JP2012098456A - Karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print singing skill evaluation data of a singer together with an image of the singer by means of a printer.SOLUTION: A Karaoke system (100) includes a Karaoke device (1), an image capturing section (23) and a printer (3) which is capable of printing image data transferred from the Karaoke device. The Karaoke device includes a singing skill evaluation section (27) which evaluates a singing skill of voices inputted to the Karaoke device, an image combination section (11) which combines a singing skill evaluation result obtained in the singing skill evaluation section with the image data obtained in the image capturing section, and a printer control section (9) which transfers the image data combined by the image combination section to the printer so as to print the image data. The singing skill evaluation result obtained in the singing skill evaluation section is combined with the image data obtained in the image capturing section and the image data are transferred to the printer and printed, so that the singing skill evaluation data of the singer can be printed by the printer together with the image of the singer.

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system capable of reproducing a performance by playing a pre-recorded accompaniment when singing a song.

  Patent Document 1 describes a technique for processing digital photo data using a commercial karaoke apparatus. According to this, when printing (printing) an image for karaoke display or an image from the image input unit, the karaoke system is provided with a printer, and an image at the time of music reproduction or an image taken from outside is processed and printed, or Can be output externally.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-3842

  The inventor of the present application examined the karaoke system and found the following problems.

  In the above prior art, the captured image is processed, printed, and output to the outside, but no consideration is given to the use of singing ability scoring data (singing ability evaluation data). In addition, no consideration is given to charging for printing an image. Furthermore, no consideration is given to security when a singer's image is printed or output externally. Similarly, no consideration is given to security for billing.

  The objective of this invention is providing the karaoke system which can print a singer's singing ability evaluation data with a printer with the image of the said singer.

  The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

  The following is a brief description of an outline of typical inventions disclosed in the present application.

  That is, including a karaoke device, an image photographing unit that is connected to the karaoke device and obtains image data by photographing, and a printer that is connected to the karaoke device and can print image data transferred from the karaoke device, Configure the karaoke system. The karaoke apparatus has a singing ability evaluation unit that evaluates the singing ability of voice input to the karaoke apparatus, and a singing ability evaluation result obtained by the singing ability evaluation unit, and image data obtained by the image photographing unit. And a printer control unit for transferring the image data synthesized by the image synthesizing unit to the printer for printing.

  The effects obtained by the representative ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.

  That is, the singer's singing ability evaluation data can be printed on the printer together with the singer's image.

It is a block diagram of a configuration example of a karaoke system according to the present invention. It is a flowchart of the operation | movement sequence of the principal part in the karaoke system shown by FIG. It is another example block diagram of a karaoke system according to the present invention. It is another example block diagram of a karaoke system according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the display image in the karaoke system shown by FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the print image in the karaoke system shown by FIG. It is another example block diagram of a karaoke system according to the present invention.

1. First, an outline of a typical embodiment of the invention disclosed in the present application will be described. Reference numerals in the drawings referred to in parentheses in the outline description of the representative embodiments merely exemplify what are included in the concept of the components to which the reference numerals are attached.

  [1] A karaoke system (100) according to a typical embodiment of the present invention includes a karaoke device (1), an image photographing unit (23) connected to the karaoke device and obtaining image data by photographing, A printer (3) connected to the karaoke device and capable of printing image data transferred from the karaoke device. The karaoke apparatus can obtain the singing ability evaluation unit (27) that evaluates the singing ability of the voice input to the karaoke apparatus and the singing ability evaluation result obtained by the singing ability evaluation unit in the image photographing unit. An image composition unit (11) for synthesizing the image data, and a printer control unit (9) for transferring the image data synthesized by the image composition unit to the printer for printing.

  According to said structure, an image synthetic | combination part synthesize | combines the singing ability evaluation result obtained in the said singing ability evaluation part with the image data obtained in the said image photographing part, and a printer control part is the said image synthesizer part. The image data synthesized in step (1) is transferred to the printer and printed. Thereby, a singer's singing ability evaluation data can be printed with a printer with the said singer's image.

  [2] In the above [1], it is possible to provide a communication unit (6) for transferring charging data when using the print to the mobile phone.

  [3] In the above [1], it is possible to provide a communication unit (26) for transferring charging data for use of printing to a karaoke charging server (17).

  [4] In the above [2], it is possible to provide an encryption / decryption unit (35) for encrypting the billing data when the billing data for using the print is transferred to the mobile phone.

  [5] In the above [2] or [3], a communication unit (26) connected to the advertisement data server (40), and an image synthesis unit (41) for synthesizing the advertisement data received by the communication unit with a print image Can be provided.

  [6] In the above [1] to [5], a communication unit (6) for transferring the image data including the singing ability evaluation result data synthesized by the image synthesis unit to an external medium other than the printer may be provided. it can.

2. Details of Embodiments Embodiments will be further described in detail.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a karaoke system according to the present invention.

  A karaoke system 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a karaoke device 1, a printer 3, an image display unit 4, an image photographing unit 23, and a music selection unit 25. When singing a song, the karaoke apparatus 1 can reproduce the performance by reproducing the accompaniment recorded in advance. The printer 3 is coupled to the karaoke apparatus 1 and prints image data transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 1. The image display unit 4 is coupled to the karaoke apparatus 1 and displays the image data transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 1 on a display screen. The image photographing unit 23 can obtain image data by photographing. The subject to be photographed by the image photographing unit 23 can be a singer who uses the karaoke apparatus 1. Image data obtained by this photographing is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 1.

Such a karaoke system 100 is coupled to a mobile phone 2 and a communication network 19 which are examples of mobile terminals. The mobile phone 2 is basically owned by a user who uses the karaoke system 100. That is, when using the karaoke system 100, the user connects the self-owned mobile phone 2 to the karaoke system 100 as necessary. The mobile phone 2 can be connected to the communication billing server 14 via the mobile phone communication network 20. A karaoke billing server 17 and a music data server 15 are coupled to the communication network 19. In this figure, a plurality of communication networks 19 are described, but they may be the same network or different networks.
A plurality of communication networks may be used, or a single network may be used.

  The karaoke apparatus 1 includes a print image storage unit 10, a singing ability evaluation unit 27, communication units 6, 101, 24, 26, a printer control unit 9, a karaoke control unit 22, an image composition unit 11, and a music image storage unit 18. . The print image storage unit 10 stores an image to be printed. The singing ability evaluation unit 27 analyzes the voice data of the singing person and evaluates the singing ability. The communication unit 6 performs communication via the mobile phone 2. The communication unit 101 communicates with the image capturing unit 23 and takes captured image data into the karaoke apparatus 1. The printer control unit 9 controls the printing operation in the printer 3. The karaoke control unit 22 performs karaoke control such as transfer of music image data. The image synthesis unit 11 synthesizes the input image. The music image storage unit 18 stores music images. The communication unit 24 communicates with the music selection unit 25. The communication unit 26 communicates with the communication network 19.

  FIG. 2 shows an operation sequence of main parts in the karaoke system 100 shown in FIG.

  The user of the karaoke system 100 selects a desired song by the song selection unit 25 (201). The karaoke control unit 22 receives music selection data from the music selection unit 25 via the communication unit 24, and requests the selected music from the music data server 15 via the communication network 19. The music data server 15 sends the music data including the selected image data to the karaoke control unit 22 via the communication network 19 and the communication unit 26. The karaoke control unit 22 sends the music image data to the image composition unit 11. The image composition unit 11 sends the music image data from the karaoke control unit 22 to the image display unit 4. Subsequently, the karaoke control unit 22 sends a singing ability evaluation start signal to the singing ability evaluation unit 27. In this state, the performance is started (202). The singing ability evaluation unit 27 calculates the singing ability result with the music data of the song and the singing data from a singer (not shown) as inputs (203), and sends the calculated singing ability result data to the image composition unit 11 after the song ends. . On the other hand, the image photographing unit 23 photographs the singer and sends the singer photographing data to the image composition unit 11 via the communication unit 101 and the karaoke control unit 22. The image synthesizing unit 11 receives the singer photographed data and the singing ability result data from the singing ability evaluation unit 27, performs image synthesis of both data, and sends it to the display unit 4. The image display unit 4 displays the synthesized image data. Further, the karaoke control unit 22 sends a character string for prompting the determination of “whether or not to print the score” together with the evaluation score display data to the image unit 4 through the image synthesizing unit 11 and displays it similarly (204). . When the user (singer) does not select the image print via the music selection unit 25, the image print is not performed. When the user (singer) selects an image print via the music selection unit 25, the user (singer) performs camera selection (205). When the user (singer) selects “attached camera”, the karaoke control unit 22 captures the singer image captured by the image capturing unit 23 via the communication unit 101 (206), and prints the score data together with the score data. The image is stored in the image storage unit 10. The image synthesis unit 11 synthesizes the singer image in the print image storage unit 10 and the score data. This composite image is stored in the print image storage unit 10 again. The composite image is sent to the printer 3 as print image data by the printer control unit 9. When a print start signal is sent from the printer control unit 9 to the printer 3, the printer 3 prints the composite image.

  Further, in the camera selection in the above step 205, when the built-in camera of “mobile phone 2” is selected, the image taken by the mobile phone 2 is replaced with the communication unit 6 instead of the image obtained by the image photographing unit 23. Is sent to the print image storage unit 10, which is combined with the score data in the image synthesis unit 11 (209), and is sent to the printer 3 by the printer control unit 9 via the print image storage unit 10 for printing. (210).

As described above, the singing ability evaluation result can be combined with other image data and printed by the printer 3 connected to the karaoke apparatus 1. Note that communication between the communication unit 101 and the image photographing unit 23 is wired communication. However, it may be wireless communication. The communication between the mobile phone 2 and the communication unit 6 may be wired communication or wireless communication.

<< Embodiment 2 >>
The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again.

  In the second embodiment, it is possible to charge for the print performed in the first embodiment.

  In this example, as an example of charging for printing, a method using a charging system for a mobile phone and a method using karaoke charging will be described.

  First, the operation when using the mobile phone billing system will be described.

  At the same time as the print start command in Embodiment 1 is sent from the karaoke control unit 22 to the printer control unit 9, the karaoke control unit 22 sends billing data to the mobile phone 2 via the communication unit 6. The cellular phone 2 sends accounting data to the print accounting server 13 in the communication accounting server 14 via the cellular phone communication network 20. The print billing server 13 receives print billing data, charges the owner of the mobile phone 2 for the print, and charges the owner of the mobile phone 2 for the print when charging the usage fee of the mobile phone 2.

  Next, the operation when karaoke billing is used will be described with reference to FIG.

  At the same time as the start of printing is sent from the karaoke control unit 22 to the printer control unit 9, the karaoke control unit 22 sends billing data to the karaoke billing server 17 via the communication unit 26 and the communication network 19. The karaoke billing server 17 charges the user who uses the karaoke system, and bills the print bill together with the karaoke fee billing.

  As described above, since the charging for the print can be performed using the charging system of the mobile phone or the karaoke charging, the user takes out the coin from the wallet and pays it for the printing fee. A complicated operation such as loading into the loading slot is not required.

<< Embodiment 3 >>
Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described.

  In the third embodiment, security is ensured for billing using the mobile phone in the second embodiment.

  FIG. 3 shows a configuration example in the case where security is ensured for billing using the mobile phone in the second embodiment. The karaoke system 100 shown in FIG. 3 is greatly different from that shown in FIG. 1 in that an encryption / decryption unit 35 is provided. Note that the mobile phone 30 owned by the user who uses the karaoke system 100 includes a mobile phone control unit 31, an encryption / decryption unit 32, an ID (identification) holding unit, and a communication unit 34. The operation from music selection to print start is the same as in the first embodiment. The karaoke control unit 22 that has received the print start command from the user via the communication unit 26 sends the billing data to the encryption / decryption unit 35. The encryption / decryption unit 35 encrypts the billing data using a predetermined encryption method, and sends the encrypted billing data to the communication unit 6. The communication unit 6 sends the encrypted billing data to the encryption / decryption unit 32 via the communication unit 34 in the mobile phone 30. The encryption / decryption unit 32 decrypts the encrypted billing data and sends it to the mobile phone control unit 31. The mobile phone control unit 31 performs unique encryption in the mobile phone communication and sends the charging data to the print charging server 13 in the communication charging server 14 via the mobile phone communication network 20. The billing data may be decrypted by the encryption / decryption unit 32 or may be decrypted by an encryption / decryption unit in the print billing server 13 (not shown).

  The communication billing server 13 charges the user's mobile phone 30 as in the case of the second embodiment. According to this example, security in communication between the karaoke apparatus 1 and the mobile phone 30 can be maintained by encryption and decryption.

<< Embodiment 4 >>
Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described.

  In the fourth embodiment, in printing, a specific advertisement is printed, whereby the charge is reduced or made free at the time of print charge.

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration example in this case. 4 having the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 have the same functions.

  In the system shown in FIG. 4, an advertisement data server 40 is coupled to the communication network 19. The operation until the singing ability evaluation image is combined with the singer image and displayed on the image display unit 4 is the same as the operation in the first embodiment and the operation in the third embodiment. The karaoke control unit 42 instructs the image synthesis unit 41 to synthesize a printable button image of advertisement data. The image synthesizing unit 41 synthesizes the advertisement data print enable / disable button, and sends the synthesized image data to the karaoke control unit 42. The karaoke control unit 42 sends the combined image data to the image display unit 4. An example of the image displayed here is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 501 denotes an “advertisement” button, 502 denotes a singer image, and 503 denotes a cursor.

  When the user moves the cursor 503 using the music selection unit 25 and presses the “advertisement” button 501, the karaoke control unit 42 advertises to the advertisement data server 40 connected to the communication network 19 via the communication unit 26. Request image data. The advertisement data server 40 receives the advertisement image data transmission request and sends the advertisement data to the karaoke control unit 42 via the communication network 19 and the communication unit 26. The karaoke control unit 42 instructs the image composition unit 41 to synthesize advertisement image data. The image synthesizing unit 41 synthesizes the advertisement image data with the singer image data and the singing ability result image data, and once sends them to the print image storage unit 10. The printer control unit 9 reads the print image data from the print image storage unit 10 and sends it to the printer 3. The printer 3 prints the synthesized image.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a print result in this system.

  On the other hand, the karaoke control unit 42 generates print billing data. However, when the advertisement 601 is printed, the billing can be reduced or made free of charge. Subsequent operations are the same as those in the second and third embodiments. The “reduced data” by printing the advertisement 601 may be stored in the karaoke apparatus 1 in advance or may be attached to the advertisement image data.

<< Embodiment 5 >>
Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described.

  In the fifth embodiment, the print image data in the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention can be transferred to another medium such as a mobile phone. FIG. 7 shows a configuration example in this case.

  In FIG. 7, 70 is an image storage unit, and 71 is a karaoke control unit.

  7, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3 have the same functions.

  The operation of this example will be described with reference to FIG.

  The karaoke control unit 71 sends the print image combined with the print image storage unit 10 to the mobile phone 30 via the encryption / decryption unit 35 and the communication unit 6. The mobile phone control unit 31 of the mobile phone 30 stores the image in the image storage unit 70 via the communication unit 34. When the synthesized image is stored in the image storage unit 70 in the cellular phone 30, it may be printed by the printer 3 or may not be printed. According to this example, even when printing is not performed, an image can be transferred to an external medium such as a user's mobile phone.

  Communication between the communication unit 6 and the communication unit 34 in this example may be wired communication or wireless communication. In the case of wireless communication, a wireless run included in a mobile phone may be used, or IrDA (Infrared Data Association) may be used.

  When image data is transferred from the karaoke apparatus 1 to the mobile phone 30, the encryption / decryption unit 35 may encrypt the image data to be transferred to ensure security.

  Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus 2 Mobile phone 3 Printer 4 Image display part 9 Printer control part 10 Print image memory | storage part 11 Image composition part 13 Print charge server 14 Communication charge server 15 Music data server 17 Karaoke charge server 19 Communication network 20 Mobile telephone communication network 22 Karaoke control unit 23 Image capturing unit 24 Communication unit 25 Music selection unit 26 Communication unit 27 Singing ability evaluation unit 30 Mobile phone 31 Mobile phone control unit 32 Encryption / decryption unit 33 ID holding unit 34 Communication unit 35 Encryption / decryption Unit 40 Advertising data server 41 Image composition unit 42 Karaoke control unit 70 Image storage unit 71 Karaoke control unit 100 Karaoke system 101 Communication unit

Claims (1)

Karaoke equipment,
An image photographing unit connected to the karaoke device and obtaining image data by photographing;
A printer connected to the karaoke device and capable of printing image data transferred from the karaoke device,
The karaoke apparatus has a singing ability evaluation unit that evaluates the singing ability of voice input to the karaoke apparatus,
An image synthesis unit that synthesizes the singing ability evaluation result obtained by the singing ability evaluation unit with the image data obtained by the image photographing unit;
A karaoke system comprising: a printer control unit for transferring the image data synthesized by the image synthesis unit to the printer for printing.

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