JP2006048076A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke device which continues a musical performance even when a performance stop button is pressed by mistake. <P>SOLUTION: The karaoke device equipped with a music selecting operation part for selecting karaoke music to be played and a performance stopping operation part 15a indicating a stop of the performance is equipped with a console panel 15 of a main body, a remote controller 5 equipped with a music selecting operation part and a performance stopping operation part, and a control means 10 of playing the karaoke music selected by a music selecting operation part, stopping the performance of the karaoke music being played when the performance stopping operation part of the remote controller 5 is operated repeatedly, and stopping the performance of the karaoke music being played by one operation when the performance stopping operation part of the console panel 15 is operated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement in processing when a performance stop operation is performed in order to stop the performance of a karaoke song.

The karaoke device inputs the song number, reads the song data of the reserved karaoke song, and inputs this song data to a musical sound generator such as a sound source to generate a karaoke performance sound. Normally, the song data is read to the end and the performance is finished after the song is finished. However, the singer may want to stop the performance on the way for convenience. Is provided with a performance stop button for instructing to stop the performance (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When this performance stop button is turned on, the karaoke device stops the performance sound and erases the display on the monitor to cancel the performance halfway. If there is a reservation, the karaoke device shifts to the performance of the next song.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-234773

However, the remote controller attached to the karaoke apparatus has a large number of push button switches densely provided in a small casing in order to control all functions of the karaoke apparatus. For this reason, the performance stop button may be pushed by mistake with other buttons, or the performance stop button may be pushed together when the adjacent button is pushed. In such a case, the performance was suddenly stopped against the intention of the singer, resulting in a decrease in service to the singer and a worsening atmosphere on the spot.

An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus in which the performance of a karaoke song is not stopped even if the performance stop button is accidentally pressed.

The present invention relates to an operation panel of a karaoke apparatus main body provided with a music selection operation section for selecting a karaoke song to be played and a performance stop operation section for instructing to stop the performance, and a remote control device including a music selection operation section and a performance stop operation section. Playing the karaoke song selected by the music selection operation unit, and canceling the performance of the karaoke song being played when the performance stop operation unit of the remote control device is operated multiple times during the performance of the karaoke song, And a control means for canceling the performance of the karaoke song being played by a single operation when the performance stop operation section of the operation panel is operated.

  According to the present invention, the performance of the karaoke song is stopped by a plurality of performance stop instructions, so that an operation error can be eliminated and the service for the singer can be prevented from deteriorating.

A karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The karaoke apparatus main body includes a plurality of panel switches on the front panel, and includes a performance stop button and a reservation cancel button. The karaoke apparatus is provided with an infrared remote control device (general-purpose remote control), and a plurality of button switches provided on the general-purpose remote control also include a performance stop button and a reservation cancel button. When the performance stop button is turned on and a performance stop instruction is input during the performance of the karaoke song, the karaoke device stops the performance. However, if the performance stop button is turned on once, the performance stop button is not stopped. The performance is stopped when it is turned on twice. When the first performance stop button is turned on, "Can I really cancel?"
Is displayed in a place where it is not applied to the lyrics telop on the monitor, and the performance is stopped when the performance stop button is turned on again while this dialog is displayed. This prevents the performance of the karaoke song from being canceled due to a pressing mistake. Also, even if a person other than the singer tries to stop the performance, the singer can stop it by displaying this dialog.

Moreover, not only a general-purpose remote control device attached to the karaoke apparatus but also a personal remote control device that the user owns has become widespread. When a song number is input with this personal remote controller (a karaoke song is reserved), the ID code of the remote controller, that is, the user's ID code is transmitted together with the song number to the karaoke apparatus body and stored in the reservation list. That is, when making a reservation using a personal remote control device,
The person who made the reservation is stored in the reservation list. When the performance stop button on the general-purpose remote control device is pressed or the performance stop button on the karaoke device is pressed, a dialog is displayed in the same manner as above, but from the user who reserved the song (personal remote control device) When a performance stop instruction is input When a performance stop code is input, the performance is stopped with a single input without displaying the above dialog. This is because the person who reserved the song cancels the performance at his / her own risk, so it is considered unnecessary to confirm it.

In addition to canceling the performance, the same processing as described above is performed for canceling the reservation.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the karaoke apparatus. C to control the operation of karaoke equipment
The PU 10 has a ROM 11, a RAM 12, a remote control receiving unit 13,
A display panel 14, a panel switch 15, an interface 16, a system hard disk 17, background video hard disks 18 and 19, a communication control unit 20, decoders 21 and 22, a display control unit 23, a tone generation unit 24, and an audio circuit 25 are connected. Yes.

The ROM 11 stores a boot program for starting the karaoke device. The boot program is a program for accessing the hard disk, reading the system program, and starting the apparatus. Based on this boot program, the CPU 10 accesses the system hard disk 17 in which the system program / karaoke performance execution program is stored. The system hard disk 17 stores system data, karaoke performance execution program, song data, and the like. The background video hard disks 18 and 19 store video data for the background video.

The communication control unit 20 is a device that has a modem and a terminal adapter and communicates with the distribution center 9 via a telephone line. The distribution center 9 periodically calls the karaoke device and distributes music data of new songs. The music data of the new music that has been distributed is written to the system hard disk 17.

The remote control receiving unit 13 receives an infrared signal sent from a general-purpose remote control device 5 or a personal remote control device 6 and restores it to data and inputs it to the CPU 10. If the received chord is a song number, the CPU 10 registers it in the reservation list (see FIG. 3), and if the received chord is a performance stop chord, performs a performance stop process as shown in the flowchart of FIG. To do.

The display panel 14 displays the reserved song number and the number of reserved songs. Further, the panel switch 15 is a numeric keypad for inputting a song number almost the same as that of the general-purpose remote control device 5, a key control button for raising and lowering the performance key, a tempo control button for increasing or decreasing the performance tempo, and a performance There are a performance cancel button 15a for canceling the performance of the karaoke song in the middle, a reservation cancel button 15b for canceling the reservation of the reserved karaoke song, and a cursor movement button up and down.

The display control unit 23 superimposes the character pattern or dialog of the lyrics synthesized by the CPU 10 based on the lyrics data of the song data on the video signal of the background video input from the decoders 21 and 22, and monitors the monitor 3 Since the decoder 21 and the decoder 22 alternately reproduce the background video, the video is switched from one video signal to the other video signal by cross-fading at the time of switching. The background video is determined by the CPU 10 according to the music data. The video data of the determined background video is read by the decoders 21 and 22, demodulated into video signals, and input to the display control unit 23. Also, the character pattern of the lyrics is synthesized based on the lyrics data read from the song data by the CPU 10 in parallel with the performance.

The tone generator 24 includes a tone generator that synthesizes a tone signal electronically based on the performance data of the song data, and a decoder that demodulates the sound signal by decoding the waveform data of the back chorus. Karaoke performance sound. The generated karaoke performance sound is input to the audio circuit 25. The audio circuit mixes the singing voice signal of the singer input from the microphone 4 and the karaoke performance sound, and outputs from the speaker 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the remote control devices 5 and 6. A remote control device 5 in FIG. 5A is a general-purpose remote control device attached to the karaoke device, and a remote control device 6 in FIG. 4B is a personal remote control device that the user possesses individually.
In FIG. 2A, a keyboard 31, a memory 32, and a light emitting unit 33 are connected to a controller 30 constituted by a microcomputer. The keyboard 31 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a song number, a key-con button for raising and lowering the performance key, a tempo control button for speeding up or slowing down the performance tempo, and stopping the performance of a karaoke song being played. It includes a button 31a, a reservation cancel button 31b for canceling reservation of the reserved karaoke song, and an up / down cursor movement button.

The memory 32 stores a code corresponding to each key switch included in the keyboard 32. The light emitting unit 30 includes an infrared LED and an LED driver that drives the infrared light, and outputs a code input from the controller 30 as an infrared signal.

The controller 30 periodically scans on / off of each button switch of the keyboard 31. When a button switch turned on in this scan is found, a code corresponding to the button switch is read from the memory 32 and input to the light emitting unit 33. The light emitting unit 33 converts this code into an infrared signal and outputs it. This infrared signal is received by the remote control receiver 13 and input to the CPU 10 of the karaoke apparatus body 1.

In FIG. 5B, the basic configuration of the personal remote control device 6 is the same as that of the general-purpose remote control device 5. That is, the controller 40, keyboard 41, memory 4
2. A light emitting unit 43 is provided. However, the personal remote control device 6 is small enough to be carried by the user, and the keyboard 41 does not have as many keys as the general-purpose remote control device 6, but includes a performance stop button 41a and a reservation cancel button 41b. ing. The memory 42 is composed of SRAM or EEPROM and can be written. This memory contains this remote control (the owner of this remote control)
The ID storage area 42a in which the ID code is written is set.
The controller 40 periodically scans on / off of each button switch of the keyboard 41. When a button switch turned on by this scan is found, the code corresponding to the button switch is read from the memory 42 and the light emitting unit 4 is read.
Type in 3. At the same time, the ID of this remote control device is assigned to the ID storage area 42a.
The ID is also input to the light emitting unit 43 at the same time. The light emitting unit 43 converts the code and ID code corresponding to the input button into an infrared signal and outputs it. The infrared signal is received by the remote control receiver 13 and the CPU 1 of the karaoke apparatus main body 1 is used.
0 is input.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a reservation list set in the RAM 12. When a song number is input from the panel switch 15 of the main body, the remote control devices 4 and 6, and the electronic contents book 7 and the performance of the karaoke song is reserved, it is registered in this reservation list. The reservation list can store about 10 music numbers. In the reservation list, the music numbers are registered in the order of reservation, and the performance is executed in order from the earliest registered music (highest music). When the top song is played, the song number of that song is removed from the reserved list and written to the current song storage area outside the table, and all song numbers stored in the reserved list are sequentially shifted up by one. The When a song number is input from the personal remote controller 6, an ID code of the remote controller is also sent together with this song number, and this is associated with the song number as a song selector ID in the reservation list. Remember.

In this way, by storing the song selector ID in association with each other, it is possible to know who has reserved the song and to display the name of the reserved user at the start of the song. . In addition, the person other than the reservation cancels the reservation,
It is possible to take measures such as checking when a performance stop is requested.

The operation of the user and the operation of the karaoke device when playing karaoke music with the karaoke device will be described. The user is a general-purpose remote control device 5 or a personal remote control device 6.
Alternatively, the music number is input using the electronic contents book 7. The song number is input to the CPU 10 via the remote control receiver 13 or the interface 16 and registered in the reservation list (see FIG. 3). When a song number is input from the personal remote control device 6, an ID code is sent at the same time, and is received and stored in the area corresponding to the song number in the reservation list.

The operation of the karaoke apparatus will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of karaoke song reservation. This operation is executed when a song number is input from the user. When a song number is input (s1), this song number is written at the bottom of the reservation list (s2). Then, it is determined whether an ID code has been sent together (s3). When the ID code is sent, it is written in the reservation list in correspondence with the music number (s4).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation for processing a reserved karaoke song. First, it is checked whether there is a reservation in the reservation list (s10). If there is no reservation, the process waits until the reservation is registered.

If there is a reservation, the music number is read from the top of the reservation list (s11), and the music data identified by this music number is read (s12). After reading the song data, the reservation list is shifted (s13). That is, the highest song number (the song number from which the song data is read) is shifted to the current song number storage area, and the song number in the reservation list is set to 1.
Shift to the top one by one. Then, the performance of the karaoke song is started using the read song data (s14). During the performance, it is monitored whether an instruction to stop the performance is given (s15). The stop of the performance is input from any of the main body switch 15a, the general-purpose remote controller 5, the personal remote controller 6, and the electronic table of contents 7 as described above. When the stop of the performance is instructed before the end of the song, the ID code is input together with the stop instruction, and the ID of the song selector who reserved the song (the current song) being played is the ID code.
(S17). If they are the same, that is, if a performance stop code is transmitted from the same personal remote controller as the reserved personal remote control, the immediate performance stop processing is performed (s22), and the process proceeds to the next song (s10). The performance stop process includes stopping the musical tone and erasing the screen. Also, when the performance stop button on the karaoke apparatus main body is turned on (s18), the process immediately proceeds to s22 to perform performance stop processing.

On the other hand, if the ID is not stored in the current song storage area, the ID is stored in the current song storage area.
Is stored, but when the performance stop is instructed with an ID other than this, or when the performance stop is instructed without the ID code from the general-purpose remote control device 5 or the like,
Proceeding to s19, a dialog as shown in FIG. In the dialog, the message “Can I stop playing? If you want to stop playing, turn on the stop key again” is displayed. This display continues for 5 seconds (s21
In the meantime, if an instruction to stop the performance is given again, the process proceeds to s22 to perform the performance stop processing and returns to s10. If nothing is done in 5 seconds when the dialog is displayed, the dialog is deleted and the process returns to s15.

As a result, when a performance stop is instructed during a performance, a dialog is usually displayed, and when a reserved person (singer) instructs a stop, it can be stopped immediately. In other cases, a dialog is displayed and the button is pressed twice in order to prevent a pressing error. In s18, since the panel switch 15 on the main body is less likely to be pressed wrongly, when the performance stop switch 15a on the main body is turned on, the performance stop processing is directly proceeded to in s18. A dialog may be displayed except when the same ID code is sent at the time of cancellation.

Further, the electronic table of contents 7 connected through the interface 16 is for reserving karaoke songs of a plurality of users (singers) in the same manner as the general-purpose remote control device 5. For reserved karaoke songs, a dialog is displayed even if there is an instruction to cancel the performance from the same electronic table of contents, but if this electronic table of contents is also input from the same electronic table of contents, it will be immediately You may make it perform a performance cancellation process. The electronic table of contents 7 can be identified by the interface ID.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation when canceling a reservation. This operation is executed when an instruction to cancel the reservation is given from the remote controller or the like. When there is a reservation cancellation instruction (s30)
Then, the reservation list in FIG. 7B is displayed (s31). By operating the cursor key, the cursor is moved to the column of the song to be canceled, the confirmation key is turned on, and the cancel designation operation is performed (s32). The ID code sent from the canceled device is compared with the song selector ID of the music for which reservation cancellation is instructed (s33), and if the same, the music is deleted from the reservation list (s35). Also, the reservation cancel switch 15b of the karaoke device main body
In the same manner, the reservation is canceled (s34 → s35). On the other hand, if it is operated from a remote controller other than the reserved remote controller, this is ignored and the process is terminated.

As described above, in the reservation canceling process of FIG. 6, the operation is ignored if the IDs do not match. However, if the IDs do not match, as in the performance canceling process of FIG. Then, reservation cancellation may be permitted by two operations.

The processing at the time is the same as s17 to s23 in FIG. Also, in the performance cancellation process of FIG. 5, if the IDs do not match, the performance cancellation instruction may be ignored.

The block diagram of the karaoke apparatus which is embodiment of this invention Block diagram of the remote control device of the karaoke device The figure which shows the reservation list set to the memory of the karaoke apparatus Flow chart showing operation of the karaoke apparatus Flow chart showing operation of the karaoke apparatus Flow chart showing operation of the karaoke apparatus The figure which shows the dialog which is displayed on the monitor of the same karaoke device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke apparatus main body, 3 ... Monitor, 5 ... (General-purpose) remote control apparatus, 6 ... (Personal) remote control apparatus, 7 ... Electronic table of contents, 15 ... Panel switch, 15a, 31a ... Performance stop button

Claims (1)

An operation panel of the karaoke apparatus main body having a music selection operation section for selecting a karaoke song to be performed and a performance stop operation section for instructing to stop the performance,
A remote control device having a music selection operation section and a performance stop operation section;
Playing the karaoke song selected by the music selection operation unit, and stopping the performance of the karaoke song being played when the performance stop operation unit of the remote control device is operated a plurality of times during the performance of the karaoke song, Control means for canceling the performance of the karaoke song being played in one operation when the performance stop operation section of the operation panel is operated;
Karaoke device equipped with.

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