JP2016189063A - Music retrieval system and music retrieval program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music retrieval system that allows a music to be easily displayed according to the use form of a user without troubling the user.SOLUTION: In a music retrieval system, the following steps are performed: extracting user-related information that includes number-of-persons information indicating the number of users present in a Karaoke room and age information related to their ages, on the basis of a video image obtained by photographing means; obtaining time information on time during which the users use a music reproduction device; extracting one piece of use format information from among a plurality of pieces of use format information on the basis of a combination of the user-related information and time information; and causing display means to display music-related information for displaying a music list associated with the extracted use format information with higher priority than other pieces of music-related information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a music search system that makes it possible to easily display a music list according to a user's usage.

  In a conventional karaoke apparatus, a singer can search for a song to be sung based on a song name, a singer's name, or the like, and can select and sing a song that the user really wants to sing from a list of search results. In addition, there are various search methods such as a genre search for searching from a list in which music is classified by genre, and an area search for searching from a list of songs for each region.

  In the karaoke music selection system described in Patent Document 1, when performing a genre search at the time of music selection, the music belonging to the genre that is favorably sung is selected quickly and efficiently according to the business form of the store where the karaoke apparatus is installed. Is possible.

  The karaoke performance management system described in Patent Literature 2 can create a music list file in accordance with predetermined information associated with a user's registrant ID and display it on a karaoke terminal.

JP 2011-75760 A JP 2006-98832 A

  The karaoke music selection system described in Patent Literature 1 counts the performance frequency based on the genre flag set for the music every time the music is played by the karaoke device group, and preferentially displays the genre selection button according to the performance frequency. Let However, even if it is the same karaoke apparatus group or the same karaoke apparatus, the user who uses a karaoke apparatus is various, and a utilization form also changes for every user. That is, when a specific usage pattern is determined for each karaoke device group, a genre different from the genre that the user wants to sing is displayed with priority for the user who wants to sing in a usage pattern different from the specific usage pattern. there is a possibility.

  Further, in order to determine the usage mode of a plurality of users in the karaoke room, the user performs a login operation for inputting information to each user or inputting a registrant ID as in the system described in Patent Document 2. However, it takes time and effort for the user. Also, the larger the number of people, the longer it takes for the login operation.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a music search system that allows a user to easily display music in accordance with a user's usage mode without taking time and effort. .

  In order to achieve this object, a music search system of the present invention is a music search system comprising a music playback device, a host server, and a remote control terminal so that they can communicate with each other. First extracting means for extracting user-related information including number information representing the number of users in the karaoke room and age-related age information based on the video taken by the user, and the user uses the music reproducing device A plurality of music lists respectively corresponding to a plurality of usage pattern information determined in advance based on acquisition means for acquiring time information relating to the current time, the number and age of the users, and the usage time of the music playback device Based on the combination of the storage means and the user related information and the time information. A second extraction unit for extracting one usage pattern information from the other, and a piece of music related information for displaying a music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extraction unit; Display control means for displaying on the display means with priority over music related information for displaying a music list associated with the music list.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the usage pattern information includes at least information representing the user's age group, the age information includes at least information representing the user's age group, and the first extraction means is provided in the karaoke room. The age information is defined by upper and lower limits of the ages of a plurality of users, and the second extraction means uses the usage form information having a high degree of coincidence between the age information and information representing an age group included in the usage form information. Is extracted.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the music related information is information representing a list display button for displaying a music list associated with each usage pattern information of the plurality of usage pattern information, or a plurality of the lists It is information representing a genre display button for displaying a display button, and the display control means is a list display button for displaying a music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extraction means Is displayed in the display area of the genre display button.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the age information includes at least information indicating a user's age group, and the list display button is displayed in a wider display area of the list display button as the age group represented by the age information is wider. The smaller the age group represented by the age information is, the narrower the display area of the list display button is displayed.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the list display button is displayed in a wider display area of the list display button as the number of people represented by the number information is larger, and the list display button is narrower as the number of people represented by the number information is smaller. It is displayed in a display area.

  The music search program of the present invention represents the number of users in the karaoke room based on the shooting step for causing the computer of the music playback device to shoot the inside of the karaoke room with the shooting means, and the video shot in the shooting step. A first extraction step of extracting user-related information including age information relating to the number of people and age, an acquisition step of acquiring time information relating to a time during which the user uses the music playback device, and the number and age of the users Based on the combination of the user-related information and the time information, among a plurality of usage mode information that is predetermined based on the usage time of the music playback device and is associated with a plurality of music lists. A second extracting step for extracting usage pattern information; and the usage pattern extracted by the second extraction means. Display control step of displaying on the display means the music related information for displaying the music list associated with the information with priority over the music related information for displaying the music list associated with the other usage pattern information Are executed.

  The music search system or program according to the present invention corresponds to music-related information for displaying a music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extraction means or the second extraction step, to other usage pattern information. It is displayed on the display means with priority over the music related information for displaying the attached music list. Thereby, it is possible to easily display the music according to the usage form of the user without causing the user to take time.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the usage pattern information includes at least information representing the user's age group, the age information includes at least information representing the user's age group, and the first extracting means includes a plurality of karaoke rooms. Age information is defined by the upper limit and the lower limit of the user's age, and the second extracting means extracts the usage pattern information having a high degree of coincidence between the age information and information representing the age group included in the usage pattern information. Thereby, it is possible to easily display the music according to the usage form of the user without causing the user to take time.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the music related information is information representing a list display button for displaying a music list associated with each usage pattern information of the plurality of usage pattern information, or a plurality of list displays. This is information representing a genre display button for displaying a button, and the display control means displays a list display button for displaying a music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extraction means. Is displayed in the display area. Since the list display button is displayed in the display area of the genre display button according to the user's usage, the number of operations for searching for the list display button corresponding to the list desired by the user from the plurality of list display buttons is reduced. This saves the user trouble. Accordingly, it is possible to easily display the music list in accordance with the user's usage mode without taking time and effort for the user.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the age information includes at least information representing the age group of the user, and the list display button is a wider display area of the list display button or a wider genre display button as the age group represented by the age information is wider The smaller the age group represented by the age information, the narrower the list display button display area or the narrower genre display button display area. This makes it possible not only to display a music list when there are people of a wide age group so that a plurality of users can enjoy it when the age group is wide, but it can also be enlarged in a wide display area. A list display button can be displayed and visually emphasized to the user. Thereby, it is possible to easily display the music suitable for the use form of the user without making the user troublesome.

  In the music search system of the present invention, the list display button is displayed in a wider list display button display area or a wider genre display button display area as the number of persons represented by the number information is increased, and as the number of persons represented by the number information is smaller. A narrow list display button display area or a narrow genre display button display area is displayed. Thereby, when there are many persons, the operation time per person for reserving a music can be shortened so that a plurality of users can enjoy it. In particular, when there are a large number of people, it is possible to visually emphasize the user by displaying a large list display button in a wide display area. Thereby, it is possible to easily display the music suitable for the use form of the user without making the user troublesome.

It is a block diagram showing the music search system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the database which HDD31 of the karaoke host 3 in one Embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. It is a figure showing the identification method of the usage pattern information in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the correspondence of utilization form information and a database. It is a flowchart showing the display change process of a music search system. It is a figure showing the several display form displayed on the remote control apparatus of a music search system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Electric configuration of music search system]
The electrical configuration of the music search system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a music search system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The music search system includes a music playback device 1, a remote control device 2, and a karaoke host 3 so that they can communicate with each other.

[Description of Configuration of Music Playback Device 1]
The music reproducing device 1 includes a control unit 100, an HDD 110, an operation unit 120, a speaker 130, a monitor 140, a camera 150, a microphone 160, a communication unit 170, and an interface unit 180. The control unit 100 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and executes various processes. Details of processing executed by the control unit 100 will be described later. The HDD 110 stores various information. Specifically, the music information including the accompaniment sound of the music to be generated by the speaker 130, the video information representing the video displayed on the monitor 140, the image information representing the image photographed by the camera 150, and a karaoke signal to be described later Various databases sent from the host 3 are stored. The operation unit 120 receives an operation by the user and sends an operation command corresponding to the operation to the control unit 100. The microphone 160 converts a user performance into an electrical signal. The communication unit 170 transmits and receives information between the music playback device 1 and the remote control device 2. The interface unit 180 connects the music playback device 1 to the network 500 and transmits / receives information between the music playback device 1 and the karaoke host 3.

[Description of Configuration of Remote Control Device 2]
The remote control device 2 includes a control unit 200, an HDD 210, a display unit 240, a communication unit 270, and a wireless LAN communication unit 280. The control unit 200 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and executes various processes. Details of processing executed by the control unit 200 will be described later. The HDD 210 stores various information. Specifically, the HDD 210 stores remote control video information representing video displayed on the display unit 240 and various applications executed by the remote control device. Further, the HDD 210 stores remote control image information representing images of display switching buttons such as a music list display button and a genre display button, and advertisement information representing advertisement moving images and images sent from the karaoke host 3. The operation unit 220 includes a touch panel or a switch for receiving a user operation. The operation unit 220 receives an operation by the user and sends an operation command corresponding to the operation to the control unit 100. Display unit 240 displays an image according to remote control video information, image information, and advertisement information stored in HDD 210. The communication unit 270 transmits and receives information between the music reproducing device 1 and the remote control device 2. Wireless LAN communication unit 280 transmits and receives information between access point 400 for connecting remote controller 2 to network 500 and remote controller 2. The remote control device 2 is, for example, a navigation that is a remote control device for karaoke, a user's smartphone in which a remote control application is installed, or a tablet terminal in which a remote control application is installed.

[Description of configuration of karaoke host 3]
The karaoke host 3 includes an HDD 31 and stores various databases and information for karaoke. Specifically, music information, a reproduction history database (hereinafter referred to as a reproduction history DB), a usage mode database (hereinafter referred to as a usage mode DB), a music list, and remote control image information are stored. . The music information represents the accompaniment sound of the music played back by the music playback device 1. The reproduction history DB is a database in which the usage form of the user at the time of reproduction and the music identification information of the reproduced music are associated with the music information of the reproduced music. The usage pattern DB is a database that defines a specific usage pattern by time, time, number of people, age group, and gender. The music list is a list in which music information of a plurality of music reproduced in a specific usage pattern defined by the usage pattern DB is collected. The remote control image information is image information representing a music list display button and a genre display button. Various databases and information stored in the HDD 31 are sent to the music reproducing device 1 and the remote control device 2 via the network 500 every time new information is added.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a database stored in the HDD 31 of the karaoke host 3. FIG. 2A shows the reproduction history DB. In the playback history DB, time 2002, time 2003, number of people 2004, age group 2005, gender 2006, and playback count 2007 are associated with the music selection number 2001 as the music identification information. FIG. 2 (B) shows the usage pattern DB. In the usage pattern DB, a time period 2012, a time 2013, a number of people 2014, an age group 2015, and a gender 2016 are associated with a database genre name 2011 (hereinafter referred to as a DB genre name) predetermined for each usage pattern. ing. The DB genre names 2011 shown in FIG. 2 are events such as year-end party (company), year-end party (friend 20s), year-end party (friend 30s), mom party, summer vacation, Christmas (date), and girls' association. Represents the usage pattern for.

[User-related information extraction processing using face authentication]
The user-related information extraction process including the number of people, the age group, and the sex executed by the control unit 100 of the music playback device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. An image 3001 is an image in the karaoke room that is provided in the music reproducing device 1 and is photographed by the camera 150. The control unit 100 receives information representing the image 3001 from the camera 150, recognizes information representing a human face, and extracts the information. As an example, the control unit 100 detects eyes, nose, and mouth included in a person's face, determines whether or not the person is a person, and determines that the person is a person, the image 3001 corresponding to the face part is displayed. cut. In the image 3001, the control unit 100 cuts out ten face images 3002 of the users Y1 to Y10 determined to be people. The control unit 100 specifies the number of users based on the number of face images 3002 cut out.

  Next, the control unit 100 extracts information representing the age group and sex from the cut face image 3002. Hereinafter, the face image 3002 of the user Y1 will be described as an example. The control unit 100 extracts information 3003 related to the positional relationship and size between the eyes, the nose, and the mouth included in the face image 3002. The control unit 100 estimates the sex and the age group from the extracted information 3003. As the user-related information extraction process by the face authentication, a known face authentication process described in Japanese Patent No. 4544363 can be used.

[Usage form information extraction processing]
When the control unit 100 extracts the user related information for 10 users by the user related information extraction process, the control unit 100 extracts the usage pattern information from the user related information and the time information. The control unit 100 generates usage mode information from time information including time and time information at the time when the image 3001 was captured and user related information. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining usage form information extraction processing. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIG. First, the image recognition result 4002 represents the user related information of each user. The control unit 100 compares the age groups of the user-related information included in the image recognition result 4002 and determines the upper limit and the lower limit of the age group. In FIG. 4, the first male of the image recognition result 4002 is 50 to 60 years old, and since the upper limit of the user's age group, the upper limit of the entire age group is determined to be 60 years old. Moreover, since the second female from the top or the sixth male from the top is 20 to 30 years old and is the lower limit of the user's age group, the lower limit of the entire age group is determined to be 20 years old. In addition, the control unit 100 counts the gender of the user related information included in the image recognition result 4002 by gender. In FIG. 4, there are 8 men and 2 women.

  The time information includes the time and time when the image information 3001 shown in FIG. In the photographing time 4003 shown in FIG. 4, it is recorded that the photographing time is 20:28 on December 15th. The time and time included in the time information are determined for each predetermined period. As an example, in FIG. 4, as shown in the usage pattern information 4005, the time is determined for each month, and the time is divided every hour. Based on the image recognition result 4002 and the time information 4003, the control unit 100 has 10 people, 8 men, 2 women, age group 20 to 60 years, time December, and time 20: 00 to 21:00. And usage form information 4005 are extracted.

[Description of display change processing]
Processing for displaying a music list on the display unit 240 in accordance with the user's usage will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing display change processing of the music search system. The display change process is executed by the control unit 100 of the music reproducing device 1, the control unit 200 of the remote control device 2, and the camera 150. The display change process is started when the music playback device 1 and the remote control device 2 are turned on, and the music playback device 1 and the remote control device 2 become communicable with each other.

  In step S <b> 201, the control unit 200 sends a usage pattern specifying instruction to the music reproducing device 1. The operation unit 220 of the remote control device 2 receives an operation by the user. As an example of the operation content by the user, when the remote control device 2 is not operated for a certain period of time, the control unit 200 enters the sleep mode. As an example of the sleep mode, the control unit 200 turns off the display on the display unit 240. In a state where the sleep mode is set, when the user performs an operation for canceling the sleep mode, the control unit 200 cancels the sleep mode and generates a usage pattern specifying instruction. When receiving an operation by the user, the remote control device 2 sends a usage pattern specifying instruction to the music playback device 1. The usage form specifying instruction is an instruction for causing the music reproducing device 1 to execute a process for specifying a display form adapted to the user. When the usage form specifying instruction is sent, the process proceeds to step S202. In the remote control device 2, a normal display screen is displayed until a new display form is specified. As an example, the standard state display form is the display form of FIG. 6A, and the display form of FIG. 6A is displayed on the display unit 240.

  In step S <b> 202, the control unit 100 receives a usage form specifying instruction and sends a shooting instruction to the camera 150. When the control unit 100 receives the use form specifying instruction, the control unit 100 sends the camera 150 a shooting instruction for shooting the situation in the karaoke room. When the control unit 100 sends a shooting instruction to the camera 150, the control unit 100 generates time information. The control unit 100 stores time and time information in the HDD 110 as time information as the shooting time when the shooting instruction is sent. When the generation of the shooting instruction and the time information is completed, the control unit 100 waits until information on the image shot in step S204 is sent.

  In step S203, the camera 150 performs shooting in the karaoke room. In step S204, information about the image captured by the camera 150 in step S203 is sent from the camera 150 to the control unit 100. The camera 150 captures an image in the karaoke room in accordance with a capturing instruction sent from the control unit 100. Information on the image captured by the camera 150 is sent to the control unit 100. When the image information is sent to the control unit 100, the control unit 100 executes the process of step S205.

  In step S <b> 205, the control unit 100 performs image recognition of the image sent from the camera 150. The image recognition processing executed by the control unit 100 in step S205 is processing including the above-described user-related information extraction processing by face authentication and usage pattern information extraction processing. After extracting the usage pattern information, the control unit 100 moves the process to step S206.

  In step S206, the DB genre name is acquired. When the usage pattern information is extracted, the control unit 100 acquires a DB genre name that matches the extracted usage pattern information from the usage pattern DB. The term “match” refers to each item such as the time included in the extracted usage pattern information in the range of numerical values set as the respective items of time 2012, time 2013, number of people 2014, age group 2015, and gender 2016 included in the usage pattern DB. Is included in the range of numerical values set as. When a plurality of DB genre names are acquired by the control unit 100, the control unit 100 acquires one DB genre name that is in a state where the numerical value ranges are closest. In the case of the usage pattern information and usage pattern DB shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 100 acquires “Year-end party (company)” as the DB genre name. When acquiring the DB genre name, the control unit 100 moves the process to step S207.

  In step S207, the control unit 100 sends the DB genre name to the remote control device 2. When the control unit 100 sends the DB genre name acquired in step S206 to the remote control device 2, the control unit 100 ends the process started by the usage pattern specifying instruction.

  In step S <b> 208, control unit 200 changes the display form of display unit 240 of remote control device 2. When the DB genre name is sent to the control unit 200, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button corresponding to the sent DB genre name in the display area for displaying the genre display button on the top screen. The display form will be described later with reference to FIG. When the control unit 200 receives the DB genre name and changes the display form, the control unit 200 ends the display change process.

[Description of display mode and effect of each display mode]
A display form will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows various display forms of the TOP screen that is initially displayed on the display unit 240 when the remote controller 2 is activated. The display form is a music list display button corresponding to the DB genre name acquired in the display change process in a display area for displaying a genre display button 6007, a ranking display button 6008, and a principal video button 6009 on the TOP screen. Is displayed. The display state in the standard state is the first display form in FIG. 6A, and the first display form is displayed on the display unit 240. Hereinafter, various display forms and conditions under which the display form is displayed will be exemplified. The displayed list display button is a list display button corresponding to the DB genre name extracted by the control unit 100 in the process of step S206.

[First display form]
The first display form shown in FIG. 6A represents the display state of the display unit 240 in the standard state display form. The display unit 240 includes a TOP button 6001, a performance stop button 6002, a remote control button 6003, a song name search button 6004, a singer name search button 6005, a scoring button 6006, a genre display button 6007, and a ranking display button 6008. Then, a personal video button 6009, a login button 6010, a logout button 6011, a my room button 6012, an advertisement video 6013, and an advertisement banner 6014 are displayed. The size of the frame of the image representing each button such as the genre display button 6007, the ranking display button 6008, and the principal image button 6009 represents the size of each display area.

  The TOP button 6001 is a button for displaying any one of the first to fourth display modes shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D. The performance stop button 6002 is a button for sending to the music playback device 1 a playback end instruction to stop playback of the music played back by the music playback device 1. The remote control button 6003 is a button for changing the display on the display unit 240 to the display of the remote controller for operation of the music playback device 1. The remote controller display conforms to the conventional karaoke remote control. A song name search button 6004 is a button for starting a process of searching for a song by a song name. A singer name search button 6005 is a button for starting a process of searching for a song by a singer name. The scoring button 6006 is a button for determining whether or not to score the music performance by the user. The genre display button 6007, the ranking display button 6008, and the person video button 6009 have a music list display button for displaying a music list in which music is collected for various genres, rankings, and music formats on the display unit 240. It is a button for displaying. A login button 6010 is a button for starting a login process. A logout button 6011 is a button for starting logout processing. A my room button 6012 is a button for displaying personal information of a user who has logged in by the login process. The advertisement moving image 6013 is a display area for displaying advertisement information, and an advertisement moving image is displayed in the display area. The advertisement banner 6014 is a display area for displaying advertisement information, and an advertisement image is displayed in the display area.

[Second display form]
In the second display mode shown in FIG. 6B, in step S208, the three display switching buttons of the genre display button 6007, the ranking display button 6008, and the person video display button 6009 shown in FIG. A music list display button 6020 corresponding to the DB genre name acquired in step S206 is displayed in all display areas.

  In step S206 of acquiring the DB genre name, when a DB genre name that completely matches the usage pattern information and the information associated with the DB genre name of the genre DB is acquired, in step S208, the control unit 100 The music list display button 6020 is displayed in the second display form. As an example, if the information associated with the DB genre name and the information included in the usage pattern information completely match in the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, in step S208, the control unit 200 selects the second genre name. A music list display button 6020 is displayed in a display form. That is, when the usage pattern information extracted in step S205 is the usage pattern information 4005 in FIG. 4 and the DB genre name “Year-end party (company)” is acquired from the usage pattern DB, the control unit 200 performs the second display. The music list display button 6020 is displayed on the display unit 240 in the form. It is possible to visually emphasize to the user that it is possible to easily browse the music list that matches the “year-end party (company)” that is the user's usage form.

  Also, in the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, if the control unit 100 determines that there are many people in the karaoke room, the control unit 100 is shown in FIG. 6B in step S208. The music list display button 6020 is displayed in the second display form. That is, when the control unit 100 determines that there are many people in the karaoke room, the control unit 200 selects the acquired DB genre name regardless of the degree of coincidence between the usage pattern information and the usage pattern DB information. Display in the second display form. As an example, when the number of people in the karaoke room is 10 or more, the control unit 100 determines that the number of people in the karaoke room is large. According to the determination result, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button 6020 on the display unit 240 in the second display form. That is, when the usage pattern information extracted in step S205 is the usage pattern information 4005 of FIG. 4 and the DB genre name “Year-end party (company)” is acquired from the usage pattern DB, the usage pattern information 4005 and the usage pattern Regardless of the degree of coincidence with the information associated with the DB genre name of the DB, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button 6020 corresponding to “Year-end party (company)” in the second display form. The user can easily browse the music list that is close to the usage form, and can immediately select the music from the music list. Since the music selection time per person can be shortened, more people can enjoy karaoke.

  Further, in the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, when the control unit 100 determines that the age range of the person in the karaoke room is wide, in step S208, the first shown in FIG. The music list display button 6020 is displayed in the two display form. As an example, assuming that the age group is wide when the upper limit and the lower limit of the age are 30 years or more apart, in step S205, when the usage pattern information 4005 shown in FIG. It is determined that the age group is wide. When the DB genre name “Year-end party (company)” is acquired from the usage form DB in step S206, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button corresponding to the year-end party (company) in the second display form. This allows you to listen to songs that are familiar to both the singer and the listener by quickly displaying classic songs that are often used in a specific usage pattern or songs that are familiar to a specific usage pattern. Can be enjoyed by people in the karaoke room.

[Third display form]
In the third display form shown in FIG. 6C, the music corresponding to the DB genre name acquired in step S206 is displayed in the display area for displaying the image of the ranking display button 6008 shown in FIG. A list display button 6021 is displayed.

  When the DB genre name having a low degree of coincidence between the usage pattern information and the information associated with the DB genre name in the genre DB is acquired in the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, in step S208, the control unit 100 Displays the music list display button 6021 in the third display mode shown in FIG.

  As an example, the usage pattern information extracted in step S205 is usage pattern information 4005 shown in FIG. In the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, when there is no “year-end party (company)” as the usage form DB, the DB genre in which the information associated with the DB genre name completely matches the information included in the usage form information There is no name. For this reason, “year-end party (friend 30s)” or “year-end party (friend 20s)” is acquired as the closest DB genre name. However, the range of values indicated by the usage pattern information 4005 and the age group information associated with the year-end party (friend 30s), or the age group associated with the usage pattern information 4005 and the year-end party (friend 20s). There is a large difference in the range of values indicated by the information. When there is a large difference between the two information ranges thus compared and the degree of coincidence is low, in step S208, the control unit 200 displays the music list display button 6021 in the third display form shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 240. When the degree of coincidence between the information associated with the DB genre name that matches the usage pattern of the user and the information included in the usage pattern information is low, the usage pattern information that matches the usage pattern of the user does not exist in the usage pattern DB There is a possibility. That is, when displaying the music list with low reliability corresponding to the DB genre name acquired by the control unit 100, the control unit 200 displays the music list display button 6021 on the display unit 240 in the third display form. By displaying the genre display button 6007, it can be displayed so that the user can easily perform a search according to a genre desired by the user.

  In addition, in the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, when the control unit 100 determines that the number of people in the karaoke room is small, or when the age range of people in the karaoke room is narrow, the control unit 100 In step S208, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button 6021 on the display unit 240 in the third display mode shown in FIG. Accordingly, since the genre display button 6007 is always displayed, the visual emphasis is weakened, and it is possible to make it easier for the user to select a song that the user wants to practice.

  In the description of the third display mode, the music list display button 6021 is displayed in the display area of the ranking display button 6008, but the display area is either the genre display button 6007 or the display area of the person video display button 6009. It may be. In the display area of any of the three display switching buttons, ie, the genre display button 6007, the ranking display button 6008, or the principal image display button 6009, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button 2021 and a genre display button 6007. The three display switching buttons of the ranking display button 6008 or the principal image display button 6009 are displayed so as to be slidable to the left and right. Thus, the three display switching buttons such as the genre display button 6007, the ranking display button 6008, or the personal image display button 6009 may be selectable.

[Fourth display form]
In the fourth display mode shown in FIG. 6D, the DB genre name is displayed in the display area of the two display switching buttons of the ranking display button 6008 and the personal video display button 6009 shown in FIG. A music list display button 6022 corresponding to is displayed.

  In the process of step S206 for acquiring the DB genre name, when a plurality of DB genre names are acquired from the usage pattern DB in accordance with the usage pattern information extracted in step S205, in step S208, the control unit 200 performs processing shown in FIG. The music list display button 6022 is displayed in the fourth display mode shown in (D). As an example, when a plurality of DB genre names are acquired, the control unit 200 uses the display area for two display switching buttons, a ranking display button 6008 and a personal video display button 6009 shown in FIG. A music list display button associated with the DB genre name registered at the top of the form DB is displayed. When “end-of-year party (friend 20s)” and “end-of-year party (friend 30s)” included in the usage form DB are acquired, as shown in FIG. A music list display button associated with the DB genre name “Year-end party (20's)” is displayed on the TOP screen. Then, the control unit 200 displays the music list associated with “Year-end party (20's)” in the display area of the two display switching buttons, the ranking display button 6008 and the person video display button 6009 shown in FIG. Display the display button. The genre display button 6007 is pressed by the user for the music list display button associated with the “year-end party (friends 30s)” acquired in addition to the music list display button associated with the “year-end party (20s)”. Is displayed on the display unit 240. Thereby, the music list corresponding to the plurality of DB genre names acquired in step S206 can be visually emphasized to the user.

[Other display formats]
As display forms other than the first to fourth display forms described above, the music associated with the DB genre name acquired in step S206 every time the display of the display unit 240 is returned to the TOP screen by the control unit 200. The list display button may be displayed as a pop-up in the entire display area of the display unit 240, and another display switching button may be hidden until the list display button is hidden by a user operation.

  In addition, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button associated with the DB genre name acquired in step S206 over the entire display area of the display unit 240. The display of the first display form shown in FIG. 6A may be superimposed on the music list display button associated with the displayed DB genre name acquired in step S206. As a result, all margins not displaying the display switching button become the music list display button associated with the DB genre name acquired in step S206. Thereby, the control part 200 can ensure the display area which displays the music list display button matched with the DB genre name acquired by step S206, without changing the display form of the display part 240. FIG. That is, the music list display button suitable for the user's usage mode can be displayed on the display unit 240 without impairing the user's operability.

  Also, a music list display button associated with the DB genre name acquired in step S206 may always be displayed on the right side of the display area of the TOP button 6001 shown in FIG. The display forms in the plurality of display forms described above may be displayed by combining a plurality of forms.

[Effect of the embodiment]
According to the present embodiment, the user's usage form is specified from the image taken by the camera 150 without specifying the user in the karaoke room by login processing or the like, and the music list that matches the specified usage form is displayed. It can be done easily. In other words, no special operation by the user is required to perform the display change process. Further, the user does not have to take the trouble of answering a questionnaire about the usage form or searching for a music list by pressing a plurality of display switching buttons. Moreover, since a user's usage form can be specified without logging in, a user's usage form can be automatically specified also in the karaoke room where the person with a user ID and the person who does not have it are mixed. Since it is possible to display a music list display button suitable for the usage pattern of the user on the TOP screen without making the user troublesome, the user can easily select the music list display button according to the usage pattern.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, among the music list display buttons associated with the DB genre name displayed when the genre display button 6007 is pressed by the user, the music list display button that matches the user's usage mode is It is displayed on the TOP screen in each display form from the 2 display form to the fourth display form. Thereby, the music list display button for displaying the music list that matches the usage mode of the hidden user can be visually highlighted for the user. That is, the user can select the music list and the music included in the music list without having to search for a specific music list by pressing a display switching button such as the genre display button 6007.

  In addition, a music list display button that is not noticed by the user, such as a music list display button of a newly added music list, takes time until the user notices it, and takes time to be used by the user. However, in the present embodiment, the control unit 200 displays a music list display button on the TOP screen in each display form from the second display form to the fourth display form. The control unit 200 displays the music list display button on the TOP screen, so that the user can visually recognize the music list display button that matches the user's usage mode without knowing the existence of the newly added music list. Is highlighted. As a result, the user can know the music list display button that the user has not noticed, such as the music list display button of the newly added music list, and can immediately select the newly added music list. .

[Correspondence between Claims and Embodiments]
The music playback device 1 is an example of a music playback device, the karaoke host 3 is an example of a host server, the remote control device 2 is an example of a remote control terminal, and the music playback device 1, the remote control device 2, and the karaoke host 3 Is an example of a music search system. The camera 150 is an example of a photographing unit. The control unit 100 is an example of a first extraction unit, an acquisition unit, and a second extraction unit. The control unit 200 is an example of display control means. The HDD 110 and the HDD 31 are an example of a storage unit. The image information representing the music list display button and the genre display button is an example of music related information. The image recognition result 4002 is an example of user related information. The shooting time 4003 is an example of time information. The usage pattern information 4005 is an example of usage pattern information. The information of the time 2012, the time 2013, the number of people 2014, the age group 2015, and the gender 2016 associated with the DB genre name 2011 is a predetermined usage pattern information. It is an example. The control unit 100 is an example of a computer of a music playback device. Step S203 is an example of a photographing step. Step S205 is an example of a first extraction step. The process of acquiring time in step S202 is an example of an acquisition step. Step S206 is an example of a second extraction step. Step S208 is an example of a display control step.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Music player 2 Remote control device 3 Karaoke host 400 Access point 500 Network 3001 Image 3002 Face image 4002 Image recognition result 4003 Time information 4005 Usage form information

Claims (6)

In a music search system comprising a music playback device, a host server, and a remote control terminal so that they can communicate with each other,
Photographing means for photographing the inside of the karaoke room;
First extraction means for extracting user related information including number information representing the number of users in the karaoke room and age related age information based on the video taken by the photographing means;
Obtaining means for obtaining time information relating to a time during which the user uses the music reproducing device;
Storage means for storing a plurality of music lists respectively corresponding to a plurality of usage form information predetermined based on the number and age of users and the usage time of the music playback device;
Based on a combination of the user-related information and the time information, second extraction means for extracting one usage pattern information from the plurality of usage pattern information;
The music related information for displaying the music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extracting means is the music related information for displaying the music list associated with the other usage pattern information. Display control means for preferentially displaying on the display means,
A music search system comprising: The usage pattern information includes at least information indicating the age group of the user,
The age information includes at least information indicating the age group of the user,
The first extraction means includes
The age information is defined by the upper and lower age limits of a plurality of users in the karaoke room,
The second extraction means includes
The music search system according to claim 1, wherein the usage pattern information having a high degree of coincidence between the age information and information representing an age group included in the usage pattern information is extracted. The music related information is information representing a list display button for displaying a music list associated with each usage pattern information of the plurality of usage pattern information, or a genre for displaying the plurality of list display buttons. Information representing the display button,
The display control means displays a list display button for displaying a music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extraction means in a display area of the genre display button. The music search system according to claim 1 or 2. The age information includes at least information indicating the age group of the user,
The list display button is displayed in a wider display area of the list display button as the age group represented by the age information is wider, and is displayed in a smaller display area of the list display button as the age group represented by the age information is smaller. The music search system according to claim 3.   The list display button is displayed in a wider display area of the list display button as the number of persons represented by the number of persons information is larger, and is displayed in a smaller display area of the list display button as the number of persons represented by the number of persons information is smaller. The music search system according to claim 3 or 4, characterized by the above. In the computer of the music playback device,
A photographing step for photographing the inside of the karaoke room by a photographing means;
A first extraction step of extracting user-related information including number information representing the number of users in the karaoke room and age-related age information based on the video imaged in the photographing step;
An acquisition step of acquiring time information relating to a time during which the user is using the music playback device;
A combination of the user-related information and the time information is selected from a plurality of usage form information that is determined in advance based on the number and age of the users and the usage time of the music playback device and is associated with a plurality of music lists. Based on a second extraction step of extracting one usage pattern information;
The music related information for displaying the music list associated with the usage pattern information extracted by the second extracting means is the music related information for displaying the music list associated with the other usage pattern information. Display control step for displaying on the display means with priority,
The music search program characterized by performing this.