JP2009036911A - Karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enjoy enough pleasure of singing by playing a musical piece at a suitable tempo level according to the age of a singing person. <P>SOLUTION: This karaoke system includes: a user ID acquiring means (an ID reading means 37) for acquiring a user ID when a user logs in a system; a user information acquiring means 44 for acquiring age data stored in a user information storage means (a customer database of a host device 11) based on the user ID acquired by the user ID acquiring means; and a tempo level setting means 53 for changing and setting a tempo level corresponding to the age data acquired by the user information acquiring means 44 as a tempo level of the user concerned based on an age corresponding tempo level setting table 25b formed by connecting the age of the user with the tempo level. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system in which a tempo level can be arbitrarily changed and set within a predetermined range instead of a tempo level preset for each piece of music.

  Conventionally, each piece of music played in the karaoke system has an original tempo level set, and is played at the original tempo level in the default state. Further, since there is a case where it is desired to sing at a tempo level that matches the user's preference instead of the original tempo level, the tempo level can be adjusted within a predetermined range.

  Also, for each user, a memory card that stores a favorite song and performance conditions such as the tempo level of this song is prepared, and a performance that suits the user's preference is obtained by installing this memory card. A technique for playing music under conditions is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 2808922

As described above, in the conventional karaoke system, an original tempo level is set for each song, and in the default state, the song is played at this original tempo level.
By the way, the number of songs in recent years is increasing at a faster tempo level compared to old songs. In the case of a music played at such a fast tempo level, the original tempo level can be supported from the younger generation to the middle-aged generation, but the original tempo level may not be supported as the age increases. Therefore, the conventional karaoke system has means for adjusting the tempo level, and if the tempo level is too fast for the user, the tempo level is adjusted to be slow.

  However, changing the tempo level for an elderly person is troublesome, and sometimes the user continues to sing through the original tempo level. Whether or not the tempo level is too fast for the singer is a matter that becomes clear only after the performance of the music starts, and the operation for changing the tempo level is mostly performed during singing. If the tempo level is changed during the singing, not only does the person listening to the music feel unnatural, but it also impresses other users that the singer cannot follow the original tempo level.

  Thus, if the singer cannot keep up with the original tempo level, not only can the singing enjoyment be fully enjoyed, but also the singer's self-esteem may be damaged.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and provides a karaoke system that can fully enjoy the joy of singing by playing music at an appropriate tempo level according to the singer's age. The purpose is to do.

The karaoke system of the present invention has the following features in order to achieve the above-described object.
That is, the karaoke system of the present invention can access user information storage means in which user information including at least age data is registered in association with the user ID, and replaces the tempo level preset for each song in advance. Thus, it is possible to perform at a tempo level arbitrarily changed within a predetermined range. This karaoke system includes a user ID acquisition unit, a user information acquisition unit, and a tempo level setting unit. The user ID acquisition unit acquires the user ID of the user when the user logs in to the system, and the user information acquisition unit acquires the user based on the user ID acquired by the user ID acquisition unit. Age data stored in the information storage means is acquired, and the tempo level setting means is a user information acquisition means based on an age-corresponding tempo level setting table configured by associating the user's age with the tempo level. The tempo level corresponding to the acquired age data is changed and set as the tempo level of the user.

  The karaoke system of the present invention can further include age-corresponding tempo level data collection means in addition to the above-described configuration. The age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means collects the tempo level selected when the user sings and the age data of the user. An age-corresponding tempo level setting table is constructed based on the data collected by the age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means.

  According to the karaoke system of the present invention, the user's age data is acquired, and the tempo level corresponding to the user's age data is changed and set as the user's tempo level. Therefore, since the music can be played at an appropriate tempo level according to the singer's age, the joy of singing can be fully enjoyed. Also, since the music is played at an appropriate tempo level according to the singer's age from the beginning of the music performance, the singer can sing with confidence without giving other users a sense of incongruity. it can.

  Also, by collecting the tempo level selected when the user sang and the age data of the user and constructing a tempo level setting table, the user's age and the appropriate tempo level can be determined. The relationship can be grasped more accurately.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a karaoke system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The karaoke system according to the first embodiment of the present invention is accessible to user information storage means in which user information including at least age data is associated with a user ID, and is preset for each song in advance. Instead of the tempo level, it has a function of performing at a tempo level arbitrarily changed and set within a predetermined range.

<Outline of Karaoke System>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a karaoke system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic diagram when a karaoke system is configured using a communication network, and FIG. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of a host apparatus. Moreover, FIG. 2 is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a customer database.

  The karaoke system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a host device 11 and a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 13 connected to each other via a communication network 12 as shown in FIG. The communication network 12 can use a public telephone line, a dedicated telephone line, an optical communication line, a LAN, etc., but it is difficult for a third party to invade the network, to listen to and alter data, and to not monopolize the bandwidth. It is preferable to use a VPN constituted by the Internet because it is an inexpensive communication network.

<Host device>
As shown in FIG. 1B, the host device 11 includes a transmission / reception unit 21, a control unit 22, a data processing unit 23, a customer database 24 that functions as a user information storage unit, and an age-related tempo level setting table 25a. ing. Among these components, at least the customer database 24, the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25a, and the karaoke performance terminal 13 constitute the karaoke system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

<Transmitter / receiver>
The transmission / reception unit 21 is means for transmitting / receiving data to / from each karaoke performance terminal 13, and is configured by a communication circuit and software for maintaining the consistency of the communication method in the communication network 12. The control unit 22 is a unit for comprehensively controlling the host device 11 and is configured to include a CPU and its peripheral devices. The control unit 22 operates according to an application program stored in a ROM or the like, and has a control function. It comes to show.

<Data processing means / customer database / age tempo level setting table>
The data processing means 23 includes a program for accessing the customer database 24 and the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25a to process data extraction, change, and addition. The customer database 24 is a database in which user information is registered for each user. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the customer database 24 has a user ID, name, second name (for example, nickname), address, telephone number, date of birth (age data), gender, occupation, etc. for each user. Configured in association. As shown in FIG. 3, the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25a is composed of table data in which the singer's age and tempo level are linked. In the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25a shown in FIG. 3, the tempo level indicates a relative value when the original is “100”. Age classification and tempo level values can be changed as appropriate.
As will be described in detail later, the karaoke main body 31 stores an age-related tempo level setting table 25b which is a copy of the age-related tempo level setting table 25a.

<Karaoke performance terminal>
Next, the karaoke performance terminal 13 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke performance terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the karaoke performance terminal 13 includes a karaoke main body 31, display means 32, mixing amplifier 33, speaker 34, microphone 35, remote input / output terminal 36, and ID reading means 37, and communication network 12. Via the host device 11. The karaoke main body 31 and the display means 32 are connected by a wired system or a wireless system. Also, music data, updated music data, user data (user information including age data such as actual age and date of birth) and the like are transmitted from the host device 11 to the karaoke performance terminal 13.

<Remote input / output terminal>
The remote input / output terminal 36 has a user interface function, and transmits / receives data to / from the local transmission / reception means 51 of the karaoke main body 31 by a wired method or a wireless method. A circuit board and a program, a program for functioning as the music search means 38, and a RAM 55 which is a temporary storage area are provided. Examples of the wireless system used here include irDA and bluetooth (registered trademark), which are proximity wireless communication technologies. Further, as a user interface function, for example, an input / output display unit (not shown) in which a liquid crystal display and a touch sensor are stacked is provided, and by touching an icon or a character string displayed on the input / output display unit, , Music selection and data input.

<ID reading means>
The ID reading unit 37 functions as a user ID acquisition unit, and an electronic circuit and a program for acquiring a user ID from an ID medium 39 possessed by the user when the user logs in to the karaoke performance terminal 13. Consists of. The user ID acquired by the ID reading unit 37 is temporarily stored in the RAM 43. The ID medium 39 is composed of, for example, a non-contact type IC card, a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, etc., and stores a user ID so that data can be transmitted to and received from the ID reading unit 37. It has become.

<Karaoke body>
The karaoke main body 31 includes a bus 54, central control means 41, ROM 42, RAM 43, user information acquisition means 44, music database 46, video database 47, music song output means 48, reproduction control means 49, reservation management means 50, local transmission / reception. Means 51, network transmission / reception means 52, and tempo level setting means 53 are provided. The music database 46 and the video database 47 are configured by the HDD 45.

<Central control means>
The central control means 41 is a means for comprehensively controlling the karaoke system, and is composed of, for example, a CPU and its peripheral devices, and is controlled by the CPU or the like operating according to an application program stored in the ROM 42 or the like. The function can be demonstrated.

<ROM / RAM>
The ROM 42 is a device for storing application program data and numerical data for controlling each device constituting the karaoke system, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. The RAM 43 is a device for functioning as a temporary storage area for temporarily reading application programs and various data, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. Note that the virtual RAM 43 may be configured by using a hard disk storage device or the like instead of configuring the RAM 43 by a physical semiconductor memory. In the present embodiment, a reservation queue is stored in the RAM 43.

<User information acquisition means>
The user information acquisition unit 44 accesses the host device 11 via the network transmission / reception unit 52 and the communication network 12 and stores it in the customer database 24 based on the user ID acquired when the user logs in to the karaoke system. This is a program for acquiring the user information.

<HDD / music database / video database>
The music database 46 and the video database 47 are stored in, for example, an HDD 45 that is a large-capacity storage device.
The music database 46 functions as music storage means, and is a database that stores music data composed of synchronized performance data (MIDI (registered trademark) data) and lyrics telop data in association with music codes. is there.

The performance data is digitized performance data of each piece of music, and the lyrics telop data is lyrics character data of the music synchronized with the performance data. The video database 47 is a database in which a predetermined number of background videos corresponding to the music to be played are stored as video files corresponding to the music ID of the music.
Further, the HDD 45 stores an age-related tempo level setting table 25 b that is a copy of the age-related tempo level setting table 25 a stored in the host device 11. This age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25b is acquired by communication between the karaoke main body 31 and the host device 11 at an arbitrary timing. In this way, by storing the age-related tempo level setting table 25b, which is a copy of the age-related tempo level setting table 25a, in the HDD 45 of the karaoke main body 31, the tempo level setting means 53 sets the tempo level each time the host device is set. 11 is no longer required to communicate with the tempo level, and the tempo level setting process can be performed quickly.

<Music song output means>
The music tune output means 48 is an electronic circuit for digitally reproducing the performance data extracted from the music database 46 based on the music ID and converting it to analog and outputting it to the mixing amplifier 33. The mixing amplifier 33 is a means for mixing the singing voice of the singer input from the microphone 35 and the performance data sent from the music tune output means 48, and amplifying the sound by the amplifier function and outputting it from the speaker 34. is there. The number of microphones is not limited to one and may be two or more.

<Reproduction control means>
The reproduction control means 49 is an electronic device for outputting the lyrics telop data (lyric character data) of the music data extracted from the music database 46 to the display means 32 in synchronization with the music performance data during the karaoke performance. Circuit. Further, the reproduction control means 49 has a function of causing the display means 32 to display a reserved music list display in response to an operation instruction from the user via the remote input / output terminal 36.

<Display means>
The display means 32 is a device for displaying video, lyrics telop, display identification information, and the like at the time of karaoke performance, and is composed of, for example, a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like.

<Reservation management means>
The reservation management means 50 uses the function of the music search means 38 in the remote input / output terminal 36 by the user, selects the music, and transmits the user ID of the music selecter transmitted via the local transmission / reception means 51 and the selected music. This is a program for associating and storing IDs in the RAM 43 as a reservation queue and managing them. The music selection display and the reservation queue display can be performed on either or both of the input / output display section (not shown) and the display means 32 of the remote input / output terminal 36.

<Transmitting / receiving means>
The local transmission / reception means 51 is means for transmitting / receiving data to / from the remote input / output terminal 36. The network transmission / reception unit 52 is a unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the host device 11 via the communication network 12, and is configured by a communication circuit and software for maintaining the consistency of the communication method in the communication network 12. The

<Tempo level setting means>
The tempo level setting means 53 is a program for referring to the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25b and changing and setting the tempo level corresponding to the age data acquired by the user information acquisition means 44 as the tempo level of the user. .
The timing for referring to the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25b is, for example, at the time of music selection, but is not limited to this timing, and the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25b is referred to at an arbitrary timing until the music performance is started. May be. If the age-related tempo level setting table 25b is not stored in the HDD 45, the tempo level corresponding to the age data is acquired by referring to the age-related tempo level setting table 25a by communicating with the host device 11. To do.

<Tempo level setting procedure>
Next, a process for setting a tempo level using the karaoke system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining age-related tempo level setting processing in the karaoke system according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing user ID acquisition processing, and FIG. 6 shows music selection processing. It is a flowchart.

  In the user ID acquisition process, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user logs in to the karaoke system, when the user ID stored in the ID medium 39 is read by the ID reading means 37, the user ID is obtained. Is acquired (S1). The acquired user ID is temporarily stored in the RAM 43 of the karaoke main body 31.

  Subsequently, the user information acquisition unit 44 accesses the host device 11 via the network transmission / reception unit 52 and the communication network 12, and the user including age data stored in the customer database 24 regarding the user ID logged in the system. Get information. The acquired user information is temporarily stored in the RAM 43 of the karaoke main body 31 and the RAM 55 of the remote input / output terminal 36 (S2).

  In the music selection process, as shown in FIG. 6, first, the user uses the remote input / output terminal 36 to select an arbitrary piece of music based on the user ID (S11). When the music selection is confirmed (S12), the age of the music selector is acquired based on the user ID of the music selector (S13). Subsequently, the tempo level setting means 53 refers to the age-related tempo level setting table 25b of the karaoke main body 31, and sets the tempo level corresponding to the age of the user as the tempo level of the user (S14).

  Subsequently, in addition to the music ID and the user ID of the music selector, a reservation queue including the tempo level is created and stored in the RAM 43 (S15). This reservation queue is configured as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a karaoke system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the host device in the karaoke system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  The karaoke system according to the second embodiment of the present invention further includes age-related tempo level data collection means 26 in addition to the configuration of the karaoke system according to the first embodiment described above. This age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means 26 comprises a program for collecting the tempo level selected when the user sings and the age data of the user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the host device 11 includes an age-corresponding tempo level data collecting unit 26, and the age-corresponding tempo level data collecting unit 26 includes a plurality of karaoke performance terminals via the communication network 12. 13, the tempo level selected when the user sings and the age data of the user are collected.

  In the karaoke system according to the second embodiment, the age-corresponding tempo level setting table 25a is updated based on the data collected by the age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means 26. The age-related tempo level setting table 25a is updated at an arbitrary timing such as once a week, once a month, or once every six months.

<Other embodiments>
The devices and means constituting the karaoke system of the present invention are not limited to those described above, and only the necessary devices and means are configured according to the purpose of use of the karaoke system, or other devices and means are appropriately added. Can be.
Further, each unit may be configured as a unit in which a plurality of functions are integrated, instead of being configured separately.
Further, the customer database 24 and the age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means 26 are not the constituent elements of the host device 11 but are the constituent elements of the karaoke performance terminal 13 and are related to the management of customer information and the acquisition of the age-corresponding tempo level locally. Processing may be performed.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing of the customer database used with the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the age corresponding | tempo tempo level setting table used with the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of a karaoke performance terminal. The flowchart which shows the age corresponding | compatible tempo level setting process (user ID acquisition process) in the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the age corresponding tempo level setting process (music selection process) in the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the reservation queue used with the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the host apparatus in the karaoke system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Host apparatus 12 Communication network 13 Karaoke performance terminal 21 Transmission / reception part 22 Control means 23 Data processing means 24 Customer database 25a Age correspondence tempo level setting table (host apparatus side)
25b Age-related tempo level setting table (karaoke body side)
26 Age-related tempo level data collection means 31 Karaoke main body 32 Display means 33 Mixing amplifier 34 Speaker 35 Microphone 36 Remote input / output terminal 37 ID reading means 38 Music search means 39 ID medium 41 Bus 42 Central control means 43 ROM
44 RAM
45 User information acquisition means 46 Music database 47 Video database 48 Music song output means 49 Playback control means 50 Reservation management means 51 Local transmission / reception means 52 Network transmission / reception means 53 Tempo level setting means 54 Bus 55 Remote input / output terminal RAM

Claims (2)

User information storage means in which user information including at least age data is registered in association with the user ID can be accessed, and can be arbitrarily changed within a predetermined range in place of the tempo level preset for each song in advance. A karaoke system that can be played at a set tempo level,
A user ID acquisition means, a user information acquisition means, and a tempo level setting means,
The user ID acquisition means acquires the user ID of the user when the user logs in to the system,
The user information acquisition means acquires age data stored in the user information storage means based on the user ID acquired by the user ID acquisition means,
The tempo level setting means sets the tempo level corresponding to the age data acquired by the user information acquisition means based on an age-corresponding tempo level setting table configured by associating the user's age and tempo level. Change and set as user tempo level,
Karaoke system characterized by that. Further comprising age-corresponding tempo level data collection means,
The age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means collects the tempo level selected when the user sings and the age data of the user,
Configuring the age-corresponding tempo level setting table based on the data collected by the age-corresponding tempo level data collecting means;
The karaoke system according to claim 1.

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