JP2018146768A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke device capable of suggesting predetermined medley musical pieces to a singer even when there is no medley musical pieces including the melody which the singer wants to sing.SOLUTION: The karaoke device comprises a music piece specifying unit which specifies a music piece including a melody that is a part of a certain music piece and identical or similar to an input melody corresponding to the selection of a singer, a searching unit which searches for a medley music piece including a melody identical or similar to the melody of a predetermined section constituting the specified music piece among a plurality of medley music pieces, and a display control unit which displays the search result by the search unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus.

  The karaoke device stores 200,000 or more karaoke songs. A singer operates a remote control device attached to the karaoke device to select a desired karaoke song by inputting conditions such as a song name, artist name, genre, and song release year.

  Here, some singers want to sing a karaoke song that has been impressed by CM and so on. However, it is often difficult to select a desired karaoke piece for such a piece of music because the song name or artist name is not known.

  As a technique for searching for a karaoke piece whose song name or the like is not known, for example, there is a piece searching apparatus described in Patent Document 1.

  In Patent Document 1, pitch data and pitch data are extracted from a melody corresponding to a voice inputted by a microphone, and compared with pitch data and pitch data corresponding to a melody of each stored music, A music search device that searches and displays music candidates based on the results is disclosed. According to such a music search device, it is possible to search for karaoke music whose song name or the like is unknown.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-138691

  By the way, medley music is also included in the karaoke music which can be performed with a karaoke apparatus. The medley music is composed by connecting melody of a predetermined section (for example, rust portion) set to each of a plurality of karaoke music. The medley music is composed only of music of a specific artist, or composed of music included in the sales ranking in units of difficulty of the music or in a predetermined period. For example, the name of the medley music (for example, “90's It is difficult to determine which melody is included in the constituent music as well as what is included in the constituent music from "Best").

  Here, when searching for a medley song including a karaoke song whose song name is unknown, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 is used, if there is no medley song containing a melody corresponding to the input voice, singing is performed. Medley music cannot be presented to a person.

  Or even if it is a case where it searches for the medley music in which the melody (for example, rust part) which wants to sing is contained in the music whose music name is known, the technique of patent document 1 contains the melody which wants to sing. If there is no medley music, the medley music cannot be presented to the singer.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of presenting a predetermined medley music to a singer even when there is no medley music containing a melody to be sung.

The main invention for achieving the above object is a melody that constitutes a part of a certain piece of music, and a music specifying unit that specifies music containing a melody that matches or is similar to the input melody according to the selection of the singer, A search unit that searches for a medley song including a melody that matches or is similar to a melody of a predetermined section that constitutes the specified song from among a plurality of medley songs; a display control unit that displays a search result by the search unit; Is a karaoke apparatus.
Other characteristics of the present invention will be made clear by the description and drawings described later.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if there is no medley music containing the melody to sing, a predetermined medley music can be shown with respect to a singer.

It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of the karaoke main body which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the remote control apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

  In addition to the main invention described above, at least the following matters will become apparent from the description of the specification and drawings described below.

  That is, the karaoke apparatus in which the display control unit displays the medley music including the input melody and the medley music including the melody in the predetermined section other than the input melody in different display modes becomes clear. Thus, by changing the display mode of the medley music, the singer can easily distinguish between the medley music including the melody to be sung and the other medley music.

  Moreover, the karaoke apparatus which specifies the said music becomes clear by the said music specific | specification part comparing the said input melody corresponding to the input audio | voice from a microphone, and the melody of each music. According to such a karaoke apparatus, it is possible to specify a karaoke piece including a melody (or a similar melody) corresponding to an input voice from a microphone.

  Further, the input melody corresponds to a melody of a predetermined section of the certain music selected on the display screen of the display unit, and the music specifying unit selects a melody of the selected predetermined section, a melody of each music, , The karaoke device for specifying the music is clarified. According to such a karaoke apparatus, it is possible to specify a karaoke piece including a melody (or a similar melody) corresponding to a predetermined section of the selected karaoke piece.

<First Embodiment>
With reference to FIGS. 1-4D, the karaoke apparatus 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment is demonstrated.

== Karaoke equipment ==
The karaoke apparatus 1 is an apparatus for karaoke performance and a singer performing karaoke singing. As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke apparatus 1 includes a karaoke main body 10, a speaker 20, a display device 30, a microphone 40, and a remote control device 50.

  The speaker 20 is configured to emit sound based on the sound emission signal from the karaoke main body 10. The display device 30 is configured to display a video or an image on the screen based on a signal from the karaoke main body 10. The microphone 40 is configured to convert a singer's singing voice (input voice from the microphone 40) into an analog voice signal and input it to the karaoke main body 10. The remote control device 50 is a device for performing various operations on the karaoke main body 10. The singer can use the remote controller 50 to select (reserve) a song for which karaoke singing is desired. Icons or the like for inputting instructions for various operations are displayed on the display screen of the remote control device 50. The remote controller 50 may be provided with the same function as the microphone 40.

  The karaoke main body 10 performs various controls related to karaoke singing, such as performance control of the selected karaoke music, display control of lyrics and background video, and processing of an audio signal input through the microphone 40. As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke main body 10 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, a storage unit 13, an acoustic processing unit 14, a display processing unit 15, and an operation unit 16. Each component is connected to the bus B via an interface (not shown).

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU 11a and a memory 11b. The CPU 11a implements various control functions by executing the operation program stored in the memory 11b. The memory 11b is a storage device that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 11a and temporarily stores various types of information when the program is executed.

  The communication unit 12 provides an interface for connecting the karaoke main unit 10 to a communication line via a router (not shown).

  The storage unit 13 is a large-capacity storage device that stores various data, and is, for example, a hard disk drive. The storage unit 13 stores a plurality of pieces of music data for performing karaoke performance by the karaoke apparatus 1. The music data according to the present embodiment includes medley music data for performing karaoke performance of the medley music.

  The music data is given a music ID for specifying individual music. The music data includes accompaniment data, reference data, guide melody data, and the like. Accompaniment data is data that is the source of karaoke performance sounds. Reference data is data used as a reference when scoring a karaoke song by a singer. The guide melody data is data constituting a guide melody that supports a singer's karaoke singing.

  Reference data and guide melody data are data indicating the singing melody (melody) of a certain musical piece, and are configured to include pitch data and pitch data. Hereinafter, the reference data and / or the guide melody data may be referred to as “melody data”.

  The storage unit 13 also includes lyrics telop data for displaying lyrics telop corresponding to karaoke music on the display device 30, background image data such as a background image displayed on the display device 30 during karaoke performance, and music Attribute information (information related to the music such as the singer name, lyrics / composer name, and genre) is stored.

  Based on the control of the control unit 11, the sound processing unit 14 controls the performance of the karaoke music and processes the singing voice signal input through the microphone 40. The acoustic processing unit 14 includes, for example, a MIDI sound source, a mixer, and an amplifier (all not shown). The MIDI sound source generates a musical sound signal based on the music data. The mixer mixes the music signal and the audio signal output from the microphone 40 at an appropriate ratio and outputs the mixed signal to the amplifier. The amplifier amplifies the mixing signal from the mixer and outputs the amplified signal to the speaker 20 as a sound emission signal. Thereby, the karaoke performance sound based on the sound emission signal and the singing voice from the microphone 40 are emitted from the speaker 20.

  The display processing unit 15 performs processing related to various displays in the display device 30 and the remote control device 50 based on the control of the control unit 11. For example, the display processing unit 15 controls the display device 30 to display a video in which lyrics telop and various icons are superimposed on a background video during karaoke performance. Alternatively, the display processing unit 15 displays various icons for operation input on the display screen of the remote control device 50.

  The operation unit 16 includes a panel switch and a remote control receiving circuit. The operation unit 16 sends operation signals such as a music selection signal and a performance stop signal to the control unit 11 according to the operation of the panel switch of the karaoke device 1 or the remote control device 50 by the singer. Output. The control unit 11 detects an operation signal from the operation unit 16 and executes a corresponding process.

(Software configuration)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration example of the karaoke main body 10. The karaoke main body 10 includes a music specifying unit 100, a search unit 200, and a display control unit 300. The music specifying unit 100, the search unit 200, and the display control unit 300 are realized by the CPU 11a executing a program stored in the memory 11b.

[Music identification part]
The music specifying unit 100 specifies a melody that constitutes a part of a certain music and includes a melody that matches or is similar to the input melody according to the singer's selection.

  Each piece of music is composed of a melody for each predetermined section. The predetermined section is a performance category such as “A melody”, “B melody”, “rust”, “C melody” set in advance. The predetermined section may be set each time according to the input melody. For example, when the singer selects “B melody + chorus” as the input melody, the predetermined section may be set as “A melody”, “B melody + chorus”, or “C melody”.

  The input melody corresponds to the melody selected by the singer from among the melody constituting a part of a certain musical piece. The input melody in the present embodiment is a melody corresponding to the input voice from the microphone 40 (for example, a chorus melody).

  Here, the music identification unit 100 according to the present embodiment identifies the music by comparing the input melody corresponding to the input voice from the microphone 40 and the melody of each music stored in the storage unit 13. .

  Specifically, the music specifying unit 100 analyzes the melody corresponding to the input voice from the microphone 40 and edits the musical score data indicating the pitch and the tone length. Then, the music specifying unit 100 compares the edited musical score data with the melody data of a plurality of music stored in the storage unit 13 and specifies the music having the same or similar pitch and length. The music identification unit 100 outputs information (music ID etc.) indicating the identified music to the search unit 200.

  Note that the pitch and the pitch are equal means that the melody data includes a melody having the same pitch and length as the score data. Also, that the pitch and the pitch are similar means that either the pitch or the pitch is the same, or the pitch deviation is within a predetermined value (for example, a semitone). It contains an approximate melody.

[Search section]
The search unit 200 searches for a medley music including a melody that matches or is similar to a melody of a predetermined section constituting the specified music from a plurality of medley music.

  For example, it is assumed that the melody of “rust” is input by the singer and the music A is specified by the music specifying unit 100. In addition, it is assumed that the music piece A is composed of four predetermined sections of melody “A melody”, “B melody”, “rust”, and “C melody”.

  In this case, the search unit 200 searches for a medley song including a melody that matches or is similar to the melody of the four predetermined sections constituting the specified song A from the plurality of medley songs stored in the storage unit 13. To do.

  As a search result, (1) when only the medley music including the input melody (rust) exists, (2) the medley music including the input melody (rust) and the melody other than the rust of the music A (“A melody”, When there is a medley song including “B melody” and “C melody”), only medley songs including (3) melody other than rust of song A (“A melody”, “B melody”, “C melody”) There are four possibilities: (4) when there is no medley song containing a melody in a predetermined section.

  When the search results (1) to (3) are obtained, the search unit 200 outputs information (for example, a music ID) indicating the searched medley music to the display control unit 300. On the other hand, when the search result of (4) is obtained, the search unit 200 outputs a signal indicating that no medley music exists to the display control unit 300.

[Display control unit]
The display control unit 300 performs various display controls in the karaoke apparatus 1. In addition, the display control unit 300 according to the present embodiment displays search results obtained by the search unit 200.

  For example, it is assumed that medley music X1 including an input melody and medley music X2 to X4 including a melody other than the input melody are obtained as search results in the above example. The search unit 200 outputs the song IDs of the medley songs X1 to X4 to the display control unit 300.

  In this case, the display control unit 300 displays the song names of the medley songs X1 to X4 on the display screen of the remote control device 50 based on the song IDs of the medley songs X1 to X4 (see FIG. 4D described later).

  The display control unit 300 can also display the medley music including the input melody and the medley music including the melody in a predetermined section other than the input melody in different display modes. For example, the display control unit 300 can display the icon of the medley music piece X1 and the icons of the medley music pieces X2 to X4 in different colors, or can display only the icon of the medley music piece X1 by decorating the outer frame. Further, the display control unit 300 can display the icon of the medley music piece X1 higher than the icons of the medley music pieces X2 to X4. Alternatively, the display control unit 300 can display a message such as “It is a medley song including a melody you input” next to the icon of the medley song X1.

  In addition, when receiving a signal indicating that there is no medley music, the display control unit 300 displays a message to that effect (eg, “corresponding medley music was not found”).

== About the operation of the karaoke apparatus 1 ==
Next, a specific example of the operation of the karaoke apparatus 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the karaoke apparatus 1. 4A to 4D show display screens of the remote control device 50. FIG. In this example, suppose that a singer wants to sing a medley song that includes a chorus melody that he or she has heard in a commercial.

  The display control unit 300 displays a search screen (see FIG. 4A) on the display screen of the remote control device 50 (display of the search screen. Step 10). The singer selects the icon “Search Medley Music” on the search screen.

  When the “medley music search” icon is selected, the display control unit 300 searches for a “voice input search” icon as a search icon in addition to a general search icon such as keyword search (see FIG. 4B). (Display of voice input icon. Step 11).

  When the “voice input” icon is selected, the display control unit 300 displays a voice input screen (see FIG. 4C) (display of the voice input screen. Step 12). The singer performs voice input via the microphone 40 and then selects the “complete” icon on the voice input screen.

  The music specifying unit 100 analyzes the melody corresponding to the input voice from the microphone 40 and edits the score data indicating the pitch and the tone length (editing the score data. Step 13).

  The music identification unit 100 compares the musical score data edited in step 13 with the melody data of a plurality of music stored in the storage unit 13, and identifies music having the same or similar pitch and length (song of music) Identification, step 14). The music identification unit 100 outputs information indicating the identified music to the search unit 200.

  The search unit 200 searches for a medley music including a melody that matches or is similar to the melody of the predetermined section constituting the music specified in step 14 from a plurality of medley music (search for medley music, step 15). The search unit 200 outputs the search result to the display control unit 300.

  The display control unit 300 displays the search result obtained in step 15 on the search result screen (see FIG. 4D) of the remote control device 50 (display of the search result, step 16).

  The singer can reserve a medley song by selecting an arbitrary song from the medley songs displayed on the search result screen and selecting a reservation icon.

  Thus, according to the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a melody that constitutes a part of a certain piece of music and that includes a melody that matches or is similar to the input melody according to the singer's selection is specified. From among a plurality of medley songs, a medley song including a melody that matches or is similar to a melody of a predetermined section constituting the specified song can be searched, and the search result can be displayed.

  More specifically, the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can identify a music piece by comparing an input melody corresponding to an input voice from the microphone 40 and a melody of each piece of music.

  Therefore, the singer can grasp the medley music including the melody without knowing the music name only by inputting the desired melody that he / she wants to sing. In addition, even when there is no medley music including the melody, it is possible to grasp a medley music including a melody in a predetermined section other than the melody. Although the melody in such a predetermined section is different from the input melody, it is a melody included in the same music (or similar music) as the input melody, so the melody atmosphere is similar or the tempo is the same. It is easy to sing. That is, even if the singer cannot sing a desired melody, it is possible to sing a melody close to that.

  That is, according to the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when there is a medley music that includes the melody that the singer wants to sing, the medley music that the singer desires can be presented and the medley music that includes the melody that the singer wants to sing is included. Even if it is not, a predetermined medley music can be presented to the singer.

  Further, according to the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display the medley music including the input melody and the medley music including the melody in the predetermined section other than the input melody in different display modes. In this case, the singer can easily distinguish the medley music including the input melody.

Second Embodiment
Next, with reference to FIG. 5A-FIG. 5C, the karaoke apparatus 1 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, an example in the case of searching for a medley music including a part of melody of a karaoke music whose music name is known will be described. Detailed description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment will be omitted.

[Music identification part]
The music specifying unit 100 according to the present embodiment specifies a music by comparing the melody of the selected predetermined section with the melody of each music.

  In the present embodiment, the input melody corresponds to a melody in a predetermined section of a certain music selected on the display screen of the display unit.

  For example, the display control unit 300 displays a search screen on the display screen of the remote control device 50. When the singer inputs the title of the desired song B on the search screen, the display control unit 300 displays the search result (see FIG. 5A). Here, it is assumed that the singer selects the “medley search” icon displayed on the screen of FIG. 5A.

  When the “medley search” icon is selected, the display control unit 300 displays a “section search” icon as a search icon on the search screen in addition to a general search icon such as keyword search (FIG. 5B). reference).

  When the “section search” icon is selected, the display control unit 300 displays a section search screen (see FIG. 5C). On the section search screen, a predetermined section included in the selected music B is displayed. In the example of FIG. 5C, “A melody”, “B melody”, “rust 1”, and “rust 2” are displayed. The singer selects an arbitrary predetermined section, and then selects the “complete” icon on the section search screen.

  The music specifying unit 100 reads out the melody data of the selected predetermined section from the storage unit 13. Then, the music specifying unit 100 compares the read melody data of the predetermined section with the melody data of a plurality of music stored in the storage unit 13 and specifies music having the same or similar pitch and length. The music identification unit 100 outputs information indicating the identified music to the search unit 200.

  Thus, according to the karaoke apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment, a music can be specified by comparing the melody of the predetermined area of the selected certain music, and the melody of each music.

  Therefore, the singer can grasp the medley music including the melody only by selecting a predetermined section corresponding to the melody that he / she wants to sing karaoke. Further, even when there is no medley music including the melody, the medley music including a melody in a predetermined section other than the melody can be grasped as in the first embodiment. That is, according to the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when there is a medley music that includes a melody that the singer wants to sing, the medley music that the singer desires can be presented and there is no medley music that includes the melody that the singer wants to sing. Even in this case, a predetermined medley music can be presented to the singer.

<Others>
In the above example, the example in which the karaoke main body 10 includes the music specifying unit 100, the search unit 200, and the display control unit 300 has been described. However, for example, the remote control device 50 has all the configurations (or some configurations). But you can.

  The above embodiment is presented as an example and does not limit the scope of the invention. The above configurations can be implemented in appropriate combination, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The above-described embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof in the same manner as included in the scope and spirit of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus 10 Karaoke main body 11 Control part 100 Music specification part 200 Search part 300 Display control part

Claims (4)

A melody that constitutes a part of a certain song, and a song identifying unit that identifies a song including a melody that matches or is similar to the input melody according to the selection of the singer;
A search unit for searching for a medley song including a melody that matches or is similar to a melody of a predetermined section constituting the specified song from a plurality of medley songs;
A display control unit for displaying a search result by the search unit;
Karaoke apparatus having   The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the medley music including the input melody and the medley music including the melody of the predetermined section other than the input melody in different display modes.   3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the music specifying unit specifies the music by comparing the input melody corresponding to an input voice from a microphone with a melody of each music. The input melody corresponds to the melody of a predetermined section of the certain music selected on the display screen of the display unit,
The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the music specifying unit specifies the music by comparing the selected melody of the predetermined section with the melody of each music.

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