JP2822591B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an improvement of a karaoke apparatus which has an input means for designating reservation of music to be reproduced and reproduces music based on the reservation designation information.

[Related Art] In recent years, karaoke apparatuses have been widely used not only in izakayas and the like but also in ordinary households. Such a karaoke device,
A medium (for example, a cassette tape, a laser disk, a compact disk, etc.) on which a large number of music information is recorded is provided, and the music selected by the user is searched from the medium and reproduced sequentially.

As a recording medium, a tone information storage medium such as a hard disk is provided in the main body of the karaoke apparatus instead of an external medium, and a large amount of tone information is stored as digital signals in the tone information storage medium, and the stored desired tone information is stored. A karaoke apparatus that sequentially reads out and reproduces music information has also been developed.

Generally, MIDI (Musical Instrument) is used as data stored in the musical information storage medium of such a karaoke apparatus.
An application using ent Digital Interface ("MIDI" is a trademark) information has also been filed. This is information standardized internationally, and is information indicating a tone color, a volume, and the like. That is, the MIDI information for each music piece is read out, and a predetermined accompaniment music is reproduced by a musical sound reproduction device such as a synthesizer via a MIDI interface.

In the karaoke apparatus as described above, a music reservation function is provided so that a large number of music pieces can be specified at the same time. Has been done.

Also, the tempo and key of the music to be played are basically standardized, but in order to improve the ease of singing, the tempo and key can be adjusted according to the individual, Each adjustment mechanism is also provided.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

With the karaoke apparatus as described above, it is difficult for a user, especially a singer, to recognize the order of his / her singing book. This is particularly remarkable in an izakaya or the like because the singer and the person who makes the reservation registration are different.

In order to confirm this order, it is necessary to recognize the description such as a memo separately, but if there is no such note, it is also recognized whether or not the same song as the song selected by oneself is reserved by another person Can not do. This was extremely inconvenient because it did not fit the singer's psychology that he did not like to sing the same song as others, and the psychology that he wanted to think about his or her turn in what number of songs. Furthermore, it was not possible to recognize that the song was registered incorrectly, until the player noticed that the song was played and there was no singer.

In addition, the singer often recognizes the tempo and key that are easy to sing. For example, it recognizes that the tempo is slower than usual or that a key lower than usual is preferable. However, in the conventional karaoke apparatus, the tempo and the key cannot be designated at the reservation stage, and the adjustment must be performed after the singing is started or immediately before the singing, which is inconvenient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has as its object not only the reservation of the reproduction order of music, but also the reservation of the tempo and key of each music, and the order of music, the tempo, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of displaying a key reservation content on a screen.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is a karaoke apparatus including a music storage unit, a musical sound reproduction unit, an input unit, an input information storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the music storage unit corresponds to an identifier. While storing a plurality of music pieces, the music pieces are composed of at least music name information and music information, the music sound reproduction means reproduces the music sound information based on the adjustment information, and the input means inputs the identifier, the adjustment information, and the reservation status display instruction. The input information storage means stores the input identifier and the adjustment information corresponding to the reservation order, and the control means stores the tone information and the adjustment information corresponding to the identifier based on the reservation order of the input information storage means. Output to the tone reproduction means, and when the reservation status is indicated, the song name information and adjustment information corresponding to the identifier stored in the input information storage means are displayed on the display means in correspondence with the reservation order. To, characterized in that.

(Operation)

According to the karaoke apparatus having the above structure, the input means (10) can adjust the tempo and key at the stage of music reservation, so that the user can always sing at the tempo or key that suits him from the beginning of the music reproduction. Becomes possible.

In addition, the display unit (3) displays the song order reserved by the operation of the control unit (12) and the tempo and key set for each song.
Since it can be displayed as appropriate in 2), the singer can quickly and clearly know his or her order and the existence of the reservation of the same song.

In addition, it is possible to promptly recognize an error in reservation, thereby improving convenience in using the karaoke apparatus.

In other words, the singer can display the song reservation order and the tempo and key designation status of each song on the display means (32),
Check if the song has been correctly reserved, or if there is no
It is possible to clearly and promptly recognize the number of the player's turn, and whether the tempo and the key have been correctly specified, and to further improve the usability of the karaoke apparatus.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the embodiment. The input means 10 has operation keys for designating and reserving music, and serves as individual adjusting means for designating the tempo and key of music. Operation keys are also provided. Input means 10
Is connected to a central control unit 12 as a control means, and further to the central control unit 12, an input information storage unit 14 is connected.

The input information storage unit 14 has a music storage unit 16 and an adjustment storage unit 18. The central control unit 12 stores the information of the music input by the input means 10 in the music storage means 16 and also stores the tempo and key adjustment contents designated for each music in the adjustment storage means 18. is there.

Further, the central control unit 12 is connected to a musical sound information storage medium 20 and a musical sound reproducing device 22 as musical sound reproducing means. In this embodiment, the music information storage medium 20 stores a large number of music pieces.
A storage medium storing MIDI information is used. And
The tone reproduction device 22 is composed of a synthesizer.
Note that the musical sound information storage medium 20 can be constituted by a laser disk or a compact disk instead of the MIDI information type described above. In this case, the musical sound reproducing device 22
Consists of players and CD players.

Further, an audio amplifier 24 is connected to the musical sound reproducing device 22, and the audio amplifier 24 amplifies the singer's voice signal from the microphone 26 and the musical sound reproducing device from the musical sound reproducing device 22 and sends the amplified signal to the speaker 28. It is connected to emit a synthetic sound from 28.

Next, in this embodiment, a video circuit is used as an image display mechanism.
30 and display means 32 are provided. That is, the video circuit 30 is connected to the central control unit 12, and the display means 32 is connected to the video circuit 30. The video circuit 30 includes the central control unit 12
Converts the read reservation information from the input information storage unit 14 into an image signal, sends it to the display means 32, and displays the reservation state on the screen.

In the present embodiment, the lyrics information stored in the music information storage medium 20 is also displayed. That is, the display means 32
, Lyrics are displayed together with a background image based on information from a background image reproducing means (not shown).

 Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the above mechanism will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation at the stage of storing the reservation information in the input information storage unit 14.
Enter the number of the song you want to sing with 10 (S1). next,
A selection is made as to whether or not to change the tempo of the music (S2). If the tempo is to be changed (Yes in S2), a key operation for individual adjustment of the input means 10 is performed to adjust the tempo and input a reservation (S3).

And if the tempo input ends or S2 is No,
Next, whether or not to change the key of the music is selected (S4).
If it is to be changed (S2 is Yes), the user also operates the key for individual adjustment of the input means 10 to adjust the key and input a reservation (S5). Normally, the keys are configured so that they can be changed by about five upper and lower scales.

Then, when the key input is completed or S4 is No, the reservation end key of the input means 10 is pressed to complete the reservation (S4).
6).

When the reservation is completed, the central control unit 12 reads the input information recorded in the input buffer or the like of the input unit 10 and records the music number in the music storage unit 16 of the input information storage unit 14 as the reservation order R, and The tempo and key information of the music are stored in the adjustment storage means 18 (S7).

Then, by performing +1 in the order of reservation R, preparation for reservation of the next music is performed (S8). By repeating the above operation for each song, a reservation including the tempo and key of a plurality of songs can be made.

When a singer wants to confirm the reservation status when a plurality of songs are reserved in this way, for example, when an image display is instructed by key operation of the input unit 10, the central control unit
Reference numeral 12 reads the song order and song number from the song storage means 14.
Then, the corresponding music title can be read from the information of the musical tone information storage medium 20, sent to the video circuit 30, and displayed on the display means 32.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the display of the reservation status,
On the screen 100, the titles of the songs are displayed in the order of reservation, and the content of adjustment of the tempo and the key of each song is displayed. With this display, the user can confirm in advance whether the song is correctly reserved, what time his / her turn is, and whether the tempo and key are set so that he / she can easily sing.

Further, at the time of music reproduction, the central control unit 12 controls the music information storage medium 20 and the music reproduction device 22 so that each music is reproduced with the specified tempo and key. Therefore,
The music will be accompanied by the specified tempo and key from the beginning, and the singer will be able to sing comfortably from the beginning. In addition, the musical information storage medium by the central control unit 12
The readout of the musical tone information from 20, the reproduction of the musical tone by the musical tone reproducing device 22, and the method of adjusting the tempo and the key itself are the same as the conventional method.

Also, regarding the order of reproduction of the reserved music, if the same music as the own music is included in a predetermined number of previously reserved music, the reserved music is postponed after the own music, and the same music earlier is reproduced. It is also possible to reserve the own song at the last number of the current unplayed song at the time. Thus, when the same music is reserved, the music can always be reproduced with an interval of a predetermined number or more. In the case of such a reproduction method, the central control unit 12
When the information is stored in the input information storage unit 14, the advance reservation control of the music as described above is performed.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, the singer can reserve the music tempo and key at the time of music reservation. You can start singing.

In addition, since the song reservation order and the tempo and key designation status of each song can be displayed on the screen as appropriate,
The singer can clearly and quickly check whether the song has been correctly reserved, whether the same song is nearby, the number of his turn, and whether the tempo and key have been correctly specified. Thereby, the usability of the karaoke apparatus can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a music reservation operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a reservation status screen display. 10 ... input means, 12 ... central control unit, 14 ... input information storage unit, 16 ... music storage means, 18 ... adjustment storage means, 20 ... tone information storage medium, 22 ... tone reproduction device, 30 ... Video circuit, 32 ... Display means.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A music storage means (20), a musical sound reproduction means (2)
2) A karaoke apparatus comprising an input means (10), an input information storage means (14), and a control means (12). The music storage means (20) stores a plurality of music pieces corresponding to the identifier, and Is composed of at least song name information and music information. The tone reproduction means (22) reproduces the tone information based on the adjustment information, and the input means (10) is capable of inputting the identifier and the adjustment information and instructing the reservation status display. The input information storage means (14) stores the input identifier and the adjustment information corresponding to the order of reservation, and the control means (12) corresponds to the identifier based on the reservation order of the input information storage means (14). The tone information and adjustment information to be output are output to the tone reproduction means (22), and when the reservation status is indicated, the song name information and adjustment information corresponding to the identifier stored in the input information storage means (14) are associated with the order of reservation. Display on display means (32) Apparatus. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment information is tempo information, key information, or tempo information and key information.