JP2016191796A - Karaoke system, management server, and karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance user's motivation in a participation type function with which users in a plurality of karaoke devices cooperate to achieve a target.SOLUTION: A management server 10 sets a target condition in a participation type function, and receives participation of karaoke devices 20. Karaoke devices 20 (participant terminals) which determine participation transmit use information representing a use result of karaoke singing to the management server 10. The management server 10 accumulates the number of the participant terminals and the use information received from the participant terminals, and determines whether the target condition is achieved. Unless the target condition is achieved, the management server 10 transmits achievement state information representing an achievement state to each karaoke device 20. Each participant terminal presents information that encourages the achievement of the target condition to a user on the basis of the received achievement state information. On the other hand, a non-participant terminal presents information for inviting to a participation type function to a user on the basis of the received achievement state information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system that provides a participation function in which users in a plurality of karaoke apparatuses cooperate to achieve a goal.

  In recent years, a karaoke apparatus is equipped with a function for providing enjoyment of competing for singing scores with other users using a scoring application that scores a user's singing technique. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a karaoke system that allows a team to compete in a karaoke song scoring result among a plurality of teams. A service is also provided that ranks the singing scores of users nationwide in real time and grants privileges to users according to the ranking results. Thus, the device which raises the user's willingness to visit a karaoke store is made | formed by providing the user with various ways of enjoying.

JP 2003-255964 A

  By the way, in order to increase the user's willingness to visit the karaoke store and promote the use of the karaoke service, it is conceivable to give a privilege according to the use record of the karaoke service. For example, a privilege is granted on the condition that the accumulation of singing scores and the like satisfies a standard. Thereby, in order to obtain a privilege, a user will repeat a song and the utilization of a karaoke service is promoted. Furthermore, many users can expect to come to the store by implementing a service that gives such a privilege as a participatory event in which a plurality of users cooperate to achieve a common goal.

  However, in a participation type event with a large number of people, there is a possibility that the event will not be established because the number of participants does not meet the standard. When an event is not established due to a shortage of participants, dissatisfaction remains with users who are willing to participate, which is not desirable. Therefore, a device for allowing more users to participate in a participatory event is required.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for increasing a user's motivation in a participatory function in which users in a plurality of karaoke apparatuses cooperate to achieve a goal.

  The karaoke system of the present invention has a plurality of karaoke apparatuses connected to a network. This karaoke system includes a goal setting unit, a participation determination unit, a participation reception unit, a creation unit, an acquisition unit, an aggregation unit, an achievement determination unit, an achievement status transmission unit, an achievement promotion unit, and a solicitation for participation. Means and achievement presentation means.

  The goal setting means is a goal condition in a participatory function in which users of a plurality of karaoke apparatuses achieve a common goal, and sets a goal condition related to singing karaoke by the user. The participation determining means determines whether or not to participate in the participation function in each karaoke apparatus. The participation reception means receives a participation terminal that is a karaoke apparatus that has been determined to participate in the participation function by the participation determination means.

  The creation means creates usage information representing the usage result of the karaoke song performed by the user at each participating terminal. The acquisition means acquires usage information created in each participating terminal. The counting unit totals the number of participating terminals and the usage information acquired by the acquiring unit. The achievement determining means determines whether or not the target condition set by the target setting means has been achieved based on the counting result by the counting means. The achievement status transmitting means transmits achievement status information representing the achievement status based on the counting result by the counting means to the plurality of karaoke apparatuses when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition is not achieved.

  The achievement encouraging means presents information for encouraging achievement of the target condition to the user via the predetermined information presenting means at each participating terminal based on the achievement status information transmitted by the achievement status transmitting means. Based on the achievement status information transmitted by the achievement status transmission means, the participation soliciting means is a predetermined information for inviting participation in the participation function in a non-participating terminal that is a karaoke device that has not participated in the participation function. Present to the user via the presentation means. The achievement presenting means presents information indicating that the target condition has been achieved to the administrator via the predetermined information presenting means when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition has been achieved.

  According to the present invention, according to the achievement status of the target condition set for the participatory function, information for encouraging the achievement of the target condition is presented to the user in the karaoke apparatus (participating terminal) participating in the participatory function. it can. Thereby, the willingness to achieve a target can be effectively heightened with respect to the user of a participating terminal. In addition, information that invites participation in the participation type function can be presented to the user in the karaoke apparatus (non-participation terminal) that has not participated in the participation type function. Thereby, each user can be guided so that the target condition can be achieved even in a situation where the target condition has not yet been achieved due to a shortage of participants. By doing in this way, the active participation of the participation type function by many users is promoted, and the use promotion of the karaoke service is expected.

  The karaoke system according to claim 2 has the following characteristics. That is, the target condition set by the target setting means includes a condition regarding at least one of the score obtained by scoring the user's song and the number of participating terminals. By setting the condition related to the score on which the user's song is scored as the target condition, it is possible to provide the user with the pleasure of competing for the score based on the song. In addition, by setting the condition regarding the number of participating terminals as a target condition, an effect that many groups participate in the participation function can be expected.

  The karaoke system according to claim 3 has the following characteristics. That is, the achievement incentive means presents information representing the remaining conditions necessary to achieve the target condition as information for encouraging the achievement of the target condition. By doing in this way, the participant can know concretely the remaining conditions necessary for achieving the target condition, and can effectively increase the willingness to achieve the target.

  The management server according to claim 4 communicates with a plurality of karaoke apparatuses via a network, and includes a target setting unit, a participation reception unit, an acquisition unit, and an achievement determination unit in the karaoke system of the present invention. And an achievement status transmission means and an achievement presentation means. The effect described about the karaoke system of Claim 1 can be acquired by applying this management server to the karaoke system which has the some karaoke apparatus which participates in a participation type function.

  The karaoke apparatus according to claim 5 includes participation determination means, participation notification means, usage information transmission means, achievement status reception means, achievement encouragement means, and participation solicitation means. Among these, the participation notifying unit notifies the management server of the presence / absence of participation determined by the participation determining unit. The usage information transmitting means transmits usage information representing the usage result of the karaoke song by the user to the management server. The achievement status receiving means receives achievement status information representing the achievement status of the target condition of the participation function from the management server.

  The achievement incentive means, when the decision means decides to participate in the participatory function, provides information for encouraging achievement of the target condition based on the achievement status information received by the achievement status receiving means. To the user. The participation soliciting means presents information for soliciting participation in the participation function based on the achievement status information received by the achievement status receiving means if the decision means has not decided to participate in the participation function. Present to the user through the means. The effect described about the karaoke system of Claim 1 can be acquired by building the karaoke system which has multiple this karaoke apparatus.

The block diagram showing the whole structure of a karaoke system. (A) The block diagram showing the structure of a management server, (b) The block diagram showing the structure of a karaoke apparatus. The flowchart showing the procedure of management server processing. Explanatory drawing showing the specific example of a management table. The flowchart showing the procedure of a karaoke apparatus process. Explanatory drawing showing the example of a display of an effect image.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment, It is possible to implement in various aspects.
[Description of karaoke system configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke system of the embodiment includes a management server 10 connected to a LAN 50 in a karaoke store, and a plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d. In FIG. 1, “a”, “b”, “c”, or “d” is appended to the sign of each karaoke apparatus 20 installed in each of the private rooms of the 101-104 rooms provided in the karaoke store. doing. In the following description, the karaoke devices 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d are simply referred to as the karaoke device 20 unless otherwise distinguished. In this case, it is assumed that the description includes all the karaoke devices “a”, “b”, “c”, and “d”. In FIG. 1, four karaoke apparatuses 20 are described, but more karaoke apparatuses 20 may be connected to the LAN 50.

  The management server 10 is a server device that supervises the progress of participatory applications. This participation type application sets common target conditions that users of a plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 should achieve, and whether the use situation such as the participation situation of the karaoke apparatus 20 and the scoring result of the singing can achieve the target conditions. To compete. Using such a participatory application, for example, operating a user participatory event in which a karaoke store administrator gives a privilege to the user when the target condition is achieved. Can be considered.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the management server 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation unit 13, a display unit 14, and a communication interface unit 15. The control unit 11 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like (all not shown), and controls the operation of the management server 10 by executing various programs. The storage unit 12 is a storage device that stores various types of information. The storage unit 12 stores a program for controlling the operation of the management server 10, various data, and the like. Further, the storage unit 12 includes information in which identification information of each karaoke device 20 installed in the karaoke store is associated with identification information (for example, a room number) of a room in which each karaoke device 20 is installed. It is remembered. The operation unit 13 is an input device for inputting an operation by an administrator of the karaoke store. The display unit 14 is output information for displaying image information. The communication interface unit 15 is a communication device that connects the management server 10 to the LAN 50 and controls communication via the LAN 50.

  The karaoke apparatus 20 has a function of playing a karaoke piece requested by a user and a function of evaluating a user's singing based on a predetermined evaluation standard and calculating a scoring result. Moreover, the karaoke apparatus 20 has a communication function and a user interface function regarding the above-mentioned participation type application. As shown in FIG. 2B, the karaoke apparatus 20 includes a control unit 21, a communication interface unit 22, a storage unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a voice input / output unit 25.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like (all not shown), and comprehensively controls the karaoke apparatus 20 by operating according to a predetermined program. The communication interface unit 22 is a communication device that connects the karaoke device 20 to the LAN 50 and controls communication via the LAN 50. The karaoke apparatus 20 communicates with the management server 10 via the communication interface unit 22. The storage unit 23 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive or a semiconductor memory. The storage unit 23 stores a karaoke database in which a lot of music data for playing karaoke music is recorded, a program for controlling the operation of the karaoke apparatus 20, and the like. The operation unit 24 is an input device for inputting an operation from a user, and includes a touch panel, a key switch, and the like provided in the karaoke apparatus 20 main body.

  The voice input / output unit 25 is a device that controls voice input / output. A microphone 27 is connected to the input side of the voice input / output unit 25. Thereby, the voice input / output unit 25 acquires the user's singing voice. A speaker 28 is connected to the output side of the voice input / output unit 25. Thereby, the voice input / output unit 25 outputs the performance sound of the music reproduced in the performance process by the control unit 21 and the sound source signal of the user's singing voice to the speaker 28. The speaker 28 outputs the sound source signal output from the audio input / output unit 25 in place of sound.

  The display 26 is a display device that displays video based on video data sent from the control unit 21. The control unit 21 displays the background image and the lyrics telop on the display 26 together with the karaoke accompaniment performance process. Further, the control unit 21 causes the display 26 to display various effect images related to the participation type application. Since other functions and configurations of the karaoke apparatus 20 are in accordance with known techniques, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

[Description of management server processing]
A procedure of processing executed by the control unit 11 of the management server 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is repeatedly executed at a predetermined control cycle while the management server 10 is operating.

  In S100, the control unit 11 determines whether or not an operation instruction for setting a target condition in the participation type application has been received. When the operation instruction for setting the target condition is received (S100: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S102. On the other hand, when the operation instruction for setting the target condition has not been received (S100: NO), the control unit 11 repeats S100. In S102, the control unit 11 initializes the contents of the management table managed in the memory.

  Here, the configuration of the management table will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, common target conditions to be achieved by users of a plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 in the store in the participation application are registered in the management table. In the example of FIG. 4A, information items such as “total score” and “number of participating terminals” are provided as target conditions. The item of the total score in the target condition is information indicating the achievement standard of the total score of the singing score performed in the karaoke apparatus 20 that has decided to participate under the target condition. The item of the number of participating terminals in the target condition is information representing the achievement standard of the number of karaoke apparatuses 20 (hereinafter also referred to as participating terminals) participating under the target condition.

  In addition, the management table is provided with information items representing the total results regarding the target condition for each of the plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 installed in each room. In the example of FIG. 4A, information items of “subtotal score” and “participation presence / absence” are provided for each room in which each karaoke apparatus 20 is installed. The subtotal score is a value obtained by summing up the scores of singing results performed when participating in the corresponding karaoke apparatus 20 under the target condition. The presence / absence of participation is information indicating whether or not the corresponding karaoke apparatus 20 is participating in the participation type application under the target condition, where “1” indicates participation and “0” indicates non-participation. Moreover, the total score which totaled the subtotal score of each karaoke apparatus 20 which has participated in the participation type application is recorded on the management table.

  In the initialization in S102, the control unit 11 registers the contents of each target condition such as the total score and the number of participating terminals input by the administrator in the corresponding information item in the management table. In addition, the number of subtotals and the presence / absence of participation in each room in the management table are reset to “0”. That is, the initial state illustrated in FIG.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S <b> 104, the control unit 11 notifies the plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 connected to the LAN 50 of invitation to participate in the participation type application. This solicitation for participation is information for notifying the karaoke devices 20 of the participation-type application being held and inquiring each karaoke device 20 about whether or not to participate, such as information representing the target conditions registered in S102. included.

  In S <b> 106, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a participation notification has been received from the karaoke apparatus 20. The participation notification is information transmitted in S206 of karaoke device processing (see FIG. 5) described later. This participation notification includes identification information of the karaoke device 20 that is the transmission source. When the participation notification is received (S106: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S108. On the other hand, when the participation notification has not been received (S106: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S110. In S108, the control unit 11 updates the value of “participation presence / absence” in the management table to “1” for the room number corresponding to the karaoke apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the participation notification. The value of “participation presence / absence” in the management table is changed to “1” in accordance with transmission / reception of the participation notification, whereby the karaoke apparatus 20 is handled as a participation terminal in the management server 10. On the other hand, for the karaoke device 20 that has not transmitted the participation notification, the value of “participation presence / absence” in the management table remains “0” and is treated as a non-participating terminal in the management server 10.

  In S110, the control unit 11 determines whether scoring information has been received from the participating terminals. The scoring information is information transmitted in S216 of karaoke device processing (see FIG. 5) described later. This scoring information is information representing the score of a singing scoring performed at the participating terminal of the transmission source. When the scoring information is received (S110: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S112. On the other hand, when the scoring information has not been received (S110: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S114. In S112, the control unit 11 adds the score represented by the scoring information to the value of the “subtotal score” in the management table for the room number corresponding to the participating terminal that is the transmission source of the scoring information, and updates the total score. .

  Here, the state of the management table in the middle of the participation type application will be described with reference to FIG. The example in FIG. 4B represents a state in which the achievement status of the target condition has progressed to some extent from the initial state shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4B, the participation number is “1” for the room numbers 101, 102, and 103, and the karaoke apparatus 20 in each room represents a state of participating in the participation type application. Yes. And the score of the score result of the singing performed in each karaoke apparatus 20 participating in the participation type application is added to each subtotal score column. On the other hand, with respect to the room number 104, the value of presence / absence of participation remains “0”, indicating that the karaoke apparatus 20 in the room 104 is not participating in the participation type application. In the example of FIG. 4B, the target conditions for the total score and the number of participating terminals are not achieved.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S <b> 114, the control unit 11 determines whether a management table transmission request is received from the karaoke apparatus 20. This transmission request is information transmitted in S210 (in the case of a participating terminal) or S220 (in the case of a non-participating terminal) of karaoke device processing (see FIG. 5) described later. When the management table transmission request is accepted (S114: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S116. On the other hand, if there is no management table transmission request (S114: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S118. In S116, the control unit 11 transmits the data of the management table to the requesting karaoke apparatus 20. In S118, the control unit 11 determines whether the target condition is achieved based on the management table. When the target condition is not achieved (S118: NO), the control unit 11 returns to S106. On the other hand, when the target condition is achieved (S118: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S120.

  Here, the state of the management table when the target condition is achieved will be described with reference to FIG. The example in FIG. 4C represents a state in which the achievement status of the target condition has further progressed from the state shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4C, the participation presence / absence values are all “1” in the room numbers 101, 102, 103, and 104, and the number of participating terminals in the target condition is satisfied. Further, the total number of subtotal points in each room exceeds 1000 points, which satisfies the total points in the target condition. Therefore, in the management table of FIG. 4C, all the set target conditions are achieved.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S120, the control unit 11 notifies the administrator of information indicating that the target condition has been achieved. For example, the control unit 11 displays image information indicating that the target condition has been achieved and image information such as a room number corresponding to the participating terminal on the display unit 14. In S122, the control unit 11 notifies each karaoke apparatus 20 of information (target condition achievement notification) indicating that the target condition has been achieved. In S124, the control unit 11 resets the contents of the management table as event end processing. Specifically, the control unit 11 erases the contents of the target condition in the management table, and resets the number of subtotal points and the presence / absence of participation in each room to “0”. As a result, the current participatory event ends, and all karaoke devices 20 are changed to non-participating terminals. After S124, the control unit 11 returns to S100 and waits for setting of the target condition for the next participatory event.

[Description of Karaoke device processing]
The procedure of the process performed by the control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is repeatedly executed at a predetermined control cycle while the karaoke apparatus 20 is in operation.

  In S <b> 200, the control unit 21 determines whether or not a notification of soliciting participation in the participation application from the management server 10 has been received. This participation invitation notice is information transmitted in S104 of the above-described management server process (see FIG. 3). When the participation invitation notice is accepted (S200: YES), the control unit 21 proceeds to S202. On the other hand, when the participation invitation notice is not received (S200: NO), the control unit 21 repeats S200.

  In S202, the control unit 21 displays a participation acceptance screen based on the received participation invitation notice on the display 26. This participation reception screen includes, for example, image information representing the target condition of the participation type application and a graphical user interface (GUI) to which a function for determining whether or not to participate in the participation type application is assigned. In S204, the control unit 21 determines whether an operation instruction for determining participation is input by the user. This operation instruction is input by the user via the operation unit 24 or a remote control terminal (not shown), for example. When an operation instruction for determining participation is input (S204: YES), the control unit 21 proceeds to S206.

  In S <b> 206, the control unit 21 transmits a participation notification including the identification information of the own karaoke apparatus 20 to the management server 10. When the participation notification is received by the management server 10, the karaoke apparatus 20 is changed from the non-participating terminal to the participating terminal in the management server 10. In S <b> 208, the control unit 21 determines whether a target condition achievement notification has been received from the management server 10. The target condition achievement notification is information transmitted in S122 of the management server process (see FIG. 3). When the target condition achievement notification has not been received (S208: NO), the control unit 21 proceeds to S210. In S210, the control unit 21 requests the management server 10 to transmit a management table, and acquires data of the management table (see FIG. 4). In S212, the control unit 21 causes the display 26 to display an effect image that encourages the user to achieve the target condition based on the management table acquired in S210.

  Here, a specific example of the effect image that encourages achievement of the target condition will be described with reference to FIG. The example of FIG. 6A represents a situation in which the effect image 30a that encourages achievement of the target condition is displayed superimposed on the background image displayed in the performance processing of karaoke music. In the effect image 30a, image information 30b, 30c, and 30d is drawn using a space other than the display area of the lyrics telop corresponding to the music being played. 30b is image information indicating that the own karaoke apparatus 20 is participating in the participation type application.

  30c is image information representing the achievement status of the target condition. In the example of FIG. 6A, the subtotal score of the singing score result in each room is described as the image information 30c. 30d is image information representing the remaining conditions necessary for achieving the target condition. In the example of FIG. 6A, the shortage of the total score of the singing scoring result and the shortage of the number of participating terminals are described as the image information 30d.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S214, the control unit 21 determines whether or not a new singing score result has been created in the own karaoke apparatus 20. When the singing score result is created (S214: YES), the control unit 21 proceeds to S216. In S <b> 216, the control unit 21 transmits scoring information including the identification information of the own karaoke apparatus 20 and the score of the singing scoring result to the management server 10. After S216, the control unit 21 returns to S208. On the other hand, when it determines with the singing scoring result not being produced in S214 (S214: NO), the control part 21 returns to S208.

  On the other hand, when it determines with having received the target condition achievement notification in S208 (S208: YES), the control part 21 progresses to S218. In S218, the control unit 21 causes the display 26 to display an effect image related to achievement of the target condition. This effect image includes, for example, image information such as a message for notifying the user that the target condition has been achieved. After S218, the control unit 21 returns to S200.

  On the other hand, when the operation instruction for determining participation is not input in S204 (S204: NO), the control unit 21 proceeds to S220. In S220, the control unit 21 requests the management server 10 to transmit a management table, and acquires data of the management table (see FIG. 4). In S222, based on the management table acquired in S220, the control unit 21 causes the display 26 to display an effect image that solicits participation from the user (an effect image corresponding to a non-participating terminal).

  Here, a specific example of the effect image for soliciting participation will be described with reference to FIG. The example of FIG. 6B represents a situation in which an effect image 31a for soliciting participation is displayed superimposed on a background image displayed in the performance processing of karaoke music. In the effect image 31a, image information of 31b, 31c, 31d, and 31e is drawn using a space other than the display area of the lyrics telop corresponding to the music being played. Reference numeral 31b denotes image information representing a message for encouraging participation in the participation type application.

  31c is image information representing the achievement status of the target condition. In the example of FIG. 6B, the subtotal score of the singing score result in each room is described as the image information 31c. 31d is image information representing a shortage of the number of participating terminals as a remaining condition necessary for achieving the target condition. 31e is image information that functions as a GUI for determining whether or not to participate in the participation type application.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S <b> 224, the control unit 21 determines whether a target condition achievement notification has been received from the management server 10. The target condition achievement notification is information transmitted in S122 of the management server process (see FIG. 3). When the target condition achievement notification has not been received (S224: NO), the control unit 21 returns to S204. On the other hand, when it determines with having received target condition achievement notification in S224 (S224: YES), the control part 21 progresses to S226. In S226, the control unit 21 ends the display of the effect image soliciting participation. After S226, the control unit 21 returns to S200.

[effect]
The karaoke system 1 according to the embodiment has the following effects.
According to the achievement status of the target condition set for the participatory application, it is possible to present to the user an effect image that encourages the participation terminal to achieve the target condition. Thereby, the willingness to achieve a target can be effectively heightened with respect to the user of a participating terminal. Specifically, by presenting information that represents the remaining conditions necessary to achieve the target condition, participants can specifically know the remaining conditions necessary to achieve the target condition, Effectively increase the willingness to achieve the goal.

  In addition, it is possible to present to the user an effect image soliciting participation in the participation type application at the non-participating terminal. Thereby, even in a situation where the target condition has not yet been achieved due to a shortage of participants, each user can be guided so that the target condition can be achieved. By doing in this way, the active participation of the participatory application by many users is promoted, and the use promotion of the karaoke service is expected.

  Moreover, the pleasure which competes for the score by a singing can be provided to a user by making the conditions regarding the score of a singing scoring result into a target condition. Moreover, the effect regarding many groups participating in a participatory application can be anticipated by making the conditions regarding the number of participating terminals into a target condition.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which conditions relating to the total score of the singing score result and the number of participating terminals are included as target conditions in the participation type application. In addition, for example, an achievement criterion may be individually set for the subtotal score of the singing evaluation result in each participating terminal. Moreover, you may provide a restriction | limiting in the time until it achieves target conditions.

[Correspondence with configuration described in claims]
The correspondence between each configuration of the embodiment and the configuration described in the claims is as follows.
The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S102 of FIG. 3 correspond to target setting means. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S108 of FIG. 3 correspond to the participation reception unit. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S110 of FIG. 3 correspond to an acquisition unit. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S112 in FIG. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S116 of FIG. 3 correspond to achievement status transmission means. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S118 of FIG. 3 correspond to achievement determination means. The control unit 11 of the management server 10 and S120 of FIG. 3 correspond to achievement presentation means.

  The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S204 of FIG. 5 correspond to participation determination means. The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S206 of FIG. 5 correspond to participation notification means. The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S216 in FIG. 5 correspond to a creation unit and a usage information transmission unit. The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S210 and S220 of FIG. 5 correspond to achievement status receiving means. The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S212 in FIG. 5 correspond to achievement incentive means. The control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and S222 of FIG. 5 correspond to participation soliciting means.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke system, 10 ... Management server, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Memory | storage part, 13 ... Operation part, 14 ... Display part, 15 ... Communication interface part, 20 ... Karaoke apparatus, 21 ... Control part, 22 ... Communication interface , 23 ... storage unit, 24 ... operation unit, 25 ... voice input / output unit, 26 ... display, 27 ... microphone, 28 ... speaker.

Claims (5)

In a karaoke system having a plurality of karaoke devices connected to a network,
A target setting means for setting a target condition for singing karaoke by a user, which is a target condition in a participatory function in which users of the plurality of karaoke apparatuses achieve a common target;
In each of the karaoke devices, participation determination means for determining whether or not to participate in the participation type function,
Participation acceptance means for accepting a participation terminal that is a karaoke device that has decided to participate in the participation type function by the participation determination means;
In each of the participating terminals, creating means for creating usage information representing the usage result of the karaoke song by the user;
Acquisition means for acquiring the usage information created in each of the participating terminals;
A counting means for counting the number of participating terminals and the usage information acquired by the acquiring means;
Achievement determination means for determining whether or not the target condition set by the target setting means has been achieved, based on the counting result by the counting means;
An achievement status transmitting means for transmitting achievement status information representing an achievement status based on a counting result by the counting means to the plurality of karaoke devices when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition is not achieved;
Achievement incentive means for presenting information for encouraging achievement of the target condition to a user via a predetermined information presentation means in each of the participating terminals based on the achievement status information transmitted by the achievement status transmission means;
Based on the achievement status information transmitted by the achievement status transmission means, in a non-participating terminal that is a karaoke apparatus that does not participate in the participation type function, information for soliciting participation in the participation type function is given as predetermined information presentation means. Solicitation means to present to the user via
An achievement presenting means for presenting information indicating that the target condition has been achieved to an administrator via a predetermined information presenting means when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition has been achieved;
A karaoke system comprising: The karaoke system according to claim 1,
The target condition set by the target setting means includes a condition related to at least one of the score obtained by scoring the user's song or the number of participating terminals,
Karaoke system featuring In the karaoke system according to claim 1 or 2,
The achievement incentive means presents information representing the remaining conditions necessary to achieve the target condition as information for encouraging the achievement of the target condition;
Karaoke system featuring A management server that communicates with a plurality of karaoke apparatuses via a network,
A target setting means for setting a target condition for singing karaoke by a user, which is a target condition in a participatory function in which users of the plurality of karaoke apparatuses achieve a common target;
Participation acceptance means for accepting a participation terminal that is a karaoke device that has decided to participate in the participation type function;
From each of the participating terminals, an acquisition means for acquiring usage information representing a usage result of karaoke singing by a user;
A counting means for counting the number of participating terminals and the usage information acquired by the acquiring means;
Achievement determination means for determining whether or not the target condition set by the target setting means has been achieved, based on the counting result by the counting means;
An achievement status transmitting means for transmitting achievement status information representing an achievement status based on a counting result by the counting means to the plurality of karaoke devices when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition is not achieved;
An achievement presenting means for presenting information indicating that the target condition has been achieved to an administrator via a predetermined information presenting means when the achievement determining means determines that the target condition has been achieved;
A management server comprising: Participation determination means for determining whether or not to participate in a participatory function in which users of a plurality of karaoke devices achieve a common goal;
Participation notification means for notifying the management server of the presence or absence of participation determined by the participation determination means;
Usage information transmitting means for transmitting usage information representing a usage result of karaoke singing by a user to the management server;
Achievement status receiving means for receiving achievement status information representing the achievement status of the target condition of the participation function from the management server;
When participation in the participatory function is determined by the determining means, information for encouraging achievement of the target condition is obtained via predetermined information presenting means based on the achievement status information received by the achievement status receiving means. Achievement incentives to present to users,
When participation in the participatory function is not determined by the determining means, information for soliciting participation in the participatory function based on the achievement status information received by the achievement status receiving means is predetermined information presentation means Solicitation means to present to the user via
A karaoke apparatus comprising:

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