JP2011215347A - Timing designation device, music player, karaoke system, and timing designation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a timing designation device for designating timing of displaying an image within a reproduction period of music data, a music player, a Karaoke system, and a timing designation method.SOLUTION: A terminal device receives image designation information for designating an image selected by a user. The terminal device receives timing selected by the user by associating the timing with a position in music data. The terminal device associates the received image designation information with the received timing to transmit it to the Karaoke device, and designates the image and the timing to the Karaoke device. The Karaoke device displays, when a reproduction position of the music data roughly matches the position in the music data corresponding to the designated timing, the image designated by the image designation information associated with the position during the reproduction period of the music data.

Description

  The present invention relates to a timing designating device, a music playing device, a karaoke system, and a timing designating method for designating timing for displaying an image within a music data playback period.

  There is a music playback device that plays back music data selected from a plurality of performance songs stored in advance and displays an image corresponding to the music to be played back. As such a music reproducing device, there is a karaoke device. The karaoke apparatus reproduces the song data of the karaoke song selected from the plurality of karaoke songs, and displays the lyrics of the karaoke song and the image related to the karaoke song on the screen in synchronization with the reproduction of the karaoke song data. The user of the karaoke apparatus can enjoy singing according to the karaoke music reproduced as an accompaniment while viewing the displayed lyrics and images (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-246075 JP 2007-94244 A

  However, the conventional technique has a problem that the user cannot specify the timing for displaying an image within the reproduction period of music data.

  The present application has been made in view of such circumstances. The purpose is to provide a timing designating unit that designates the timing for displaying an image in association with the position in the music data, so that the user can designate the timing for displaying the image within the reproduction period of the music data. It is providing the timing designation | designated apparatus, music reproduction apparatus, karaoke system, and timing designation | designated method which become.

  The timing designating device disclosed in the present application is a timing designating device for designating timing for displaying an image within a reproduction period of music data, and includes a timing designating unit for designating the timing in association with a position in the music data.

  In the present application, the position in the music data is selected by the user as the timing for displaying the image within the performance period of the music data.

  The timing specification device disclosed in the present application includes a lyrics storage unit that stores lyrics data associated with the music data, a display unit that displays lyrics data stored by the lyrics storage unit, and lyrics data displayed by the display unit The timing designation unit designates timing corresponding to a part of the lyrics data received by the partial reception unit.

  In the present application, lyrics data associated with music data is displayed. A part of the displayed lyrics data is selected by the user, and the part is designated as a timing for displaying the image within the reproduction period of the music data.

  In the timing specifying device disclosed in the present application, the music data includes a plurality of sound generation timings of at least one musical instrument, and includes a display unit that displays the plurality of sound generation timings. The timing specification unit is displayed by the display unit. A part of the plurality of sound generation timings is designated.

  In the present application, a plurality of sound generation timings of each of musical instruments such as guitars and drums included in the music data are displayed. A part of the displayed sound generation timings is selected by the user, and the part is designated as a timing for displaying an image within the reproduction period of the music data.

  The timing specification device disclosed in the present application includes an extraction unit that extracts a feature portion of a song based on the music data, a display unit that displays the feature portion extracted by the extraction unit, and a feature portion displayed by the display unit. A partial reception unit for receiving a part; and the timing specifying unit specifies a timing corresponding to a part of the feature portion received by the partial reception unit.

  In the present application, characteristic portions of a song such as a prelude portion, a chorus portion, and an interlude portion of the song extracted from the song data are displayed. Among the displayed feature parts, a part of the feature parts is selected by the user, and the part of the feature parts is designated as a timing for displaying the image within the reproduction period.

  A timing specifying device disclosed in the present application is an extraction unit that extracts a main melody of a song from the music data, a display unit that displays the main melody extracted by the extraction unit, and a part of the main melody displayed by the display unit. A timing reception unit that specifies a timing corresponding to a part of the main melody received by the partial reception unit.

  In the present application, the main melody of the music extracted based on the music data is displayed. A part of the displayed main melody is selected by the user, and the part is designated as a timing for displaying an image within the reproduction period of the music data.

  A timing designation device disclosed in the present application relates to an image designation information receiving unit that accepts image designation information that designates the image, and image designation information received by the image designation information receiving unit in association with a timing designated by the timing designation unit. A storage unit that stores the image designation information stored in association with the timing by the storage unit;

  In the present application, the file name of the image data of the image selected by the user is received by the timing specifying device as image specifying information for specifying the image. The timing designation device transmits image designation information to the outside in association with the designated timing.

  The timing specification device disclosed in the present application includes a list storage unit that stores a list of a plurality of images, and the image specification information specifies an image selected from the list stored by the list storage unit.

  In the present application, an image to be displayed within a reproduction period of music data is selected by a user from an image list stored in advance, and image designation information for designating the image is received.

  A music playback device disclosed in the present application includes a playback unit that plays back music data, and in a music playback device that displays an image within a playback period of the music data, accepts image designation information that designates the image. A timing designation unit that designates the timing for displaying the image in association with a position in the music data, and the timing that the image designation information received by the image designation information reception unit is designated by the timing designation unit. In the case where the music data is reproduced by the storage unit and the reproduction unit, the image designation information stored in association with the timing by the storage unit is stored based on the timing stored in the storage unit. A display unit that displays an image to be designated.

  In the present application, an image to be displayed within a music data reproduction period is selected by the user, and image designation information for designating the image is received. The position in the music data is designated as the timing for displaying the selected image. The music reproducing device stores the image designation information in association with the designated position in the music data. The music reproducing device reads the image designation information stored in association with the position where the music data is reproduced within the reproduction period of the music data, and displays the image designated by the image designation information.

  A karaoke system disclosed in the present application has a playback unit that plays back music data, displays a song within a playback period of the song data that is played back by the playback unit, and displays the image within the playback period of the song data. In a karaoke system comprising a timing designating device for designating the timing for displaying the timing, the timing designating device designates the timing for displaying the image in association with the position in the music data, and the image An image designation information accepting unit for accepting image designation information for designating, a timing storage unit for storing the timing designated by the timing designation unit in association with the image designation information accepted by the image designation information accepting unit, and the timing storage Transmitting the timing and image designation information stored by the unit to the music reproducing device The music reproducing device includes: a receiving unit that receives the timing and image designation information transmitted by the transmission unit; an image receiving unit that accepts an image designated by the image designation information received by the receiving unit; An image storage unit that stores an image received by the image reception unit in association with the timing received by the reception unit, and when the music data is played back by the playback unit, based on the timing stored by the image storage unit A display unit that displays an image stored in association with the timing by the image storage unit.

  In the present application, the position in the music data is selected by the user, and the position is designated by the timing designation device as the timing for displaying the image within the performance period of the music data. Further, the timing designation device accepts image designation information for designating an image selected by the user or the like, and stores the image designation information in association with the position in the music data. The timing designation device transmits the stored image designation information together with the position in the song data to the song reproduction device. The music reproducing device receives the image designation information sent from the timing designation device, and accepts the image designated by the image designation information. Further, the music reproducing device receives the position in the music data sent together with the image designation information from the timing designation device, and stores the received image in association with the position in the music data. The music playback device displays an image stored in association with a position in the music data being played back during the playback period of the music data. The user sings while viewing the displayed image with the reproduced music data as an accompaniment.

  The timing designation method disclosed in the present application is a timing designation method in which a timing designation device including a control unit designates a timing for displaying an image within a reproduction period of music data, and associates the timing with a position in the music data. It is designated by the control unit.

  In the present application, the position in the music data is selected by the user as the timing for displaying the image within the performance period of the music data.

  According to one aspect of the apparatus, the timing designation unit that designates the timing for displaying an image in association with the position in the music data is provided so that the user designates the timing for displaying the image within the reproduction period of the music data. It becomes possible to do.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a karaoke system. It is a block diagram which shows the internal hardware of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1, and a terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the internal hardware of a server apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of each of the reservation music list screen and position selection screen which concern on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the other example of the position selection screen which concerns on Embodiment 1, and the example of a login screen. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an image selection screen and an image display screen. It is a chart which shows the example of a record layout of a reservation table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a timing designation | designated process. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of data position reception processing according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of image reception processing according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of an image display process. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a position selection screen according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of data position reception processing according to the second embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the method to acquire a waveform. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of a position selection screen according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the other method of acquiring a waveform. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of a position selection screen according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a position selection screen and a keyword selection screen according to Embodiment 3. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of data position reception processing according to the third embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the other example of a keyword selection screen. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing internal hardware of a terminal device according to Embodiment 4.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof. The timing designation device according to the present application is a music reproduction device that reproduces music data and displays an image, such as a karaoke device, a game machine, and a PC (Personal Computer). The timing designation device receives from the user and designates the selection of an image to be displayed and the timing for displaying the image within the reproduction period of the music data. Then, the timing designation device reproduces the music data and displays the selected image according to the designated timing. Further, the timing designation device may be a terminal device that remotely operates the music playback device. In this case, the timing designation device designates the selected image to the music reproduction device by transmitting the selected image to the music reproduction device in association with the received timing. The first embodiment will be described by taking as an example a terminal device that remotely operates a karaoke device (music playback device) included in a karaoke system as a timing designation device.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a karaoke system. The karaoke system includes a karaoke device (song reproduction device) 1 that plays karaoke music, and a server device 4 connected to the karaoke device 1 via a network N. The karaoke apparatus 1 plays a karaoke song by reproducing the song data of the karaoke song and emitting an accompanying sound. Moreover, the karaoke apparatus 1 displays the lyrics of the karaoke song, the image related to the karaoke song, and the like during the performance period of the karaoke song. The karaoke apparatus 1 is connected to a microphone 1a, and realizes a karaoke function by converting a user's singing voice sung according to an accompaniment into a voice by the microphone 1a and outputting the voice. The music data reproduced by the karaoke device 1 is transmitted from the server device 4 to the karaoke device 1 together with the lyrics data.

  In addition, a terminal device (timing designating device) 3 is connected to the karaoke device 1 so as to enable communication by infrared rays or wireless communication waves. The terminal device 3 includes an operation screen and the like, and includes a display unit 36 having a touch panel on the front surface. The terminal device 3 accepts an operation corresponding to an operation screen displayed on the display unit 36 when the user touches the touch panel of the display unit 36 using the stylus 3a. The terminal device 3 accepts, from the user, selection of an image to be displayed within the music data reproduction period and a position (data position) in the music data as a timing for displaying the image. The terminal device 3 designates the image and timing to the karaoke device 1 by transmitting the received data position to the karaoke device 1 in association with the image designation information for designating the selected image.

  The server device 4 stores music data and lyrics data to be reproduced and displayed by the karaoke device 1, and transmits the music data and lyrics data to the karaoke device 1 via the network N. The server device 4 is connected to a mobile terminal device and a PC (not shown) via the Internet or the like. When the user uploads image data using a mobile terminal device, a PC, or the like, the server device 4 stores the image data in association with a user ID that is user identification information.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing internal hardware of the karaoke device 1 and the terminal device 3 according to the first embodiment. The karaoke apparatus 1 includes an image reproducing unit 15 that outputs image signals such as lyrics and images by reproducing lyrics data and image data, and an audio reproducing unit 17 that reproduces music data and outputs audio signals. Prepare. The image signal output from the image reproduction unit 15 is displayed on the display unit 16 including a liquid crystal panel. The sound reproduced by the sound reproducing unit 17 is emitted from the speaker unit 19. A mixer amplifier 18 is interposed between the sound reproducing unit 17 and the speaker unit 19, and the microphone 1a is connected to the mixer amplifier 18 via a microphone signal input terminal 18a.

  The mixer amplifier 18 mixes the audio signals given from the audio reproducing unit 17 and the microphone 1 a and outputs the mixed audio signals to the speaker unit 19. For example, the mixer amplifier 18 mixes the audio signal obtained by the audio reproduction unit 17 and the audio signal obtained by converting the user's singing voice by the microphone 1a. The karaoke apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random-Access Memory) 12, and a storage unit 13.

  CPU10 is a control part for controlling each internal hardware part of karaoke apparatus 1 via bus 10a. The ROM 11 stores a program executed by the CPU 10 in advance. The RAM 12 stores variables and the like that are generated when the CPU 10 executes a program. Further, the CPU 10 reads out the program stored in the ROM 11 to the RAM 12 and executes it. The storage unit 13 is a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like, and stores a reservation table 131 that shows a list of reserved songs. Here, the reserved song indicates a karaoke song whose performance is reserved for the karaoke device 1 by the user of the karaoke device 1. The storage unit 13 also functions as a timing storage unit and an image storage unit that store timings and images specified by the terminal device 3. The karaoke apparatus 1 includes a network communication unit 14 a connected to the network N and a terminal device communication unit 14 b that communicates with the terminal device 3.

  The network communication unit 14 a transmits a data request to the server device 4 and receives music data, lyrics data, and the like transmitted from the server device 4. The network communication unit 14a also functions as an image receiving unit that receives an image by receiving the image data transmitted from the server device 4. The storage unit 13 stores music data, lyrics data, and image data received from the server device 4. The terminal device communication unit 14b transmits the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13 to the terminal device 3 in response to a request from the terminal device 3, and the data position indicating the timing for displaying the image and the image file to be displayed. The schedule 131 with the name added is received from the terminal device 3. Thereby, the terminal device communication unit 14b also functions as a reception unit that receives the timing and the file name (image designation information) of the image sent from the terminal device 3.

  The terminal device 3 includes a communication unit 34 that communicates with the karaoke device 1, a display unit 36 including a liquid crystal panel and the like, and a touch panel unit 37 provided on the display surface of the display unit 36. The communication unit 34 functions as a transmission unit that transmits the timing specified to the karaoke device 1 and the file name (image designation information) of the image data to the karaoke device 1. The display unit 36 displays various screens for accepting image selection and data position selection. The touch panel unit 37 detects contact by the tip of the stylus 3a or the user's fingertip and accepts an operation by the user according to an operation screen displayed on the display unit 36. Thereby, the touch panel unit 37 functions as a partial reception unit that receives a part of lyrics and the like, and an image designation information reception unit that receives a file name (image designation information) of an image to be displayed.

  The terminal device 3 includes a CPU 30 that is a control unit for controlling each internal hardware unit of the terminal device 3 via the bus 30a, a ROM 31, a RAM 32, and a storage unit 33. The ROM 31 stores a program executed by the CPU 30 and the like. The RAM 32 stores variables that are generated when the CPU 30 executes the program. The CPU 30 functions as a timing designation unit that designates the timing for displaying an image by executing a program. The storage unit 33 is a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like, and stores the reservation table 131 sent to the karaoke apparatus 1 upon request. The storage unit 33 also functions as a lyrics storage unit and a list storage unit that store lyrics data and a list of images sent from the server device 4 via the karaoke device 1.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing internal hardware of the server device 4. The server device 4 includes a login information DB (Data Base) 43a, a song DB 43b, a lyrics DB 43c, and an image DB 43d for storing login information, song data, lyrics data, and image data. The server device 4 also includes a CPU 40 that is a control unit for controlling each internal hardware unit of the server device 4 via the bus 40a, a ROM 41, and a RAM 42. The ROM 41 stores a program executed by the CPU 40 and the like. The RAM 42 stores variables and the like that are generated when the CPU 40 executes the program. The CPU 40 reads the program stored in the ROM 41 into the RAM 42 and executes it.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of each of the reserved song list screen and the position selection screen according to the first embodiment. 4A and 4B respectively show a reserved song list screen and a position selection screen. The reserved song list screen is a screen for selecting a karaoke song for which an image is displayed during the performance period from karaoke songs reserved in the karaoke apparatus 1. For example, when the terminal device 3 accepts an operation for displaying a list of reserved songs from the user via the touch panel unit 37, the terminal device 3 requests the schedule table 131 from the karaoke device 1. The terminal device 3 receives the sent schedule 131 and stores it in the storage unit 33. The terminal device 3 displays a reserved song list screen including a reservation order, a song name, a singer name, and the like of each reserved song on the display unit 36 based on the schedule 131 stored in the storage unit 33.

  In the example of the reserved song list screen shown in FIG. 4A, for example, as the reserved song whose reservation order is the third song, the song name “Graduation Season” and the singer name “Ikeda Bko” are displayed. Each reserved song has a software button “insert background” for selecting a reserved song for displaying an image during the performance period. When the user selects the software button “insert background” using the fingertip or the tip of the stylus 3 a, the terminal device 3 selects the reserved song associated with the software button and displays the position selection screen on the display unit 36. indicate. On the position selection screen, the lyrics of the selected reserved song are displayed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4B, the lyrics “Summer School Building ...” of the song having the selected song name “Graduation Season” are displayed in the approximate center of the position selection screen, and the lyrics are displayed on the right side of the position selection screen. A scroll bar for scroll display is displayed. The user selects a part of the lyrics displayed on the display unit 36 by tracing the touch panel unit 37 using the tip of the stylus 3a. The terminal device 3 displays a rectangular frame surrounding a part of the selected lyrics on the position selection screen. The terminal device 3 may change the display color of a part of the selected lyrics and display it on the position selection screen. When a part of the lyrics is selected, the terminal device 3 superimposes an effect selection screen for accepting selection of the effect on the position selection screen and displays it on the display unit 36.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the position selection screen and an example of a login screen according to the first embodiment. 5A and 5B show a position selection screen and a login screen, respectively. In the example shown in FIG. 5A, a part of the lyrics “Graduation” is selected, and a rectangular frame surrounding the part of the lyrics is displayed on the position selection screen. In addition, an effect selection screen for selecting a plurality of types of effects is superimposed on the position selection screen. On the effect selection screen, production effects “slide-in”, “checkerboard”, “diamond”, “blind”, and “box” are displayed in a selectable manner. The effect “slide-in” is an effect that scrolls display content in the horizontal direction or vertical direction of the screen.

  The effect “blind” is an effect that displays the display content so that the luminance of each row included in the display content gradually increases in the horizontal or vertical direction of the screen. The production effect “checkerboard” is a production effect displayed in a lattice pattern. The production effects “diamonds” and “boxes” are production effects displayed in a rhombus and a rectangular frame whose area changes with the passage of time. The user selects an effect by tapping the touch panel unit 37 using the tip of the stylus 3a. The terminal device 3 acquires the data position in the music data corresponding to a part of the selected lyrics as the timing for displaying the selected image. Moreover, the terminal device 3 acquires the effect name of the selected effect.

  The terminal device 3 displays a login screen on the display unit 36 when the effect is selected on the position selection screen. The login screen is a screen for accepting login information necessary for the user to log in to the image DB 43d of the server device 4 using the terminal device 3 from the user. In the example shown in FIG. 5B, a message for prompting the user to input login information “Please log in to your album.” And a text box for entering a user ID and a password are displayed on the login screen. .

  In addition, a software button “Login” for accepting a login operation from the user and a software button “Return” for returning to the position selection screen are displayed on the login screen. When the terminal device 3 accepts the login operation, the terminal device 3 transmits login information including the user ID and the password input by the user to the server device 4 via the karaoke device 1. The server device 4 receives the login information transmitted from the terminal device 3. When the received login information is stored in the login information DB 43a, the server device 4 reads out the image data associated with the user ID included in the received login information from the image data stored in the image DB 43d. It transmits to the terminal device 3.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an image selection screen and an image display screen. 6A and 6B show an image selection screen and an image display screen, respectively. The image selection screen is a screen for selecting an image to be displayed at the data position acquired on the position selection screen. When image data is sent from the server device 4, the terminal device 3 displays an image selection screen on the display unit 36. A list of image data is displayed as thumbnails on the image selection screen. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, a message “Mr. A's album” including the user name of the user who performed the login operation and a message “Please select an image” prompting selection of an image are displayed on the image selection screen. .

  On the image selection screen, a list of image data is displayed as thumbnails, and a scroll bar for scrolling the list is displayed on the right side. The image DB 43d of the server device 4 may store a plurality of image data not associated with the user ID as registered image data in advance. In this case, the terminal device 3 may request the image data from the server device 4 without displaying the login screen when the effect is selected on the position selection screen. Then, the server device 4 transmits the registered image data to the terminal device 3 in response to the request.

  The user temporarily selects an image from the list using the tip of the stylus 3a or the fingertip. Further, a software button “Add” for accepting an operation for determining a temporarily selected image from the user and a software button “End” for ending the image selection screen are displayed on the image selection screen. When the terminal device 3 accepts an operation for determining the temporarily selected image, the terminal device 3 stores the file name (image designation information) of the selected image in association with the data position and the effect name acquired using the position selection screen. It is added to the reservation table 131 stored in the section 33. Then, the terminal device 3 transmits the reservation table 131 to which the image file name is added to the karaoke device 1. Thereby, the terminal device 3 designates, for the karaoke device 1, an image to be displayed within the reproduction period of the music data and a timing for displaying the image. The karaoke apparatus 1 receives the reservation table 131 sent from the terminal device 3 and rewrites the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13 using the reservation table 131.

  The karaoke apparatus 1 reproduces music data based on the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13 and plays karaoke music. Further, the karaoke apparatus 1 reads out the data position stored in the reservation table 131 in association with the music data being reproduced. When the reproduction position of the music data being reproduced substantially coincides with the read data position, the karaoke apparatus 1 displays the image data having the file name of the image stored in association with the data position on the display unit 16. To display. In the example shown in FIG. 6B, the lyrics “Graduated towards a new world” are displayed on the display screen. In addition, on the display screen, an image selected by the user for “Graduation” is displayed in synchronization with the reproduction position corresponding to a part of the lyrics “Graduation” by the karaoke apparatus 1.

  FIG. 7 is a chart showing a record layout example of the reservation table 131. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the reservation table 131 includes the reservation order of each karaoke song that has received a reservation, the song ID that is the identification information of the song data, the song name, and the singer name. For example, the song ID “A45678”, the song title “Graduation Season” and the singer name “Ikeda Bko” of the third reserved song are stored in the reservation table 131. In the reservation table 131, the file name “A004” of the first image displayed on the display unit 16 during the performance period of the third karaoke song and the data position “01: 24:00 "is stored. The data position “01:24:00” indicates a data position corresponding to the time when 1 minute and 24 seconds have elapsed from the start of reproduction of the music data.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, the data position is shown using the elapsed time required for reproduction from the beginning of the music data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data position may be shown using an address in the music data. When a plurality of images to be displayed within the reproduction period of one piece of music data are selected, the schedule table 131 stores a plurality of file names in association with the corresponding data positions. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the data position “00:15:50” is associated with the file name “B002” of the first image displayed during the performance period of the second reserved song, and the second image The data position “05:03:50” is stored in association with the file name “B006”.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the timing designation process. The timing designating process is performed by the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 in order to accept from the user both the image displayed during the performance period of the karaoke song and the selection of the data position as the timing for displaying the image from the user. Executed. CPU30 transmits the reservation table request | requirement which requests | requires the reservation table 131 to the karaoke apparatus 1 by the communication part 34 (step S11). CPU10 of karaoke apparatus 1 receives the reservation table request | requirement sent from the terminal device 3 by the terminal device communication part 14b (step S12). CPU10 reads the reservation table 131 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 13 (step S13).

  The CPU 10 transmits the read reservation table 131 to the terminal device 3 through the terminal device communication unit 14b in response to the reservation table request (step S14). The CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the reservation table 131 sent from the karaoke device 1 by the communication unit 34 and stores it in the storage unit 33 (step S15). The CPU 10 displays a reserved music list screen on the display unit 36 based on the received reservation table 131 (step S16), and accepts a user operation corresponding to the reserved music list screen via the touch panel unit 37 (step S17). The CPU 10 determines whether or not the accepted operation is a song selection operation for selecting a karaoke song for displaying an image within the performance period (step S18).

  If the CPU 10 determines that it is not a song selection operation (NO in step S18), it returns the process to step S17. If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is a song selection operation (YES in step S18), the CPU 30 requests the server device 4 for the lyrics data of the selected song, receives the sent lyrics data by the communication unit 34, and stores it. 33 (step S19). CPU30 performs the below-mentioned data position reception process for receiving a data position from a user (step S20). The CPU 30 receives the selection of the image to be displayed, and executes an image receiving process to be described later for receiving the file name (image designation information) of the image (step S21).

  The CPU 30 associates the file name of the received image data with the data position and the effect name and adds them to the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 33 in step S15 (step S22). The CPU 30 transmits the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 33 to the karaoke apparatus 1 by the communication unit 34 in order to designate the image to be displayed within the performance period and the timing for displaying the image (step S23). The specified process is terminated. The CPU 10 of the karaoke device 1 receives the reservation table 131 sent from the terminal device 3 by the terminal device communication unit 14b (step S24). The CPU 10 rewrites the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13 using the received reservation table 131 (step S25), and ends the timing designation process.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of data position reception processing according to the first embodiment. The data position receiving process is executed by the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 in step S20 of the timing specifying process shown in FIG. CPU30 reads lyrics data from the memory | storage part 33 (step S31). The CPU 30 displays a position selection screen on the display unit 36 based on the read lyrics data (step S32). CPU30 receives operation by the user according to a position selection screen by touch panel part 37 (Step S33). The CPU 30 determines whether or not the accepted operation is a position selection operation for selecting a part of the lyrics (step S34).

  If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is not a position selection operation (NO in step S34), the process returns to step S33. If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is a position selection operation (YES in step S34), the CPU 30 acquires a data position corresponding to a part of the selected lyrics (step S35). CPU30 displays the effect selection screen for selecting an effect on the display part 36 (step S36). The CPU 30 receives an operation by the user according to the effect selection screen through the touch panel unit 37 (step S37).

  The CPU 30 determines whether or not the accepted operation is an effect selection operation for selecting a production effect (step S38). If it is determined that the operation is not an effect selection operation (NO in step S38), the CPU 30 returns the process to step S37. If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is an effect selection operation (YES in step S38), the CPU 30 acquires the effect name of the selected effect (step S39), and ends the data position receiving process.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of image reception processing according to the first embodiment. The image reception process is executed by the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 in step S21 of the timing designation process shown in FIG. CPU30 displays a login screen on the display part 36 (step S51), and receives login information based on the user's operation received by the touch panel part 37 (step S52). CPU30 transmits the accepted login information to server apparatus 4 via karaoke apparatus 1 by communication unit 34 (step S53). The CPU 40 of the server device 4 receives the login information sent from the terminal device 3 through the communication unit 44 (step S54).

  The CPU 40 logs the user into the image DB 43d using the received login information (step S55). The CPU 40 reads out the image data stored in association with the user ID from the image DB 43d (step S56), and transmits the image data to the terminal device 3 via the karaoke device 1 by the communication unit 44 (step S57). The CPU 40 logs the user out of the image DB 43d (step S58) and ends the image reception process. The CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the image data sent from the server device 4 via the karaoke device 1 by the communication unit 34 (step S59).

  The CPU 30 displays an image selection screen on the display unit 36 based on the received image data (step S60). The CPU 30 receives an operation by the user according to the image selection screen through the touch panel unit 37 (step S61). The CPU 30 determines whether or not the accepted operation is an image selection operation for selecting an image (step S62). If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is not an image selection operation (NO in step S62), the process returns to step S61. If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is an image selection operation (YES in step S62), the CPU 30 acquires the file name (image designation information) of the selected image (step S63), and ends the image reception process.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of image display processing. The karaoke apparatus 1 increments the reservation order of the karaoke songs to be played sequentially according to the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13. When the reservation order is incremented, the image display process is executed by the CPU 10 of the karaoke apparatus 1 to play the karaoke songs in the reservation order and display an image within the performance period. The CPU 10 reads the song ID corresponding to the reservation order, the data position associated with the song ID, the file name of the image, and the effect name from the reservation table 131 stored in the storage unit 13 (step S71).

  CPU10 transmits the data request | requirement which requests | requires the music data and lyrics data corresponding to music ID, and the image data which has the read file name to the server apparatus 4 by the network communication part 14a (step S72). The CPU 40 of the server device 4 receives the data request sent from the karaoke device 1 through the communication unit 44 (step S73). The CPU 40 reads music data, lyrics data, and image data from the music DB 43b, the lyrics DB 43c, and the image DB 43d (step S74). The CPU 40 transmits the read music data, lyrics data, and image data to the karaoke apparatus 1 by the communication unit 44 in response to the data request (step S75).

  The CPU 10 of the karaoke device 1 receives the music data, lyrics data, and image data sent from the server device 4 by the network communication unit 14a and stores them in the storage unit 13 (step S76). The CPU 10 starts reproduction of the music data stored in the storage unit 13 by the audio reproduction unit 17 (step 77). CPU10 acquires the reproduction | regeneration position of music data (step S78). The CPU 10 determines whether or not the acquired reproduction position substantially matches the data position stored in the storage unit 13 (step S79). If the CPU 10 determines that the data position does not substantially match (NO in step S79), the process returns to step S78.

  If the CPU 10 determines that the data position substantially coincides (YES in step S79), the CPU 10 reads out the image data having the file name associated with the data position from the storage unit 13 (step S80). CPU10 reproduces | regenerates image data by the image reproduction part 15 using the effect which has the effect name read by step S71, and displays an image on the display part 16 (step S81). CPU10 determines whether reproduction | regeneration of music data was complete | finished (step S82). If the CPU 10 determines that the reproduction of the music data has not ended (NO in step S82), the process returns to step S78. If the CPU 10 determines that the reproduction of the music data has ended (YES in step S82), the image display process ends.

  In the first embodiment, by storing the image selected by the user in association with the data position selected by the user, it is possible to specify the image and timing to be displayed within the performance period. Also, the terminal device 3 can easily specify the timing for displaying an image by receiving a data position corresponding to a part of the lyrics selected by the user.

Embodiment 2
In the second embodiment, while only the lyrics are displayed on the position selection screen in the first embodiment, the sound generation timing of a specific instrument is displayed together with the lyrics. The CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 reads out the lyrics data from the storage unit 33 in step S31 of the data position reception process shown in FIG. 9, reads out the music data from the storage unit 33, and further determines the sounding timing of a specific instrument from the music data. Extract. The music data is requested to the server device 4 together with the lyrics data in step S19 of the timing designation process shown in FIG. 8, and the received music data is received and stored in the storage unit 33.

  The music data of the karaoke music is performance data including the sound generation timing of each of a plurality of musical instruments and the pitch, volume and sound length at each sound generation timing, for example, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data. As the sound generation timing of a specific instrument, for example, the sound generation timing of the drum included in the MIDI data may be extracted. Further, the CPU 30 extracts a feature portion from the music data. The characteristic portions are a title portion, a prelude portion, an A melody portion, a chorus portion, an interlude portion, and the like of the song, and the music data includes an identifier indicating the characteristic portion. Thereby, CPU30 functions as an extraction part which extracts the characteristic part of a music. Then, the CPU 30 displays on the display unit 36 a position selection screen on which the lyrics, the pronunciation timing of the specific musical instrument, and the characteristic part of the song are shown in step S32 of the data position receiving process shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a position selection screen according to the second embodiment. The position selection screen displays the lyrics of the selected reserved song, the characteristic portion of the song extracted from the song data of the reserved song, and the sounding timing of the specific instrument. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the lyrics “Summer School Building ...” of the song having the selected song name “Graduation Season” is displayed in the approximate center of the position selection screen, and the lyrics are displayed on the right side of the position selection screen. A scroll bar for scroll display is displayed. In addition, the sound generation timing of the drum included in the music data is displayed on the position selection screen using an icon indicating the drum. As a specific instrument, for example, a crush cymbal (side cymbal) included in a drum may be used.

  The size of the icon displayed on the position selection screen is changed based on the volume of the drum at each sound generation timing set in the music data. For example, when the volume is high, a larger icon may be displayed. Further, the present invention is not limited to displaying all sound generation timings, and only the sound generation timings of drums exceeding a predetermined volume may be displayed using icons. On the position selection screen, “(title display)”, “(prelude)”, “(A melody)”, “(chorus)”, and “(interlude)” indicating each feature portion extracted from the music data are displayed. It is displayed at the beginning of the feature part. The user selects a part of the lyrics displayed on the display unit 36 by tracing the touch panel unit 37 using the tip of the stylus 3a.

  Accordingly, the user refers to the sound generation timing of the displayed drum and the characteristic portion of the song, and selects the timing corresponding to the rising portion of the song that gives a sense of elevation or the partial range of the song stored by the user. It becomes possible. Further, the terminal device 3 may accept the selection of the feature portion or the sound generation timing from the user from each feature portion of the song displayed on the position selection screen or an icon indicating the sound generation timing. In this case, the terminal device 3 designates a data position corresponding to the feature portion or the sound generation timing of the selected song.

  The selection of the feature portion or the sound generation timing may be accepted by the user clicking on the feature portion or the sound generation timing displayed on the position selection screen using the fingertip or the tip of the stylus 3a. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the onomatopoeia “Charara” not included in the lyrics is displayed in the prelude, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the onomatopoeia may not be displayed. Alternatively, a data position or the like where the pitch rises in a short time may be extracted as a climax part of the song, and an icon indicating the climax part may be displayed on the position selection screen. Moreover, you may include the identifier which shows a climax part beforehand in music data.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of data position reception processing according to the second embodiment. The data position receiving process is executed by the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 in step S20 of the timing specifying process shown in FIG. CPU30 reads lyrics data from the memory | storage part 33 (step S91). CPU30 reads music data from the memory | storage part 33 (step S92). The CPU 30 extracts the sound generation timing of a predetermined musical instrument from the music data (step S93). CPU30 extracts the characteristic part of a music from music data (step S94).

  The CPU 30 displays a position selection screen on the display unit 36 based on the lyrics data, the sound generation timing, and the characteristic part of the song (step S95). CPU30 accepts operation by the user according to a position selection screen by touch panel part 37 (Step S96). The CPU 30 determines whether or not the accepted operation is a position selection operation for selecting a part of the lyrics, a pronunciation timing, or a characteristic part of the song (step S97). If it is determined that the position selection operation is not performed (NO in step S97), the CPU 30 returns the process to step S96.

  If the CPU 30 determines that the operation is a position selection operation (YES in step S97), the CPU 30 acquires a data position corresponding to a part of the selected lyrics, pronunciation timing, or a characteristic part of the song (step S98). The procedure after step S98 is the same as the procedure from step S36 of the data position receiving process shown in FIG.

  Although the case where lyrics, pronunciation timing, and a characteristic part of a song are displayed on the position selection screen is shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and a waveform indicating the volume at each data position may be displayed. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of acquiring a waveform. The dotted line in FIG. 14 shows the acquired waveform. The CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 plots the volume of each data position on a coordinate plane having a horizontal axis indicating the data position and a vertical axis indicating the volume, and obtains an approximate curve connecting the volumes. The approximate curve may be approximated by, for example, a Bezier curve or a spline curve. The CPU 30 displays the approximate curve as a waveform indicating the volume along with the lyrics on the position selection screen. In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, an approximate curve that connects the volume of each data position plotted on the coordinate plane is acquired.

  FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the position selection screen according to the second embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 15, lyrics and waveforms corresponding to each data position are displayed on the position selection screen along the lyrics. Thereby, the user can determine the climax part of the song with reference to the displayed waveform, and can select the climax part or the lyrics corresponding to the climax part as the timing for displaying the image. Further, the terminal device 3 may accept a selection of a part of the waveform displayed on the position selection screen from the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the user selects a part of the waveform by tracing the part of the waveform using the tip of the stylus 3a.

  In this case, for example, the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 designates, as the data position, a point where the trajectory drawn by the tip of the stylus 3a on the position selection screen and the waveform intersect. For example, when the locus drawn by the tip of the stylus 3a on the position selection screen intersects the waveform at two points, the CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 performs the data position corresponding to the midpoint of the line connecting the two points. Should be specified. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another method of acquiring a waveform. The dotted line in FIG. 16 shows the acquired waveform.

  The CPU 30 of the terminal device 3 may extract performance data of a specific musical instrument corresponding to the main melody from the music data and display a waveform indicating the main melody on the position selection screen. The CPU 30 plots the pitch indicated by the pitch information at each data position on the coordinate plane having the horizontal axis indicating the data position and the vertical axis indicating the pitch based on the performance data of the specific instrument corresponding to the main melody, Get approximate curve connecting pitches. In the example shown in FIG. 16, an approximate curve connecting the notes on the score is acquired based on performance data of a specific instrument that plays the main melody.

  FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the position selection screen according to the second embodiment. The position selection screen is not limited to displaying a waveform composed of approximate curves, but may display a volume or a pitch at each data position. In the example shown in FIG. 17, the lyrics and the volume corresponding to each data position are displayed on the position selection screen along the lyrics. Further, a score indicating the main melody or the like along the lyrics may be displayed on the position selection screen. In this case, the display color of the note corresponding to the rising part of the song may be changed.

  Further, the data position for displaying the icon may be determined based on the sound generation timing of each of the plurality of part parts included in the specific instrument. For example, the sound generation timing at which a plurality of types of parts such as hi-hat, snare, bass, and floor tom included in the drum simultaneously generate sound may be acquired as the position for displaying the icon. In the position selection screen, the case where the preset sounding timing of a specific musical instrument is displayed is shown, but the sounding timing of a musical instrument selected by a user such as a guitar and a keyboard may be displayed.

  In the second embodiment, the user can specify the timing included in the prelude part, the interlude part, etc. without lyrics by selecting the characteristic part of the song or the sound generation timing of a specific instrument. Further, even when the user does not know the music, the user can recognize the characteristic part of the music and specify the timing corresponding to the characteristic part.

  The second embodiment is as described above, and the other parts are the same as those of the first embodiment. Therefore, the corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and processing names, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

Embodiment 3
In the third embodiment, a part of the lyrics displayed in the first embodiment is selected, whereas a part of the lyrics associated with the keyword is selected. When the terminal device 3 accepts selection of a part of the lyrics associated with the keyword, the terminal device 3 extracts the keyword from the lyrics data. The keywords may be determined in advance and stored in the storage unit 33 of the terminal device 3. The terminal device 3 displays a position selection screen showing a list of extracted keywords. The terminal device 3 accepts the selection of a keyword from the keyword list shown on the position selection screen and designates the data position corresponding to the keyword.

  FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a position selection screen and a keyword selection screen according to the third embodiment. 18A and 18B show examples of a position selection screen and a keyword selection screen, respectively. The terminal device 3 displays a position selection screen including software buttons for extracting keywords from the lyrics on the display unit 36 in step S32 of the data position reception process shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 18A, a software button “extract attention word” for extracting a keyword from lyrics is displayed on the position selection screen.

  When the keyword extraction is selected, the terminal device 3 extracts keywords stored in advance in the storage unit 33 from the lyrics data. When there is a keyword extracted from the lyrics data, the terminal device 3 displays a keyword selection screen indicating the keyword on the display unit 36. When the terminal device 3 accepts selection of a keyword from the keywords displayed on the keyword selection screen, the terminal device 3 accepts a data position corresponding to the lyrics of the selected keyword. FIG. 18B shows a keyword selection screen displayed on the display unit 36 when the software button “extract word of interest” on the position selection screen shown in FIG. 18A is selected.

  In the example shown in FIG. 18B, the keywords “graduation”, “pure blue sky”, and “spring come” extracted from the lyrics data of the song having the song name “graduation season” are displayed on the keyword selection screen. Further, the keyword “graduation” is selected by the user using the tip of the stylus 3a.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of data position reception processing according to the third embodiment. CPU30 reads lyrics data from the memory | storage part 33 (step S111). The CPU 30 displays a position selection screen on the display unit 36 based on the read lyrics data (step S112). CPU30 receives operation by a user with touch panel part 37 (Step S113). CPU30 determines whether received operation is extraction operation which extracts a keyword (step S114). When CPU 30 determines that the operation is an extraction operation (YES in step S114), CPU 30 extracts keywords stored in advance from the lyrics data (step S115).

  The CPU 30 determines whether there is an extracted keyword (step S116). If CPU 30 determines that there is no extracted keyword (NO in step S116), it returns the process to step S113. When determining that there is an extracted keyword (YES in step S116), the CPU 30 displays a keyword selection screen on the display unit 36 based on the extracted keyword (step S117), and returns the process to step S113. If the CPU 30 determines in step S114 that it is not an extraction operation (NO in step S114), has it received a position selection operation for selecting a part of the lyrics displayed on the position selection screen or the keyword displayed on the keyword selection screen? It is determined whether or not (step S118).

  If it is determined that the position selection operation has not been accepted (NO in step S118), CPU 30 returns the process to step S113. When it is determined that the position selection operation has been accepted (YES in step S118), the CPU 30 acquires a data position corresponding to a part of the selected lyrics or a keyword (step S119). The procedure after step S119 is the same as the procedure after step S36 of the data position receiving process shown in FIG. The image data is not limited to being selected on the image selection screen. For example, the terminal device 3 may display a list of image data requested and received from the server device 4 on the keyword selection screen, and accept the keyword selection and the image data selection.

  FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the keyword selection screen. On the left side of the keyword selection screen, a list of extracted keywords is displayed. A list of image data stored in the server device 4 in association with the user ID is displayed on the right side of the keyword selection screen. In this case, the terminal device 3 specifies the data position and the image associated with the selected keyword by receiving the keyword selected by the user using the tip of the stylus 3a and the file name of the image data.

  In the third embodiment, when the user selects a keyword extracted from the lyrics when accepting the data position, it is possible to reduce time and effort for the user to search and select a part of the lyrics from the entire lyrics.

  The third embodiment is as described above, and the other parts are the same as those in the first or second embodiment. Therefore, corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and processing names, and detailed description thereof is omitted. .

Embodiment 4
FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating internal hardware of the terminal device according to the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, the program read from the ROM 31 is executed in the first embodiment, but the program recorded in the recording medium is read and executed. The terminal device 5 includes a recording medium reading unit 55. Other hardware of the terminal device 5 is the same as that of the terminal device 3 of the first embodiment, and only a difference in reference numerals is described, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The terminal device 5 includes a stylus 5a, a CPU 50, a ROM 51, a RAM 52, a storage unit 53, a communication unit 54, a display unit 56, and a touch panel unit 57.

  The CPU 50 reads the program 551 recorded in the recording medium 550 by the recording medium reading unit 55 and installs it in the storage unit 53. The CPU 50 functions as a timing designating unit that designates the timing for displaying an image within the reproduction period of music data by reading the program 551 from the storage unit 53 into the RAM 52 and executing it.

  The fourth embodiment is as described above, and the others are the same as those in the first to third embodiments. Therefore, the corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and processing names, and detailed description thereof is omitted. To do.

1 Karaoke device (music playback device)
1a Microphone 3, 5 Terminal device (timing designation device)
3a, 5a Stylus 4 Server device N Network network 1040 CPU
30, 50 CPU (timing designation unit, extraction unit)
10a, 30a, 40a, 40a Bus 11, 31, 41, 51 ROM
12, 32, 42, 52 RAM
13 storage unit (timing storage unit, image storage unit)
33, 53 Storage unit (lyrics storage unit, list storage unit)
131 Reservation table 14a Network communication unit (image reception unit)
14b Terminal device communication unit (receiving unit)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Image reproduction part 16, 36 Display part 17 Audio | voice reproduction part 18 Mixer amplifier 18a Microphone signal input terminal 19 Speaker part 34 Communication part (transmission part)
44, 54 Communication unit 37, 57 Touch panel unit (partial reception unit, image designation information reception unit)
23 Operation Terminal Device Communication Unit 34, 54 Communication Unit 55 Recording Medium Reading Unit 550 Recording Medium 551 Program

Claims (10)

In a timing designating device for designating a timing for displaying an image within a reproduction period of music data,
A timing designation device comprising: a timing designation unit that designates the timing in association with a position in the music data. A lyrics storage unit for storing lyrics data associated with the music data;
A display unit for displaying lyrics data stored in the lyrics storage unit;
A partial reception unit for receiving a part of the lyrics data displayed by the display unit;
The timing designation device according to claim 1, wherein the timing designation unit designates timing corresponding to a part of the lyrics data received by the partial reception unit. The music data includes a plurality of pronunciation timings of at least one musical instrument,
A display unit for displaying the plurality of pronunciation timings;
The timing designation device according to claim 1, wherein the timing designation unit designates some of the plurality of sound generation timings displayed by the display unit. An extraction unit that extracts a characteristic portion of a song based on the song data;
A display unit for displaying the feature portion extracted by the extraction unit;
A part receiving part for receiving a part of the characteristic part displayed by the display part, and
The timing designation device according to claim 1, wherein the timing designation unit designates timing corresponding to a part of the characteristic portion received by the partial reception unit. An extraction unit for extracting the main melody of the song from the song data;
A display unit for displaying the main melody extracted by the extraction unit;
A partial reception unit for receiving a part of the main melody displayed by the display unit,
The timing designation device according to claim 1, wherein the timing designation unit designates timing corresponding to a part of the main melody received by the partial reception unit. An image designation information receiving unit for receiving image designation information for designating the image;
A storage unit for storing the image designation information received by the image designation information receiving unit in association with the timing designated by the timing designation unit;
The timing designation device according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the image designation information stored in association with the timing by the storage unit. A list storage unit for storing a list of a plurality of images is provided.
The timing designation device according to claim 6, wherein the image designation information designates an image selected from the list stored by the list storage unit. In a music playback device that includes a playback unit that plays back music data, and that displays an image within the playback period of the music data,
An image designation information receiving unit for receiving image designation information for designating the image;
A timing designating unit for designating the timing for displaying the image in association with the position in the music data;
A storage unit for storing the image designation information received by the image designation information receiving unit in association with the timing designated by the timing designation unit;
When the music data is reproduced by the reproduction unit, a display unit that displays an image designated by the image designation information stored in association with the timing by the storage unit based on the timing stored in the storage unit A music playback device comprising: A music playback device that has a playback unit that plays back music data, displays an image within the playback period of the music data that is played back by the playback unit, and a timing that specifies the timing for displaying the image within the playback period of the music data In a karaoke system equipped with a designated device,
The timing designation device includes:
A timing designating unit for designating the timing for displaying the image in association with the position in the music data;
An image designation information receiving unit for receiving image designation information for designating the image;
A timing storage unit that stores the timing designated by the timing designation unit in association with the image designation information received by the image designation information reception unit;
A transmission unit that transmits the timing and image designation information stored by the timing storage unit to the music reproducing device;
The music playback device
A receiver for receiving the timing and image designation information transmitted by the transmitter;
An image receiving unit for receiving an image designated by the image designation information received by the receiving unit;
An image storage unit for storing the image received by the image receiving unit in association with the timing received by the receiving unit;
A display unit that displays an image stored in association with the timing by the image storage unit based on the timing stored by the image storage unit when the music data is being reproduced by the reproduction unit; system. In a timing designation method for causing a timing designation device including a control unit to designate a timing for displaying an image within a reproduction period of music data,
A timing designation method in which the control unit designates the timing in association with a position in the music data.

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