JP2014077928A - Network karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network system capable of using pairing between a customer's multifunctional portable terminal operating as a Karaoke remote controller and a Karaoke device only in a usage unit (session unit) between when the customer enters a store and when the customer leaves the store.SOLUTION: A network Karaoke system establishes connection permission between a specified multifunctional portable terminal and a Karaoke device on the basis of remote controller identification information including a session ID received by remote control signal reception means, and maintains the connection permission while the session ID at the permission establishment is valid.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology of a network system in which pairing between a customer's multifunctional mobile terminal that operates as a remote controller for karaoke and a karaoke device can be used only in a usage unit (session unit) from customer entry to exit.

Recent karaoke systems are becoming more and more functional and convenient, but the operation is becoming more complicated, and the remote control is also becoming more sophisticated.
In particular, the dedicated remote control installed in the karaoke room had problems such as many buttons and how to use it well. For this reason, if you are not used to it, it took a long time to operate the buttons, and there was a lot of time to sing.

  In addition, the karaoke room usually has only a few remote controllers, and there is an inconvenience that the remote controller cannot be used while another person is selecting music.

  In addition, the remote control installed in the store was operated by various people, so it was not always clean.

  On the other hand, everyone is having an era of mobile phones, and with the spread of smart phones and the like, more and more people enjoy putting various software in these mobile phones. Smartphone software development environment has been enhanced, and the number of developers has increased.

  Therefore, there has been a demand for performing karaoke operations using his / her familiar multifunctional portable terminal. Also, the dedicated remote control for karaoke is expensive for business use, and even a karaoke store can save money if it is not necessary to install a dedicated remote control, and there is no management work such as theft prevention and maintenance of the remote control. Also pleased.

  Thus, proposals have been made by various companies to use the customer's multifunctional portable terminal or the like as a remote controller for karaoke. (See Patent Documents 1 to 3)

However, if the mobile terminal owned by the customer is used as a remote controller for karaoke by the short-range wireless method, the karaoke equipment that can be controlled by the customer's mobile phone will not be controlled. Need to be identified.
In addition, for example, when the mobile phone is operated from outside the store after the customer's usage time has ended, the karaoke device in the store may be controlled. (See Figure 3)

JP 2012-053409 A Japanese Patent No. 3904789 JP 2012-47773 A

iPhone app “Denmok Lite” (Daiichi Kosho) Customer Review (iTunes → iTunes Store → App Store → Entertainment)

  Patent Document 1 is an example in which a mobile phone is used as a remote controller for karaoke. This is a technology that can be connected to a specific device even when there are multiple karaoke devices within the communication range of a portable information terminal. However, there is no description about the connection and disconnection processing after the usage time ends.

  Further, Patent Document 2 is a method of using a mobile phone using a short-range wireless communication means as a remote controller, but mainly describes a music selection operation, and measures against malicious control from outside the store after the end of karaoke use. Is not mentioned. It is thought that some kind of countermeasure will be required for implementation, but it is not described in the patent publication.

  In Patent Document 3, pairing is performed with respect to a remote controller and a karaoke device, but this is performed by karaoke opening processing, and the subject is different from the present invention in which pairing is performed for each customer entering the store.

  Non-Patent Document 1 is a customer review of the iPhone application “Denmok Lite” registered in the Apple App Store. According to this, the iPhone app “Denmok Lite” can be used as a remote control for karaoke. However, according to this customer review, it is unpopular that it will disconnect due to timeout after 15 minutes. It seems that the connection is released at the timing of 15 minutes.

  In view of these points, the present invention performs pairing between a customer's multifunctional portable terminal or the like that operates as a remote controller for karaoke and a karaoke device in a usage unit (session unit) from the customer's entry to the exit. The object is to provide a network system that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention provides means for defining a “session” as a customer's karaoke usage unit, notifying the session ID at the start of karaoke use, and invalidating it. When the customer's karaoke use starts, the karaoke identification information including the session ID is transmitted to the customer's multifunctional mobile terminal, etc., and the multifunctional terminal of the customer is paired with the karaoke device in the karaoke room. The mobile terminal or the like becomes a remote control device that can communicate only with the specific karaoke device until the end of the session. When the customer ends the use of the karaoke room, the function as the remote control device is terminated by invalidating the session ID, and the karaoke device cannot be controlled thereafter.

  A second aspect provides the karaoke apparatus with means for invalidating a session according to the first aspect. As a result, after the clerk returns to the customer, the user can reset the karaoke device when cleaning up, thereby invalidating the session ID and releasing the pairing between the customer's multifunctional mobile terminal and the karaoke device. it can.

  A third aspect of the present invention provides the reception terminal installed at the reception with means for invalidating the session according to the first aspect. This makes it possible to invalidate the session ID and cancel the pairing between the customer's multifunctional portable terminal and the karaoke device by performing a reset operation of the reception terminal during the payment procedure at the reception when the customer returns. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the karaoke identification information including the session ID in the first aspect is displayed as a machine reading code (QR code (registered trademark) or the like) on a display device connected to the karaoke device to be used.
When the customer enters the store, for example, the customer can receive the karaoke identification information by photographing the QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the display device connected to the karaoke device with the camera of his multifunctional portable terminal. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the karaoke identification information including the session ID in the first aspect is displayed as a machine reading code (such as a QR code (registered trademark)) on a display device installed at the reception.
When the customer enters the room, for example, the customer can receive the karaoke identification information by photographing the QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the terminal device installed at the reception with the camera of his multifunctional portable terminal.

  In any case, after the customer's use of the karaoke is completed, the pairing is canceled by the switching instruction receiving means, and it is impossible to control the store karaoke apparatus from the customer's multifunctional portable terminal or the like.

  According to the present invention, when a customer enters a karaoke store, his / her multifunctional portable terminal or the like can be used as a remote control device for a specific karaoke device and can be used consistently from entry to exit. Thereafter, when the use of karaoke ends, the function as the remote control device ends, and thereafter, the karaoke device cannot be controlled from the customer's multifunctional portable terminal or the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating network connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow which shows one Example of this invention. The conceptual explanatory drawing explaining the network by a short distance radio | wireless communication means.

In the present invention, switching acceptance means for updating / issuing a session ID for permitting control by the multifunctional portable terminal 4 serving as a remote controller of the karaoke apparatus 1 in units of use is provided.
This switching acceptance means is provided as a reset button 3 on the front surface of the karaoke apparatus 1 main body, and every time the reset button 3 is pressed, the session ID used is invalidated and a new session ID is issued. ing.

Next, the connection technology between the multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the network connection diagram of FIG.
In the store, there is a router 5 connected to a communication line from the center, and a wireless reception terminal device 2 and a karaoke device 1 in a karaoke room are connected to the router 5 via an access point 8. A multi-function mobile terminal 4 serving as a remote controller is connected to the router 5 via an access point 9.
When the customer starts using karaoke, the customer receives the karaoke identification information including the session ID and loads it into the multi-function mobile phone 4 that he / she owns. Then, the customer performs pairing between his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1, and the multifunctional portable terminal 4 becomes a remote controller dedicated to the karaoke apparatus, and can control the karaoke apparatus 1. It becomes like this.
When the use of the karaoke is finished, the store clerk operates the karaoke terminal 1 or the reception terminal device 2 in the karaoke room, so that the pairing between the multifunctional portable terminal 4 of the customer and the karaoke device 1 is canceled, so The function portable terminal 4 cannot control the karaoke apparatus 1 in the store.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the usage state of the karaoke apparatus 1 in the network karaoke system of the present invention will be described based on an explanatory diagram showing an operation flow.
(1) When the karaoke store is opened, the karaoke device is turned on.
(2) A session ID is generated, and an initial state is waited for a customer to enter the store.
(3) When the customer starts using the karaoke device 1, the “session ID” [karaoke identification information] used by the customer is notified. This is displayed in the form of QR code (registered trademark) on the display device 6 connected to the karaoke device, for example.
(4) The customer receives information on the karaoke apparatus 1 that uses the camera function of his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4 to photograph and use a QR code (registered trademark) or the like.
(5) The customer performs pairing between the multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1 by operating his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4, and the karaoke apparatus 1 and the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 are associated with each other.
(6) When the pairing is completed, the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 can be used as a dedicated remote controller for the karaoke device 1 temporarily assigned, and the karaoke device 1 can be used.
(7) The customer's use of the karaoke device 1 ends and the user leaves the room.
(8) When the store is closed, the power of the karaoke apparatus 1 is turned off here.
(9) If the store is not closed, the reset button 3 of the karaoke apparatus 1 is pressed to perform a reset operation.
(10) The session is terminated by the reset operation (the session ID is invalidated), and at the same time, the pairing between the customer's multifunctional mobile terminal 4 and the karaoke device 1 is canceled, and thereafter the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 Then, the operation of the karaoke device 1 becomes impossible, and a new session ID is generated, and an initial state for waiting for the next customer entry is entered.

  In the above embodiment, the switch accepting means is provided with a switch as the reset button 3 on the front surface of the karaoke apparatus 1 main body, and is updated / issued every time the reset button 3 is pressed. When leaving the reception, the karaoke device 1 used by the customer may drive the switching reception means from the reception terminal device 2 via the network.

  Also, the means for transmitting karaoke identification information including the session ID is not limited to outputting machine-readable code information to the display device 6 connected to the karaoke device 1 that is scheduled to be used. In this way, the customer may be able to read with a known barcode reader provided in advance in the multifunctional portable terminal 4.

  When using karaoke, an individual session ID is issued for each unit of use of a specific karaoke device 1 and the pairing is controlled, so that the device can be reliably controlled and the karaoke device 1 to be connected erroneously or intentionally. The karaoke device 1 other than the karaoke device 1 is not controlled, and even the target karaoke device 1 cannot be controlled after the regular use unit is ended, and security is reliably maintained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke apparatus 2 ... Reception terminal apparatus 3 ... Reset button 4 ... Multifunctional portable terminal 5 ... Router 6 ... Display apparatus 7 ... Hub 8 ... Access point 9 ... Access point 11 ... Store 12 ... Karaoke room

Claims (5)

A plurality of karaoke devices are connected via a network, and further, the individual karaoke devices and an arbitrary number of remote control terminal devices that operate the karaoke devices are connected via the network, and associated with a session that specifies a unit of use. A network karaoke system,
A switching instruction accepting means for updating / issuing a session ID for specifying a use unit of each karaoke device;
A communication means for transmitting to the remote control terminal device karaoke identification information including a karaoke device ID for specifying the karaoke device and a session ID valid at that time in the karaoke device;
From said remote terminal device, based on the identification information, the remote control signal receiving means for receiving the remote control identification information including said karaoke identification information and the remote control ID to be transmitted to the karaoke device to specify,
Based on the remote control identification information received by the remote control signal receiving means, the control means for controlling the correspondence between the karaoke device and the remote control terminal device,
The control means establishes connection permission between the specified remote control terminal device and the karaoke device based on the remote control identification information received by the remote control signal receiving means, while the session ID at the time of establishment of the permission is valid, A network karaoke system characterized by maintaining connection permission.   The switching instruction accepting means invalidates a sensation ID of a use unit that has already been issued by a resetting means provided in each of the karaoke apparatuses, and issues a new session ID. Item 3. The network karaoke system according to item 1.   The switching instruction reception means receives information issued to the karaoke apparatus scheduled to be used from reception terminal apparatuses connected to a plurality of the karaoke apparatuses via a network, and drives the reset means. 2. The network karaoke system according to 2.   4. The network karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission means outputs code information for machine reading to a display device connected from the karaoke device.   4. The machine-readable code information is output to the display device of the receiving terminal device connected to the karaoke device to be used by the network via the transmission means. The described network karaoke system.

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