JP2006003843A - Karaoke device and karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfy a user's desire to have the image of a photograph or the like taken by himself or herself widely viewed by other persons by using widely spread Karaoke devices for business and making the static image or animation image prepared by the user displayable as the image for a background for Karaoke with the Karaoke device for business. <P>SOLUTION: The optical data previously stored in a user image server 52 of a communication center 50 is downloaded to an HD 12 of the Karaoke device 10 and at the time of reproducing the music information of the assigned Karaoke music, the arbitrary image data stored by the HD 12 is read out in place of the video data stored in an HD 43 of a video reproduction section 40 where the information is made correspondent to the Karaoke music. The text information of the assigned Karaoke music is read out of the HD 12 and both are composited by a video mixer 14 and are displayed on a monitor 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus holding various background video data for karaoke, song data (musical sound data and lyrics data), etc., and such background video data, song data (musical sound data and lyrics data). ), Etc., to a karaoke system that is downloaded periodically from a communication center server or when requested.

  With the widespread use of digital still cameras, mobile phones are also equipped with a digital camera function, making it much easier to take photos than conventional cameras using silver film. . However, regarding the use of photographs taken with such a digital camera, is it processed on a personal computer and enjoyed on a monitor, printed out from a printer connected to the personal computer, or requested to be processed by a DPE store? Or, the user can print out with a dedicated device provided at a DPE store, etc., or send a digital photograph taken with a mobile phone to an acquaintance or a friend by e-mail. is there.

  However, the desire to have others look at it is natural, regardless of whether the image taken by the user is a still image or a movie, but in general, such opportunities are often obtained. There is no actual situation. Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses an invention in which a karaoke system for a mobile terminal (specifically, a mobile phone) displays lyrics for karaoke with a still image taken by the mobile terminal as a background.

Further, in Patent Document 2, when a user transmits digital photograph data from an information terminal device such as a mobile phone or a personal computer using the Internet, the image is combined with an image desired by the user, and music ( An invention related to a service of adding (BGM) and returning it to a user's mobile terminal is disclosed.
JP 2002-244676 A JP 2003-157326 A

  In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the still image captured by the user is displayed as the background image for karaoke only on the monitor of the mobile terminal owned by the individual user. It cannot be widely seen by others. Further, in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2, only a server is used to process an image captured by the user, and the image is finally displayed on the user's mobile terminal. Thus, there are basically the same problems as in Patent Document 1.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and uses still and widely used business karaoke apparatuses, and still images and moving images photographed mainly with mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. Furthermore, by sending a still image and a video prepared separately by the user from a personal computer to the server by e-mail, the still image and the video prepared by the user with a karaoke apparatus for business use installed in a karaoke store are karaoke. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus and a karaoke system that can be displayed as an image for background use and that can satisfy the desire of others to view images such as photographs taken by themselves widely. .

  The karaoke apparatus according to the first invention is specified by song information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, and video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke song. The musical sound reproducing means for reading out the musical sound information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing and outputting the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means in association with the designated karaoke music piece. Image data storage means for storing arbitrary image data in a karaoke apparatus comprising: combining means for reading out and synthesizing video information from the video information storage means; and display means for displaying an image synthesized by the combining means And the image data instead of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song at the time of reproduction of the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song Reads any image data 憶 means is stored, characterized by comprising a control means for combining the word information and the combining means of the designated karaoke.

  In such a karaoke apparatus according to the first invention, arbitrary image data is stored in advance, and it is replaced with video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song when reproducing the musical tone information of the specified karaoke song. Arbitrary image data stored in advance is combined with the lyrics information and displayed.

  Further, the karaoke apparatus according to the second invention is a song information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, a video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke song, and a designation. The musical tone reproduction means for reading out the musical tone information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing it, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song are associated with the designated karaoke music from the musical piece information storage means. In a karaoke apparatus, comprising: combining means for reading out and synthesizing video information from the video information storage means; and display means for displaying an image synthesized by the combining means; Image data storage means for storing in association with any of the musical sound information of the karaoke song stored in the image, and storing the image data in the designated karaoke song. When any image data stored in the means is associated, the music information of the designated karaoke song is reproduced, instead of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song. Control means for reading arbitrary image data associated with the designated karaoke song and stored in the image data storage means, and synthesizing the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song with the synthesis means. It is characterized by.

  In such a karaoke apparatus according to the second invention, arbitrary image data is stored in advance in association with a karaoke song, and when arbitrary image data is associated with a specified karaoke song, Arbitrary image data stored in advance instead of the video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song at the time of reproduction of the musical sound information is combined with the lyrics information and displayed.

  Further, the karaoke system according to the third invention is a song information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, a video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke song, and a designation. The musical tone reproduction means for reading out the musical tone information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing it, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song are associated with the designated karaoke music from the musical piece information storage means. Karaoke terminal device comprising: synthesizing means for respectively reading out and synthesizing video information stored in the video information storage means; display means for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizing means; and In a karaoke system including a central device that transmits video information and stores the music information in the music information storage means and the video information storage means, respectively, The central device includes image data storage means for receiving and storing arbitrary image data, and the karaoke terminal device receives the image data stored in the image data storage means of the central device via a communication line. An image data receiving means, a temporary storage means for temporarily storing the image data received by the image data receiving means, and at the time of reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song, the image data receiving means is associated with the designated karaoke song It comprises control means for reading arbitrary image data stored in the temporary storage means instead of the stored video information, and for synthesizing the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song with the synthesis means.

  In such a karaoke system according to the third invention, arbitrary image data is stored in advance in the central device, and this is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device. Then, when reproducing the musical tone information of the karaoke song specified in the karaoke terminal device, any image data stored in advance instead of the video information that should be displayed in accordance with the karaoke song is combined with the lyric information and displayed. Is done.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke system comprising music information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke song, and designation. The musical tone reproduction means for reading out the musical tone information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing it, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song are associated with the designated karaoke music from the musical piece information storage means. Karaoke terminal device comprising: synthesizing means for respectively reading out and synthesizing video information stored in the video information storage means; display means for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizing means; and In a karaoke system including a central device that transmits video information and stores the music information in the music information storage means and the video information storage means, respectively, The central device includes image data storage means for storing arbitrary image data in association with song specifying information for specifying karaoke songs stored in the song information storage means of the karaoke terminal device, and the karaoke terminal device includes: The image data receiving means for receiving the image data and the music specifying information stored in the image data storage means of the central device via a communication line, and the image data and the music specifying information received by the image data receiving means are temporarily stored. And when the music information of the designated karaoke song is played back, the designated karaoke is stored in the temporary storage means and the music specifying information for identifying the designated karaoke song is stored in the temporary storage means. An arbitrary image stored in the temporary storage means in association with the song specifying information of the designated karaoke song instead of the video information associated with the song It reads the data, characterized in that it comprises a control means for combining the word information and the combining means of the designated karaoke.

In such a karaoke system according to the fourth invention, arbitrary image data and song specifying information for specifying a karaoke song in which the karaoke terminal device stores the arbitrary image data are stored in advance in the central device. These pieces of information are received and stored in the karaoke terminal device.
When arbitrary image data is associated with the karaoke song designated in the karaoke terminal device, it is stored in advance in place of the video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song when reproducing the musical sound information. Arbitrary image data that has been displayed is combined with the lyrics information and displayed.

  Further, the karaoke system according to the fifth invention is a music information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, a video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and a designation. The musical tone reproduction means for reading out the musical tone information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing it, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song are associated with the designated karaoke music from the musical piece information storage means. Karaoke terminal device comprising: synthesizing means for respectively reading out and synthesizing video information stored in the video information storage means; display means for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizing means; and In a karaoke system including a central device that transmits video information and stores the music information in the music information storage means and the video information storage means, respectively, A karaoke terminal further comprising a terminal device that transmits and stores an arbitrary image to a central device, wherein the central device includes image data storage means for receiving and storing arbitrary image data transmitted from the terminal device; The apparatus includes an image data receiving unit that receives the image data stored in the image data storage unit of the central device via a communication line, and a temporary storage that temporarily stores the image data received by the image data receiving unit. And when the musical sound information of the designated karaoke song is reproduced, the image data stored in the temporary storage means is read in place of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song, and the designation is performed. And lyric information of the karaoke tune, and control means for synthesizing by the synthesizing means.

  In such a karaoke system according to the fifth invention, for example, by transmitting an arbitrary image from a terminal device such as a mobile phone to the central device and storing it in advance, this is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device. . Then, when reproducing the musical tone information of the karaoke song specified in the karaoke terminal device, any image data stored in advance instead of the video information that should be displayed in accordance with the karaoke song is combined with the lyric information and displayed. Is done.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke system comprising music information storage means for storing musical tone information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke song, and designation. The musical tone reproduction means for reading out the musical tone information of the karaoke song from the musical piece information storage means and reproducing it, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song are associated with the designated karaoke music from the musical piece information storage means. A karaoke terminal device comprising: synthesizing means for reading out and synthesizing video information stored in the video information storage means; display means for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizing means; and In a karaoke system including a central device that transmits video information and stores the music information in the music information storage means and the video information storage means, respectively, Arbitrary images are displayed in place of the video information stored in the video information storage means of the karaoke terminal device as at least one of the musical sound information of the plurality of karaoke songs stored in the music information storage means of the Laoke terminal device. A terminal device that transmits the setting information to be set and the arbitrary image to the central device, and the central device receives the setting information and the arbitrary image data transmitted from the terminal device. Image data storage means for storing the image data, and the karaoke terminal device receives setting information and image data stored in the image data storage means of the central device via a communication line; Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the setting information and image data received by the data receiving means, and song specifying information for specifying the specified karaoke song are the temporary recording. When the musical sound information of the designated karaoke song is reproduced, the song specification that identifies the designated karaoke song instead of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song when stored in the means Control means for reading arbitrary image data stored in the temporary storage means according to setting information corresponding to the information, and for synthesizing the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song with the synthesis means.

  In such a karaoke system according to the sixth invention, for example, from a terminal device such as a mobile phone to a central device, an arbitrary image is added to at least one of the musical tone information of a plurality of karaoke songs stored in the karaoke terminal device. By transmitting the setting information set to be displayed in place of the video information stored in the terminal device and an arbitrary image and storing them in advance, the information is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device. The Then, in the case where song specifying information for specifying the specified karaoke song is stored in the karaoke terminal device, the karaoke is replaced with video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song at the time of reproduction of the musical tone information. Arbitrary image data stored in advance according to the setting information corresponding to the song specifying information for specifying the song is combined with the lyrics information and displayed.

  According to the karaoke apparatus according to the first invention, by storing arbitrary image data in advance, when the user designates a karaoke song, it is originally displayed along with the karaoke song when the musical tone information is reproduced. Arbitrary image data stored in advance instead of the video information to be displayed is combined with the lyric information and displayed, so that the user can have an opportunity to show a photograph, a moving image, etc. that the user wants to show to others.

  According to the karaoke apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the user designates a karaoke song associated with arbitrary image data by storing arbitrary image data in advance in association with the karaoke song. In addition, any image data stored in advance instead of the video information that should be displayed in accordance with the karaoke song at the time of reproduction of the musical tone information is displayed in combination with the lyrics information, so that the user can specify the song Depending on the situation, you will have the opportunity to show the photos, videos, etc. that you want to show to others.

  Furthermore, according to the karaoke system according to the third invention, since arbitrary image data is stored in the central device in advance, this is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device, so that the user can show himself / herself to others. What is necessary is just to prepare in advance a photograph, a moving image, etc., and memorize | store it in a central apparatus. As a result, any music data stored in advance instead of the video information that should be displayed in accordance with the karaoke song at the time of reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song is displayed in combination with the lyrics information. The user has the opportunity to show the photos, videos, etc. that the user wants to show to others.

  Further, according to the karaoke system according to the fourth invention, arbitrary image data and song specifying information for specifying a karaoke song stored in the karaoke terminal device are stored in the central device in advance. Since this information is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device, the user may prepare in advance a photograph, a moving image, etc. that the user wants to show to others and store it in the central device. As a result, when the user designates a karaoke song associated with arbitrary image data, it is stored in advance in place of video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song when reproducing the musical sound information. Since arbitrary image data is combined with the lyrics information and displayed, the user can have an opportunity to show a photograph, a moving image, etc. that he / she wants to show to others according to the designated song.

  Further, according to the karaoke system of the fifth invention, for example, by transmitting an arbitrary image from a terminal device such as a mobile phone to the central device and storing it in advance, this is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device. Therefore, the user may prepare in advance photos, videos, etc. that he / she wants to show to others, transmit them from a terminal device such as a mobile phone, and store them in the central device. As a result, arbitrary image data stored in advance instead of video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song at the time of reproduction of the musical tone information of the karaoke song designated in the karaoke terminal device is synthesized with the lyrics information. Since it is displayed, the user has the opportunity to show the photos, videos, etc. that he / she wants to show to others.

  According to the karaoke system of the sixth invention, for example, from a terminal device such as a mobile phone to a central device, an arbitrary image is added to at least one of musical tone information of a plurality of karaoke songs stored in the karaoke terminal device. By transmitting the setting information set to be displayed in place of the video information stored in the terminal device and an arbitrary image and storing them in advance, the information is received and stored in the karaoke terminal device. Therefore, the user may prepare in advance photos, videos, etc. that he / she wants to show to others, set the display state in a terminal device such as a mobile phone, and transmit it and store it in the central device. Thereby, when the user designates a karaoke song storing song specifying information for specifying a karaoke song by the karaoke terminal device, video information that should be originally displayed in accordance with the karaoke song when reproducing the musical sound information Instead, any image data stored in advance according to the setting information corresponding to the song specifying information specifying the karaoke song specified by the user is displayed in combination with the lyrics information, so that the user can Opportunity to show photos, videos, etc. you want to show.

  An embodiment of a karaoke system according to the present invention and a karaoke system including a karaoke terminal device as a karaoke terminal device and a server as a central device will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke system and a configuration example of a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention. The karaoke device itself is installed in a karaoke store (karaoke box), and includes the terminal device 10 and the video reproduction device 30 as main components. Moreover, the karaoke apparatus installed in each karaoke store is connected to the main server 51 of the communication center 50 via a communication line. The communication center 50 includes a user image server 52 and a user attribute management server 53 in addition to a main server 51 similar to a normal karaoke system.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a user's mobile terminal, which is a mobile phone in the present embodiment, and can communicate with the main server 51 of the communication center 50, specifically, send and receive mail.
The mobile phone 55 is installed with a karaoke application program that allows the user to enjoy karaoke only with the mobile phone 55. The karaoke application program installed in the mobile phone 55 includes images taken by the mobile phone 55 itself (still images, moving images, illustration images created on the mobile phone 55, images captured on the mobile phone 55, etc. ) Can be registered for use as a background image when displaying lyrics of karaoke songs. In addition, the karaoke application program itself which can enjoy karaoke only with such a mobile telephone 55 is well-known, For example, it is disclosed by patent document 1. FIG.

  However, in the karaoke system of the present invention, the state in which the image taken by the user of the mobile phone 55 as described above is registered as the background image of the karaoke song on the mobile phone 55 is registered in advance in the communication center 50 as it is. Is configured to be possible. Of course, it is possible to register only images from the mobile phone 55 to the communication center 50.

  Specifically, an image registered by the user as a background image for karaoke songs using the karaoke application program of the mobile phone 55 is a user ID that is personal identification information for identifying the user, a password for personal authentication, After logging in by transmitting to the communication center 50, the image and the music code, and also the display method of the image set by the mobile phone 55 (for example, displaying a plurality of images at intervals of 10 seconds, etc.) Are transmitted from the mobile phone 55 to the main server 51 in association with each other. When the main server 51 receives the information as described above from the mobile phone 55, it registers the image data in the user image server 52, and associates other information with the image data registered in the user image server 52 to manage user attributes. Register with the server 53.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating the contents of a user image table for managing user images registered in the user image server 52. The user image server 52 is divided into an image area storing an image file registered by the user and an area storing a user image table as shown in FIG. The user image table stores an image number (No.) for identifying each of a large number of image data stored in the image area of the user image server 52 and storage of the image data specified by the image number in the user image server 52. An address indicating a position and a user ID that identifies a user who registered each image are associated with each other and registered in the form of a table.

  Therefore, if an image number is designated, the user image server 52 can read out image data in accordance with the address registered in the user image table in association with the designated image number and output it to the main server 51. If the user ID is specified, the user image server 52 can read out all images registered in the user image table in association with the specified user ID and output them to the main server 51. it can.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the contents of a user management table for managing users stored in the user attribute management server 53. In the user management table, a user ID that identifies each user and a password registered by each user are registered in combination.
Accordingly, when the user accesses the communication center 50 from, for example, the mobile phone 55 or the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, the password is authenticated for the user ID, and if the result is correct, the login to the communication center 50 is performed. Is recognized.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the contents of a user table for managing images registered by individual users stored in the user attribute management server 53. A user table is prepared for each user, and each user table is specified by a user ID that specifies the user. For example, FIG. 4 illustrates the contents of the user table related to the user whose user ID is “0001”.

  In the user table for each user, image numbers are associated with each music code and registered, and information about the display mode of these images is also registered. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the user with the user ID “0001” has registered the images with the image numbers “0001” and “0002” in association with the song with the song code “123456”. As the display mode, a mode in which each image is displayed at intervals of 10 seconds is registered. In addition, images with image numbers “1201”, “1202”, and “1203” are registered in association with the song with the song code “234567”, and each image is displayed in ascending order at intervals of 5 seconds. The mode is registered. When the music code is “000000”, it means that the music is not specified and only the image is registered.

  In this embodiment, the song code is used instead of the song name as the information for specifying the karaoke song, but the karaoke song is not given a unified code, and the karaoke device or application program is not provided. It is the actual situation that the manufacturer of this is numbered independently. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the same song code is used in the karaoke application program installed in the mobile phone 55 and the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, but this is the case where the song codes are different. However, it goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained by using a specific song name instead of the song code.

  The terminal device 10 is entirely controlled by a control unit 11 incorporating a CPU or MPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. An input / output unit for transferring data to and from the hard disk device (HD) 12, musical tone playback unit 13, video mixer 14, modem 15, operation panel 16, and video playback unit 40 via the bus to the control unit 11. (I / O) 17 and the like are connected.

The modem 15 is connected to the main server 51 of the communication center 50 via a communication line.
Video data and song data (lyric data and musical tone information) are transmitted from the main server 51 to the terminal device 10 periodically or as necessary. Upon receiving these data, the terminal device 10 stores the video data in the hard disk device (HD) 43 of the video playback unit 40 described later, and stores the lyrics data in the HD 12.

  The HD 12 stores musical tone data of a plurality of karaoke songs received from the main server 51 as described above, and by specifying a code such as a song name or a number specifying a song, the corresponding song data is stored. Lyric data and musical tone data are read out, and the lyrics data is sent to the video mixer 14 and the musical tone data is sent to the musical tone reproducing unit 13.

  A mixer amplifier 31 is connected to the musical sound reproducing unit 13. A microphone 32 is connected to the mixer amplifier 31. The musical sound reproducing unit 13 converts the musical sound data transmitted from the HD 12 as described above into an analog audio signal and outputs the analog audio signal to the mixer amplifier 31. Since the microphone 32 is connected to the mixer amplifier 31, the analog audio signal (accompaniment of karaoke music) given from the musical sound reproduction unit 13 and the user's voice input from the microphone 32 are mixed and reproduced from the speaker 33. . The video mixer 14 combines the video signal output from the video playback unit 40 and the lyrics data stored in the HD 12 and outputs the synthesized video signal to the monitor 34.

The operation panel 16 is used for allowing the user to perform operations as a normal karaoke device such as specifying a song. When the operation panel 16 is operated, a predetermined signal corresponding to the operation state is output to the bus. In addition to directly operating the operation panel 16, the same operation can be performed using a remote control device (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) 161.
The operation state of the remote controller 161 is converted into, for example, an infrared signal and transmitted wirelessly and received by the receiving unit 160. The signal from the remote controller 160 received by the receiving unit 160 is converted into a signal similar to that when the operation panel 16 is operated by the operation panel 16 and output to the bus.

  The video playback unit 40 is entirely controlled by a control unit 41 that incorporates a CPU or MPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. A video playback unit 42, a hard disk device (HD) 43, an input / output unit (I / O) 44 for exchanging data with the terminal device 10 and the like are connected to the control unit 41 via a bus. .

  As described above, the video playback unit 42 plays back the video signal stored in the HD 43 in the form of compressed data such as MPEG2 into an analog video signal and sends it to the video mixer 14 as described above. Note that the I / O 44 is connected to the I / O 17 of the terminal device 10 and receives the video signal received by the terminal device 10 from the main server 51 for storage in the HD 43, or according to the tone specified by the user. A control signal or the like for reproducing the video signal from the HD 43 to the video reproduction unit 42 and outputting it to the video mixer 14 is received.

  Note that the HD 12 of the terminal device 10 is preinstalled with software necessary for operating the terminal device 10 and the video playback unit 40 as a conventional karaoke device. In the present embodiment, the HD 12 further includes Software for user authentication, software for downloading an image registered by the authenticated user in the user image server 52, and the like are also installed in advance.

  Although the above description regarding the terminal device 10 and the video reproduction unit 40 is a description when the karaoke device according to the present invention operates as a normal karaoke device, the karaoke device according to the present invention is in accordance with a user instruction as described below. It is possible to perform a device-specific operation. Hereinafter, a process when the user downloads an image registered in advance in the communication center 50 to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention and uses it will be mainly described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing performed by the karaoke system of the present invention. The control unit 11 of the terminal device 10 waits for an operation panel 16 (or a remote controller 161, hereinafter the same) to be operated to give some instruction (step S11). If it is not instructed to use the image registered in (NO in step S11), the control unit 11 executes normal processing, that is, the operation as a conventional karaoke device (step S12).

  On the other hand, when the user instructs to use the image that he / she has taken and registered in the communication center 50 in advance (YES in step S11), the control unit 11 inputs the user ID and password to the monitor 34. Display a prompt message. The control unit 11 waits until the user inputs a user ID and a password in response to this message (NO in step S13). When the user inputs the user ID and password by operating the operation panel 16 (YES in step S13), the control unit 11 transmits the input user ID and password from the modem 15 to the communication center 50 via the communication line. .

  When the communication center 50 receives the user ID and password from the terminal device 10, the communication center 50 determines whether the password is correct or not based on the contents of the user management table of the user attribute management server 53. YES in S14), the user table of the authenticated user ID is read from the user attribute management server 53, and the image data associated with the authenticated user ID based on the contents of the user image table of the user image server 52 Is read from the user image server 52 and transmitted to the terminal device 10. When the terminal device 10 downloads the information via the modem 15 (step S16), the image data is temporarily stored in the HD 43 of the video reproduction unit 40, and other information is temporarily stored in the HD 12 of the terminal device 10.

  The control unit 11 is in a standby state until music selection is performed (NO in step S17), and when the user inputs the music code by selecting the music code by operating the operation panel 16 (YES in step S17). Then, the control unit 11 searches based on the contents of the user table temporarily stored in the HD 12 whether or not there is image data associated with the selected song, that is, the input song code (step S18). ). As a result, if there is corresponding image data (YES in step S18), the control unit 11 does not display the image that is originally supposed to be displayed as the background for the song selected in step S17. The corresponding image data is displayed on the monitor 34 (step S19). At this time, the song data and the lyrics data of the selected song are read from the HD 12, the song data is converted into an analog audio signal by the tone reproduction unit 13 and output to the mixer amplifier 31, and the lyrics data is output by the video mixer 14. Needless to say, the image is combined with an image registered in advance by the user and displayed on the monitor.

  The display of the image data in step S19 reproduces the display state (display mode) set by the karaoke application program previously installed on the mobile phone 55 by the user. Therefore, the user can set and confirm the relationship between the reproduction state of the song data of the karaoke song and the display state of the image on the mobile phone 55 in advance before registering the image in the communication center 50. Become.

  If it is found in step S18 that there is no image associated with the selected song (NO in step S18), the control unit 11 handles the song even if it is an image registered by the user. It is searched whether there is any image data that is not attached (step S20). If such image data exists (YES in step S20), the control unit 11 displays the image data on the monitor 34 in an appropriate manner, for example, in a certain order at predetermined time intervals. Then, it is displayed on the monitor 34 in accordance with the song data selected by the user in step S17 (step S21).

  Furthermore, if it is determined in step S20 that there is no image data that is not associated with a song in the image registered by the user (NO in step S20), the control unit 11 has registered the user. All image data is displayed on the monitor 34 according to the song data previously selected by the user in step S17 by a method such as displaying the image data on the monitor 34 in an appropriate manner, for example, in a random order at predetermined time intervals (step S22). ).

  In the above embodiment, an image is registered from the mobile phone 55 to the communication center 50, but an application program equivalent to the karaoke application program installed in the mobile phone 55 is a PDA, personal computer, or the like. If it is installed, the image can be registered from a PDA, personal computer or the like instead of the cellular phone 55.

  Further, the image registered in advance in the communication center 50 is not limited to an image taken by the user himself, but may be an illustration created by the user himself or an image captured by a mobile phone, a personal computer, or the like. Furthermore, the image registered in advance in the communication center 50 is not limited to a still image but may be a moving image.

  In the above-described embodiment, the user image server 52 and the user attribute management server 53 are installed in the communication center 50. However, the user image server 52 and the user attribute management server 53 are connected to a karaoke device. Needless to say, the configuration may be integrated.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above-described embodiment, the terminal device 10 installed in the karaoke store (karaoke box) can be connected to a wireless device such as an IrDA (InfraRed Data Association) or Bluetooth from a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, or the like. Of course, it is possible to directly transmit and use the image data by the communication method.

  As described in detail above, according to the karaoke apparatus according to the present invention, the image registered by the user in advance can be used as the background image of the karaoke song selected by the user. It makes it possible to show various images that you want to show to others.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the karaoke system which concerns on this invention, and the structural example of a karaoke apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the content of the user image table for managing the user image registered into the user image server of the karaoke system which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the content of the user management table for managing the user memorize | stored in the user attribute management server of the karaoke system which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the content of the user table for managing the image which the individual user memorize | stored memorize | stored in the user attribute management server of the karaoke system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process performed by the karaoke system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Terminal device 11 Control unit 12 Hard disk device (HD)
15 Modem 16 Operation Panel 40 Video Playback Unit 41 Control Unit 42 Video Playback Unit 43 Hard Disk Device (HD)
50 Communication Center 51 Main Server 52 User Image Server 53 User Attribute Management Server 161 Remote Control Device 55 Mobile Phone

Claims (6)

Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music as the music information Music sound reproducing means for reading out from the storage means, reproducing and outputting, lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means In a karaoke apparatus provided with combining means for reading and combining each, and display means for displaying an image combined by the combining means,
Image data storage means for storing arbitrary image data;
When reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song, any image data stored in the image data storage means is read in place of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song, and the designated A karaoke apparatus comprising: lyrics information of a karaoke song; and control means for causing the synthesizing means to synthesize. Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music as the music information Music sound reproducing means for reading out from the storage means, reproducing and outputting, lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means In a karaoke apparatus provided with combining means for reading and combining each, and display means for displaying an image combined by the combining means,
Image data storage means for storing arbitrary image data in association with any of musical tone information of karaoke songs stored in the music information storage means;
When any image data stored in the image data storage means is associated with the designated karaoke song, it corresponds to the designated karaoke song at the time of reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song It reads out arbitrary image data stored in the image data storage means in association with the designated karaoke song instead of the attached video information, and the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song and the synthesizing means And a control means for synthesizing the karaoke apparatus. Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music as the music information Music sound reproducing means for reading out from the storage means, reproducing and outputting, lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means A karaoke terminal device provided with a synthesizer for reading and synthesizing each, and a display unit for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizer, and transmitting the musical sound information and video information to the karaoke terminal device to store the song information A karaoke system including a central device and a central device to be stored in each of the means and the video information storage means,
The central device includes image data storage means for receiving and storing arbitrary image data,
The karaoke terminal device
Image data receiving means for receiving the image data stored in the image data storage means of the central apparatus via a communication line;
Temporary storage means for temporarily storing image data received by the image data receiving means;
When reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song, any image data stored in the temporary storage means is read in place of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song, and the designated karaoke song is read. A karaoke system comprising: lyric information of a song; and control means for causing the synthesizing means to synthesize. Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music Musical sound reproducing means that reads out from the storage means and reproduces and outputs the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means A karaoke terminal device provided with a synthesizer for reading and synthesizing each, and a display unit for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizer, and transmitting the musical sound information and video information to the karaoke terminal device to store the song information A karaoke system including a central device and a central device to be stored in each of the means and the video information storage means,
The central device includes image data storage means for storing arbitrary image data in association with song specifying information for specifying a karaoke song stored in the song information storage means of the karaoke terminal device,
The karaoke terminal device
Image data receiving means for receiving the image data and song specifying information stored in the image data storage means of the central device via a communication line;
Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the image data and song identification information received by the image data receiving means;
When song specifying information for specifying a specified karaoke song is stored in the temporary storage means, a video associated with the specified karaoke song at the time of reproduction of musical sound information of the specified karaoke song Read out any image data stored in the temporary storage means in association with the song specifying information of the designated karaoke song instead of the information, and synthesize it with the lyrics information of the designated karaoke song and the synthesis means A karaoke system characterized by comprising: Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music as the music information Music sound reproducing means for reading out from the storage means, reproducing and outputting, lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means A karaoke terminal device provided with a synthesizer for reading and synthesizing each, and a display unit for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizer, and transmitting the musical sound information and video information to the karaoke terminal device to store the song information A karaoke system including a central device and a central device to be stored in each of the means and the video information storage means,
A terminal device for transmitting and storing an arbitrary image to the central device;
The central device includes image data storage means for receiving and storing arbitrary image data transmitted from the terminal device,
The karaoke terminal device
Image data receiving means for receiving the image data stored in the image data storage means of the central apparatus via a communication line;
Temporary storage means for temporarily storing image data received by the image data receiving means;
When reproducing the musical tone information of the designated karaoke song, any image data stored in the temporary storage means is read in place of the video information associated with the designated karaoke song, and the designated karaoke song is read. A karaoke system comprising: lyric information of a song; and control means for causing the synthesizing means to synthesize. Music information storage means for storing music information and lyrics information of a plurality of karaoke songs, video information storage means for storing video information associated with each karaoke music, and music information of the specified karaoke music as the music information Music sound reproducing means for reading out from the storage means, reproducing and outputting, lyrics information of the designated karaoke song from the song information storage means, and video information associated with the designated karaoke song from the video information storage means A karaoke terminal device comprising a synthesizer for reading and synthesizing each, a display unit for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizer, and the music information storage unit for transmitting the musical tone information and video information to the karaoke terminal device. And a karaoke system including a central device to be stored in the video information storage means,
An arbitrary image is displayed instead of the video information stored in the video information storage means of the karaoke terminal device as at least one of the musical tone information of the plurality of karaoke songs stored in the music information storage means of the karaoke terminal device. A terminal device that transmits the setting information to be set and the arbitrary image to the central device;
The central device includes image data storage means for receiving and storing the setting information and the arbitrary image data transmitted from the terminal device,
The karaoke terminal device
Image data receiving means for receiving setting information and image data stored in the image data storage means of the central device via a communication line;
Temporary storage means for temporarily storing setting information and image data received by the image data receiving means;
When song specifying information for specifying a specified karaoke song is stored in the temporary storage means, a video associated with the specified karaoke song at the time of reproduction of musical sound information of the specified karaoke song Read arbitrary image data stored in the temporary storage means according to setting information corresponding to the song specifying information specifying the specified karaoke song instead of the information, and combine the lyrics information of the specified karaoke song and the composition A karaoke system comprising: control means for combining the means.

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