JP2006154267A - Singer calorie balance management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system that enables a user to know a change in calorie balance before and after Karaoke use, and specially makes a user who is interested in diet incentive to singing have more diet effect by selecting a low-calorie menu. <P>SOLUTION: The management system uses an identifying function for a conventional user ID and a calculating function for calorie consumption, requires a menu display ordering means of stringing a menu item that an arbitrary user selects to the user ID, and on the basis of menu item calorie, records calories as calorie intakes of the user for each by user ID, and displays calorie balance obtained by subtracting the calorie consumption of the user in singing from a calorie intake, or calorie balance obtained by further subtracting living body calorie consumption that a living body of each user requires. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  In the present invention, the calorie of the menu item of the karaoke room service is regarded as the calorie intake of the user, and the calorie of the singer is calculated based on the calorie consumption by the user and the calorie consumption necessary for the living body of each user. The present invention relates to a system for managing a balance.

  At present, the menus of family restaurants and bento restaurants also display calories as usual, indicating the high level of interest in calories by modern people. Especially in recent TV and magazine media, the topic of diet is taken up, for example, the menu of meals that match the daily calorie consumption and exercises that burn body fat. In order to respond to this, for example, in Patent Document 1, customer attribute information such as age, height, and weight is input to an ID card, and an appropriate calorie to be consumed by the customer is calculated, whereby a cafeteria canteen or so-called convenience store is calculated. Techniques that can prevent excessive intake of calories in stores and the like are disclosed.

By the way, regarding the calorie display in the conventional karaoke system, the technique which displays the calorie value consumed at the time of singing has been applied. For example, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for calculating and displaying a singer's pronunciation level and the like and notifying calorie consumption due to physical exercise during karaoke singing.
JP-A-9-259108 JP 2000-29479 A

  The menu in the karaoke box is mostly made up of snacks, and there are many relatively high-calorie foods. When you place an order, the calorie is displayed on the menu table, but if you order many items, you don't know how many calories you actually took. Also, with the conventional calorie display, there is no system to display the calorie balance by the calorie intake and singing calorie consumption by user, and for users interested in dieting, the calorie balance can be well understood before and after karaoke use There was no inconvenience.

  The current karaoke calorie display only shows the calorie consumption at the time of singing, but the present invention can inform the user of changes in calorie balance before and after karaoke use, especially for dieting. For users who are interested, the purpose is to provide a management system that can improve the diet effect by promoting singing and selecting a low calorie menu.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventors use a conventional user ID identification function and a function for calculating calorie consumption by singing, and a menu in which a menu item selected by an arbitrary user is associated with the user ID. Based on the calorie of the menu item, the display order means is required and recorded as the calorie intake of the user for each user ID, and the calorie balance obtained by subtracting the calorie consumption at the time of singing the user from the calorie intake. Display calorie consumption calories required for each user's living body, such as standard calorie calculated from the user's physical attribute information, or set calorie set as a target based on this Further, by displaying the subtracted calorie balance, it has been found that the above problems can be solved, and the singer calorie balance management system of the present invention And conceived the.

That is, the singer calorie balance management system according to claim 1 of the present invention is connected to a karaoke performance terminal having a function of identifying a user ID and a function of calculating calorie consumption by singing, and the karaoke performance terminal via network communication. A system mainly composed of a karaoke host device,
(A) a user ID identifying means for identifying a user;
(A) Menu display ordering means for displaying a menu of menus and allowing a menu item selected by an arbitrary user to be ordered by linking the user ID;
(C) Every time a menu item is ordered by an arbitrary user, the calorie of the menu item is regarded as the calorie intake of the user and recorded in the calorie intake recording unit according to the user ID; ,
(D) Every time an arbitrary user sings, the calorie consumption by the user's singing is calculated and recorded in the singing calorie consumption recording unit according to the user ID;
(E) Calorie balance display for displaying the calorie balance for each user ID by subtracting the calories consumed by singing from the calorie intake linked to the arbitrary user and displaying it at an appropriate timing. Means,
It is characterized by comprising.

  Moreover, the singer calorie balance management system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the living body for managing the calorie consumption required by the living body for each user according to the user ID in the management system according to claim 1. The calorie consumption management unit is further provided, and the calorie balance display means subtracts the living body calorie consumption and the calorie consumption by the singing from the calorie intake associated with the arbitrary user, for each user ID. The calorie balance is calculated and displayed at an appropriate timing.

  The singer calorie balance management system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the management system according to claim 2, wherein the living body calorie consumption is a standard calorie calculated from the physical attribute information of the user. It is characterized by.

  Furthermore, the singer calorie balance management system according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the management system according to claim 2, the living body calorie consumption is a set calorie set as a target by a user. .

  Furthermore, the singer calorie balance management system according to claim 5 of the present invention is the management system according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke host device comprises the intake calorie recording unit and the singing calorie consumption recording unit. It is characterized by becoming.

  And the singer calorie balance management system of Claim 6 of this invention is the management system of Claim 2 thru | or 4, The said karaoke host apparatus is the said intake calorie recording part, the said singing calorie consumption recording part, The living body consumption calorie management unit is provided.

  According to the singer calorie balance management system according to claim 1 of the present invention, the user ID identification means is used and associated with the user ID, so that it is based on the calorie of the menu item ordered for each user. By subtracting the calories consumed during singing by user from the calorie intake and displaying it, you can experience from a different perspective on the calorie balance that users could not feel until now, and confirm the transition of the calorie balance Therefore, users can be notified of changes in calorie balance before and after karaoke use, especially for users who are interested in dieting by promoting singing and selecting a low-calorie menu. There is an effect that improvement of the image can be achieved.

  Moreover, according to the singer calorie balance management system of claim 2 of the present invention, since the living body calorie required by the living body for each user is further taken into consideration, the calorie consumed by the natural metabolism of the human body is also taken into consideration. Thus, there is an effect that the increase / decrease of the calorie balance before and after using the karaoke can be notified in more detail.

  Moreover, according to the singer calorie balance system according to claim 3 of the present invention, the user's standard living calorie consumption can be managed by inputting the physical sustaining information for each user ID, and more effectively. There is an effect that the increase / decrease in the calorie balance can be notified.

  Furthermore, according to the singer calorie balance system according to claim 4 of the present invention, the user can freely set a calorie to be consumed as a target value based on the standard calorie, thereby making a planned calorie intake. Especially for users who are interested in dieting, there are effects such as promotion of singing and prevention of excessive intake of calories when ordering menus by selecting a low calorie menu.

  Furthermore, according to the singer calorie balance system according to claim 5 of the present invention, the karaoke host apparatus includes the intake calorie recording unit and the singing calorie consumption calorie recording unit, so that the intake calorie information and singing consumption for each user are provided. Calorie information can be collected from any karaoke performance terminal connected to the karaoke host device via network communication, and the information can be returned to any karaoke performance terminal, enabling global customer service. For example, one karaoke use It is possible to manage not only for a specified period (weekly, monthly, yearly), but also let you know the calorie balance increase / decrease for long-term use of karaoke, and view the history of calorie balance from any karaoke performance terminal There are effects such as.

  According to the singer calorie balance system according to claim 6 of the present invention, the same effect as that of claim 5 is achieved, and in particular, calories consumed by the natural metabolism of the human body are taken into account, so that the details are as follows. The effect that the increase and decrease of the calorie balance of long-term karaoke use can be informed is required.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the singer calorie balance management system of the present invention will be described. First, a detailed description will be given based on a block diagram of a karaoke performance terminal constituting the singer balance management system shown in FIG. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke performance terminal (1) incorporating the singer calorie balance management system of the present invention is mainly connected to the central control means (2) for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus. It consists of various devices. Specifically, the central control means (2) includes a hard disk (4), RAM (5), sound source (6), mixer (7), sound system (8), A / D converter (9), MPEG. A decoder (10), a synthesis circuit (11), an ID card reading / writing device (3), and the like are connected. The hard disk (4) includes a music code (20) for specifying a music, music data (21) composed of performance data and video data linked to each music code, and a user ID (22). Various data such as calorie intake (23) for menu items ordered by user ID, singing calorie consumption consumed during singing (24), living body calorie consumption based on physical attribute information of users (25), etc. In addition, a “user-specific calorie management table” (T) described later is also recorded.

  Here, each functional means will be described briefly. The communication control means (12) is for controlling communication with the karaoke host apparatus performed via a network communication line such as an ADSL line, ISDN line, or general telephone line. Further, the user ID identification means (16) comprehensively manages the user ID recognized by the IC card reading / writing device (3) to which the user ID is attached from the login to the logout. When the user who has logged in with the user ID performs a predetermined operation process once by the user ID identifying means (16), the user is specified. The identification of the user ID is not limited to using an IC card, but may be based on a biometric identification function such as password input or fingerprint or voice.

  Next, the voice generation process will be described. The sound source (8) is input by processing of the sequencer (14) executed by the central control means (2), and the mixer (7) receives a plurality of musical sound signals generated by the sound source (8), a karaoke microphone, and an A / D converter (9 ) The singer's singing voice signal input via) is mixed with an appropriate balance. The new mixed digital voice word is input to the sound system (8). This sound system (8) includes a power amplifier, converts an input digital signal into an analog signal, amplifies the signal, and emits a musical sound and a singing voice signal from a speaker (SP).

  The video data in the music data (21) recorded on the hard disk (4) is encoded in the MPEG format. Playback processing is performed by background video playback means (not shown) executed by the central control means (2), read out and input to the MPEG decoder (10). In this MPEG, the coder (10) converts the input MPEG data into NTSC video and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (11). This synthesis circuit (11) synthesizes the telop and scoring OSD on the video signal of the background video. The synthesized video signal is displayed on the display means (D).

  The remote controller (R) is a multi-function karaoke remote controller having a music search function or a menu ordering function. With this remote controller (R), the user can send a desired performance reservation command to the karaoke performance terminal main body by an infrared signal. And the menu item is ordered and the calorie intake is recorded. For example, when a music code is input from the remote control device (R), the music code is reserved for performance in the reservation queue in the RAM (5) as a request for karaoke music.

  This remote control device (R) requires a dedicated stand for charging the built-in rechargeable battery. In addition to the charging means, this dedicated stand identifies the user ID and logs in the user. An ID card reading / writing device (3) for recognition is attached. This read / write device (3) is a device equipped with a non-contact IC module, and identifies a user ID linked to an ID card. Of course, in addition to the present embodiment, for example, a mobile phone with an IC function in which an IC module is built in a mobile phone, a mobile phone having a Bluetooth mechanism which is a short-range wireless communication means, a password input device, a fingerprint or a voiceprint A user identification unit having a mechanism that relies on a biometric identification function such as the above may be used. In addition, it can communicate with this karaoke performance terminal, and also can communicate with a karaoke host apparatus via VPN (Virtual Private Network).

  Next, based on the external perspective view of the karaoke remote control device shown in FIG. 2, the order menu user interface display screen shown in FIG. 3, and the user-specific calorie management table shown in FIG. The menu item order management procedure and calorie balance calculation method will be described.

  First, the GUI operation panel (Ra) shown in FIG. 2 is a display screen in the remote control device (R), and the user can input a search for karaoke music or order a menu item on this display screen. As shown in FIG. 3, the GUI operation panel (Ra) of the remote control device (R) has a user ID display section (based on the user specified by the user ID identifying means (16) in FIG. 1) ( Rb), menu item icon (Rc), intake calorie display (Rd) attached to each menu item, designated menu item order icon (Rf), order cancellation icon (Re), and return to the previous screen An icon (Rg) is provided, and when the user designates a menu item (Rc) using the icons (Rc) to (Re) and selects the order icon (Rf), the ordered menu item is displayed. The calorie intake (Rd) is recorded on the hard disk of the karaoke performance terminal for each user, based on the calorie intake of the user.

  Next, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the calorie management table for each user, and calculates the calorie balance from the calories consumed by the ordered menu items and the calorie consumption consumed by calculating the singer's pronunciation level and the like. The table (T) is used to manage this for each user. As a component of the user-specific calorie management table (T), a “user ID” field (f1) for specifying a user and the date and time when the menu item is ordered or sung in association with this field A “date and time” field (f2) indicating the occurrence date and time, an “calorie intake” field (f3) indicating calorie intake based on the ordered menu item, and a “song calorie consumption” field (calorie consumed during singing) ( f4), a “calorie balance” field (f5) indicating a calorie balance, and the like.

  The singing calorie consumption may be a conventionally known one, and is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-29479. Specifically, the sampling value from the karaoke microphone is subjected to arithmetic processing, and the singer's pronunciation There is a method of calculating the total amount of the sound volume level and calculating the calorie consumption for one song by the physical movement of the singing pronunciation. The calorie balance can be calculated by subtracting the singing calorie consumption from the calorie intake. For example, in the figure, the calorie balance calculation formula at the date and time (T1) is [A] and there is no singing calories, so the calorie balance is [A], and the calorie balance calculation formula at the date and time (T2) is The calorie intake is [A], and the calorie balance can be obtained as [AB] by subtracting the singing calorie consumption [B] from this.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in further detail based on the block configuration diagram of the karaoke performance terminal including physical attribute information shown in FIG. 5 and the schematic diagram of the user-specific calorie management table shown in FIG. Describe.

  First, what is recorded on the hard disk (4) of the karaoke performance terminal shown in FIG. 5 is the standard calorie (25a) in addition to the user ID (22), the calorie intake (23), and the calorie consumption (24). , There are living calories (25) consisting of set calories (25b). The living body calorie consumption (25) is not calculated by the present system, but is registered when the user information related to the ID card is registered. The standard calorie (25a) is calculated from physical attribute information such as the user's age, height and weight, and is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-259108. The content is a system in which customer identification information of age, height, and weight is input to the ID card to the ID card, and appropriate calories that the customer should ingest are output from the database. On the other hand, for the set calorie (25b), for example, each user can set a lower value for the purpose of dieting, or the user can arbitrarily set a target based on this standard calorie.

  Next, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the user-specific calorie management table in the present embodiment, in addition to the calorie intake consumed by the ordered menu item and the singing calorie consumption consumed by calculating the singer's pronunciation level and the like. It is a table (T) for calculating a calorie balance from living body calories and managing this by user. As a component of the user-specific calorie management table (T), a “user ID” field (f1) for specifying a user and the date and time when the menu item is ordered or sung in association with this field A “date and time” field (f2) indicating the occurrence date and time, an “calorie intake” field (f3) indicating calorie intake based on the ordered menu item, and a “song calorie consumption” field (calorie consumed during singing) ( f4), a “calorie consumption calorie” field (f5) indicating the calorie consumption per user, a “calorie balance” field (f5) indicating the calorie balance, and the like.

  The calorie balance can be calculated by subtracting the singing calorie consumption and the living body calorie consumption from the calorie intake. For example, in the figure, the calorie balance calculation formula at the date and time (T3) is that the calorie intake is [A] and there is no singing calorie consumption, so subtracting the biological calorie consumption “C” from the calorie intake [A] The balance is [AC]. Moreover, the calorie balance calculation formula in the date and time (T4) is a calorie balance [ABC] by subtracting the singing calorie consumption “B” and the living body consumption calorie “C” from the intake calorie [A]. .

  Next, based on the data management diagram using the karaoke host device shown in FIG. 7 and the data management diagram including the physical attribute information using the karaoke host device shown in FIG. 8, the data management method in the karaoke host device Will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 7, the user ID (22), the calorie intake (23), and the calorie consumption (24) recorded in the hard disk (4) of the karaoke performance terminal (1) used by the user. Are recorded in correspondence with the hard disk (31) of the karaoke host device (30) connected to the network communication by recording each of the user ID (32), the calorie intake (33), and the calorie consumption (34). Uploaded to the department and recorded. Conversely, the user uses the user ID (32), the calorie intake (33), and the singing calorie consumption (34) recorded in the hard disk (31) of the karaoke host device (30). The user ID (22), the calorie intake (23), and the calorie consumption (24) can be downloaded and recorded in the hard disk (4) of the karaoke performance terminal (1). .

  Next, FIG. 8 is similar to FIG. 7, the user ID (22), calorie intake (23), and calorie consumption calorie recorded on the hard disk (4) of the karaoke performance terminal (1) used by the user. (24) and various data of the calorie consumption (25) composed of the standard calorie (25a) and the set calorie (25b) correspond to the hard disk (31) of the karaoke host device (30) connected to the network, Uploaded to each recording unit of living body calorie consumption (35) comprising user ID (32), calorie intake (33), singing calorie consumption (34), standard calorie (35a) and set calorie (35b) To be recorded. Conversely, the user ID (32), calorie intake (33), singing calorie consumption (34), and living body calorie consumption (35) recorded in the hard disk (31) of the karaoke host device (30) are recorded. The user ID (22), the calorie intake (23), the calorie consumption (24), the calorie consumption (25) in the hard disk (4) of the karaoke performance terminal (1) used by the user for various data. ) Can be downloaded and recorded in each recording section.

  In this way, the karaoke host device includes the intake calorie recording unit and the singing calorie consumption recording unit, so that any karaoke performance in which the calorie intake information and singing calorie consumption information for each user are connected to the karaoke host device via a network communication. Since the information can be collected from the terminal and returned to any karaoke performance terminal, global customer service can be provided. For example, not only one karaoke use but also management of a predetermined period (weekly, monthly, yearly) It is possible to notify the increase or decrease in calorie balance of long-term karaoke use, and the history of calorie balance can be viewed from any karaoke performance terminal.

  Hereinafter, based on the calorie balance display screen shown in FIG. 9, the display of the calorie balance for each user ID will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 9, each of (i) and (b) subtracts the singing calorie consumption from the ingested calorie or subtracts the singing calorie consumption and the biological calorie consumption to calculate a calorie balance for each user ID. And a calorie balance display screen displayed on the karaoke performance terminal display screen and the remote control device display screen. First, on the karaoke performance terminal display screen (A), when the user sings, the user ID (Da1), the singing calorie consumption (Da2), and the balance calorie (Da3) at that time are displayed. On the other hand, on the remote control device display screen (b), when the user orders the menu, the user ID (Db1), the calorie intake by the ordered menu item (Db2), and the balance calorie (Db3) at that time are displayed. Is displayed.

  As described above, according to the singer calorie balance management system of the present invention, it is based on the calorie of the menu item ordered for each user by using the user ID identification means and associating it with the user ID. By subtracting the calories consumed during singing by user from the estimated calorie intake, you can experience from a different perspective on the calorie balance that users could not feel until now, and the transition of the calorie balance Can confirm the increase or decrease in calorie balance before and after using karaoke, especially for users interested in dieting by promoting singing or selecting a low-calorie menu The diet effect can be improved.

The block block diagram of the karaoke performance terminal which comprises a singing calorie balance management system. The external appearance perspective view of a karaoke remote control device. Order menu user interface display screen. The schematic diagram of the calorie management table classified by user. The block block diagram of the karaoke performance terminal including physical attribute information. The schematic diagram of the calorie management table classified by user. Data management chart using karaoke host device. Data management chart including physical attribute information using a karaoke host device. Calorie balance display screen.

Explanation of symbols

1
Karaoke performance device 2
Central control means 3
ID card reader / writer 4
Hard disk 16
User ID identification means 17
Singing calorie consumption recording means 18
Intake calorie recording means 19
Calorie balance display means 23,33 Calorie intake 24,34 Singing calorie consumption 25,35 Living calorie consumption 30 Karaoke host device T User-specific calorie management table
R remote control device

Claims (6)

A system mainly composed of a karaoke performance terminal having a function of identifying a user ID and a function of calculating calorie consumption by singing, and a karaoke host device connected to the karaoke performance terminal through network communication,
(A) a user ID identifying means for identifying a user;
(A) Menu display ordering means for displaying a menu of menus and allowing a menu item selected by an arbitrary user to be ordered by linking the user ID;
(C) Every time a menu item is ordered by an arbitrary user, the calorie of the menu item is regarded as the calorie intake of the user and recorded in the calorie intake recording unit according to the user ID; ,
(D) Every time an arbitrary user sings, the calorie consumption by the user's singing is calculated and recorded in the singing calorie consumption recording unit according to the user ID;
(E) Calorie balance display for displaying the calorie balance for each user ID by subtracting the calories consumed by singing from the calorie intake linked to the arbitrary user and displaying this at an appropriate timing Means,
A singer calorie balance management system.   It further comprises a living body calorie management unit for managing living body consumed calories required for each user's living body for each user ID, and the calorie balance display means is an intake linked to the arbitrary user. The singer calorie balance according to claim 1, wherein the calorie balance for each user ID is calculated by subtracting the calorie consumption from the calories and the calorie consumption by the singing and displaying this at an appropriate timing. Management system.   The singer calorie balance management system according to claim 2, wherein the biological calorie consumption is a standard calorie calculated from the physical attribute information of the user.   The singer calorie balance management system according to claim 2, wherein the biological calorie consumption is a set calorie set as a target by a user.   The singer calorie balance management system according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke host device comprises the intake calorie recording unit and the singing calorie consumption recording unit. The singer calorie balance management system according to claim 2, wherein the karaoke host device includes the intake calorie recording unit, the singing calorie consumption recording unit, and the living body consumption calorie management unit.

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