JP2504264C - - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an audio device with a video synthesizing function that can sing and enjoy a song in accordance with a reproduced video and a music accompaniment sound. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a so-called karaoke apparatus provided with a video apparatus, since the speed of reproduction of a video and the beginning of a music piece is increased, and the volume of video data and music data of the music piece is large, the karaoke apparatus has a large capacity. It is common to use a video disc as the kind of media. On this video disc, video data including lyrics and music data are combined and recorded so that they are output in synchronization. By the way, the playing time per song is usually about 3 to 4 minutes, but for business use, the number of playing songs that must be prepared by one device is thousands, corresponding to this. To do so, I had to have dozens of video discs. Also, as new songs were produced, we had to prepare new video discs accordingly. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Providing new video discs one after another in this way requires a large cost burden on the user side, and should the media supply side also produce new video software one after another. And the cost was very high. In addition, the trend of the song is changing so fast that it is necessary to change old and new frequently,
The video data of the music piece which was not used very much was also discarded, so that there was much waste. In order to solve this kind of problem, a still image is used as video data (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 60-214178). Was unsatisfactory. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. By sharing video data for each song preference, the new and old music / song media are frequently replaced with the trend of music. It is another object of the present invention to provide an audio device with a video synthesizing function that can be used without changing the video media and that can greatly reduce the cost of the user or the like. Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides an audio device including display means for reproducing video data and displaying a video, and output means for reproducing an audio signal and playing music. A music media that records information such as sound signals and lyrics of a plurality of music pieces, and a plurality of video data that are grouped for each keyword related to the music pieces and that can be used redundantly among the music pieces. A table storage means for storing a relationship between a recorded image memory, a keyword related to one music piece, and a plurality of video data grouped for each keyword, and a desired music piece in a music medium is selected. When done
Selecting means for reading out the contents stored in the table storage means and automatically selecting one image data from a plurality of video data corresponding to a keyword related to the musical piece stored in the image memory; Playback means for playing back the played music and the video data from the music media and the image memory, respectively, and video synthesis means for synthesizing information such as lyrics reproduced from the music media with the video data reproduced from the image memory. And a composite video synthesized by the video synthesizing means is displayed on the display means. [Operation] In the above configuration, when a desired musical piece is selected from music media, video data suitable for the taste of the musical piece is automatically and sequentially selected one by one from the image memory. Therefore, when arranging new songs, only music media can be added, and the image memory can be shared when new and old music media are played.
Even when the same music piece is continuously selected, the background images are automatically selected one by one from the image memory, so that different background images can be selected without performing troublesome operations such as designation change. You can enjoy. [Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the present apparatus. This apparatus comprises a monitor receiver 1 (display means) for reproducing and displaying an image together with the lyrics of a music piece, and a speaker 2 (for reproducing and outputting a music performance sound).
Output means), a CD player 3 (reproducing means) for reproducing music media such as a compact disk (CD disk) 31 to obtain an audio signal, and a laser disc player 4 (reproducing means) for reproducing an image memory such as a video disk 41. 1, a microphone 9 for inputting a singing voice, input means for selecting a musical piece to be described later, and various circuits (not shown in FIG. 1) for processing outputs from the players 3, 4 and the like. FIG. 2 shows a block configuration of the present apparatus. When a user inputs information such as a keyword number of a tune to be played by a user through an input device 51 such as a keyboard, the central control device (CPU) 5 registers the data in a reserved manner and refers to data in a ROM 52 described later. Then, the music selection signal 5b of the reserved music is transmitted to the CD player 3, and the cue signal 5a of the video corresponding to this music is transmitted to the laser disk player 4. This function corresponds to the means for selecting a combination of video data corresponding to the taste of the musical piece. Further, as described later, the CPU 5 reads out video data from the laser disk 41 and music data from the CD disk 31 and controls the entire apparatus. The CD player 3 reads out information 3a such as lyrics and musical scores of the music piece recorded on the CD disk 31 and an acoustic signal (music data) 3b of the music piece recorded on the CD disk 31 in accordance with the music selection signal 5b from the CPU 5, and synchronizes them. Output to the video image circuit 6 and the audio amplifier 7. The video image circuit 6 converts the information 3a such as lyrics into image data 6a and outputs it. The audio amplifier 7 synthesizes and amplifies the sound signal of the music piece played and the sound signal from the microphone 9 and outputs it to the speaker 2 as a sound signal 7a. The laser disk player 4 synchronizes with the above operation in accordance with the video cueing signal 5a from the CPU 5 and performs background video data 4 recorded on the video disk 41.
a is read out and output to the video synthesizing circuit 8. The video synthesizing circuit 8 synthesizes the background video data 4a and the video data 6a, and outputs a video signal 8a to the monitor receiver 1 such as a CRT display. Next, the music selection operation of the above apparatus will be described with reference to the keyword-video number correspondence table in FIG. 3 and the music title-keyword correspondence table in FIG. The ROM 52 stores a table indicating the video number 12 recorded on the laser disk 41 corresponding to the keyword 11 representing the content of the music as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a table indicating a keyword number 14 corresponding to the keyword 11 representing the content of a song is stored for each song name 13. Therefore, for the musical piece selected by the input operation from the input device 51, a background image suitable for the taste is automatically selected from the laser disk 41. In the above-described method of selecting the background video data 4a, a plurality of keyword numbers 14 are assigned to the song names 13 in FIG. 4, and a plurality of video numbers 12 are assigned to the keywords 11 in FIG. For this reason, the background video data 4a is not determined in a one-to-one relationship with the performance music, but a plurality of videos that match the taste are prepared as options. There is also an advantage that a singing person can enjoy the song while watching various video data. In FIG. 3, a plurality of video numbers 12 are listed corresponding to one keyword 11. Therefore, any one of the video numbers may be automatically and alternately selected on the device side, or the video number 12 may be input according to the user's preference. As described above, the background video data is read from the laser disk 41 in synchronization with the signal from the CPU 5, the information such as the lyrics and music scores of the music corresponding to the video and the music data are read from the CD disk 31, These data are synthesized (superimposed) by the video synthesis circuit 8. As a result, as shown in FIG. 1, the character string 16 of the lyrics is displayed on the background image 15 on the monitor receiver 1.
On the other hand, the music data 3b from the CD player 3 and the audio signal 9a from the microphone 9 are mixed by the audio amplifier 7 into a sound signal 7a, which is given to the speaker 2 and output as sound. In addition, the background image 15 and the character string 16 of the lyrics displayed on the monitor receiver 1 are synchronized with the performance sound from the speaker 2. In the above description, a video disk has been described as recording video data, and a CD disk has been described as music media. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and instead of a video disk, a hard disk (CD-ROM), a video tape, etc. Various image memories can be used, and in addition to magnetic tapes instead of CD disks, MIDI
Various memory means storing digital code data (message) in a format according to the standard can be used. The data according to the MIDI standard may include information for displaying lyrics in addition to music information. If such MIDI information is used, it is easy to construct a system in which data is downloaded from the outside using a communication line, and this data is read and reproduced, for example. However, it is possible to prepare new music data with a relatively small running cost burden. [Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an audio device that reproduces a music accompaniment sound together with a video display and enjoys singing along with the performance sound while watching the video. One or more of the grouped video data is prepared in an image memory, and background video data belonging to the music is automatically and sequentially selected one by one according to the music to be played, and the video is displayed. I have to. Therefore, the content of the background video can be made to reflect the content of the song without any troublesome operation. In addition, since video data is shared, the task of creating new background video data for each new song can be omitted, the amount of data for video can be significantly reduced, and the cost burden on the user side Can also be significantly reduced. In addition, the music piece and the video can be appropriately combined and reproduced with a simpler configuration without using a mechanical mechanism such as an automatic changer of a conventional karaoke apparatus. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external view of an audio device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the device, FIG. Figure 4 shows the song title
It is a figure showing a keyword correspondence table. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Monitor receiver (display means), 2 ... Speaker (output means), 3 ... CD player (playback means), 31 ... CD disk (music media), 4 ... Laser disk player (playback means), 41 ... Video disk (Image memory), 5 CPU, 5
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device (selection means), 52 ... ROM, 6 ... Video video circuit, 7 ... Audio amplifier, 8 ... Video synthesis circuit.

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Claims: (1) In an audio apparatus provided with display means for reproducing video data and displaying a video, and output means for reproducing an audio signal and playing music, an audio signal and lyrics of a plurality of music pieces to be played are provided. A music medium that stores information such as music data, an image memory that stores a plurality of video data that are grouped for each keyword related to the music piece and that can be used repeatedly among the music pieces, A table storage unit that stores a relationship between a keyword related to and a plurality of video data grouped for each keyword; and when a desired performance song in the music media is selected, the table storage unit The stored contents are read out, and one image data is automatically extracted from a plurality of video data corresponding to the keyword related to the music piece stored in the image memory. Selecting means for selecting; reproducing means for reproducing the selected performance music and video data from the music media and image memory, respectively; and information such as lyrics reproduced from the music media reproduced from the image memory. An audio device with a video synthesizing function , comprising: video synthesizing means for synthesizing video data, wherein the synthesized video synthesized by the video synthesizing means is displayed on the display means.