JP3573423B2 - Karaoke device with characteristic song selection - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke music selection system adapted to a situation where a plurality of people enjoy karaoke together, and more particularly to a karaoke music selection system that uses a personal portable information terminal such as a mobile phone owned by each person as a music selection reservation tool.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, a plurality of people often enjoy karaoke together. The user operates the remote control transmitter of the karaoke apparatus and inputs the number of the music that each person wants to sing. The input music numbers are sequentially registered in a performance reservation queue of the karaoke apparatus. The karaoke apparatus plays the reserved music in the order registered in the queue.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When a group of people enjoys karaoke together at a store such as a karaoke box, it is desirable that each person be given an opportunity to sing in a suitable manner, but such situations are not often the case. If the participants are refraining from each other, there may be people who really want to sing, but it is difficult to make reservations and blank time may occur. On the other hand, we often see that a certain person has reserved a lot of songs and it is difficult for others to change the order. There are many cases where a number of people want to sing a song, such as a spear song, but it is quite troublesome how to come to terms with the participants.
[0004]
In the present invention, attention has been paid to the fact that high-performance mobile phones equipped with a JAVA applet execution function, a Bluetooth communication function, and the like are rapidly spreading. This type of personal digital assistant, which is often owned by the general public, is used as a karaoke device song selection reservation tool. When multiple people generally enjoy karaoke, the songs they want to sing can be played as equally as possible. To be able to play. It is an object of the present invention to implement such a karaoke song selection system.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is specified by the following items (1) to (8).
(1) A karaoke apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit and a control unit, and determines the next tune to be played based on the tune list held by the portable information terminal and performs the karaoke.
(2) The wireless communication means can communicate with a personal portable information terminal existing at the karaoke user site.
(3) The control means enables member registration processing, performance history creation processing, and performance music selection processing.
(4) In the member registration process, the terminal ID of the personal digital assistant communicated is registered in the polling order table.
(5) In the performance history creation processing, the played music pieces are sequentially recorded in a performance history book.
(6) In the music selection process, a first process and a second process are performed to determine the next music piece to be played.
(7) In the first process, the terminal ID to communicate next in the polling order table is recognized, and a connection request is transmitted to the personal portable information terminal of the terminal ID.
(8) In the second process, the music list is received from the personal portable information terminal responding to the connection request, and the music not recorded in the performance history book is selected from the music list and determined as the music to be played next. At the same time, the designation of the terminal ID to be communicated next in the polling order table is advanced.
[0006]
In the karaoke apparatus configured as described above, the performance history creation process may be configured such that when the number of songs recorded in the performance history book reaches the specified number of songs, old songs are deleted in order and new songs are recorded. In the performance history creation process, a configuration can be adopted in which music pieces that have passed a specified period from the point of recording are deleted.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
=== Overview of the system ===
A karaoke music selection system according to one embodiment of the present invention is constituted by a karaoke device installed in a guest room of a karaoke store and a mobile phone carried by each of a plurality of people who enjoy karaoke in this guest room. is there. A mobile phone is a multifunctional personal mobile information terminal equipped with a JAVA applet execution function, a Bluetooth communication function, and the like. The karaoke apparatus is provided with Bluetooth communication means for performing interactive data communication using the Bluetooth communication function of these mobile phones. The program required to use the mobile phone as a music selection tool of this system is obtained from the karaoke device via Bluetooth.
[0010]
The non-volatile memory of the mobile phone stores a list of songs that the person who owns the phone wants to sing (hereinafter referred to as a reserved song list). The order of priority is set in the reserved music list.
[0011]
The karaoke apparatus searches for communicable mobile phones existing in the guest room by Bluetooth communication in a timely manner, and registers identifiers of the mobile phones (hereinafter, terminal IDs) as visiting members. The order in which these mobile phones are called (hereinafter, polling order) is set in these member tables.
[0012]
A karaoke apparatus that starts a karaoke performance accesses one of the member's mobile phones according to the polling order, and selects a performance candidate tune from a reserved tune list held by the mobile phone. If this candidate song is not listed in the record of the songs played by the karaoke apparatus (playing history book), it will be played, but if it remains in the playing history book, the candidate song will be selected again from the same song list. Do it again. In this way, the opportunity for each member to sing the song without duplication of music is reduced.
[0013]
=== Basic Functions of Karaoke Device ===
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The karaoke apparatus is a computer application device equivalent to a personal computer. A central control unit 1 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM controls and supervises each peripheral component via a control bus. The hard disk device 2 stores a large number of karaoke data including accompaniment music data and lyric data of the karaoke music. When a music piece to be reserved for performance is determined, the central control unit 1 extracts the karaoke data of the music piece from the hard disk device 2 and transfers the included karaoke accompaniment music data to the synthesizer 4 to generate karaoke accompaniment music. The generated karaoke accompaniment music and the singing voice collected by the microphone 5 are mixed by a mixing amplifier 6 and sound output from a speaker 7. The display 8 displays a background image input via the image control unit 9 and a lyric image with a color change of a portion to be sung.
[0014]
The karaoke apparatus also includes a Bluetooth interface 10 which is a characteristic component of the present invention. It comprises an RF circuit and a baseband circuit. The transmitting / receiving antenna 11 connected to the RF circuit of the Bluetooth interface 10 is installed in a karaoke room of a karaoke store. As a result, a predetermined service area in which a communication link can be established with the Bluetooth interface 10 is formed around the transmission / reception antenna 11.
[0015]
=== Creating a list of reserved songs ===
The mobile phone according to the present embodiment has a preset function for pre-registering a song that the user wants to sing in karaoke. If there is no application program (karaoke use program) that runs on the mobile phone, the program is downloaded and obtained from the karaoke device via the Bluetooth interface.
[0016]
When an appropriate reserved music list creation / update screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone by the karaoke use program, the user wants to sing the music ID searched from the table of contents or the like on his / her mobile phone by a predetermined operation. Specify the order (priority) and enter. A reserved music list in which the music ID is stored in the memory of the mobile phone in association with the priority is created. Of course, it is also possible to add or delete music. This list is stored in a non-volatile memory, and is retained even if the user stops karaoke and goes out of the karaoke store or turns off the mobile phone.
[0017]
The mobile phone according to the present embodiment also has a function for the user to set whether or not to disclose the reserved music list when participating in karaoke. This is useful, for example, when you are there but do not want to participate in singing. That is, if it is set to "not disclosed", the music is excluded from the polling order in the music selection processing described later. If the setting is changed from “non-disclosure” to “disclosure”, it is regarded as an intention to participate and it is possible to immediately participate.
[0018]
It is desirable to register the reserved music list before using karaoke for efficiency, but it is possible to add or change the list at any time. For example, another person may be singing at karaoke. If a song that you do not want to sing is registered today, it will not be played if you delete it on the spot, and a song that has not been sung yet and is not in anyone's reserved song list will be ranked first in your priority You can sing that song the next time you sing by adding it to the reserved song list.
[0019]
=== Member registration ===
The karaoke apparatus transmits a connection request message (Inquiry) at predetermined intervals within the service area via the Bluetooth interface 10, and searches for a mobile phone that is waiting in a reception standby state (Standby) within the service area. ing. When a mobile phone in a standby state (Standby) is brought into the service area, a communication link is established between the karaoke device and the mobile phone in accordance with the Bluetooth protocol, and a data packet describing a start instruction of a karaoke utilization program is transmitted. Send to mobile phone.
[0020]
Upon receiving this, the mobile phone that has started the karaoke utilization program transmits a data packet describing the terminal ID stored in the memory to the karaoke device via Bluetooth, and returns to the reception standby state (Standby). The karaoke apparatus that has received the terminal IDs from a plurality of mobile phones on the spot establishes, for example, a communication link and stores them in the order in which the terminal IDs were received, and creates a polling order table.
[0021]
The karaoke apparatus checks the presence of the mobile phone at appropriate intervals, for example, when performing a music selection process described later, and counts the number of absent if the presence of the mobile phone stored in the performance order table cannot be confirmed. In the meantime, when the absence is continued for a predetermined number of times or more, the terminal ID is deleted from the polling order table. If the presence of a new mobile phone not stored in the polling order table is confirmed, the terminal ID is stored at the end of the polling order table.
[0022]
=== Access to mobile phone and music selection process ===
For example, when the performance of a certain music A is started, the karaoke apparatus determines a music B to be performed next. Before the performance of the music A, the next music can be displayed on the display 8 of the karaoke apparatus, or when the user cancels the music once determined as the next music, there is enough time to select another music again. It is convenient because there is.
[0023]
The karaoke apparatus that attempts to determine the karaoke song B to be played next to the current performance song A takes out the terminal IDs one by one according to the order stored in the polling order table, and issues a connection request to the mobile phone identified by the terminal ID. A message (Inquiry) is transmitted (step 102 in FIG. 2). When a communication link is established between the karaoke device and the Bluetooth interface, the mobile phone having this terminal ID, if the reserved music list is set to "disclose", the reserved music stored in its own memory. A data packet describing the contents of the list is returned to the karaoke device (steps 103 and 104).
[0024]
If the reserved music list is set to "non-disclosure", a data packet stating that fact is returned, and the karaoke apparatus receiving this fetches the next terminal ID in the polling order table and performs the same processing. I do. (Step 103).
[0025]
The karaoke apparatus which has received the reserved music list from the mobile phone extracts the music ID of the earliest input order from the received list except for the current music piece A, and searches whether or not it is described in the performance history book on the memory. (Step 106). First, if the extracted music ID is not described in the performance log, the music corresponding to the music ID is processed and the music ID is written in the performance log (step 109). If the extracted music ID is already described in the performance history list, the next music ID in the order of input is extracted from the received reserved music list (step 107), and it is searched whether or not it is described in the performance history list. (Step 106). This procedure is repeated until a music ID that is not described in the performance history book is selected, and the performance processing of the selected music ID is performed and added to the performance history book (step 109).
[0026]
When one music ID is taken out for one terminal ID as described above, performance processing is performed, and the result is recorded in the performance history book, the same processing is performed for the next terminal ID in the polling order table (step 110). That is, a communication link is established with the mobile phone specified by the next terminal ID, and music that is not described in the performance history book is taken out of the reserved music list registered in the mobile phone and played. In this way, music selection opportunities are imparted to all terminal IDs in turn in a fair manner, and music that is not included in the performance history book is selected from the reserved music list held by each portable terminal and played.
[0027]
Regarding updating of the performance history book, for example, when a certain music A is played and recorded in the history book, and the number of songs registered in the history book reaches ten, the music A is deleted from the history book. This way, the latest 10 songs will always remain in the history book. The timing of this update may be set by time. For example, the time to be left in the history book after the performance of a certain song is set to 30 minutes. In this way, no one can sing a song sung by a certain person for 30 minutes, but it is also possible to sing after 30 minutes.
[0028]
As a matter of course, when performing karaoke, the performance history book can be completely cleared by a predetermined operation.
[0029]
=== Others ===
It is convenient to automatically clear the performance history list after licking the reserved song list of all members. For example, when karaoke is performed between people with similar tastes, the songs listed in their reserved music list often overlap, so the reserved music list of all the participants is quickly licked. In the case where the update timing is 30 minutes as in the above example, no one can sing if all the reserved music lists have been licked within 30 minutes. However, if the performance history book is cleared, it will be possible to sing regardless of previous performance history.
[0030]
As for the reserved music list, each of them may have a plurality of music lists, and may be appropriately selected. It is convenient if a song list of a different genre or a song list corresponding to various moods can be created, and a different song list can be disclosed depending on the members who go to karaoke together and the mood of the day.
[0031]
Also, it is convenient if a karaoke apparatus can make a reserved music list for a participant who did not bring a personal portable information terminal. If the karaoke device is provided with the opportunity to select a song as in the case of other personal portable information terminals, karaoke can be enjoyed with other participants without having the portable terminal.
[0032]
For a table of contents book, an electronic table of contents book tool provided by a karaoke apparatus or a Web server connected from a mobile phone can be used. At this time, it is convenient to perform a billing process.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the karaoke music selection system concerning this invention, the opportunity to sing fairly circulates to all the people who participate in karaoke. Also, since the song does not overlap with other people, not only the singer but also other participants do not have to be bored. Participants can register the songs they want to sing in their personal portable information terminals in advance, so at a karaoke store you can fully enjoy karaoke, such as listening to other people's songs without being swayed by reservation operations Can be. Once registered, the reserved music list can be stored as it is, so that the user can register his eighteenth number, which is convenient. As a result, the user can go to karaoke as soon as he or she thinks, and the effect of increasing the number of people who use karaoke casually can be expected.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a music selection process executed in the karaoke music selection system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 exemplifies the contents of a performance history book and a reserved music list according to an embodiment of the present invention by music names and singer names.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Central control part 2 Hard disk drive 3 Operation control part 4 Synthesizer 5 Microphone 6 Mixing amplifier 7 Speaker 8 Display 9 Video control part 10 Bluetooth interface 11 Transmitting and receiving antenna

Claims (3)

A karaoke apparatus comprising a wireless communication unit and a control unit, wherein a karaoke device that determines and plays the next song to be played based on a song list held by the portable information terminal,
The wireless communication means can communicate with a personal portable information terminal existing at the karaoke use site,
The control means enables member registration processing, performance history creation processing, and performance music selection processing,
In the member registration process, the terminal ID of the personal digital assistant communicated is registered in the polling order table,
In the performance history creation process, the played songs are sequentially recorded in a performance history book,
In the performance music selection processing, a first processing and a second processing are performed to determine a music piece to be performed next,
The first process is to recognize a terminal ID to communicate next in the polling order table, transmit a connection request to the personal portable information terminal of the terminal ID,
The second processing is to receive a music list from the personal portable information terminal responding to the connection request, select a music not recorded in the performance history book from the music list, determine the music as a music to be played next, and perform polling. A karaoke apparatus that advances the designation of a terminal ID to be communicated next in the order table. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the performance history creation process, when the number of music pieces recorded in the performance history book reaches the specified number of music pieces, old music pieces are deleted in order and new music pieces are recorded. 3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the performance history creation processing deletes a music piece that has passed a prescribed period from the time of recording.

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