JP2014071391A - Collaboration-singing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable easy and reliable selection of a desired karaoke singing video in performing collaboration-singing with an already published karaoke singing video.SOLUTION: A collaboration-singing system includes: voice input means for inputting a singing voice and the like; singing-video recording means 61 for recording a karaoke singing video of a user including a voice; singing-mode determination means 62 for determining to which singing-mode category the input voice applies, the singing-mode categories including a singing part, a singing section, a vocal category, and a voice input other than the singing section, on the basis of given reference data, when the karaoke singing video is recorded; and singing-video management means 23 for registering and managing the recorded karaoke singing video, the determined singing-mode category, and a music title of a karaoke music, all of which are associated with each other, in a singing-video database 25.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for recording and publishing a karaoke singing video and performing a collaboration singing with a karaoke singing video that has already been published, and in particular, when performing a collaboration singing, the desired karaoke singing video. Is a collaboration singing system that enables easy and reliable selection.

  Some karaoke systems connected to the network have a function of recording and releasing their singing appearance and singing voice as a moving image sharing system. In this video sharing system, a user who has registered as a member logs in to the karaoke system, records a karaoke song video, and uploads the recorded karaoke song video to a server. At this time, it is possible to permit collaboration singing by other users. When the system administrator checks the release conditions and is given permission to release, the registered user can browse.

  If there is a karaoke song video that allows collaboration singing, read the karaoke song video and play the karaoke song video that has been published in advance, while other users and yourself are performing duets and hamori songs. I can enjoy it.

  In addition, in the karaoke singing video released on the premise of collaboration singing, video recording only the male voice part or female voice part, video recording only the main melody or Hamori part, video recording the match hands other than the singing section, etc. There are various forms of karaoke song images.

  A user who wants to perform a collaboration song selects a desired karaoke song video based on the thumbnail display of the released karaoke song video. It is difficult to select a singing video. In view of this, a system that can select a karaoke song video that suits the user's preference from among a large number of karaoke song videos has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2).

  The technique described in Patent Document 1 relates to a karaoke apparatus that can search for a singer who has a desired singing feeling. This karaoke device is connected to the server device, and when the CPU of the server device detects that the song analysis data has been received via the communication unit, the received song analysis data and the song analysis database storage area are stored. The song analysis data is compared, and one or more song analysis data is selected from the song analysis database storage area according to the degree of coincidence. Moreover, CPU reads the identification information corresponding to the selected song analysis data from a song analysis database storage area, and transmits the read identification information to a karaoke apparatus via a communication network. The CPU of the karaoke apparatus displays the singer indicated by the received identification information on the display unit.

  The technique described in Patent Document 2 relates to a moving image content search apparatus capable of searching for a moving image content suitable for creating content in which a plurality of song moving image contents are combined. This video content search apparatus corresponds to video content data related to singing of each of a plurality of karaoke users, user identification information for identifying the karaoke user who performed the singing, and video evaluation information including evaluation contents for the video content data I remember it. In addition, the moving image content search device is a moving image content data in which a table in which singing evaluation information including evaluation contents for singing of a karaoke user corresponding to the user identification information is associated with specific moving image evaluation information and singing evaluation information as search conditions. Receiving means for receiving the search request, and search means for searching the video content data based on the specific video evaluation information and singing evaluation information and the table relating to the search request when the search request is received by the receiving means I have.

JP 2007-256618 A JP 2011-75708 A

  By the way, in the present karaoke system, it is possible to set whether or not to allow collaboration singing, but it is not possible to set in detail how the singer himself sings. In other words, in the thumbnail display of the published karaoke song video, it is possible to perform identification display to the extent that one of the duet songs (for example, a female voice part) is sung as a comment, It is not possible to discriminately display all of the detailed singing mode types, such as whether the video is a video recording only the main melody or a hamori part, or a video recording a match in a singing section.

  Moreover, when setting a detailed singing mode classification so that identification is possible, the user must have the function to set and register what kind of karaoke song video it is. Such a setting operation is troublesome for the user, and there may be a case where the setting operation is not performed. Moreover, it is also conceivable to set an incorrect singing mode type, and this makes the meaning of setting the singing mode type identifiable.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and in a karaoke system capable of performing collaboration singing with an already released karaoke singing video, automatically setting the singing mode type for the recorded karaoke singing video. It is an object of the present invention to provide a collaboration singing system in which a user who desires a collaboration singing can easily and reliably select a target karaoke singing video.

  The present invention has the following features in order to achieve the above-described object. That is, the collaboration singing system of the present invention is a system for recording and publishing a karaoke singing video, and performing a collaboration singing with a karaoke singing video that has already been released, and includes a voice input means, and a singing video recording means. And a singing mode judging means, a singing video managing means, a singing video publishing means, and a collaboration video extracting means.

  The voice input means is a means for inputting voice generated along with the performance of karaoke music. The song video recording means is a means for recording the user's karaoke song video including the input voice. When any user records a karaoke singing video, the singing mode determination means is configured to input at least a singing part such as a male part or a female part, A melody, B melody based on predetermined reference data. It is a means for determining whether it corresponds to a singing section type composed of a singing section such as rust, a vocal type such as a main melody and a hamori part, and a voice input outside the singing section.

  The singing video management means is a means for registering and managing in the singing video database, associating at least the recorded karaoke singing video, the determined singing mode type, and the song name of the karaoke music. Note that the data record of the singing video database may include the artist name, identification information of the user who has taken the karaoke singing video, and the like. The singing video publishing means is a means for publishing each karaoke singing video in a searchable manner using at least the song name and singing mode type associated with the recorded karaoke singing video as search items. The collaboration video extracting means is a means for extracting and displaying the corresponding karaoke song video based on at least the song title and the singing mode type of the karaoke song video specified by the user.

  According to the collaboration singing system of the present invention, singing parts such as male part and female part, singing sections such as A melody, B melody, rust, main melody, humor part, etc., based on the voice accompanying the recorded singing video The singing mode type consisting of the vocal type and the voice input outside the singing section is automatically determined. Then, each karaoke song video is made searchable by using the song name and singing mode type associated with the recorded karaoke song video as search items.

  Therefore, it is not necessary for the user himself to set the singing mode type one by one, and since the singing mode type is automatically given when the singing video is released, no troublesome operation is required for the user. Moreover, since determination of a singing mode classification is performed based on comparison with predetermined reference data, an exact singing mode classification can be set. Furthermore, a user who wants to perform a collaboration song can select a desired song video based on the song name and singing mode type as search conditions, so that a user who desires a collaboration song can easily and reliably The target karaoke song video can be selected.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke performance terminal to which the collaboration song system which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a song video database. The schematic diagram which shows an example of a song video selection screen.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a collaboration singing system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a collaboration singing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke performance terminal to which the collaboration singing system is applied, and FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a singing video database. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a singing video selection screen.

<System overview>
The collaboration singing system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a system for recording and releasing a karaoke song video, and performing a collaboration song with a karaoke song video that has already been released. And based on the audio accompanying the recorded singing video, singing part such as male part and female part, singing section such as A melody, B melody, rust, vocal type such as main melody and humor part, outside singing section By automatically assigning a singing mode type consisting of voice input or the like, it is possible to easily and reliably find the singing video of the collaborator.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the collaboration singing system 10 is realized by a singing video recording unit 61, a singing mode determination unit 62, a singing video management unit 23, a singing video disclosure unit 24, and a collaboration video extraction unit 63. Is done.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the collaboration singing system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a video server 20 and a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 30 via a router 70 and a communication network (in this embodiment, the Internet 40). Are connected to each other. The communication network can use a public telephone line, a dedicated telephone line, an optical communication line, a LAN, etc., but it is difficult for a third party to invade the network and to listen to and tamper with data, and without monopolizing the bandwidth. It is preferable to use a VPN constituted by the Internet 40 in that it is an inexpensive communication network.

<Karaoke performance terminal>
The karaoke performance terminal 30 to which the collaboration singing system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied, as shown in FIG. 1, a karaoke main body 31, a speaker 32, a microphone 33, a display device 34, a video camera 35, a mixing amplifier 36, a karaoke A remote control device 37 is provided.

<Karaoke remote control device>
The karaoke remote control device 37 has a user interface function, and transmits / receives data to / from the local transmission / reception means 56 of the karaoke main body 31 by a wired method or a wireless method. The karaoke remote control device 37 includes a program functioning as a music search means 37a, a music index database 37b, a data storage unit 37c, an input / output display unit 37d, an electronic circuit and a program (not shown) for transmitting and receiving data. ing. A music selection operation or the like is performed by operating switches attached to the karaoke remote control device 37 or various icons displayed on the input / output display unit 37d.

<Music search means / music index database>
The music search means 37a is composed of a program for searching for music by referring to the music index database 37b based on a user instruction. The song index database 37b is a database describing attribute information of karaoke songs used for performance at the karaoke performance terminal 30. For example, the song number, song name, singer name, lyrics of the singing part, popular season, music This includes various attribute information such as genre classification, performance form, and duet music. When a music search is performed by the music search means 37a, a list of search results is displayed on the input / output display unit 37d of the karaoke remote control device 37.

<Data storage unit>
The data storage unit 37c is an area for storing a history of music selection reservation and the like. Although not shown, various data such as music selection reservation data and music selection reservation history data are stored therein.

<Microphone>
The microphone 33 is a device for inputting singing voice. The singing voice signal input from the microphone 33 is mixed and amplified by the mixing amplifier 36 with the performance voice signal sent from the music reproduction control means 58 and output to the speaker 32. The voice input signal from the microphone 33 is digitally converted by the A / D converter 59 and used for determining the singing mode type in the singing mode determining means 62.

  In the present embodiment, the microphone 33 and the A / D converter 59 function as sound input means for inputting sound generated along with the performance of karaoke music.

<Display device>
The display device 34 is a device for displaying a background video, lyrics telop, and the like related to karaoke music, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display.

<Karaoke body>
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke main body 31 includes a network transmission / reception means 51, a central control means 52, a ROM 53, a RAM 54, an HDD 55, a local transmission / reception means 56, a reservation management means 57, a music playback control means 58, an A / D converter 59, A video reproduction control unit 60, a singing video recording unit 61, a singing mode determination unit 62, and a collaboration video extraction unit 63 are provided.

<Central control means>
The central control means 52 is a means for comprehensively controlling the karaoke main body 31, and is constituted by, for example, a CPU and its peripheral devices, and is controlled by the CPU or the like operating according to a program stored in the ROM 53 or the like. The function can be demonstrated.

<ROM / RAM>
The ROM 53 is a device for storing program data and numerical data for controlling each device constituting the karaoke main body 31, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. The RAM 54 functions as a temporary storage area for temporarily storing programs and various data, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. Note that the virtual RAM 54 may be configured using a hard disk storage device or the like instead of the physical semiconductor memory. In the present embodiment, a reservation queue 54 a is stored in the RAM 54. The reservation queue 54a is a data table configured by arranging music IDs in order of performance for karaoke music reserved for music selection, and may be associated with other identification data such as a user ID of a music selector. .

<HDD>
The HDD 55 functions as a large-capacity storage device, and stores a music database 55a and a video database 55b. Note that a mass storage device such as a DVD capable of rewriting data may be used instead of the HDD 55 or together with the HDD 55.

<Music database / video database>
The music database 55a is a database configured in association with music IDs for music data in which performance data and lyrics rendering data are synchronized for a plurality of karaoke songs. Lyrics rendering data includes display timing data and color change data of lyric characters synchronized with the performance. The video database 55b is a database that stores a predetermined number of background videos corresponding to karaoke songs to be played as video files corresponding to the song IDs of the karaoke songs.

<Transmitting / receiving means>
The local transmission / reception means 56 includes an electronic circuit and a program for transmitting / receiving data between the karaoke main body 31 and the karaoke remote control device 37. In the present embodiment, data is transmitted and received between the karaoke main body 31 and the karaoke remote control device 37 by infrared communication. The network transmission / reception means 51 includes an electronic circuit and a program for transmitting / receiving data between the karaoke main body 31 and the video server 20.

<Reservation management means>
The reservation management means 57 generates a reservation queue 54a by arranging the music IDs searched and reserved using the function of the music search means 37a in the order of performance, and stores the reservation queue 54a in the RAM 54 for management. It consists of the program.

<Music playback control means>
The music reproduction control means 58 is an electronic circuit for outputting performance data extracted from the music database 55 a based on the music ID and singing mode type to the mixing amplifier 36. When the performance data is MIDI standard performance control data, the sound source data is digitally reproduced and converted into an analog signal based on the performance control data and output to the mixing amplifier 36. As described above, the mixing amplifier 36 mixes the singer's singing voice signal input from the microphone 33 and the performance voice signal sent from the music reproduction control means 58, and amplifies the amplified voice signal by the amplifier function. It is a device for outputting more.

<Video playback control means>
The video reproduction control means 60 synchronizes the background video data extracted from the video database 55b and the lyric characters based on the lyric rendering data included in the performance data with the performance data of the karaoke music during the performance of the karaoke music. It consists of a program for outputting to the display device 34.

<Singing video recording means>
The singing video recording means 61 includes a program for recording the user's karaoke singing video including the voice input from the microphone 33. That is, the singing video recording means 61 receives the video signal input from the video camera 35 and adds the singing voice signal input from the microphone 33 to record the karaoke singing video.

  The video camera 35 is a device for photographing a user's singing state, and includes an imaging lens and an imaging element as main components, and may include a focusing mechanism, a zoom mechanism, a pan / tilt mechanism, and the like. When shooting is performed with the video camera 35, a video signal (video signal) is input to the singing video recording means 61.

<Singing mode determination means>
When any user records a karaoke song video, the singing mode determination means 62 at least sings a male part or female part, etc., A melody, B It consists of a program for determining whether it corresponds to a singing section such as a singing section such as melody or rust, a vocal type such as a main melody or a hamori part, or a voice input outside the singing section. That is, the singing mode determination means 62 analyzes the singing voice inputted through the A / D converter 59, and singing positions associated with the performance of karaoke music, singing parts such as male part and female voice part, A melody, B Singing sections such as melody and chorus, vocal types such as main melody and sahamori part, voice input outside the singing section (for example, matching hands), etc. are determined, and a singing mode type is given.

<Collaboration video extraction means>
The collaboration video extraction means 63 includes a program for extracting and displaying a corresponding karaoke song video based on at least the song title and the singing mode type of the karaoke song video specified by the user. That is, the collaboration video extraction unit 63 accesses the video server 20 and extracts a desired karaoke song video based on, for example, a user designation (input of a search word) using the karaoke remote control device 37. For example, the search word may be combined with the handle name of the user, the shooting date and time, the gender of the user, the artist name, the composer name, etc. in addition to the song name and the singing mode type.

  When selecting a singing video for collaboration singing, a selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the input / output display unit 37 d of the karaoke remote control device 37. When the user selects a desired karaoke song video on this selection screen, the karaoke song video released by the function of the song video release means 24 is downloaded to the karaoke performance terminal 30 and displayed on the display device 34. Singing voice is generated from the speaker 32.

<Video server>
The video server 20 is a server for storing a singing video, an HDD (not shown) server control means 21, a transmission / reception means 22, a singing video management means 23, a singing video publishing means 24, a singing video. A database 25 is provided. In addition, you may make it have the function of the video server 20 in another server instead of providing the video server 20 for exclusive use for managing a song image | video. Also, with the virtualization technology, one server can function as a server having a plurality of functions, and the video server 20 can be constructed as one of the virtualization servers.

<Server control means / transmission / reception means>
The server control means 21 is a means for comprehensively controlling the relay server 20, and is configured to include a CPU and its peripheral devices. The CPU or the like operates according to a program stored in a ROM or the like, and has a control function. It comes to show. The transmission / reception means 22 is means for transmitting / receiving various data such as karaoke data to / from each karaoke performance terminal 30, and includes a communication circuit for maintaining the consistency of the communication system in the communication network (Internet 40), Consists of programs.

<Singing video management means>
The singing video management means 23 includes at least a program for registering and managing the recorded karaoke singing video, the determined singing mode type, and the song name of the karaoke music in the singing video database 25. As shown in FIG. 2, the singing video database 25 is configured by associating a video ID, a song name, and a singing mode type for identifying a singing video. Further, the configuration data of the singing video database 25 may include a user ID, a handle name, a shooting date, a user gender, an artist name, a composer name, and the like.

<Singing video release means>
The singing video publishing means 24 includes at least a program for publishing each karaoke singing video so as to be searchable, with the song name and singing mode type associated with the recorded karaoke singing video as search items. That is, the song video release means 24 stores and manages the karaoke song video recorded by the karaoke performance terminal 30 in a predetermined storage area (for example, HDD). In addition, you may comprise so that it may link with the song video database 25 and may search a karaoke song video instead of attaching | indexing each karaoke song video itself disclosed.

  The search for the released karaoke song video may be performed, for example, by providing the karaoke remote control device 37 with a function for searching for a singing video, or a personal computer of a user connected to the network via the Internet 40 (FIG. (Not shown). In this case, it is possible to search for a desired singing video by connecting the user's personal computer to the video server 20 via the Internet 40.

<Other embodiments>
The devices and means constituting the collaboration singing system 10 of the present invention and its peripheral devices are not limited to those described above, and only the necessary devices and means are configured according to the purpose of use, or other devices and means are appropriately used. Can be added. Further, each unit may be configured as a unit in which a plurality of functions are integrated, instead of being configured separately. Further, instead of connecting a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 30 via a network, a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 30 connected via a LAN and a video server 20 installed in the store are used in one store. Then, the collaboration singing system 10 may be configured.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Collaboration singing system 20 Video server 21 Server control means 22 Transmission / reception means 23 Singing video management means 24 Singing video release means 25 Singing video database 30 Karaoke performance terminal 31 Karaoke main body 32 Speaker 33 Microphone 34 Display device 35 Video camera 36 Mixing amplifier 37 Karaoke Remote control device 37a Music search means 37b Music index database 37c Data storage part 37d Input / output display part 40 Internet 51 Network transmission / reception means 52 Central control means 53 ROM
54 RAM
54a Reservation queue 55 HDD
55a Music database 55b Video database 55c Singing video data 56 Local transmission / reception means 57 Reservation management means 58 Music playback control means 59 A / D converter 60 Video playback control means 61 Singing video recording means 62 Singing mode determination means 63 Collaboration video extraction means 70 Router

Claims (1)

A system for recording and releasing a karaoke song video and performing a collaboration song with a previously released karaoke song video, a voice input means, a song video recording means, a song mode determination means, and a song video A management means, a singing video release means, and a collaboration video extraction means,
The voice input means inputs voice generated along with the performance of karaoke music,
The singing video recording means records the user's karaoke singing video including the input voice,
The singing mode determination means, when any user records a karaoke singing video, based on predetermined reference data, at least a singing part such as a male part or a female part, A melody, B Determine whether it corresponds to the singing mode type consisting of singing sections such as melody, rust, vocal types such as main melody and hamori part, voice input etc. outside the singing section,
The singing video management means associates and manages at least the recorded karaoke singing video, the determined singing mode type, and the song name of the karaoke song, and manages the singing video database,
The singing video publishing means publishes each karaoke singing video in a searchable manner with at least the song name and singing mode type associated with the recorded karaoke singing video as search items,
The collaboration video extracting means extracts the corresponding karaoke song video based on at least the song title and the singing mode type of the karaoke song video specified by the user, and displays them in a selectable manner.
A collaboration singing system characterized by that.

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