile phone according to the information source notification data. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 4, an introduction screen for a site related to the music being played is displayed. The displayed URL is hyperlink format data. When the user operates the mobile phone and clicks the URL on the display, the Internet connection function of the mobile phone automatically operates and is specified by the URL. A request is sent to an information site on the Internet. Then, a response to the request is delivered from the specified information site, and the information on the site is displayed by being taken into the mobile phone.

  In addition, when a new piconet is established while each piece of music is being played, information source notification data regarding the piece of music being played is transmitted. In this way, the related site can be introduced to the mobile phone of the user who entered the room during the performance or the mobile phone that was turned on during the performance.

  In this way, the user can view only the information he wants to see by selecting (clicking) on the information item he is interested in from the related sites introduced. Moreover, even if you are playing karaoke, you can watch it until you feel better.

=== Other Embodiments ===
The first page of the above example may be omitted, and when the preparation for performance starts, the introduction screen of the related information site for the music as illustrated in FIG. 4 may be displayed from the beginning.

  In the above example, an information site related to a song being played is introduced. However, a related information site for a predetermined number of songs may be introduced for a song that has already been played. For example, by displaying a screen such as that illustrated in FIG. 5 on the first page, each user can select and operate which information site is related to which piece of music among the already played pieces. Then, after the user performs a selection operation on a certain piece of music, a screen for selecting information items as shown in FIG. 4 for the corresponding music may be displayed.

  For this reason, every time the karaoke apparatus prepares to play a musical piece, it re-creates a telegram (information source notification data) for displaying a screen on the mobile phone. On the first page, the names of the songs to be played and the songs that have been played are written in accordance with a predetermined format so that the screen shown in FIG. 5 can be displayed. In the selection operation place of each music, it is described so that the head position of the page corresponding to each music is hyperlinked. On the second page, the address of the related information site is written so that a screen as shown in FIG. 4 can be displayed regarding the music to be played. On the third page, the address of the related information site is written so that the introduction screen of the related site as shown in FIG. 4 can be displayed for the music that has been played one song before. Similarly, on the fourth page, the address of the related information site is written so that the introduction screen of the information site related to the music that has been played two songs before can be displayed. The selection operation location of each song on the first page is hyperlinked with the top position of the page corresponding to each song, and when the user performs a selection operation on the screen of the first page, the page corresponding to that song is displayed. May be displayed.

  Alternatively, information source notification data may be prepared for each page display unit, and a Bluetooth communication may be performed between the karaoke apparatus and the mobile phone after waiting for a user's operation input every time one page is displayed.

It is a structural example of the communication karaoke system which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the logic structure of the information address database which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen display for requesting the information site list which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen display of the information site list which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen display for requesting | requiring the related information site list | wrist by designating music from the music which is performing or has been performed based on one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Central processing unit 2 Hard disk device 3 Communication control device 4 User interface device 5 Music generation device 6 Audio device 7 Display 8 Video processing device 9 Optical disk device 10 Bluetooth communication device

Claims (1)

A karaoke apparatus comprising an information source address database, a short-range wireless communication means, a control means, and a performance means,
The information source address database stores a plurality of song names / artist names / information source descriptions in association with song IDs,
The information source description includes a plurality of addresses specifying a plurality of information locations on the information communication network, and information item names associated with each address,
The near field communication means enables data communication with a portable information terminal existing in the vicinity,
When the control means causes the performance means to play the music, it performs a telegram output process for introducing the information site,
The message output process extracts the song name, artist name, and information source description of the music to be played from the information source address database, creates an information site introduction message based on the extracted information, and transmits it by the short-range wireless communication means,
The information site introduction telegram displays a song name and an artist name on the portable information terminal that has received the information, displays an information item name of the information source description, and receives a selection input of the information item name, and the selected information A karaoke device that enables communication processing that requests information from an address corresponding to an item name.

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