JP2006017758A - Karaoke performance machine with function of supplying call melody with song - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke performance machine; which allows a user to freely, with ease and efficiency, prescribe a singing section desired as a call melody with a song in each musical piece of the karaoke performance machine; which thereby permits user-original arrangement of the call melody with the song of the musical piece to his/her liking, and which is also capable of efficiently supply the recorded data of the objectively best singing part as the call melody with the song. <P>SOLUTION: The karaoke performance machine includes a mechanism for allowing the user to freely prescribe a singing section for the call melody with the song desired as the call melody with the song during singing or the like in his/her favorite karaoke performance musical piece, and is also so arranged as to carry out grading for each singing section for the call melody with the song and as to select the recorded singing data of the singing section for the call melody with the song in which the best grading value has been indicated among the results of the grading, and as to enable transfer control of the data to a cellular phone. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke performance device capable of recording a user's singing voice sung in accordance with accompaniment music of a karaoke song, partially extracting the song recording data, and supplying this as a singing incoming melody of a mobile phone. .

  In recent years, regardless of age or sex, the demand for mobile phones has increased greatly and is being used by a wide range of people. As an incoming call notification means for this mobile phone, an incoming melody (commonly known as “ringtone”) has been spreading explosively. This ringing melody is used habitually as a means to reflect the user's preference and personality, and there are various types now, but it is usually provided from a mobile dedicated site on the Internet.

  By the way, the number of people who want to express their own personality by decorating mobile phones with various stickers or attaching unique straps has been increasing recently, especially among young people. In this regard, the incoming melody is rich in variety and is a typical expression of personality. However, normally, the ringing melody has a predetermined portion to be played, and the same phrase is played in the same music. The fact that the same phrase is played is not only inconvenient for the expression of individuality in the same song, but in this case, when the same performance is performed on another mobile phone in the same place, the other person is confused. Resulting in.

Therefore, conventionally, a technique has been conceived in which a phrase of a favorite karaoke piece suitable for a user's preference can be arbitrarily adopted as a ringing melody of a mobile phone using a karaoke performance device. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique that can download and reproduce karaoke music and set a chorus phrase in the melody as an incoming melody. In Patent Document 2, a musical score data conversion device (built into a karaoke system) that selects a singing part that a user wants to input from a specific piece of music and converts the melody of the singing part into a note that can be input as an incoming melody. Possible).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-267652 JP 2002-169568 A

  Thus, at present, a technique has been established that enables the user to arrange his / her favorite ringing melody using a karaoke performance device. By the way, recently, a singing incoming melody (commonly called “ringing”) is spreading in parallel with this incoming melody. Singing incoming melody takes out a part of the phrase of the song that the singer actually sings and uses it as an incoming call notification means. Since the impact is strong, there is a high possibility that it will be established and spread in the same way as the incoming melody.

  Now, the desire to sing a favorite piece of music, especially the desire to sing phrases such as the intro part and the chorus part of the favorite piece, is naturally in the heart of the person. From the standpoint of ultimate personality expression and self-other confusion, it is preferable to use a singing incoming melody created by singing by the mobile phone user himself, and there is a great potential demand. Specifically, users can sing their favorite music, and even if the same phrase is played on the same music, the singing voice is different, so that the incoming melody can be used from the standpoint of preventing individual expression and confusion with others. Is more preferable. However, conventionally, the user can freely specify the desired singing portion as a singing incoming melody for each karaoke piece of music, and objectively determine whether the user has successfully sung the singing portion, and this is the incoming singing incoming call. A system that can be efficiently supplied as a melody has not been conceived.

  Therefore, the present invention aims to solve the above inconvenience, specifically, in each karaoke piece, the user can easily and efficiently specify the singing part desired as a singing ringtone, As a result, it is possible to provide a karaoke performance device that allows a user to independently arrange a singing incoming melody of a favorite song and efficiently supply the singing recording data of the most objectively sung portion as a singing incoming melody. And

  In view of the above problems, the present inventors provide a mechanism that allows a user to freely specify a singing ringing melody target singing section desired as a singing ringing melody in a karaoke song that the user likes during singing. In addition, the singing incoming melody target singing section is graded, and the singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest score among the scoring results can be extracted and transferred to the mobile phone As a result, it was found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by controlling the karaoke, and a karaoke performance device having a function for supplying a singing incoming call melody according to the present invention was conceived.

That is, the karaoke performance device according to claim 1 of the present invention has a scoring function and a recording function for a singing voice of an arbitrary karaoke piece by a user, and can supply a singing incoming melody of a mobile phone from the singing recording data. A karaoke performance device,
(A) In a karaoke song sung by the user, a section designation control means for controlling the singing incoming melody target singing section desired by the user as a singing incoming melody;
(A) Singing recording means for recording the singing voice of the singing target incoming melody target singing section together with the accompaniment music of the music;
(C) Singing power scoring means for scoring the singing power for each of the designated singing incoming and incoming melody target singing sections;
(D) Extraction recording means for extracting the singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value from the scoring results of each singing incoming melody target singing section and recording it in a predetermined recording unit; ,
(E) It is characterized by comprising transfer control means for controlling the singing recording data recorded in the predetermined recording section so as to be transferred to a predetermined mobile phone as appropriate.

A karaoke performance device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the karaoke performance device according to claim 1,
It further comprises audition control means for controlling the song recording data so that the song recording data can be auditioned after the song recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value is extracted and recorded. And

  According to the karaoke performance apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, since the user can easily and efficiently specify the singing portion desired by the user as the incoming melody, the user can select his favorite music. Singing incoming ring melodies can be uniquely arranged, and each singing incoming melody subject singing section that is the singing part is scored, and the singing recording data of the section showing the highest scoring value among those scoring results Since it was extracted and transferred to the mobile phone, it was possible to objectively determine the target singing section that the user sang best, and to efficiently supply the singing recording data as a singing incoming melody, etc. There are effects such as.

  Further, according to the karaoke performance device according to claim 2 of the present invention, in the karaoke performance device according to claim 1, singing recording data of the singing and incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value is extracted and recorded. Later, since the song recording data is controlled so that it can be auditioned, the user's subjective judgment by audition can be added along with objective judgment of the target singing section that the user sang best. There is an effect that it can be finally determined whether or not to adopt as a singing incoming melody.

  Hereinafter, although the optimal Example about the karaoke performance apparatus which has a singing call incoming melody supply function of this invention is given, the structure of (a) to (e) of Claim 1 is explained in full detail first.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The karaoke performance device (1) in the present embodiment is composed of a central control means (2) for controlling the operation of the entire device and various devices connected thereto. Specifically, the central control means (2) includes a RAM (3), a hard disk (4), a sound source (8), a mixer (9), a vocal adapter (13), an MPEG decoder (14), a synthesis circuit (15 ), A remote control device (6), an IC card reading / writing device (33) to which a user ID is attached, and the like. The hard disk (4) stores music data (30) for playing karaoke music, background video data (31) for displaying a background video on the display device (7), and the like.

  Here, each functional means will be described briefly. First, the sound source (8) forms a musical sound signal in accordance with the music data input by the music sequencer (19) executed by the central control means (2). The formed musical sound signal is input to a mixer (9), which mixes a plurality of musical sound signals generated by a sound source (8), a karaoke microphone (5), and an A / D converter (12). The input user's singing voice signal is mixed with an appropriate balance. The mixed digital audio signal is input to the sound system (10). This sound system (10) includes a power amplifier, converts an input digital signal into an analog signal and amplifies it, and emits an accompaniment sound and singing sound from a speaker (11).

  The singing voice signal converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter (12) is also input to the vocal adapter (13). This vocal adapter (13) collects the singing frequency from the inputted singing voice signal and also collects the reference frequency inputted from the music sequencer (19) of the central control means (2). Then, the singing frequency and the reference frequency are synchronized, separated into predetermined time intervals, input to the central control means (2), and the singing ability scoring means (23) performs the scoring process.

  Note that guide melody data included in the music is usually used as the reference. A scoring table (not shown) is recorded on the hard disk (4), and scoring by this scoring table is basically performed for the frequency (pitch / pitch) of the singing, calculating the basic score, Bonus points are calculated based on the degree, the degree of inflection, the quality of sound quality, the quality of timing, the number of squealing, and the like, and are added (subtracted) to the basic score. Further, in the RAM (3), an area (not shown) for reading various programs and music data, and a scoring result data area (28) for recording scoring results at the time of scoring are set.

  The background video data (31) recorded on the hard disk (4) is encoded in the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) format, and is played back by the background video playback means (not shown) of the central control means (2). This is read out and input to the MPEG decoder (14). The MPEG decoder (14) converts the input MPEG data into an NTSC (National Television System Committee) video signal and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (15). The synthesis circuit (15) An OSD such as lyrics telop and scoring display is synthesized on the signal, and the synthesized video signal is displayed on the display device (7).

  The remote control device (6) is provided with a liquid crystal display (commonly called “LCD”), and a touch sensor type operation panel is mounted on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to provide a GUI (Graphical User Interface) environment. Yes. In addition, an infrared transfer unit consisting of light-emitting diodes used for pre-registration of music codes is provided, which is usually detachably attached to a charging station (commonly known as a “cradle”) that doubles as a charger and a data synchronization processor. Connected. On the other hand, a remote control interface (not shown) on the main body side receives the infrared signal sent from the remote control device (6), restores the music code signal, and inputs it to the central control means (2). For example, each time a music code is input from the remote control device (6), the central control means (2) transmits this music code to the sequencer (18) as a request for karaoke music, and the sequencer (18) In response to this, the music data identified by the music code is read from the music data recording area (29) of the hard disk (4).

  The sequencer (18) mainly comprises a music sequencer (19) and a lyrics sequencer (20). The music sequencer (19) reads track data such as performance data tracks and guide melody tracks in the music data, The sound source (8) is controlled by this data to perform a predetermined karaoke musical piece. On the other hand, the lyrics sequencer (20) is provided with a character pattern creating means (21) to read out the data of the lyrics track in the musical piece data. An image pattern of lyric telop is created based on the data, and this is output to the synthesis circuit (15).

  The singing recording means (16) inputs a mixed signal of the accompaniment musical sound signal corresponding to the music data and the singing voice input to the karaoke microphone (5) received from the mixer (9), and samples the mixed signal. Conversion processing to PCM data is performed. This PCM data is recorded as song recording data (29), and is scored by the song code (26) of the sung karaoke song, the section code (27) for the incoming and incoming melody, and the singing ability scoring means (23). After being recorded together with the scoring result data (28) in the RAM (3), these data are immediately recorded in the section-specific scoring management table (T) provided in the hard disk (4). At this time, the extraction recording means (24) extracts the singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section indicating the highest scoring value based on the section-specific scoring management table (T), and extracts the singing recording data recording area. (32).

  The transfer control means (25) controls the song recording data recorded in the extracted song recording data recording area (32) so that it can be transferred to a predetermined mobile phone. As described above, the song recording data (29) once recorded in the RAM (3) is usually PCM data, but the extracted song recording data (32) of the hard disk (4) is a general mobile phone. It is converted into MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) format and recorded in accordance with the stored data format of the incoming song melody on the telephone. In this embodiment, the transfer control means (25) uses the ad hoc connection of the blue tooth mechanism, which is a short-range wireless communication means, to the predetermined mobile phone (M) for the MP3 data, While the performance device (1) is a master and the mobile phone (M) is transferred in a piconet so as to be a slave, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, IrDA (InfraRed Data Association) A wireless LAN mechanism or the like may be used.

  Hereinafter, based on the transition diagram of the display screen showing the supply procedure of the song incoming ring melody shown in FIG. 2 and the transition diagram of the display screen showing the designation procedure of the song segment for the incoming song melody shown in FIG. The configurations (a) to (e) described in claim 1 and the configuration described in claim 2 will be described in further detail.

  D1 to D8 in FIG. 2 are LCD display screens of a remote control device attached to the karaoke performance device of the present invention. These screen displays may be displayed on the display device (7) in FIG. 1 together with the LCD. Since the GUI environment is not set in the display device, if a remote control device equipped with the GUI environment cannot be used, an operation panel or a keyboard attached to the karaoke performance device is used.

  First, the user creates his / her own song incoming melody and displays D1 from an interface screen (not shown) for selecting a service to receive the melody. In this D1, a “My ringing entry” icon (41) is installed, and when the user selects this icon (41), the singing incoming call melody supply function system is activated and D2 is displayed. In D2, the payment method is set in order to perform the charging process because the content is charged. In this embodiment, two payment methods are specified, one is a method using an IC card for prepaid electronic money that can exchange money together with personal ID authentication, and the other is a method using cash. . Specifically, the “IC card” icon (42) to the “cash” icon (43) is selected for payment, and the IC card reading / writing device attached to the karaoke performance device or the cash column (not shown) is examined. Fees will be deducted. When an IC card for prepaid electronic money is used, data related to entry information is recorded on the IC card together with billing information, and a singing / incoming melody creation history for each user is recorded with this karaoke performance device. It can also be recorded in a karaoke host device connected to the network.

  D3 appears when payment is confirmed. This D3 is provided with a “music code input” field (44) for designating the music code of the music desired by the user, and the user inputs the code and then clicks the “confirm” icon (45). When selected, D4 appears. In D4, a message that prompts the user to specify the singing section that the user wants to record, that is, the singing incoming and incoming melody target singing section that the user desires to record, is displayed, and a predetermined time has elapsed. Later, the performance starts.

  Here, based on FIG. 3, the designation | designated procedure of a song incoming / incoming melody object song area is demonstrated. When the performance is started, D4b in which the lyric character string is displayed (S2) appears following D4a in which the lyric character string is not displayed in the pre-playing or the interlude (S1), but the user, as shown in D4c, Specify the desired lyric text (Ms) for the desired singing / incoming melody target singing section by pressing a predetermined specifying trigger (section specifying interface) such as an instruction button or an instruction icon at the timing immediately before the color change of the lyric character. Perform (S3). Following this, as shown in D4d, the end lyric character (Me) of the singing / incoming melody target singing section is specified at the timing immediately after the color of the lyric character is changed, in the same manner as the start lyric character designation method. Designation is performed by pressing the trigger (S4). In this way, the singing incoming and incoming melody target singing section is specified, but if a plurality of such operations are repeated, a plurality of sections desired by the user can be specified.

  The designation trigger (section designation interface) is preferably configured as shown in a schematic diagram of a karaoke microphone and a remote control device incorporating the section designation interface of the section designation control means in FIG. First, (a) of FIG. 6 is a karaoke microphone attached to the karaoke performance apparatus of the present invention. In this microphone (5), in order to be able to specify the singing target incoming melody target singing section during the user's singing, etc., a push-type instruction is given at the position where the user naturally touches the finger while holding the microphone. A button (5a) is provided. This instruction button (5a) is used as a section specifying interface, and when the user presses at a desired timing, the section specifying control means (22) in FIG. Is done.

  Next, (b) of FIG. 6 is a remote control device attached to the karaoke performance device of the present invention. The remote control device (6) is provided with an LCD (6b) as a display means, and an operation panel (6c) for providing a GUI environment by a touch sensor method is attached to the LCD (6b). And when a predetermined user is singing, when another user desires the song as a song incoming ring melody, in order to be able to specify the song incoming melody target song section, in a predetermined mode The instruction icon (6a) is set to be displayed on the operation panel (6c). By using this instruction icon (6a) as a section specifying interface and pressing at a desired timing, the section specifying control means (22) in FIG. The

  When the performance is finished, D5 is automatically displayed as shown in FIG. In D5, a message including the highest scoring value of the target singing section that the user has sung best and the fact that the singing part can be auditioned is displayed, and when the "trial audition" icon (46) is selected, The trial listening control means (17) in 1 controls to reproduce and play the song recording data of the part. During the audition, D6 is displayed. In this D6, an “adopt” icon (47) is set, and whether or not it is finally adopted as a singing incoming melody by the subjective judgment of the user by the audition. If this “recruit” icon (47) is selected, D7 which is a display screen for writing to a mobile phone is displayed. In D5, when the sample is not listened to, if the “recruit” icon (47) is selected, D6 is displayed without displaying D6.

  Next, at the display stage of D7, the singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value is extracted and recorded in a predetermined recording unit. Is displayed and a message requesting access from the user's mobile phone is displayed. Then, when the user selects the “write start” icon (48) and accesses from the mobile phone, the singing voice data for the incoming melody is transferred. In this embodiment, since the Bluetooth mechanism (piconet) is adopted, authentication is first performed by the challenge-response method between the karaoke performance device and the mobile phone, and data transfer is performed after the authentication. When the data transfer is completed, D8 appears, and a message indicating the end of the service is displayed in D8.

  Hereinafter, based on the singing voice scoring functional block diagram shown in FIG. 4 and the conceptual diagram of the section-specific scoring management table for singing and incoming melody extraction recording shown in FIG. The configurations of (c) and (d) will be described in further detail.

  First, in FIG. 1, the singing ability scoring means (23) processes the audio signal by digital processing based on the microprogram, and FIG. The singing ability scoring means (23) inputs the guide melody data read from the music data during karaoke performance as a reference (53). The guide melody data is mainly MIDI data, and the central control means (2) The MIDI data is converted into frequency data and volume data, and input to the singing ability scoring means (23). Moreover, in FIG. 1, the singing voice signal input from the karaoke microphone (5) is converted into digital waveform data by the A / D converter (12), and is extracted from the waveform data of a predetermined scoring element by the extraction unit (51). Singing frequency data and singing volume data are extracted. The various extracted data is input to the comparison unit (52), the frequency data of the reference melody reference (53) is compared with the volume data, and the difference data is determined. Also, rhythm difference data is determined from the singing volume data and the guide melody volume data based on the timing difference at the time of singing, and this difference data is processed by the central control means (2). The central control means (2) also accumulates and stores this difference data, and calculates an average value, standard deviation, and the like.

  The singing ability scoring means (23) scores the singing ability for each singing incoming melody target singing section, and the extraction recording means (25) shows the singing incoming melody showing the highest scoring value among the scoring results. The song recording data of the target song section is extracted and recorded in a predetermined recording unit. These series of processes are based on the section-specific scoring management table (T) in FIG. The configuration of the management table (T) includes a “song code” field (f1) for specifying a karaoke song sung by the user, and the disclosed lyric character as a relative time of the performance, linked to the song code. A “start lyric character” field (f3) for specifying by the color change timing data, and similarly, an “end lyric character” field (f4) for specifying the ending lyric character, specified by these lyric characters “Singing section code” field (f2) for identifying the singing incoming melody target singing section, “Scoring value” field (f5) indicating the scoring result for each singing section, and the scoring value. “Rank” field (f6) indicating the rank, and singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest score in the rank, that is, the highest scoring value is extracted. Indicating the order of the flag is mainly composed of such as "extraction flag" field (f7).

  Normally, scoring is performed in a musical note process such as a predetermined note area such as a bar or a phrase, but in this embodiment, there are eight singing and incoming melody target singing sections centering on an intro part and a chorus part. Since each singing section is composed of a plurality of bars, the score is counted for each bar. Then, the average value is adopted as the scoring value for each section, and at the timing when all the scoring average values are prepared, the scoring average values are compared with each other, and what rank each scoring average value corresponds to Calculated.

  As described above in detail, according to the karaoke performance device having the singing and incoming melody supply function of the present invention, the user can easily and efficiently perform the singing portion desired as the singing incoming melody by the user. Since it can be specified, the user can independently arrange the song incoming ring melody of the music of his / her preference, and the singing is performed for each singing incoming melody target singing section, and the highest of the scoring results Since the singing recording data of the section showing the scoring value is extracted and transferred to the mobile phone, it is possible to objectively determine the target singing section that the user can sing best, and the singing recording data Can be efficiently supplied as a singing incoming melody.

The block block diagram of the karaoke performance apparatus which is one Example of this invention. The transition figure of the display screen which shows the supply procedure of a song incoming ringtone. The transition figure of the display screen which shows the designation | designated procedure of the song section for singing and incoming melody. Singing voice scoring function block configuration diagram. The conceptual diagram of the scoring management table according to section for song incoming / incoming melody extraction recording. Schematic of a karaoke microphone and a remote control device incorporating a section designation interface.

Explanation of symbols

1 Karaoke performance device with singing incoming and incoming melody supply function 2 Central control means 3 RAM
4 Hard Disk 5 Karaoke Microphone 6 Remote Control Device 16 Singing Recording Unit 17 Audition Control Unit 22 Section Designation Control Unit 23 Singing Power Scoring Unit 24 Extraction Recording Unit 25 Transfer Control Unit 27 Singing Target Singing Section Code 28 Scoring Result Data 29 Singing Recording Data 32 Extracted song recording data T Scoring management table by section M Mobile phone

Claims (2)

A karaoke performance device that has a scoring function and a recording function for a singing voice of an arbitrary karaoke piece by a user, and can supply a singing ringtone of a mobile phone from the singing recording data,
(A) In a karaoke song sung by the user, a section designation control means for controlling the singing incoming melody target singing section desired by the user as a singing incoming melody;
(A) Singing recording means for recording the singing voice of the singing target incoming melody target singing section together with the accompaniment music of the music;
(C) Singing power scoring means for scoring the singing power for each of the designated singing incoming and incoming melody target singing sections;
(D) Extraction recording means for extracting the singing recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value from the scoring results of each singing incoming melody target singing section and recording it in a predetermined recording unit; ,
(E) transfer control means for controlling the singing recording data recorded in the predetermined recording unit to be appropriately transferable to a predetermined mobile phone;
A karaoke performance device comprising: 2. The audition control means for controlling the song recording data so that the song recording data can be auditioned after the song recording data of the singing incoming melody target singing section showing the highest scoring value is extracted and recorded. The karaoke performance device described.

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