JP3345092B2 - Centralized management system for karaoke terminals - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for centrally managing a karaoke apparatus capable of singing and enjoying music along with accompaniment music.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been known a system for centrally managing a plurality of karaoke terminals each having an output means for reproducing audio data and playing music. The objects managed by the system are not limited to processes related to karaoke data such as the supply of karaoke songs and videos, but also include a wide variety of operations such as charge management and food and beverage order management as ancillary business.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a conventional system. The host computer 100 and a plurality of karaoke terminals 110
The side is connected by a coaxial cable 101. The host computer 100 has a video disk (VD)
Auto changers 103 are connected,
When a song request is received from the karaoke terminal device 110,
In the autochanger 103 having a VD in which a tune corresponding to the request is stored, the corresponding VD is set and data is taken out, transmitted to the coaxial cable 101 via the modulator 105, and the karaoke terminal device 110 which has made the request Send to

[0004] When the performance of the transmitted music is completed, a process of charging a predetermined fee for each corresponding karaoke terminal device 110 is performed. Further, when there is an order for food and drink from the karaoke terminal device 110, for example, processing such as storing the order and printing out, or transmitting a display of the order confirmation to the karaoke terminal device 110 where the order was made is performed. Do.

[0005]

However, in the conventional system described above, the host computer 100
Various processes with different management targets, such as a process of transmitting a song according to a request to the karaoke terminal device 110, a process of charging a predetermined fee for each karaoke terminal device 110, a process of ordering food and drink, and the like. Had gone. Therefore, every time the management target changes, the management system in the host computer 100 must be changed, and the burden has increased. From the viewpoint of the management target, even if there is a more suitable place, all the processing is performed in one place, so that it is actually limited to the place where the host computer 100 is installed, and the expandability of the system itself is hindered. It had been.

In view of the above problems, the present invention employs a distributed processing type management method to prevent an excessive burden on the central control device and to control an optimal location from the viewpoint of a management target. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke terminal device centralized management system that enables distributed installation and has improved expandability as a system.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides at least one karaoke terminal tube.
Control unit or associated service management control unit, multiple
A centralized management system for a karaoke terminal device including a music performance terminal and a central control device , the karaoke terminal management and control device
Alternatively, the accompanying business management control device
The karaoke performance terminal performs processing based on the data.
Output music and output music, karaoke
And karaoke terminal management control device or related business management control
The device transmits to the central controller with the destination address.
The designated data can be transmitted, and the central controller
Laoke terminal device and karaoke terminal management control device or
Is connected to the associated service management control
Based on the destination address of the destination specification data
Karaoke terminal device that sorts and sends destination designation data
It is a centralized management system for devices.

[0008]

According to the centralized management system of the karaoke terminal device configured as described above, the central control device does not control all the objects to be managed in the management system, but the karaoke terminal management control device or the associated work management control. The apparatus is configured to be able to perform distributed processing. Then, the central control <br/> equipment on the basis of the karaoke terminals, or karaoke terminal management control device or the destination address of the destination specified data transmitted from the related services management control device, the destination finger
Distribute and send fixed data .

The karaoke terminal management control device or the associated service management control device that has received the transmission destination designation data including the request data performs predetermined management control according to the content of the request on the management target and, if necessary, performs predetermined management control. Is transmitted to the central control unit including the return data. The more the central control equipment, in which case the destination designation data karaoke terminal management control device or associated business management control device, or is to the karaoke terminals, the corresponding karaoke terminal management control device or associated business management It is transmitted to the control device or the karaoke terminal device. The received karaoke terminal management control device, associated service management control device, or karaoke terminal device performs predetermined processing according to the returned data.

More specifically, for example, the present management system includes a central control device for supplying karaoke songs, a karaoke terminal management control device for performance fee management, and an associated service management control device for food and drink order management. If you have a karaoke terminal device and request a song,
The central controller processes and supplies music to the karaoke terminal. And issued playing completion signal from the performance when the complete karaoke terminals songs and sent more karaoke terminal management control device for playing fee management to the central control equipment, karaoke terminal management control device for playing charge management Then, processing for charging a performance fee for each corresponding terminal is performed. on the other hand,
If the request of the food from the karaoke terminals, are transmitted more food ordering related services management control device for managing the central control equipment, at its attendant operational management controller stores the example menu data or the like which is ordered , Print out, and transmit an order confirmation signal. In addition,
This order confirmation signal is also the destination designation data, so the central control
It is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device that ordered the food and drink by the device .

Therefore, the central control device does not need to process the management contents performed by the karaoke terminal management control device or the associated service management control device, but only the karaoke terminal device and the karaoke terminal management control device or the associated service management control device. Alternatively, it is only necessary to assign the transmission destination designation data to the corresponding destination so that information can be exchanged between the karaoke terminal management control device and the associated service management control device.
As described above, in the centralized management system, the management of the distributed processing format can be performed, so that an excessive load is not imposed on the central control device. It is not necessary to concentrate on one place. For example, the above-mentioned karaoke terminal management control device for performance fee management is located at the front desk, and the associated business management control device for food and beverage order management is located at the kitchen. It can also be installed in a place suitable for the control device. That is, the expandability of the system is improved.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment embodying a centralized management system for a karaoke terminal device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram when the centralized management system of the present embodiment is adopted in a hotel. As shown in FIG. 2, the centralized management system includes a plurality of karaoke terminals 1 (N
O. 1 to NO. n), central control device 20, autochanger management terminal device 30, karaoke terminal management terminal device 4
0, an associated service management terminal device 50 and a coaxial cable 60 for connecting them.

Hereinafter, each device will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the karaoke terminal device 1. The karaoke terminal device 1 is installed in each room of the hotel,
It is connected to the coaxial cable 60 via the terminal modem 3. The terminal modem 3 includes a demodulator 3a for transmitting and receiving music selection data and music data as RF signals, and a video tuner 3b for selecting a video channel.

When the user inputs the number of the music to be played by the user from the input device 6, the CPU 5 registers the data by reservation and refers to the data in the ROM 7 described later to determine the music selection number of the reserved music. The signal is sent to the central controller via the demodulator 3a. On the other hand, music data received via the demodulator 3a is temporarily stored in the memory 8. At the same time, CPU5
Selects video data that matches the selected content,
The music selection data set in advance according to the taste of the selected music is sent to the video tuner 3b.

The CPU 5 outputs the lyrics data and the performance data in the music data stored in the memory 8 to the video image circuit 9 and the sound source 10 in synchronization with each other. The video image circuit 9 converts information such as lyrics into lyrics image data and outputs it. The sound source 10 converts the performance data into an audio signal and sends it to the audio amplifier 11. The audio amplifier 11 synthesizes and amplifies the sound signal of the music piece played and the sound signal from the microphone 12 and outputs it to the speaker 13 as a sound signal.

The video tuner 3 b reads out the background video data selected by the music selection data and outputs it to the video synthesizing circuit 15. The video synthesizing circuit 15 synthesizes the background video data and the lyric video data, and outputs a video signal to a receiver 16 such as a CRT. In addition, from the input device 6,
In addition to specifying the desired music piece, it is also possible to specify the food or drink to order.

Returning to FIG. 2, the central controller 20 includes a host computer 21, a center modem 23, a mixer 25,
A video disc player 27 is provided. The video disc player 27 is connected to the mixer 25 via a modulator 29. The mixer 25 is connected to the respective karaoke terminals 1, the autochanger management terminal 30, the karaoke terminal management terminal 40, and the associated business management by a coaxial cable 60. The terminal modems 3, 33,
43 and 53 are connected.

There are a plurality of video disc players 27, which reproduce video data divided according to the taste (genre) of the music. Since the video data is a standard NTSC video signal, the modulator 29 converts these into frequency bands of each channel and outputs an RF signal. And mixer 2
Reference numeral 5 multiplexes an RF signal as video information assigned to each of these channels with an RF signal obtained by converting music data and music selection data, which will be described later, and outputs the multiplexed signal to the coaxial cable 60.

On the other hand, the signals multiplexed on the coaxial cable 60 include not only video information but also the above-mentioned music number transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 1 and music data transmitted from the host computer 21. Channel frequencies are assigned. Song data is stored in the host computer 2
The music data related to the received music number is stored in the karaoke terminal device 1 side.

The autochanger management terminal device 30
Contains an autochanger management controller 31, a terminal modem 33, and a plurality of video disks. The autochanger 35 is controlled by the autochanger management controller 31 to set a video disk corresponding to a designated song (NO). .. -NO.n), and a modulator 37 for modulating the video and audio signals output from the autochanger 35. The modulator 37 is connected to the mixer 25 of the central controller 20.

The above-described central control device 20 and autochanger management terminal device 30 are arranged in a central management room. On the other hand, the karaoke terminal management terminal device 40 is for managing the performance of the played karaoke songs and the fee thereof, and has a terminal modem 43 connected to the coaxial cable 60.
Is connected to a karaoke terminal management control device 41.
The karaoke terminal management controller 41 has a keyboard 45 and a mouse 46 for input, a CRT 47 for data display, and a printer 4 for emitting data.
9 is connected. This karaoke terminal management terminal device 4
0 is located, for example, at the front of a hotel. This is because the front desk is suitable for management reasons.

In this case, the associated service management terminal device 50 manages ordering of food and drink.
The associated service management control device 51 is connected to the terminal modem 53 connected to “0”. A printer 55 for printing out ordered menu data is connected to the associated task management control device 51.

Next, the operation of the centralized management system for the karaoke terminal of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this centralized management system, the central control device 20 does not directly control all management targets (for example, provision of karaoke data, charge management, food and drink order management, etc.) in the management system. Each management control device 31, 4 having a management function corresponding to each predetermined management target
This is a format in which the distributed processing is performed by 1, 51.

Host computer 2 of central controller 20
As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 4, 1 receives the destination designation data transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 1 and each of the management control devices 31, 41, 51 (step 10).
0. Hereinafter, a step is represented as S. ), It is determined whether it is addressed to itself (S110).

In order to explain the determination in S110, first, destination designation data will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the destination designation data of the data exchanged between the host computer 21, the karaoke terminal device 1 and each of the management control devices 31, 41 and 51 includes a destination address Da and a transmission source address. Db and transmission content data Dc. The partner address Da is address data indicating a transmission destination, and one of the host computer 21 and each of the management control devices 31, 41, and 51 is specified. The transmission content data Dc is mainly predetermined request data from the karaoke terminal device 1 and predetermined return data from the host computer 21 and the management control devices 31, 41, 51.

Therefore, in S110 of FIG. 4, the determination is made based on the destination address Da of the destination specification data. If it is not addressed to itself, it is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 1 or the management control device 31, 41, 51 of the corresponding partner address Da (S120), and this process is once ended. The execution of the processing of S100 to S120 functions as data distribution control means.

On the other hand, if it is addressed to itself (S110: YES)
The transmission content data Dc is a music number, and among the music data stored in the host computer 21, music data relating to the received music number is prepared (S130), and the music data is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 1 of the transmission source. Transmit the data (S14
0).

Thus, the host computer 21
Then, it is determined whether or not the data is addressed to itself. Next, the karaoke terminal device 1 and each of the management control devices 31 and 4 are determined.
1 and 51 will be described. First, the processing in the karaoke terminal device 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The input device 6 of the karaoke terminal device 1 (FIG. 3)
When a user (customer etc.) inputs data from
PU5 (FIG. 3) determines whether the input data is music input (S
200) Then, it is determined whether the input is a food or drink input (S210).

In the case of a song input (S200: YES), song request data is created with the song selection number of the input song as transmission content data Dc (S220), and the song is sent to the autochanger management terminal 30 side. It is determined whether the data is for the host computer 21 (S230). Then, in the case of the host computer 21 (S2
30: YES), transmission destination specification data (in this case, music request data) with the host computer 21 as the destination address Da is transmitted to the host computer 21 (S).
240).

In this case, since the host computer 21 shown in FIG. 4 executes the processing of S130 and S140 and transmits the music data, the karaoke terminal apparatus 1 receives the music data in S250 in FIG. Then, a performance is performed based on the music data (S260).

The performance will be described in more detail. When the music data is transmitted from the host computer 21, the video disc player 27 of the central control device 20
An RF signal as video information from the PC and an RF signal obtained by converting music data are multiplexed and transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 1 via the coaxial cable 60. Then, the CPU 5 of the karaoke terminal device 1 sends predetermined music selection data to the video tuner 3b (FIG. 3) of the terminal modem 3 to select a video channel corresponding to the received music data. The music selection data is, for example, data set in advance so as to correspond to the taste (genre) of the music. Thereafter, the music data is transmitted to the sound source 10 to start the performance.

Returning to FIG. 5, when the performance is completed, the performance completion data is transmitted to the host computer 21 (S27).
0). The performance completion data is transmission destination designation data having the karaoke terminal management control device 41 as the partner address Da. The processing in the karaoke terminal management control device 41 will be described later. When the performance completion confirmation data is received from the host computer 21 (S280), the process returns to S200.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S230 that the terminal belongs to the autochanger management terminal 30 side,
The autochanger management controller 31 is set to the destination address Da.
Is transmitted to the host computer 21 (S290). In this case, the process (FIG. 6) in the autochanger management control device 31 described later is executed, and the karaoke terminal device 1
In S300, the ready data is received, and a performance is performed based on the data sent thereafter (S260).
The transmission data in this case is karaoke data in which video and music are set.

If the input is a food or drink input (S21)
0: YES), and creates the ordered menu data (S
310), the associated service management control device 51
The transmission destination designation data (food and drink request data) as a is transmitted to the host computer 21 (S320). In this case, the process (FIG. 8) in the associated task management control device 51 described below is executed, and the karaoke terminal device 1 receives the eating and drinking request confirmation data in S330 in FIG. 5 and displays the fact (S340).

Next, processing in each of the management control devices 31, 41 and 51 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing in the autochanger management control device 31. When music request data transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 1 via the host computer 21 is received (S400), the corresponding video disk (VD) is set (S410), and the karaoke terminal device 1 from which the music request data is transmitted is set. Is transmitted as the destination address Da (S420). Thereafter, the video and audio from the VD are transmitted onto the coaxial cable 60 (430), and after the transmission is completed, the operation is stopped (S440).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing in the karaoke terminal management control device 41. When the performance completion data (transmitted in the process of S270 of FIG. 5) transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 1 via the host computer 21 is received (S500), the performance fee / performance is performed for each corresponding karaoke terminal device 1. A process of counting results is performed (S510). Then, performance completion confirmation data is transmitted (S520). The performance completion confirmation data is the karaoke terminal device 1 which has transmitted the performance completion data.
Is destination designation data with the destination address Da, and is data received by the karaoke terminal device 1 in S280 of FIG. 5 described above.

On the other hand, FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing the processing in. Upon receiving the menu data (transmitted in the process of S320 in FIG. 5) transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 1 via the host computer 21 (S600), the menu is printed out (S610), and the eating and drinking request confirmation is performed. The data is transmitted (S620). This eating and drinking request confirmation data is transmission destination designation data having the karaoke terminal device 1 that has transmitted the menu data as the destination address Da, and is the data received by the karaoke terminal device 1 in S330 of FIG. 5 described above.

As described above, according to the centralized management system of this embodiment, the host computer 21 of the central controller 20
Are the karaoke terminal device 1 and the management control devices 31 and 4
It is determined whether the transmission destination designation data transmitted from the management control devices 31, 41, 51 or the karaoke terminal device 1 is transmitted to the management control devices 31, 41, 51 or the karaoke terminal device 1. If the data is for the terminal device 1, the data is transmitted to the corresponding destination based on the destination address Da of the destination designation data.

The management control devices 31, 41, and 51, which have received the destination designation data including the song or food / drink request data as the transmission content data Dc, perform predetermined control according to the request content on the management target. Then, if necessary, transmission destination designation data including predetermined return data as transmission content data Dc is transmitted to the host computer 21. Then, the transmission destination designation data is transmitted to the corresponding management control device 31, 41, 51 or the karaoke terminal device 1, and each terminal device 1, 31, 41, 51 performs a predetermined process according to the return data. You.

That is, if a tune request is made from the karaoke terminal device 1, the host computer 21 processes the tune provided by itself and processes the tune itself on the autochanger management terminal device 30 side. The processing is left to the autochanger management control device 31, and a tune is supplied to the karaoke terminal device 1 from any of them. When the performance of the music is completed, the karaoke terminal management and control device 41 performs a process of charging a performance fee. On the other hand, if a request for food or drink is made from the karaoke terminal device 1, the menu data and the like ordered to be transmitted to the associated service management control device 51 via the host computer 21 are printed out, and an order confirmation signal is transmitted. I do.

Therefore, the host computer 21 of the central control device 20 does not need to directly process the management contents performed by each of the management control devices 31, 41, 51, but only the karaoke terminal device 1 and each of the management control devices 31, 41, 51. It is only necessary to sort the transmission destination designation data to the corresponding destination so that information can be exchanged between 41 and 51. In this way, in the centralized management system, management in a distributed processing format can be performed, so that an excessive load on the host computer 21 is not imposed. In addition, there is no need to concentrate the installation location in one place. For example, as in the above-described example, the karaoke terminal management terminal device 40 for managing the performance fee is used.
If so, it is also possible to install the auxiliary work management terminal device 50 for managing the order of food and drink at the front desk and in a kitchen in a suitable place in consideration of the nature of the management target. That is, the management terminal devices 40 and 50 are added in accordance with the expansion of the management target and the associated tasks, and the expandability of the system is improved.

[0042]

As described above in detail, according to the centralized management system for the karaoke terminal device of the present invention, the central control device
There is no need to process the management contents performed by the karaoke terminal management control device or the related service management control device, and the karaoke terminal device and the karaoke terminal management control device or the related service management control device, or the karaoke terminal management control device and the related service management control device In order to be able to exchange information with
It is only necessary to sort the destination designation data to the corresponding destination. As described above, in the centralized management system, the management of the distributed processing format can be performed, so that an excessive load is not imposed on the central control device. In addition, it is not necessary to concentrate on one place, and it is possible to disperse and install in an optimum place from the viewpoint of a management target, and it is possible to improve expandability as a system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a basic configuration.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram when a centralized management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is employed in a hotel.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a karaoke terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing in a host computer.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process executed in the karaoke terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing executed in the autochanger management control device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing executed in the karaoke terminal management control device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing executed in the associated task management control device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration format of transmission destination designation data.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a conventional system example.

[Explanation of symbols]

Da: partner address, Db: source address,
Dc: transmission content data, 1: karaoke terminal device,
3 Terminal modem 20 Central control device 21 Host computer 30 Autochanger management terminal device 31 Autochanger management control device 3
5: Autochanger, 40: Karaoke terminal management terminal device, 41: Karaoke terminal management control device, 50: Associated service management terminal device, 51: Associated service management control device,
60 Coaxial cable

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tatsuo Matsuda 3-23 Shimoshinmachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture Intec Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-6-110482 (JP, A) JP-A-4-169966 (JP, A) JP-A-4-7690 (JP, A) JP-A-2-216687 (JP, A) JP-A-61-92054 (JP, A) JP-A-5-20242 (JP, A) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G10K 15/04 302 G06F 13/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] At least one karaoke terminal management control device
Or related business management control device, multiple karaoke playing terminals
A centralized management system for a karaoke terminal device having a central control device , wherein the karaoke terminal management control device or the associated business management control device is provided.
Performs processing based on the received destination specification data, and the karaoke performance terminal plays back the audio data and outputs the music.
And, karaoke performance terminal, and, karaoke terminal management control device or
Or the associated business management control unit
It is possible to send destination specification data having a hand address.
The central control device is a karaoke terminal device and a karaoke terminal.
Can be sent and received with the end management control device or the associated business management control device
Connected to the destination and sent to the destination
Distribute destination designation data based on dress and send
Centralized management system for karaoke terminals.