JP2009014792A - Karaoke player system including character display function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke player system including a character display function, promoting the use of karaoke facilities, and stimulating users to singing. <P>SOLUTION: A predetermined change character whose body weight increase/decrease mode changes at a level of a character mode according to the increase/decrease in calorie is selected from a change character storage part 34, and registered in a user character register part 35 by each user ID. An increase/decrease calorie calculating means 29 calculates an increase/decrease calorie in a predetermined timing by each user ID from a cumulative caloric intake calculated in the elapse period from the increase/decrease calorie for the past and a virtual caloric intake preset by every predetermined period of time and the cumulative consumed calorie consumed in every singing, and a change character correspondence processing means 31 obtains a level of a character mode with reference to a character specifying table 33 based on the increase/decrease calorie concerned, and specifies the change character of the level concerned of the change character storage part 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system having a character display function for changing and displaying a simulated body character related to calorie consumption during singing.

  In recent years, in the karaoke system, various services for arousing the use of karaoke facilities and arousing singing have been provided. Among them, displaying a face photograph associated with a user ID and displaying an avatar created or set as a user's alternation have been performed. As a service for stimulating the use and singing of such karaoke facilities, it is desired to provide a service that attracts further interest to the user.

  Conventionally, techniques for displaying characters in relation to singing karaoke music are disclosed in the following patent documents. In Patent Document 1, an image related to a character is set for each singer, and basic data such as a song name, the number of times of singing, a scoring result, a supporter, etc. set based on the singing operation are accumulated on a recording card for each singing operation. Stores and sets at least one parameter from a plurality of donation data or a combination of each basic data and selectively displays different images according to each parameter value. It is disclosed that an additional character is combined with a character set as shown and displayed.

JP 2002-041063 A

  By the way, what is disclosed in Patent Document 1 is to add another image such as a situation to a character to be displayed, but the character itself does not change. That is, singing has been proposed as a singing action that contributes to health promotion. From the singing action for health promotion, in Patent Document 1, the health promotion is related to the character displayed. It is not possible.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a karaoke system provided with a character display function that promotes the use of karaoke facilities and arouses singing by displaying characters from the knowledge of health promotion by singing. Objective.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention of claim 1, the calorie consumption at the time of singing is calculated based on the user's singing voice, and is related to the user ID of the user based on the singing calorie consumption. A karaoke system having a character display function for specifying and displaying a character that is displayed, a character level specifying table, a change character storage unit, a user-specific character registration unit, a user-specific calorie recording unit, an increase / decrease calorie calculating means, a change The character level specifying table stores an association between the increased / decreased calorie range and the character form level corresponding to the increase / decrease in calories, and the change character storage unit includes a character ID. Change character based on character form level according to increase / decrease in calories Is stored, and the user-specific character registration unit has a character ID and a user ID of the user corresponding to the predetermined change character stored in the change character storage unit selected by the user. The user-specific calorie recording unit records the increase / decrease calorie calculated at least at a predetermined timing for each user ID, and the increase / decrease calorie calculation means stores the use calorie calculating unit for each user ID. The number of calories increased or decreased for the past recorded in the person-specific calorie recording unit, the virtual intake calories set for each predetermined period and the cumulative intake calories based on the elapsed period, and the cumulative calorie consumption consumed for each singing The calorie increase / decrease is calculated at the timing, and the change character correspondence processing means is configured to calculate the calorie increase / decrease recorded in the user calorie recording unit. -Based on the character ID associated with the user ID of the user recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit, acquiring the level of the character form corresponding to the increase / decrease calorie range of the character identification table, In this configuration, a change character of the level stored in the change character storage unit is specified.

  In invention of Claims 2-4, the timing of the said increase / decrease calorie calculation in the said increase / decrease calorie calculation means is the structure made into every said user's predetermined number of singing, the said user's system logout, or every predetermined period. is there.

  According to the present invention, a predetermined change character in which the weight increase / decrease form changes at the level of the character form corresponding to the increase / decrease of calories in association with the user ID is selected and registered, and for each user ID, Character specification table based on the calorie increase / decrease calculated at a predetermined timing based on the calorie increase / decrease for the past, the cumulative calorie intake during the elapsed period based on the virtual calorie intake set for each predetermined period, and the cumulative calorie consumption consumed for each song Based on the level of the character form acquired with reference to the user ID, the change character of the level corresponding to the change character registered in association with the user ID is associated with the health promotion by singing The character itself can be changed and displayed by using the karaoke facility. In which it is possible to stimulate.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke system having a character display function according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a karaoke system 11 having a character display function is connected to a karaoke performance device 12 as a main device by a wired and wireless connection to a display unit 13, a mixing amplifier 14, and a microphone 15. A microphone 15 and a speaker 16 are connected to the mixing amplifier 14. A remote input / output terminal 17 is connected in a wireless form (may be a wired form), and the remote input / output terminal 17 includes at least a user ID acquisition unit 18 and a display unit 19 in addition to the basic performance.

  The display unit 13 displays normal music selection display, video at the time of karaoke performance, and lyrics telop, as well as change characters related to singing. For example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display (PDP) Various other displays can be employed. The mixing amplifier 14 mixes the performance data sent from the karaoke performance device 12 and the audio signal from the microphone 15, amplifies them, and outputs them from the speaker 16.

  The remote input / output terminal 17 has a user interface function and is compatible with a corresponding karaoke performance apparatus 12 (transmission / reception unit 30 described later) by a wired system or a wireless system (an IR system, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) mechanism piconet connection system, etc.). ), And a circuit board and a program therefor are provided. As the user interface function, a liquid crystal display (LCD) as the terminal display unit 19 and a touch sensor are stacked for input / output, and data such as music selection by the touch sensor corresponding to the displayed icon or the like. It is a GUI that can input.

  The user ID acquisition means 18 included in the remote input / output terminal 17 is an electronic circuit or program that acquires the user ID of the user at the time of login from an IC card or the like possessed by the user. The user ID acquisition means 18 may be provided separately from the remote input / output terminal 17 or may be provided in the karaoke performance device 12.

  The karaoke performance device 12 includes a bus 21, a central control unit 22, a ROM 23, a RAM 24, a music DB (music database) 25, a video DB (video database) 26, a music song output unit 27, a reproduction control unit 28, and an increase / decrease calorie calculating means. 29, a transmission / reception unit 30, a change character correspondence processing unit 31, and a storage unit 32 are provided as appropriate. The storage unit 32 stores a character level specifying table 33, a change character storage unit 34, a user-specific character registration unit 35, and a user-specific calorie recording unit 36.

  The central control unit 22 is a physical CPU that performs overall process control of the system, and performs algorithm processing based on a program stored in the ROM 23. The RAM 24 serves as a work area for developing and executing various programs, and forms a reservation queue for sequentially registering reserved music in a predetermined memory area. The RAM 24 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. It is a concept that includes a case where it is virtually built on a hard disk.

  The music DB 25 is a database that stores a predetermined number of performance data of karaoke music in a predetermined data format managed by a music ID, and a predetermined number of scenes for displaying a background video for each music stored in the video DB 26. Allocation data for allocating video is associated. The video DB 26 is a database that stores a predetermined number of scene video data for displaying a background video. The music DB 25 and the video DB 26 may be provided not in the karaoke performance device 12 but in a host device that can be accessed via a communication network.

  The music tune output unit 27 is an electronic circuit that digitally reproduces performance data extracted from the music DB 25 using music codes, converts them into analog, and outputs them to the mixing amplifier 14. In addition to outputting a predetermined number of scene video data and lyric telop data (lyric character data) extracted from the video DB 26 to the display unit 13 in synchronization with the performance data of the music, the playback control unit 28 outputs It is an electronic circuit that causes the display unit 13 to display a change character associated with a change character association processing means 31 described later.

  The increase / decrease calorie calculating means 29 calculates the calories burned by the singing based on the inputted singing voice when singing an arbitrary song, and is recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit for each user ID. Calculate the calorie increase / decrease at a predetermined timing by the calorie increase / decrease for the past, the cumulative calorie intake set for each predetermined period and the cumulative calorie intake based on the elapsed period, and the cumulative calorie consumption consumed for each singing, It is a program or an electronic circuit for recording the increase / decrease calorie in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36, and the program is developed in the RAM 24 and executed. For the calculation of calorie consumption by singing, for example, the one described in Japanese Patent No. 3087701 can be applied. In the present embodiment, when calculating the cumulative calorie intake, the period is taken as an example per day, and the virtual calorie intake per day is taken as 30 Kcal as an example.

  Here, the timing of calculating the calorie increase / decrease in the calorie increase / decrease calculating unit 29 is set at every predetermined number of singing by the user, when the user logs out of the system, or every predetermined period. In this embodiment, the case where the timing of calculating the calorie increase / decrease is set for every predetermined number of songs by the user will be described with reference to FIG. Although not described in detail with reference to the figure, the case where the timing of calculating the calorie increase / decrease is set for every predetermined period is a predetermined period (for example, every day, every few days, every week, regardless of whether or not the user has logged in) (Every week, every week, every month, etc.), the calorie increase / decrease is calculated from the cumulative calorie intake and cumulative calorie consumption described later up to that period.

  The transmission / reception unit 30 is for exchanging data with the remote input / output terminal 17 using a wired system or a wireless system (IR system, Bluetooth mechanism piconet connection system, etc.). It is a program.

  The character level specifying table 33 stored in the storage unit 32 is stored in association with the increase / decrease calorie range and the character form level corresponding to the increase / decrease in calories. Is. The change character storage unit 34 stored in the storage unit 32 stores, for each character ID, a predetermined number of change characters based on the level of the character form corresponding to the increase or decrease in calories. A plurality of change characters and a plurality of change characters in the direction of weight gain are prepared as a set (described with reference to FIG. 3A), and the user appropriately selects the basic form (level 0 in FIG. 3A). To choose.

  In the user-specific character registration unit 35, for each user, a predetermined change character selected from the change character storage unit 34 is registered in association with a user ID (described with reference to FIG. 3B). ). In the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 stored in the storage unit 32, the calorie increase / decrease calculated at least at a predetermined timing is recorded for each user ID (described in FIG. 4).

  Returning to the reference numerals, the change character correspondence processing means 31 is based on the increase / decrease calories recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36, and the level of the character form corresponding to the increase / decrease calorie range of the character identification table 33. And the change character of the level stored in the change character storage unit 34 is identified based on the character ID associated with the user ID of the user recorded in the calorie recording unit 36 for each user. The program is developed in the RAM 24 and executed.

  Here, FIG. 2 shows an explanatory diagram of the character level specifying table of FIG. In FIG. 2, the character level specifying table 33 stored in the storage unit 32 is a table in which the range of increase / decrease calories (Kcal) is associated with the level degree. Increased / decreased calories are virtually ingested every time a cumulative period of consumption (according to the unit of one day in this case), which is the cumulative consumption of calories from singing since the user set the character display in association with the user ID. This is a value associated with the transfer calorie that accumulates the calorie intake, and is allocated within the calorie range set as appropriate. The level degree is a level value that specifies the weight increase / decrease form of the changing character (described with reference to FIG. 3A), and is set stepwise in the minus direction and the plus direction with reference to level zero. is there. Here, as an example, the level degree is associated with a range of every 100 Kcal.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the user-specific character registration unit shown in FIG. In FIG. 3 (A), the change character (image data) is created in the change character storage unit 34 in a weight loss form sequentially according to the level degree in the negative direction, with level 0 as the basic form of the reference figure or reference figure. A plurality of types that are sequentially created in accordance with the level level of the direction are stored for each character ID as a set, and these level levels are associated with the character level specifying table 33.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, for each user, the user is appropriately selected from the reference form of the change character or the reference form of the reference appearance, and the character ID of the selected change character and the user ID are selected. Are registered in the user-specific character registration unit 35. In addition, when the user registers the basic form of the change character, each part (for example, head, torso, limbs, etc.) and clothes are stored in the change character storage unit 34 and selected by a combination of users. It is good also as what is called custom-made.

  In addition to preparing a plurality of changing characters corresponding to the basic form as described above, although not particularly illustrated, only the basic form of two-dimensional data or three-dimensional data in which the weight increase / decrease form changes according to the coordinate value. It may be configured. For example, a three-dimensional local coordinate is defined as 3D CG (computer graphics), and the weight increase / decrease form can be expressed by giving a variable of the movement amount to the three-dimensional local coordinate. For example, this can be realized by setting a variable level value corresponding to a predetermined range of character calories in the character level specifying table 33.

  In this case, in expressing the weight increase / decrease form, a variable in one direction (for example, the X-axis direction) is sufficient, and in that sense, CG of two-dimensional data (one of the three-dimensional data may be treated as “0”). Even if it exists, it can be applied. In this case, the correspondence of the CG data to the weight increase / decrease form is set by, for example, setting a variable level value corresponding to a predetermined range of character calories in the character level specifying table 33 and performing a matrix operation on the three-dimensional coordinates and converting This can be realized by a generally known affine transformation for obtaining the coordinate data.

  Next, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the user-specific calorie recording unit of FIG. In FIG. 4, the calorie recording unit 36 for each user stored in the storage unit 32 is associated with the user ID for each user, and the consumed calories consumed by the singing are accumulated for each singing date of the karaoke system 11. The cumulative calorie consumption (Kcal), the calorie increase / decrease (Kcal) including the past at a predetermined timing are sequentially recorded by the cumulative calorie intake during the elapsed period based on the virtual calorie intake set every predetermined period and the cumulative calorie consumption. It is a thing. Here, as described above, the calorie intake is that the user virtually ingests 30 Kcal per day.

  For example, the cumulative calorie intake obtained by multiplying the previous calorie increase / decrease calories for the previous singing date (the previous calorie increase / decrease is zero when the change character is registered) by the number of days until the next singing date is multiplied by the virtual calorie intake. Addition and subtracting the accumulated calorie consumed by accumulating the calorie consumed for each singing is the calorie increase / decrease. These are recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 associated with the user ID for each singing date (calculation processing will be described with reference to FIG. 7).

  Next, FIG. 5 shows a process flowchart at the time of login of the change character in the karaoke system of FIG. 1, FIG. 7 shows an explanatory diagram of calorie calculation, and FIG. 8 shows an explanatory diagram of change character display. In FIG. 5, first, when a predetermined user logs in to the karaoke system 11 by using, for example, an IC card from the remote input / output terminal 17, the user ID acquisition unit 18 acquires the user ID of the user and illustrates it. Is stored in the RAM, and is sent to the karaoke performance device 12 and temporarily stored in the RAM 24 (step (S) 1).

  The increase / decrease calorie calculating means 29 refers to the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 to obtain the previous singing date and the previous increasing / decreasing calorie for the user ID (S2), and the login date from the previous singing date (when logging out). The number of days until is calculated (S3). Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), the cumulative intake calorie is calculated by multiplying the virtual intake calorie (30 Kcal) per day from the calculated number of days in the working memory area of the RAM 24 and calculating the cumulative intake calorie. Is added to the previous increase / decrease calorie acquired from the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 to calculate the login day calorie, and the above-mentioned calculated login date calorie is newly recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 with the singing date as an ID. (S4).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the login date is April 22, 2007, and the previous singing date (use date) in FIG. 4 is April 18, 2007 of the user-specific calorie recording unit 36. In this case, the number of days from the previous singing date = calculated intake calories = 120 Kcal obtained by multiplying the virtual intake calories per day (30 Kcal) on the 4th, and the previous calorie increase / decrease calorie = 140 Kcal is added. Becomes 260 Kcal, which is the login day calorie. Based on this login date calorie = 260 Kcal, the level level = level + 3 is acquired by referring to the character level specifying table 33.

  When the change character corresponding to the login date calorie is displayed automatically or in response to a request from the user, for example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the use date, the last singing date, and the cumulative calorie intake And a display character (level +3) reflecting the cumulative calorie intake is displayed using the display character (level + 1) corresponding to the previous increase / decrease calorie (140 Kcal) as a comparison display.

  Next, FIG. 6 shows a process flowchart for associating a change character by singing in the karaoke system of FIG. 1, and will be described together with FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. 6 shows a case where the calorie increase is calculated for each predetermined number of songs. In FIG. 6, when the singing is finished after login of a predetermined user (S11), the calorie increase / decrease calculating unit 29 calculates the calorie consumption by singing (S12), and subtracts the calorie consumption from the login day calorie. The calorie increase / decrease is calculated, and the cumulative calorie consumption and calorie increase / decrease on that day of the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 are sequentially updated (S13). That is, the calorie increase / decrease for each song is calculated until logout, and the accumulated calorie consumption and calorie increase / decrease on that day of the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 are sequentially updated each time (FIG. 7C).

  On the other hand, when there is a change character display request from the user (S14), the level is acquired with reference to the character level specifying table 33 based on the calorie increase / decrease on the singing date of the user-specific calorie recording unit 36, The change character of the level corresponding to the character ID registered in association with the user ID of the character registration unit 35 is acquired from the change character storage unit 34 and displayed on the display unit 13 (S15).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8 (B), the total calories burned by singing so far (accumulated calories burned on the singing date, for example, 175 Kcal) and corresponding to the login date calorie before singing (260 KCal) are shown. Using the display character (level +3) as a comparative display, the corresponding display character (level +1) of calorie = 85 Kcal in which the total consumed calories are reflected in the login day calorie is displayed.

  Next, FIG. 9 shows another processing flowchart for associating a change character by singing in the karaoke system of FIG. FIG. 9 shows a case where the increase calorie calculation timing is set to logout. In FIG. 9, when a predetermined user logs in and sings and ends (S21), the calorie increase / decrease calculating unit 29 calculates calories consumed by singing and sequentially stores them in the RAM 24 in association with user IDs (see FIG. 9). S22). That is, the calorie consumption for each song is calculated until logout (S25), and is sequentially stored in the RAM 24 in association with the user ID.

  Therefore, when there is a logout request from the user (S25), the calorie increase / decrease calculating unit 29 calculates the cumulative calorie consumption by all the songs so far stored in the RAM 24 and subtracts the calorie consumption from the login day calorie. The calorie increase / decrease is calculated (S26). Then, the singing date, the cumulative calorie consumption and the increase / decrease calorie are recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 in the user ID (S27).

  For example, the cumulative calorie consumption (for example, 175 Kcal) for all singing on the day of use is calculated, and the cumulative calorie consumption is subtracted from the login day calorie (260 Kcal) to calculate the increase / decrease calorie. And the calorie increase / decrease (85 Kcal) are recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 for the user ID.

  On the other hand, when the display of the change character is requested by the user (S23), the level is acquired with reference to the character level specifying table 33 based on the increase / decrease calorie of the singing date recorded in the per-user calorie recording unit 34. The change character of the level corresponding to the change character registered in association with the user ID of the user-specific character registration unit 35 is acquired from the change character storage unit 34 and displayed on the display unit 13 ( S24).

  Next, FIG. 10 shows an explanatory diagram of another change character display. 10A and 10B show the display of the change character in the predetermined display area 20 of the terminal display unit 19 in the remote input / output terminal 17. For example, when a predetermined user presents an IC card and makes a login request, and the login is completed, a change character is displayed in the predetermined display area 20 together with a login completion display as shown in FIG. Is. As shown in FIG. 10B, when the user selects a song, the change character is displayed in the predetermined display area 20 based on the user ID indicated by the song selection.

  Thus, since the character itself reflecting the calorie intake by the number of days from the previous use date is changed and displayed on the cumulative calorie consumption by singing, the character can be displayed from the viewpoint of health promotion by singing action. Thus, the use of karaoke facilities can be stimulated and the singing can be stimulated.

  By the way, in the said embodiment, although the case where the display of the change character after a singing was performed when there was a display request from a user was shown, the change character which reflected the calorie consumption for every said user's singing was shown. It is good also as making it display automatically.

  In the above embodiment, the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 is recorded in the storage unit 32 of the karaoke apparatus main body. However, the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 may be recorded in an appropriate location on a server connected via a network. In this case, when the user logs in, the karaoke performance device 12 downloads the user-specific calorie recording unit 36 on the server based on the user ID of the user or when the user logs off. The updated user-specific calorie recording unit 36 may be uploaded to the server.

  The karaoke system having the character display function of the present invention can be used in the field of a karaoke apparatus having a basic karaoke function.

It is a block block diagram of a karaoke system provided with the character display function which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the character level specific table of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the character registration part classified by user of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the calorie recording part classified by user of FIG. It is a process flowchart at the time of login of the change character in the karaoke system of FIG. It is a process flowchart of the change character matching by the song in the karaoke system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the calorie calculation in FIG.5 and FIG.6. It is explanatory drawing of a change character display. It is another process flowchart of the change character matching by the song in the karaoke system of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of another change character display form.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Karaoke system 12 Karaoke performance apparatus 13 Display part 17 Remote input / output terminal 18 User ID acquisition means 19 Terminal display part 29 Increase / decrease calorie calculation means 31 Change character correspondence processing means 33 Character level specific table 34 Change character memory | storage part 35 User Separate character registration section 36 Calorie recording section by user

Claims (4)

Karaoke provided with a character display function for calculating calorie consumption at the time of singing based on the user's singing voice and identifying and displaying a character associated with the user ID of the user based on the singing calorie consumption A system,
A character level specifying table, a change character storage unit, a user-specific character registration unit, a user-specific calorie recording unit, an increase / decrease calorie calculation unit, a change character correspondence processing unit,
In the character level specification table, an increase / decrease calorie range and a character form level corresponding to increase / decrease in calories are associated and stored,
The change character storage unit stores, for each character ID, a predetermined number of change characters based on the character form level according to the increase or decrease in calories,
The user-specific character registration unit is registered in association with a character ID corresponding to a predetermined change character stored in the change character storage unit selected by the user and the user ID of the user,
The user-specific calorie recording unit records the calorie increase / decrease calculated at least at a predetermined timing for each user ID,
The increase / decrease calorie calculation means is a cumulative intake calorie based on past increase / decrease calories recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit, virtual intake calories set for each predetermined period, and elapsed period for each user ID. And the calorie increase / decrease is calculated at a predetermined timing by the accumulated calorie consumption for each singing,
The change character correspondence processing means acquires a character form level corresponding to an increase / decrease calorie range of the character identification table based on the increase / decrease calorie recorded in the user-specific calorie recording unit, and the user-specific calorie recording unit The change character of the level stored in the change character storage unit is specified based on the character ID associated with the user ID of the user recorded in
A karaoke system having a character display function characterized by this.   It is a karaoke system provided with the character display function of Claim 1, Comprising: The timing of the said increase / decrease calorie calculation in the said increase / decrease calorie calculation means is for every predetermined number of said users' singing, The character display function characterized by the above-mentioned. A karaoke system.   The karaoke system having a character display function according to claim 1, wherein the calorie increase / decrease calculation timing in the calorie increase / decrease calculating means is when the user logs out of the system. system.   2. A karaoke system having a character display function according to claim 1, wherein the calorie increase / decrease calculation timing of the calorie increase / decrease calculating unit is every predetermined period.

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