JP2010049098A - Karaoke machine displaying recommended music list and accepting request - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Karaoke machine capable of additionally displaying member's favorite song on a recommended music list, if there is the member's favorite song of a member. <P>SOLUTION: The Karaoke machine stores member's favorite song list for each user, in which the login user's name is corresponded to a musical piece ID assembly, when a recommended music list is displayed; extracts the musical piece ID, included in the recommended music list among the musical piece IDs in member's favorite song list; extracts the name of the one's favorite song list in which the musical piece ID exists; prepares a message of noticing that a musical piece of the musical piece ID is registered in the member's favorite song list in the user's name; displays the recommendation lis; performs correspondence to the musical piece of the musical piece ID on the display; and additionally displays the message. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a request by displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for increasing interest by adding latest trends of people enjoying karaoke to presentation information.

  Choosing the song you want to sing from tens of thousands of karaoke songs is one of the pleasures of karaoke. However, you can't start karaoke unless you select a song. There are many users who think that it would be helpful if they appropriately reviewed and recommended music that they would be interested in. In view of such circumstances, a karaoke apparatus has been developed that can present a suitable recommended song list to a user and easily reserve a performance.

In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-99049, a program that introduces a song with many requests or a new musical piece between songs is broadcasted, and a request is accepted with a simple operation.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 4033944, a music list that is frequently played statistically is automatically selected and presented for music that has just been played.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3920204, music with a high performance frequency is automatically selected in consideration of the regional characteristics of the store, and a recommendation list is created.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3958207, it is possible to automatically generate and present a music list related to a music piece that has just been selected, and to make a reservation for subsequent performance.
The karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3946662 recommends additionally registered songs to a favorite song list (own song list) based on a user's song selection history.
JP 2000-99049 A Japanese Patent No. 4033944 Japanese Patent No. 3920204 Japanese Patent No. 3958207 Japanese Patent No. 3946662

  An object of the present invention is to further refine the function of displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, to provide topics to people who enjoy karaoke, and to enhance the atmosphere of a karaoke party.

  When presenting a list of recommended songs, the present applicant wanted to notify if there was a song held by someone on the spot. If the recommended song is known as Mr. A's own song, it will be a chance to get excited again by talking about the song. The reason why it is recommended may be the topic of the artist of the song or the drama that caused the topic. You can ask Mr. A who is familiar with the song to provide the latest information. In this way, the present invention was created in consideration of providing a topic to a karaoke place and a chance to further excite the karaoke party.

This invention is a karaoke apparatus specified by the following matters (1) to (6).
(1) A karaoke apparatus that includes a storage unit and a control unit, displays a recommended song list on the display unit, and accepts a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input unit. (2) The storage unit is logged in. Storing a song list for each user in which the user's name and song ID set are associated with each other (3) The control means performs first to third processing when displaying the recommended song list (4). The first process extracts the song ID (A) included in the recommended song list from the song IDs in the song list, and the name (A) of the song list in which the song ID (A) exists. (5) The second process is to create a message (c) that announces the fact that the song with the song ID (a) is registered in the song list owned by the user with the name (a) (6) 3 process is to display the recommended song list Moni, thereby adding a message (c) in association with the music of the song ID on the display (A)

In the present invention, it is preferable that the control means selectively applies any one of the following requirements (a) and (b).
(A) The control means starts the first process in response to an instruction input by the user. (B) The control means starts from the first to the first song between the songs after the performance of a certain karaoke song is completed until the next song starts. Perform 3 processes

  In the present invention, the personal song list stored in the storage means includes scoring information for each music ID, and the first process extracts a name (I) from the personal song list including the music ID (A). It is desirable that the scoring information (d) of the music ID (a) is extracted together and the scoring information (d) is included in the message (c) created in the second process.

  Further, the storage means stores a user list in which the name of the logged-in user and a photograph are associated with each other, and the first process extracts the name (I) from the song list including the song ID (A) In this case, a photo (e) corresponding to the user name (A) is extracted from the user list, and the third process is associated with the song with the song ID (A) on the recommended song list display. When the message (c) is additionally displayed, it is desirable to display the photo (e) together.

  According to the present invention, if there is someone's own song in the recommended song list, it can be a chance to get excited by the story about that song, or ask the person who has the song to provide the latest information. Talking to the karaoke venue, the karaoke party is even more exciting. Therefore, the effect of increasing the entertainment of karaoke can be expected.

=== Basic configuration of karaoke equipment ===
FIG. 1 illustrates a network configuration including the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment. The karaoke apparatus of this embodiment is a part of a well-known online karaoke system. In a karaoke store having a plurality of guest rooms, a karaoke performance terminal (hereinafter referred to as a performance terminal 10) in the same room and the performance terminal 10 are connected. It is comprised with the guest room terminal 20 for operating. A LAN 110 is installed in the karaoke store, and the performance terminal 10 of each guest room communicates with the guest room terminal 20 in the same room via the LAN 110.

  The performance terminal 10 is a general-purpose personal computer application device. FIG. 2 illustrates the block configuration. A central control unit 11 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM controls peripheral components and controls the performance terminal 10. In addition to the main computer program, the hard disk device 12 stores a karaoke database in which karaoke data that is the origin of accompaniment music and lyric images is associated with a karaoke song ID. In addition to the operation / display panel 13 of the apparatus main body as a user interface device, the user interface device is connected to the LAN 110 in the karaoke store via the communication processing unit 14.

  The guest room terminal 20 has the same hardware configuration as a tablet computer using a touch panel as a main user interface, and implements a wireless LAN interface of a predetermined standard. FIG. 3 illustrates a functional block configuration of the guest room terminal 20. A terminal control unit 21 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM is used as a main control unit, and a hard disk device 22, a touch panel 23, and a communication interface 24 are provided. The hard disk device 22 stores location information (such as an IP address) of the performance terminal 10 in the same room that is an operation target such as performance reservation. The communication interface 24 is connected to the LAN via a wireless access point and communicates with the performance terminal 10. Further, it functions as a remote control device for operating the performance terminal 10 such as performing music reservations by interacting with the user through the GUI by executing the installed program.

  The performance terminal 10 is connected to an external network via a LAN and can communicate with a karaoke server 70 operated by a karaoke business operator connected to the external network. The karaoke server 70 stores karaoke data produced by a karaoke company and distributes it to the performance terminal 10 as appropriate. Each performance terminal 10 receives karaoke data appropriately distributed from the karaoke server 70 and stores it in a karaoke database constructed in the hard disk device 12.

  The karaoke server 70 also stores a recommended song list (recommended song list) created by a karaoke company and is distributed to the performance terminal 10 as appropriate. The recommended song list is an aggregation of the song IDs of new songs and hot songs and table of contents information such as song names and artist names, and is updated at appropriate occasions, for example, every week. A recommendation comment associated with the music ID may be included.

  The karaoke server 70 manages member information of users registered as members of the karaoke business. In association with the member ID (user ID) assigned by the karaoke company, member information such as the member's name, address, age, and song list is stored. The member information includes a member's face photograph taken by the guest room terminal 20, a photograph taken by a member-owned digital camera, and the like.

=== List of owned songs ===
When the member ID of the guest room terminal 20 is authenticated by the karaoke server 70 when the member who has entered the guest room performs a predetermined log-in operation, the guest room terminal 20 can use the member service by collecting the member information including the name from the karaoke server 70. Become. The member information including the obtained name is associated with the member ID and managed in the storage unit as a member list. The operation input signal by the logged-in member includes the member ID and is transferred to the performance terminal 10 and the server 70.

One of the member services is the well-known My List. The member can register a favorite song and a song ID of a plurality of personalized songs frequently selected as a my list. When the logged-in member performs a predetermined operation input for selecting a song at the guest room terminal 20 and registering it in the my list, a my list in which the song ID set of the song is associated with the member ID is created and updated, and the karaoke server 70 is registered. When the member logs in at another opportunity, the my list included in the member information can be obtained from the guest room terminal 20 and used for music selection. Therefore, the member list managed in the storage unit of the guest room terminal 20 includes a my list that is a plurality of music ID sets for each member ID.
The personal song list also includes scoring history information (date, score, ranking information, etc.) of the music in the list.

=== Recommended song display processing ===
In the recommended song display process according to the present embodiment, when the recommended song list distributed from the server 70 is presented to the user between songs or when the guest room terminal 20 is not used, If there is a song registered in the member's My List in the same room, an indication to that effect is added and presented. Then, members who see this can make a performance reservation with a simple operation.

  The terminal control unit 21 of the guest room terminal 20 starts the recommended song display process as illustrated in FIG. 4 when attempting to display the recommended song list. When the processing is started (s1 → s2), the login member's my list is compared with the recommended song list (s2). When the song ID included in the recommended song list is included in any member's My List (s3), the name of the member ID of the My List is also extracted from the member list. Then, a song notification message such as “It is Mr. A's song” is created (s4). Also, the music ID of the recommended music list is referred to the music index database, and the table of contents information such as the music title and artist name is extracted.

  Based on the above processing, a list of recommended song titles is displayed on the touch panel 23, and a song notification message is displayed in association with the song corresponding to the song ID included in the member's My List in the same room. (S5). FIG. 5 shows a display example of the recommended song list. In this way, if there is someone's own song in the recommended song list, that fact is displayed, so pay attention to the recommended song again, the ranking that became the reason for recommendation, the trend of the artist, , The drama featured in the theme song, etc., will also trigger the topic to reach information about the song. It is possible to ask Mr. A who has a song to provide the latest information that other members do not know.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation input for selecting and specifying one from the displayed list of recommended songs, a performance reservation message including the music ID of the music is created and the performance reservation 10 is reserved for performance. it can.

=== Message format ==
When scoring history information is included in the song list, “It was Mr. A's song. I got 75 points for this song.” Or “B's song. "You may include the latest score and lineking information at the time of singing singing in the message. Then, not only the topic related to the song, but also the singing of the person who is making the song, the entertainment is increased.

  When the member information includes a photo such as a member's face photo or a hobby photo, a photo related to the person in the song list may be displayed together with the message. This makes it easier to see and increases the message quality. This can be realized by obtaining a photo when the member logs in, storing it in the storage unit together with a song list, and extracting the member's photo when composing a message. In addition to Mr. A's face photo, Mr. A's pet dog, a favorite place, and a mountain photo can also be displayed. Then, the topic may further expand to the range of Mr. A's hobby.

  If the message is displayed easily by blinking or changing the font, the message quality is improved. Initially, a relatively small character may be displayed, and when the user performs a predetermined instruction operation, the character may be changed to a larger character and displayed.

=== Others ===
The recommended song list is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and how it is created is not within the scope of the present invention. For example, depending on the member's preference, a recommended song list dedicated to each member is created in advance based on some related music or another member's favorite music that has similar taste trends, and is applied to the present invention. May be.

  In this case, the scene where the recommended song list is displayed is not limited to the above-described embodiment in which the recommended song list is displayed. The recommended song list according to the present invention is displayed when the user desires to display the recommended song list by a predetermined operation input. A display process may be performed.

  The display of the recommended song list is not limited to the touch panel 23 of the guest room terminal 20. The information may be displayed on the display 18 of the performance terminal 10 or a display dedicated to information display connected to the performance terminal 10. In this case, the performance terminal 10 is configured to manage the music index database and the user list in addition to the recommended music list and performance history, and the central control unit 11 of the performance terminal 10 performs the recommended music list display timing such as between songs. Then, the recommended song display process is executed.

The network structure containing the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the performance terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the guest room terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. It is a processing flow figure of the recommendation music display process concerning a present Example. It is an example of a display screen of a recommended song list according to the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Karaoke apparatus 11 Central control part 18 Display 20 Guest room terminal 23 Touch panel

Claims (5)

A karaoke apparatus comprising a storage means and a control means, displaying a recommended song list on a display means and accepting a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input means,
The storage means stores a song list for each user that associates the name of the logged-in user with the music ID set,
The control means performs the first to third processes when displaying the recommended song list,
The first process extracts the song ID (A) included in the recommended song list from the song IDs in the song list, and the name (A) of the song list in which the song ID (A) exists. And
The second process creates a message (C) that announces the fact that the song with the song ID (A) is registered in the song list of the user with the name (A),
The third process is a karaoke apparatus that displays a recommended song list and additionally displays a message (c) in association with the song with the song ID (a) on the display. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts the first process in response to a user instruction input. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means executes the first to third processes between the songs from the end of the performance of a certain karaoke song until the start of the performance of the next song. The song list stored in the storage means includes scoring information for each song ID. When the first process extracts a name (A) from the song list containing the song ID (A), the song ID (A) To extract the scoring information (d) of
The karaoke apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the message (c) created in the second process includes scoring information (d). The storage means stores a user list that associates the name of the logged-in user with a photo,
In the first process, when the name (I) is extracted from the personal song list including the music ID (A), the photograph (O) corresponding to the user name (I) is extracted from the user list,
The third process displays a photograph (e) together with a message (c) additionally displayed in association with the music of the music ID (a) on the recommended song list display. Karaoke apparatus as described in 1.