JP3171806B2 - Communication karaoke system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication karaoke system comprising a host device and a plurality of tone generation terminals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, musical sound generators such as karaoke apparatuses have
A storage medium, such as a magnetic tape or an optical disk, that stores a plurality of pieces of tone information is provided, and predetermined tone information is read from the storage medium in accordance with a music selection command from the outside, and is reproduced.

[0003]

Therefore, in order to enable newly issued musical tone information such as a new song to be reproduced by a conventional musical tone generator, the storage medium used so far must be updated to the latest musical tone. It had to be replaced with a new storage medium in which the information was stored, which was troublesome. In particular, in a store having a large number of tone generators or a company having a large number of tone generators, in order to enable each tone generator to reproduce new tone information such as a new song, it is necessary to generate each tone generator. The storage medium must be changed for each device, and it takes time to be able to reproduce the latest tone information on all tone generators, and promptly respond to customers' requests for the latest tone information. There was a problem that can not be.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication karaoke system capable of promptly registering new tone information with a plurality of tone generating terminals.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a communication karaoke system according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a host device and a plurality of tone generating terminals connected to the host device. A communication karaoke system for delivering new song data from the host device to the tone generating terminal, wherein the host device records the new song data and a terminal number to which the new song data has already been transmitted. When the presence or absence of unregistered new song data before SL tone generation terminal, to the host side tone information storing means and the terminal number sent from the tone generating terminal storage
New song data determining means for determining based on the received terminal number, and when the new music data determining means determines that there is unregistered new music data in the musical tone generating terminal, the host-side music information storage means Music tone information reading means for reading unregistered new music data, and host-side transmitting means for transmitting the new music data read by the music information reading means to the musical sound generating terminal, wherein the musical sound generating terminal comprises: receiving means for receiving the new song data transmitted from the device, a terminal side musical information storage means for memorize and said new song data received by said receiving means and tone information, the to the host device a terminal side transmitting unit that transmits the terminal number representing the tone generation terminal, from the musical tone information or in new song data stored in the terminal side information storage means, an input And a musical tone reproducing means for reading playing a musical tone information corresponding to the track number information.

[0006]

[0007]

[0008] In the communication karaoke system according to the first aspect of the present invention, new music data is distributed from the host device to a plurality of musical tone generating terminals.

[0009] The host-side music information storage means provided in the host device stores and new song data, and a previously transmitted terminal number of new song data, the new song data determination means, unregistered new song data in easy sound generation terminal Is determined by the terminal number transmitted from the musical tone generating terminal and the host music.
The determination is made based on the terminal number stored in the sound information storage means . Music information reading means, said when it is determined that there is an unregistered new song data in the tone generation terminal, Shi read out the unregistered new song data from the host side music information storage means by the new song data determining means The host-side transmitting means transmits the new music data read by the musical-tone information reading means to the musical-tone generating terminal.

[0010] The receiving means provided in the musical tone generating terminal includes:
Receives new song data transmitted from the host device, the terminal side musical tone information storing means and new song data received by the receiving means and tone information remembers, terminal side transmission means, to said host device A terminal number representing the musical sound generating terminal is transmitted. The musical sound reproducing means reads and reproduces musical sound information corresponding to the input music number information from the musical sound information or the new music data stored in the terminal-side musical sound information storage means.

[0011]

[0012]

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication karaoke system according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the communication karaoke system according to the present embodiment has a plurality of karaoke terminals 3 as musical tone generating terminals, and each karaoke terminal 3 stores karaoke musical sound information (for example, musical score data). And a host device 5 for supplying and managing the usage status of each karaoke terminal 3. Each karaoke terminal 3 and host device 5
Transmitting and receiving devices 9 and 1 connected to the public telephone network 7 so that information can be exchanged with each other using a telephone line.
1 are provided respectively.

The karaoke terminal 3 receives, in addition to the transmission / reception device 9, an external storage device 21 such as a hard disk for storing a large number of karaoke musical tone information, and a tune selection command and a communication command with the host device 5 from the outside. Keyboard 2 for
3, a display device 25 for displaying a scanning procedure and a message of the karaoke terminal 3, a voice synthesizing device 27 including a synthesizer for converting musical sound information into a voice signal, and a host device for exchanging signals with these units. 5 is provided with a control device 29 for performing transmission / reception of information with the H.5 and reproduction control of musical sound information.

The karaoke terminal 3 also mixes and amplifies the audio signal from the audio synthesizer 27 with the audio signal input by the user via the microphone 31, and
3 is also provided.
The control device 29 includes a CPU 29a, a ROM 29b, an R
It comprises a well-known microcomputer including an AM 29c, an input / output port (I / O port) 29d, and a bus line 29e connecting these components.

On the other hand, the host device 5 has a transmitting / receiving device 11
In addition to the above, an external storage device 41 for storing various information such as tone information of a new song to be newly registered in each karaoke terminal 3,
A data input device 43 for inputting these various information;
A keyboard 45 for inputting various commands such as a communication command with the karaoke terminal 3, a display device 47 for displaying input data and messages, and exchanges signals with these units to organize input data and karaoke terminals A control device 49 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the device 3 is provided.
The control device 49 is the control device 2 on the karaoke terminal 3 side.
9, CPU 49a, ROM 49b, RAM 49
c, an input / output port (I / O port) 49d, and a well-known microcomputer including a bus line 49c connecting these components.

As described above, in the communication karaoke system of the present embodiment, the host device 5 and the karaoke terminal 3 are connected by the telephone line, and the host device 5 transmits the tone information from the host device 5 to the karaoke terminal 3. Various kinds of information can be transmitted and received between the karaoke terminal 3 and the karaoke terminal 3. Next, the operation of each karaoke terminal 3 and the transmission of musical tone information on the host device 5 side corresponding to this operation are performed. The information transmission process executed for this will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows a karaoke reproduction control process executed by the control device 29 after the power of the karaoke terminal 3 is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 2, when this process is started, the transmitting / receiving device 9 is first connected to the telephone line in S10,
In S12, the host device 5 is called. And the following S14
It is determined whether or not the host device 5 is communicating with another karaoke terminal 3 at, and if so, the telephone line is temporarily interrupted at S16 and the process returns to S10.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S14 that the host device 5 is not communicating, then in S18 the transmission / reception device 9
Determines whether an incoming signal transmitted from the host device 5 has been received when the transmitting / receiving device 11 of the host device 5 is connected to the telephone line. When the transmitting / receiving device 9 receives the incoming signal, the process proceeds to S20. The process proceeds to transmit a terminal number indicating the karaoke terminal 3 and a request signal for new song data to the host device 5.

With this transmission, the host device 5 confirms whether there is new music data to be registered in the karaoke terminal 3 and transmits a new music data presence / absence signal (this processing will be described later). Therefore, in S22, the process waits for the transmission / reception device 9 to receive the new music data presence / absence signal. When the transmitting / receiving device 9 receives the new music data presence / absence signal,
The process then proceeds to S24 to determine from this signal whether there is new song data to be registered in the karaoke terminal 3, and if there is new song data to be registered, the process proceeds to S26.

In S26, after preparing for receiving the new music data, such as checking the storage area of the new music data in the external storage device 21, a standby signal is transmitted to the host device 5.

With this transmission, the host device 5 sequentially transmits new music data including music information to be registered in the karaoke terminal 3 and additional information such as music number information attached to each music, for each music. (This processing will be described later.) In S28, the transmitted new music data is read for each music and stored in the external storage device 21. Then, in S30, the transmitting / receiving device 9 determines whether or not the host device 5 has received the end signal transmitted at the end of the transmission of the new music data. If the transmitting / receiving device 9 has not received the end signal, the process returns to S28. Move to

Next, in S30, it is determined that the transmission / reception device 9 has received the end signal from the host device 5, or in S24
If it is determined that there is no new song data, the telephone line is cut off in S32. Then, in S34, to notify the user that the karaoke terminal 3 is usable,
A music selection message prompting music selection is displayed on the display device 25, and S
At 36, it waits for a music selection by the user's operation of the keyboard 23. This music selection is performed by inputting the music number of the music information to be reproduced.

Next, when a song is selected by the user, S
At 38, the music is displayed on the display device 25, and at S40, the process waits until a performance start command is input via the keyboard 23. When the performance start command is input, the process proceeds to S42, where the tone data corresponding to the selected song number is read from the external storage device 21 and transmitted to the voice synthesizer 27 to reproduce the tone information. . Then, in subsequent S44, it is determined whether or not the reproduction of the musical sound information has been completed. If not completed, S42 is executed again.
Move to 34. Note that when the music number is displayed in S38, the performance start command is not input, and when the release instruction is input via the keyboard, the music number is displayed on the display device 25 by an interrupt routine (not shown). The display is stopped, and S34 is performed again.
Move to

Next, the information transmission processing executed on the host device 5 side is executed as shown in FIG.

This processing is performed by the host device 5 via the telephone line.
When the process is started, a telephone line is connected in S50, and an incoming signal is output in S52. Then, in S54, the transmission data transmitted from the karaoke terminal 3 is read, and in S56, it is determined whether or not the transmission data is a request signal for new music data.

If it is determined in step S56 that the transmission data is not a request signal for new music data, the flow shifts to step S74 to perform various transmission / reception processes corresponding to the transmission data, for example, periodically transmitted from each karaoke terminal 3. , Number of playbacks of music information,
After executing a process of receiving operation data of each karaoke terminal 3 including a usage time and a usage fee of the karaoke device, a process of transmitting various information in response to an information request from the karaoke terminal 3, and the like, a telephone line is established in S70. Is shut down, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S56 that the transmission data is a request signal for new music data, the karaoke terminal 3 of this terminal number is transmitted to the karaoke terminal 3 of this terminal number based on the terminal number transmitted together with this request signal in S58. It is determined whether there is new song data to be registered.

[0032] Note that the new song data already transmitted karaoke terminal, after data transmission, because you have to register the terminal ID in the external storage device 41 by the processing described later, S58 is an external storage device This is executed by determining whether or not the terminal number transmitted this time in 41 has already been registered. The new song data is stored in the external storage device 41 via the data input device 43 and the keyboard 45 in advance.
Is stored in

If there is new song data, a new song data present signal is output to the telephone line in S60, and if there is no new song data, no new song data signal is output to the telephone line in S72. The signal output allows the karaoke terminal 3 to determine whether there is new song data to be registered. Also S
If the new song data no signal is output at 72, the telephone line is cut off at S70 and the process is terminated.

Next, when a new music data presence signal is output in S60, a standby signal is transmitted from the karaoke terminal 3 side, and in S62, the transmission / reception apparatus 11 waits for the reception of the standby signal. When the transmission / reception device 11 receives the standby signal, it reads out new song data for each song from the external storage device 41 and transmits it to the karaoke terminal 3 in S64. Then, in S66, it is determined whether the transmission of the new song data is completed. If the transmission of the new song data is not completed,
When S64 is executed again and transmission of the new song data is completed,
Karaoke terminal 3 that transmitted the new song data this time in S68
Is registered in the external storage device 41 and an end signal is transmitted to the karaoke terminal 3. In the subsequent S70, the telephone line is cut off, and the process ends.

As described above, in the communication karaoke system of the present embodiment, the external storage device 41 of the host device 5
By inputting the musical tone information to be registered in each karaoke terminal 3, the musical tone information can be automatically registered in each karaoke terminal 3. For this reason, it is not necessary to issue a storage medium in which new music data is stored for each karaoke device that becomes a karaoke terminal as in the related art, and costs associated with this can be suppressed. In addition, since new karaoke data is registered in each karaoke terminal 3 when the power is turned on, it is possible to promptly respond to the customer's request and improve the service to the customer.

[0036]

In the communication karaoke system according to the first aspect of the present invention, new music data is distributed from the host device to a plurality of musical tone generating terminals, and the host-side musical sounds provided in the host device are provided. and information storage means new song data, stores a terminal number which has already transmitted the new song data, the new song data determination means, the presence or absence of unregistered new song data in easy sound generation terminal, sent from the musical tone generating terminal Stored in the host-side musical tone information storage means
It can be determined based on the terminal number that has been set . Music information reading means, said when it is determined that there is an unregistered new song data in the tone generation terminal, Shi read out the unregistered new song data from the host side music information storage means by the new song data determining means , host transmission unit can transmit the new song data is read out said musical tone information reading means to the musical tone generating terminal. Receiving means provided in the musical tone generating terminal receives the new song data transmitted from the host device, the terminal side musical tone information storing means and new song data received by the receiving means and the musical tone information
Serial to憶, terminal side sending unit sends said terminal number representing the tone generation terminal to the host device, tone reproduction means music information or <br/> stored in the terminal side musical tone information storing means From the new music data, music information corresponding to the input music number information can be read and reproduced.

Therefore, new music data can be easily supplied to each tone generating terminal, and each tone generating terminal stores the new music data sent from the host device in the musical tone information storage means on the terminal side. It is not necessary to distribute a storage medium storing new musical information such as a new music every time, and the cost can be reduced. Further, since the new tone information can be promptly reproduced on the tone generating terminal side, it is possible to promptly respond to the customer's request and improve the service to the customer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a communication karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a karaoke reproduction control process executed on each karaoke terminal of the communication karaoke system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an information transmission process executed on the host device side of the communication karaoke system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Karaoke terminal 5 Host device 9 Transceiver device 11 Transceiver device 21 External storage device 23 Keyboard 25 Display device 27 Voice synthesis device 29 Control device 35 Amplifier 41 External storage device 43 Data input device 45 Keyboard 49 Control device

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI G11B 27/34 G11B 27/34 P H04M 11/08 H04M 11/08 (56) References JP-A-60-83090 (JP, A JP-A-62-212987 (JP, A) JP-A-63-178684 (JP, A) JP-A-57-166624 (JP, A) JP-A-62-173873 (JP, A) JP-A-62-17887 204687 (JP, A) JP-A-1-245346 (JP, A) JP-A-1-125649 (JP, A) "Karaoke fan", 1986.1 p.44

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A host device (5) and said host device (5)
A communication karaoke system configured to distribute new music data from the host device (5) to the musical sound generating terminal (3), comprising: a plurality of musical sound generating terminals (3) connected to the host device (3). 5), and the new song data, the host side tone information storing means for recording the terminal number which has already transmitted the new song data (41), the presence or absence of unregistered new song data before SL tone generation terminal (3) The terminal number transmitted from the tone generating terminal (3) and the host-side tone information storage means (41)
A new song data judging means (49) for judging based on the stored terminal number; and when the new music data judging means (49) judges that there is unregistered new song data in the tone generating terminal (3). A tone information reading means (49) for reading the unregistered new song data from the host-side tone information storing means (41); and transferring the new song data read by the tone information reading means to the tone generating terminal (3). A host-side transmitting means (11) for transmitting, the musical sound generating terminal (3) comprising: receiving means (9) for receiving the new music data transmitted from the host device (5) ; terminal side musical information storage means for memorize and said new song data received by said receiving means (9) (21)
Terminal-side transmitting means (9) for transmitting a terminal number indicating the musical sound generating terminal (3) to the host device (5).
And tone information stored in the terminal-side information storage means (21).
Or communication karaoke system, characterized in that from in the new music data, and a musical tone reproducing means for reading reproducing music information corresponding to the inputted track number information (29).