JP3156336U - Video and audio capture device for karaoke - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a capture device that simultaneously captures a video of a singer and a sound including a performance sound and writes them to a recording device, and further writes them to a storage device of a server via an Internet communication network. An image of a person who is singing is captured by a camera 25, a sound is captured by a microphone 41, a performance sound is captured by a karaoke system 42 or a sound collector 40, and the video signal is a video signal encoder of a converter 26. The audio signal is digitized and encoded by the audio signal encoder, and the audio signal is digitized and encoded by the audio signal encoder. The encoded video signal and audio signal are processed in parallel by a multiplexer and written to the portable music player 53, the portable information terminal 54, the CDR drive 55, the DVD drive 56, and the memory drive 57. Further, the function of the personal computer 48 is used to write in the storage device of the server connected to the Internet communication network. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke video and audio capturing device, and in particular, a karaoke video and audio that can record a singing video and a singing voice including karaoke performance sounds in a predetermined file format. It relates to a capture device.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-131802 relates to a recording apparatus that records accompaniment and audio mixing signals mixed in a karaoke apparatus on a recording medium such as a CD-R (writable compact disc). A recording device that can be connected and can automatically record a karaoke mixing signal is provided. When a recording command is given, the loading unit takes out the unwritten recording medium from the storage unit and transfers it to the recording position. A recording unit is provided at the recording position. The recording unit records the mixed signal from the karaoke reproducing apparatus on the transferred recording medium, and when the recording is completed, the loading unit records the recorded recording medium at the recording position. A discharge section is provided at the discharge position. The discharge section discharges the transferred recorded recording medium to the outside. Recording device is disclosed which is adapted to.

  By connecting such a recording device to a karaoke device, it becomes possible to mix the voice of the singer and the accompaniment sound and write it on a CD. Can be heard.

  However, even if such a recording device is connected to the karaoke device, it is not possible to capture a video signal and furthermore, it is not possible to record a moving image. Also, it is not possible to write a moving image on a portable music player or a portable information terminal, instead of writing it on a CD or DVD. Furthermore, microphone mixed sound cannot be taken into the semiconductor memory. Furthermore, it is remote from the karaoke device and cannot be written to a storage device of a server connected to the Internet.

JP-A-6-131802

  An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke video and audio capturing device capable of capturing not only audio signals but also video signals.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke video and audio capturing device that can capture not only audio signals but also video signals of moving images.

  Still another problem of the present invention is to provide a video and audio capturing device for karaoke that can write video signals and audio signals not only to recording media such as CDs and DVDs but also to portable music players and portable information terminals. It is to be.

  Still another object of the present invention is to capture video and audio for karaoke so that video signals and audio signals can be written to a storage device of a server that is remote from the karaoke device and connected to a communication network. Is to provide a device.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke video and audio capturing device which can capture and capture a video of a person who is singing by image synthesis.

  The above-described problems and other problems of the present invention will be made clear by the technical idea of the present invention and the embodiments thereof described below.

  The main idea of the present application is to convert a video signal and an audio signal into a predetermined file format, a camera that captures the video of the singing person, and an audio of the singing person. A microphone, a sound collector that captures ambient audio, a monitor that displays an image synthesized by the video captured by the camera, and a video signal and / or audio that has been converted into a predetermined file format by the converter The present invention relates to a karaoke video and audio capturing device having a recording device for recording signals and incorporating these devices on a gantry arranged in front of a stage.

  Here, the converter digitizes and encodes the video signal, the audio signal encoder that digitizes and encodes the audio signal, and processes the encoded video signal and audio signal in parallel. You may have a multiplexer and the file preparation part which converts the video signal and audio | voice signal processed by this multiplexer into a predetermined file. The monitor is arranged on the top plate of the gantry, and the camera is arranged on the upper edge of the monitor. The video of the singing person captured by the camera is synthesized and displayed on the monitor. You can do it. Further, the recording device may record the voice signal of the person who is singing including the video signal synthesized with the image and / or the performance sound taken in from the karaoke apparatus or the sound collector. The recording device may be any of a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine.

  Further, the singer's voice signal including the image synthesized video signal and / or the performance sound captured from the karaoke apparatus or the sound collector is stored in a storage device connected to an external server via a digital communication network. The video signal and / or the playback signal may be downloaded by accessing the server from the portable information terminal via the digital signal network. In addition, the image composition is a heart-shaped border, a border surrounded by flowers, a border surrounded by a ribbon, a photo frame-like border, a character string congratulating a birthday, a juxtaposed image in which a plurality of identical images are juxtaposed, snow, It may be one of a filtered image that moves downward so that rain, a small box of gifts, etc. fall, or a deformed image that distorts the video of a singer.

  In addition, a support base whose front side is inclined may be placed on the top plate of the gantry, and the monitor may be supported obliquely by the inclined front face of the support base. Further, illumination lights may be arranged on both sides of the monitor placed on the top board to illuminate the person who is singing. In addition, a notch may be formed in the front edge of the top plate, and a karaoke display panel may be arranged on the notch, and the lyrics of the song may be displayed by a signal supplied from the karaoke system by the display panel. Further, the top plate is supported on the bottom plate by a plurality of support columns, a hollow cylinder is disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate, and a decorative sheet is attached to the outer surface of the cylinder, Moreover, cables may be inserted into the cylinder.

  The main idea of the present application is to convert a video signal and an audio signal into a predetermined file format, a camera that captures the video of the singing person, and an audio of the singing person. A microphone, a sound collector that captures ambient audio, a monitor that displays an image synthesized by the video captured by the camera, and a video signal and / or audio that has been converted into a predetermined file format by the converter And a recording device for recording signals, and these devices are incorporated in a gantry arranged in front of the stage.

  Therefore, according to such a karaoke video and audio capture device, the video of the person singing and the audio signal including the performance sound are each converted into a predetermined file format and recorded by the recording device, It is possible to provide a karaoke video and audio capturing device capable of capturing both a video signal and an audio signal.

1 is an external perspective view of a karaoke video and audio capturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the monitor which consists of the touchscreen type personal computer of the image | video and audio | voice capture device for the karaoke. It is an external appearance perspective view of the support stand which supports the monitor. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the image | video for karaoke, and an audio | voice capture device. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the converter of this image | video for karaoke, and an audio | voice capture device. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of recording of a video signal and an audio | voice signal. It is a front view of an image showing an example of image composition. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of an image composition. It is a block diagram of the system which writes an image | video and an audio | voice in the memory | storage device of the server distribute | arranged with respect to this karaoke apparatus at a remote place. It is a flowchart which shows the video and audio | voice writing operation | movement with respect to the memory | storage device of the server. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of downloading of the moving image file uploaded to the server on the internet.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by way of an embodiment. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a karaoke video and audio capturing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and this apparatus includes a gantry 10. The gantry 10 is arranged in front of the stage in a party room of a karaoke box. The gantry 10 includes a top plate 11 on the top surface and a bottom plate 12 on the bottom. Four support columns 13 stand upright on the bottom plate 12, and the top plate 11 is supported by these support columns 13. Further, a quadrangular cylinder 14 having a square cross section is disposed between the four support columns 13. The quadrangular cylinder 14 is a hollow cylinder made of, for example, synthetic resin, and various cables such as a power cable and a signal cable are inserted therein. Further, a light emitting sheet 15 made of a decorative organic EL is attached to the outer surface of the quadrangular tube 14, thereby generating a design effect. In addition, casters 16 are attached to the bottom of the bottom plate 12 at four places, thereby making the gantry 10 movable.

  A monitor 20 is arranged on the upper surface of the gantry 10 so that the front surface is inclined obliquely rearward. Further, the back side of the monitor 20 is received and supported by an oblique inclined surface on the front side of the support base 21. An auxiliary display panel 22 is attached to the back side of the support base 21 (see FIG. 3). In addition, a karaoke display panel 23 is arranged at the cutout 27 on the front side of the top plate 11, and the auxiliary display panel 23 displays, for example, karaoke images and lyrics. Lights 24 are arranged on both sides of the monitor 20 to constitute illumination means. A camera 25 is attached to the upper end of the monitor 20. The camera 25 may be incorporated in the frame of the monitor 20. A converter 26 is disposed on the top surface of the top plate 11 and on the bottom side of the support base 21. The converter 26 encodes the video signal and the audio signal, respectively, and converts them into a predetermined file format.

  Next, the configuration of the monitor 20 disposed obliquely on the top plate 11 of the gantry 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The monitor 20 is configured by a touch panel personal computer that does not include a keyboard. That is, a cabinet 29 having a flat tray shape is provided, and the cabinet 29 covers the back side portion of the monitor 20. A rectangular printed wiring board 30 that is slightly smaller than the cabinet 29 is accommodated in the bottom of the cabinet 29. A CPU 32 is mounted on the printed wiring board 30 together with various ICs 31. Further, various electronic components 33 are mounted on the printed wiring board 30. The IC 31, CPU 32, and electronic component 33 constitute a personal computer circuit on the printed wiring board 30.

  A liquid crystal display panel 34 is disposed on the front side of the printed wiring board 30. The liquid crystal display panel 34 constitutes a personal computer display. A touch panel 35 is disposed on the front side of the liquid crystal display panel 34. The touch panel 35 is composed of a pair of transparent films arranged with a predetermined gap therebetween, and an input operation unit is formed by transparent electrodes arranged on mutually facing surfaces of these films. That is, the input operation to the personal computer is performed by the display formed on the liquid crystal display panel 34 and the switching operation of the touch panel 35. The front frame 36 is attached to the front side of the touch panel 35 with the touch panel 35 superimposed on the upper surface of the liquid crystal display panel 34. The front frame 36 has a frame shape and has a large rectangular window. The touch panel 35 can be accessed through the window, and the liquid crystal display panel 34 can be seen from the front.

  Next, the system configuration of the karaoke video and audio capturing device will be described with reference to FIG. A camera 25, a sound collector 40, a microphone 41, a karaoke system 42, a television monitor 43, and a speaker 44 are connected to the input side of the converter 26, respectively. Here, the camera 25, the sound collector 40, the microphone 41, and the karaoke system 42 are all connected to the analog input terminal of the converter 26. On the other hand, the television monitor 43 and the speaker 44 are connected to the analog output terminal of the converter 26.

  The converter 26 is connected to a personal computer 48 constituting the monitor 20. The personal computer 48 includes a wireless LAN antenna 49. The liquid crystal display panel 34 and the touch panel 35 are connected to the personal computer 48, thereby enabling output display and input operation. The auxiliary display panel 22 and the karaoke display panel 23 are connected to the personal computer 48, respectively.

  Further, a portable music player 53, a portable information terminal 54, a CDR drive 55, a DVD drive 56, and a memory drive 57 are connected to the output side of the converter 26, whereby the portable music player 53 is connected. Further, the converted video signal and / or audio signal is supplied to the portable information terminal 54, or the video signal and / or audio signal is written to the CD, DVD, and semiconductor memory, respectively. In this writing, the video signal and the audio signal are digitized and written as a predetermined file format.

  Next, the configuration of the converter 26 will be described with reference to FIG. The converter 26 includes a video signal encoder 61 and an audio signal encoder 62. The video signal encoder 61 takes in a video signal from a video source such as the camera 25 and converts it into a digital signal. H.264 / AVC format. The audio signal encoder 62 digitizes an audio signal from an audio source such as the microphone 41 and encodes the audio signal into, for example, MP3 64-320 kbps; AAC 128 kbps; WAV, FLAC format. The outputs of the video signal encoder 61 and the audio signal encoder 62 are processed in parallel by the multiplexer 63, respectively. A USB connector 64 is connected to the output side of the multiplexer 63. A file creation unit 65 is connected to the output side of the multiplexer 63, and a file of a video signal and an audio signal is created here. For example, the video is H.264. The audio becomes an MP3 file in the H.264 video file. A storage device 66 is further connected to the file creation unit 65. Here, the storage device 66 may be composed of a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, for example.

  Next, the recording operation of the video signal and audio signal by the karaoke video and audio capturing device as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, a camera 25 provided at the upper end of the monitor 20 captures an image of a person singing toward the apparatus. In addition, the microphone 41 shown in FIG. Further, the performance sound for karaoke is taken directly by the karaoke system 42 or taken together with the surrounding sound by the sound collector 40. The performance sound from the karaoke system 42 can capture a clear performance sound without picking up ambient noise. On the other hand, capturing by the sound collector 40 captures, for example, noise in the party room as well, but it can also capture applause and shouts of people around, so-called live-style performance sound. It becomes possible to take in. The sound and performance sound from the microphone captured here can be output by the speaker 44. The video at this time is output by the television monitor 43. Note that the video output by the television monitor 43 can be switched between the video of the person who is singing and the video of karaoke by switching means. In addition, you may output with the speaker of the karaoke system 42. FIG. The speaker 44 and the television monitor 43 may be shared by the corresponding speaker and television monitor of the karaoke apparatus.

  The video signal and the audio signal captured as described above are converted into a predetermined file format by the converter 26. The video signal from the camera 25 is digitized by the video signal encoder 61 of the converter 26, and It is encoded in the H.264 / AVC format. The audio signal captured by the microphone 41 is digitized by the audio signal encoder 62 and encoded in the format of MP3 64-320 kbps; ACC 128 kbps; WAV, FLAC. Both the encoded video signal and audio signal are supplied to the multiplexer 63, where the video signal processing and audio signal processing are performed in parallel. After this, the file creation unit 65 performs H.264. An H.264 video file and an MP3 audio file are created. The video file is supplied from the converter 26 to the personal computer 48 shown in FIG. 4 and is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 34 of the monitor 20 of the personal computer 48. At this time, image composition is performed by the personal computer 48.

  Here, the image composition by the personal computer 48 is an image captured by the camera 25 and is a combination of an image of a singing person and a composition image prepared in advance in the personal computer 48. . Such image composition includes a heart-shaped border 71 (see FIG. 7A), a border surrounded by flowers, a border 72 surrounded by a ribbon (see FIG. 7B), a border 73 of a photo frame (see FIG. 7C), a birthday May be a juxtaposed character string, a juxtaposed image in which a plurality of identical images are juxtaposed, snow, rain 74, a filter image that moves downward so that a gift box, etc., falls (see FIG. 7D). Here, the image shown in FIG. 7D shows an image where it rains, and a composite image in which the water droplet 74 slowly moves downward is superimposed on the video of the singing person captured by the camera 25. Various other modified images are possible. For example, a deformed image obtained by distorting a video of a person who is singing may be used. Such image composition is achieved by software preloaded in the personal computer 48.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when image synthesis is performed, an image synthesis menu is selected by the touch panel 35 provided on the monitor 20 of the personal computer 48. The menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 34. After selecting the image composition menu, the composition screen is selected. That is, the desired image composition is selected from the above-mentioned various image compositions. Then, the selected image is synthesized by the personal computer 48, and the image of the person who is singing is displayed on the monitor 20 in a state where the image is synthesized (see FIG. 7).

  In addition to the display of the composite image as described above by the converter 26 and the personal computer 48, recording of a video signal and an audio signal is performed as shown in FIG. This recording is a recording of a video signal and an audio signal to a recording device connected in advance to the converter 26. Recording devices such as a portable music player 53, a portable information terminal 54, a CDR drive 55, a DVD drive 56, and a memory drive 57 are connected in advance to the digital output side of the converter 26. In conjunction with such a connection operation, the converter 26 creates a video file and an audio file corresponding to the file format of the connected recording device. Accordingly, a video signal file and an audio signal file are supplied to and recorded on the connected portable music player 53, portable information terminal 54, CDR drive 55, DVD drive 56, or memory drive 57, respectively. Therefore, the video signal and the audio signal can be recorded by these recording devices.

  Next, the video file and the audio file converted and created by the converter 26 can be transferred to the storage device 81 of the server 80 connected to the Internet communication network 79 shown in FIG. This system includes an access point 77 for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a wireless LAN antenna 49 of a personal computer 48, a backbone LAN 78 to which the access point 77 is connected, and an Internet communication network to which the backbone LAN 78 is connected. 79 and a server 80, and a storage device 81 is provided in the server 80. A mobile phone communication network 82 is connected to the Internet communication network 79, and a mobile phone 84 can access a base station antenna 83 connected to the mobile phone communication network 82.

  In the configuration as described above, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, it is converted into a digital signal by the converter 26 and configured in a predetermined file format, and the video signal is further subjected to image synthesis to perform file conversion. It is. Then, the video signal and audio signal subjected to such image synthesis are wirelessly transmitted to the access point 77 by the wireless LAN antenna 49 of the personal computer 48. Such video signals and audio signals are written from the access point 77 to the storage device 81 of the server 80 via the trunk LAN 78 and the Internet communication network 79. That is, the video signal and audio signal captured by the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the karaoke box can be written in the storage device 81 of the server 80 connected to the Internet communication network 79. FIG. 10 shows an operation of uploading the video file and the audio file created by the converter 26 to the storage device 81 of the server 80 in particular. In order to write such a signal, it may be a homepage on the Internet such as YOU TUBE that provides a video sharing service. In such an upload, the title of the movie can be input together, and the uploaded movie file is given a title.

  Thus, the video signal and the audio signal taken into the server 80 can be downloaded to the mobile phone 84 as necessary. That is, the mobile phone 84 communicates with the base station antenna 83, and a download request is made from the base station antenna 83 to the home page on the server 80 via the mobile phone communication network 82 and the Internet communication network 79. Then, the server 80 transmits the above video signal and audio signal to the mobile phone 84 via the Internet communication network 79 and the mobile phone communication network 82. Therefore, the mobile phone 84 can watch and listen to the video and audio uploaded to the storage device 81 of the server 80.

  FIG. 11 shows an operation of downloading a file written on a homepage stored in the storage device 81 of the server 80 that performs a moving image sharing service such as YOU TUBE by the mobile phone 84. Here, the mobile phone 84 is connected to the Internet 79. Connect to. After that, a download request of a predetermined moving image file in YOU TUBE is performed by operating the operation button or key of the cellular phone 84. At this time, if a QR code is transmitted, an extremely quick download is possible. When the mobile phone 84 downloads via the Internet communication network 79 and the mobile phone communication network 82, the image is displayed on the display of the mobile phone 84. Also, voice output can be performed by the speaker or earphone of the mobile phone 84. That is, using the homepage such as YOU TUBE, the person who sang or another person may download and view or listen to the video signal and the audio signal by the mobile phone 84 as necessary. become able to.

  While the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the karaoke display panel 23 shown in FIG. 1 in the above embodiment may be omitted, and the lyrics may be displayed on the lower end portion of the monitor 20 provided on the top plate 11. It should be noted that such display of lyrics can be controlled by the personal computer 48 so as to be removed when capturing the video. As a result, the karaoke display panel 23 can be eliminated.

  The present invention can be arranged in front of a stage in a party room of a karaoke box, thereby capturing a video signal and an audio signal and writing them to a predetermined recording device or a storage device connected to an external server. It can be used as a video and audio capturing device for karaoke.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Base 11 Top plate 12 Bottom plate 13 Support column 14 Square tube 15 Light emitting sheet (organic EL)
16 Casters 20 Monitor 21 Supporting Table 22 Auxiliary Display Panel 23 Karaoke Display Panel 24 Light 25 Camera 26 Converter 27 Cutting 29 Cabinet 30 Printed Wiring Board 31 IC
32 CPU
33 Electronic Components 34 Liquid Crystal Display Panel 35 Touch Panel 36 Front Frame 40 Sound Collector 41 Microphone 42 Karaoke System 43 Television Monitor 44 Speaker 48 Personal Computer 49 Radio Antenna 53 Portable Music Player 54 Portable Information Terminal 55 CDR Drive 56 DVD Drive 57 Memory Drive 61 Video signal encoder 62 Audio signal encoder 63 Multiplexer 64 USB connector 65 File creation unit 66 Storage device 71 Heart-shaped border 72 Border surrounded by ribbon 73 Photo frame-like border 74 Rain filter 77 Access point 78 Core LAN
79 Internet communication network 80 Server 81 Storage device 82 Mobile phone communication network 83 Base station antenna 84 Mobile phone

Claims (11)

  A video signal and audio signal are encoded and converted into a predetermined file format, a camera that captures the video of the person singing, a microphone that captures the audio of the person singing, and surrounding audio A sound collector to be captured, a monitor for synthesizing and displaying the video captured by the camera, and a recording device for recording the video signal and / or the audio signal converted into a predetermined file format by the converter A video and audio capturing device for karaoke in which these devices are incorporated in a gantry arranged in front of the stage.   A video signal encoder for digitizing and encoding the video signal by the converter; an audio signal encoder for digitizing and encoding the audio signal; a multiplexer for processing the encoded video signal and audio signal in parallel; The video and audio capturing device for karaoke according to claim 1, further comprising: a file creation unit that converts the video signal and the audio signal processed by the multiplexer into a predetermined file.   The monitor is arranged on the top plate of the gantry, and the camera is arranged on the upper edge of the monitor. The video of the singing person captured by the camera is synthesized and displayed on the monitor. The video and audio capturing device for karaoke according to claim 1.   4. The recording device records the voice signal of the person who is singing including the video signal synthesized with the image and / or the performance sound captured from the karaoke apparatus or the sound collector. Video and audio capture device for karaoke.   5. The video and audio recording for karaoke according to claim 4, wherein the recording device is one of a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine. Device.   The synthesized video signal and / or the voice signal of a singing person including the performance sound captured from the karaoke apparatus or the sound collector are written in a storage device connected to an external server via a digital communication network. The karaoke device according to claim 3, wherein the video signal and / or the playback signal can be downloaded by accessing the server from a portable information terminal or a personal computer via the digital signal network. Video and audio capture device.   The image composition consists of a heart-shaped border, a flower border, a ribbon border, a photo frame border, a character string that celebrates the birthday, a juxtaposed image that juxtaposes the same image, snow, rain 2. The karaoke image according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke image is one of a filtered image that moves downward so that a small box of presents falls, and a deformed image obtained by distorting the image of a singer. And voice capture device.   The video and audio for karaoke according to claim 6, wherein a support base having an inclined front side is placed on a top plate of the frame, and the monitor is supported diagonally by the inclined front face of the support base. Capture device.   9. The karaoke video and audio capturing device according to claim 8, wherein illumination lights are arranged on both sides of the monitor placed on the top board to illuminate a person who is singing.   9. A notch is formed in a front edge of the top board, and a karaoke display panel is arranged in the notch, and lyrics of the song are displayed by a signal supplied from the karaoke system by the display panel. The video and audio capturing device for karaoke described in 1. The top plate is supported on the bottom plate by a plurality of support columns, a hollow cylinder is disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate, and a decorative sheet is attached to the outer surface of the cylinder, The karaoke video and audio capturing device according to claim 8, wherein cables are inserted into the cylindrical body.

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