JP3916286B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus that performs a karaoke song according to a customer's request, and more particularly to a karaoke apparatus that can automatically transmit a new song guide to a customer when new song data is input. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the development of the karaoke industry has been remarkable. Devices that allow online karaoke to be enjoyed at home have been developed, and there are a large number of stores where karaoke can be sung. On the other hand, karaoke specialty stores such as karaoke boxes continue to make efforts to acquire customers, such as launching their own unique features.
[0003]
In general, a new song is input at a karaoke shop quite frequently. In the case of online karaoke, new song data is distributed from the distribution center via a communication line, and even if it is not online karaoke, new song data is input by obtaining new song LD by home delivery or the like. The new song has become a selling point for karaoke shops, so I want to inform customers as soon as possible.
[0004]
In a conventional karaoke shop, the new song information is generally a method of displaying as new song information on the display screen while the karaoke apparatus is not playing a song in the case of online karaoke. Even if the karaoke is not online karaoke, the information is displayed on the page for a new song of the music selection quick sample in an easy-to-understand manner or displayed on a conspicuous position in the store using a poster or the like.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it is only considered that new song information in the conventional karaoke apparatus is notified to customers who visit the store. That is, the user can know the inputted new song only after coming to the karaoke shop. On the other hand, from the customer's standpoint, when considering which of the many karaoke shops to go to, it may be desirable to know whether or not a new song to be sung is input. However, in the conventional karaoke apparatus, it was not possible to make an inquiry directly to the karaoke shop or actually go to the karaoke shop.
[0006]
Alternatively, the karaoke store may notify the customer of new song information as a way to acquire customers. For example, a customer who uses karaoke is informed of personal information such as address and name, and when a new song is entered, the customer is notified by postcard or the like. However, it seems that some users think that it is not preferable to inform the karaoke store of personal information such as address and name. Also, for a karaoke shop, organizing and storing a large amount of personal information is a very cumbersome task, and it is expensive and time-consuming to write and send a postcard each time a new song is frequently input. Because it takes too much, it is not realistic.
[0007]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and is automatically used when a new song is input by storing a user's FAX number or mail address in a karaoke device. An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of transmitting new song information to a customer.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 is a karaoke apparatus for performing karaoke music according to a customer's request, and provides customer information storage means for storing customer information and new song information from newly input new song data. It has a configuration comprising a guide creation means to be created and a guide transmission means for sending the new song guide created by the guide creation means to the customer stored in the customer information storage means when new song data is input.
[0009]
In the karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect, when new song data is inputted, the new song guide is created from the new song data inputted by the guidance creating means. Furthermore, the guidance transmission means transmits the created new song guidance to the customer stored in the customer information storage means. This makes it possible to automatically transmit new song information to the user when a new song is input.
[0010]
The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2 is the karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the guidance transmission means inputs transmission stop information to the customer information stored in the customer information storage means, It includes a guide transmission stop means that does not transmit a new song guide. In the karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, when the transmission stop information is input to the customer information, the guide transmission stop means stops the new song guide transmission, so that unnecessary information is transmitted to the customer who does not need the new song guide. The new song guide can be automatically transmitted only to customers who need the new song guide.
[0011]
Further, in the karaoke apparatus according to claim 3, in the karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, the customer information stored in the customer information storage means is a FAX number of a customer or a mail address of a communication network such as the Internet, and the guide transmission. The transmission method of the means is FAX transmission or mail transmission. In the karaoke device of claim 3, the customer information storage means stores the customer's FAX number or the mail address of a communication network such as the Internet as customer information, and the guidance transmission means performs guidance transmission by FAX transmission or mail transmission. It is not necessary to obtain detailed customer personal information, and guidance transmission can be performed automatically and very easily.
[0012]
Furthermore, the karaoke apparatus according to claim 4 is the karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the customer information stored in the customer information storage means includes genre information of a karaoke song desired by the customer, and the input new song data is the genre. The guide transmission means transmits the new song guide only when the song is a new song. In the karaoke apparatus according to claim 4, since the customer information includes the genre of the karaoke song desired by the customer, and the new song guidance is transmitted only to the customer whose input new song is the desired genre, without transmitting information unnecessary for the customer. Only the new song guide of the desired genre can be transmitted very easily.
[0013]
A karaoke apparatus according to claim 5 is the communication karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke apparatus is connected to a karaoke communication center through a communication line and periodically distributes new song data. And In the karaoke device of claim 5, since the new tune data is a communication karaoke device that is regularly distributed from the karaoke communication center, when a new tune is distributed, a new tune guide can be automatically created and transmitted to the customer. It becomes possible.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. First, a schematic configuration of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the karaoke apparatus. Here, a case will be described in which a karaoke apparatus which is a terminal of a communication karaoke system is used, and information transmission to a customer uses FAX transmission. The same can be done when using mail communication of a communication network.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, the karaoke apparatus 1 is configured around a central control apparatus 10, and the communication control apparatus 11 communicates with the karaoke song distribution center 30 and the user FAX 50 via the public communication network 40. Further, the central control device 10 has a hard disk 12 for storing karaoke song data, user information, various operation programs, etc., the song number that the karaoke device 1 is currently playing, the performance mode, etc. An operation display panel 14 for notification and a multi-purpose input key 15 for an administrator to perform various instructions and user information registration to the karaoke apparatus 1 are connected.
[0016]
The karaoke apparatus 1 is connected to a television monitor 20 for displaying a reservation status, lyrics and the like and a speaker 21 for outputting karaoke sound when the user uses karaoke performance. Here, the central control device 10 is connected between the television monitor 20 and a screen display control device 16 for synthesizing and outputting the reservation status and lyrics data of the karaoke song and the background video on the television monitor 20. A performance reproduction circuit 18 for converting karaoke song data into an analog performance signal, and a mixer amplifier 19 for synthesizing and outputting the karaoke song performance and the user's singing voice are connected between the speaker 21 and the speaker 21.
[0017]
Next, in the karaoke apparatus 1 configured as described above, an operation of transmitting new song information to the user FAX 50 when a new song is distributed from the karaoke song distribution center 30 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a new song information transmission program that creates new song information and transmits it to the user FAX 50 in response to the new song distribution from the karaoke song distribution center.
[0018]
In FIG. 2, when new song information is transmitted to the user, the karaoke apparatus 1 enters a karaoke song performance state in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1 at the start of operation. That is, it is a normal business state, and reservation of a karaoke song, performance, etc. are performed according to a user's request.
[0019]
Next, it is determined whether or not a new song has been distributed (S2). In the karaoke apparatus 1, new song data is normally distributed from the karaoke song distribution center 30 via the public communication network 40 at a fixed time every day. New song distribution is performed in parallel with karaoke performance, and new songs for one day are distributed together. If a new song is not distributed (S2: NO), the song continues to be played (S1). On the other hand, when it is determined that a new song has been distributed (S2: YES), the following new song information transmission operation is performed in parallel with the song performance.
[0020]
First, a header including song guide information is extracted from the received new song data to create new song information (S3). In general, data having contents as exemplified in FIG. 3 is added to the karaoke song data as a header. Using this, new song information displayed in an easy-to-read manner for the user can be created. Further, by extracting genre information from the header, the genre of this song can be known. Karaoke songs are divided into genres such as pop songs, new music, enka, and duets.
[0021]
Next, one piece of user information is read (S4). Here, FIG. 4 shows an example of user information. In FIG. 4, column A of the user information is a user number. Column B is the user's name and can be left blank if desired by the user. Column C is the user's FAX number. Column D is a user's desired genre. By registering only genres for which new song information is desired, unnecessary faxes are not received in large quantities. Finally, column E is an information transmission stop request column. That is, <stop hope> is entered for a user who does not want new song information to be transmitted for reasons such as no need for new song information or absence for a while.
[0022]
After reading out the user information shown in FIG. 4 for one person in S4, the input genre information of the new song is compared with the user's desired genre (S5). If the genre of the received new song is not included in the user's desired genre (S5: NO), it is not necessary to send new song information to this user, so it is checked whether there is next user information (S8). . If the genre of the new song is included in the user's desired genre (S5: YES), it is determined whether or not the transmission stop request is <stop request> (S6). If the transmission stop request is <stop request> (S6: YES), it is not necessary to transmit new song information to this user, so it is checked whether there is next user information (S8). If the transmission stop request is not <stop request> (S6: NO), new song information is transmitted to this user (S7).
[0023]
Subsequently, it is determined whether the user information of all users has been read (S8). If there is user information that has not been read yet (S8: NO), the user information is newly read, and new song information is transmitted if necessary by repeating S4 to S7. When the new song information has been transmitted to all users (S8: YES), the process returns to the performance of the first karaoke song (S1).
[0024]
As described above in detail, in the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment, new song guide information is created using the header of the received karaoke song, and the new song guide information is automatically transmitted to the FAX number of the user information stored in the hard disk 12 by FAX. can do. Furthermore, since the user information includes the desired genre and the transmission stop request information, only the necessary new song information is transmitted without transmitting a large amount of information unnecessary for the user, so the user does not have to visit the karaoke store. New song information of the genre to be received can be received.
[0025]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning. For example, here, the new song information is automatically created and transmitted to the user using the header at the time of new song distribution, but new song information can be created independently at the karaoke store and sent to the user. In addition, here, the case where the desired genre is registered by the user has been described, but the genre of the song sung so far at the karaoke store can be stored, and the genre can be set as the user's desired genre.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect, when new song data is input, a new song guide is created from the new song data input by the guidance creating means. Furthermore, the guidance transmission means transmits the created new song guidance to the customer stored in the customer information storage means. Thus, when a new song is input, the new song information can be automatically transmitted to the user.
[0027]
Further, in the karaoke device of claim 2, when the transmission stop information is input to the customer information, the guide transmission stop means stops the new song guide transmission, so unnecessary information is transmitted to the customer who does not need the new song guide. Therefore, the new song guide can be automatically transmitted only to customers who need the new song guide.
[0028]
Further, in the karaoke apparatus according to claim 3, the customer information storage means stores the customer's FAX number or the mail address of the communication network such as the Internet as customer information, and the guidance transmission means performs guidance transmission by FAX transmission or mail transmission. Therefore, it is not necessary to obtain detailed personal information of the customer, and the guidance transmission can be performed automatically and very easily.
[0029]
Further, in the karaoke apparatus according to claim 4, since the customer information includes the genre of the karaoke song desired by the customer and the new song guidance is transmitted only to the customer whose inputted new song is the desired genre, information unnecessary for the customer is transmitted. Therefore, only the new song guide of the desired genre can be transmitted very easily.
[0030]
Further, in the karaoke device of claim 5, since the new song data is a communication karaoke device that is regularly distributed from the karaoke communication center, when a new song is distributed, a new song guide is automatically created and transmitted to the customer. be able to.
[0031]
As described above, according to the present invention, a karaoke device can store a user's FAX number or mail address so that new song information can be automatically transmitted to the user when a new song is input. An apparatus can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a karaoke apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an example of a header of a karaoke song.
FIG. 4 is an example of user information.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus 10 Central control apparatus 11 Communication control apparatus 12 Hard disk 30 Karaoke music distribution center 40 Public communication network 50 User FAX

Claims (5)

In karaoke equipment that plays karaoke songs at the request of the customer,
Customer information storage means for storing customer information;
A guide creation means for creating a new song guide from newly entered new song data,
A karaoke apparatus comprising: a guide transmission unit that transmits a new song guide created by the guide creation unit to a customer stored in the customer information storage unit when new song data is input. The guide transmission unit includes a guide transmission stop unit that does not transmit a new song guide to the customer when the transmission stop information is input to the customer information stored in the customer information storage unit. The karaoke apparatus according to 1. The customer information stored in the customer information storage means is a customer's FAX number or a mail address of a communication network such as the Internet, and the transmission method of the guidance transmission means is FAX transmission or mail transmission. The karaoke apparatus according to 1. The customer information stored in the customer information storage means includes the genre information of the karaoke song desired by the customer, and the guidance transmission means transmits the new song guidance only when the input new song data is a song of the genre. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke apparatus is a communication karaoke apparatus that is connected to a karaoke communication center via a communication line and periodically distributes new song data.

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