JP3964204B2 - Touch panel display karaoke remote control device that can shift to automatic music selection during music selection - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention searches for a suitable music from the music index database based on the search condition input by the user interface and presents it to the user. When one of the presented music is specified, the karaoke device The present invention relates to a karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function for transmitting a remote control signal for reserving one song.
[0002]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The karaoke remote control device with the electronic table of contents function is commercialized as a computer application device having a form similar to a notebook personal computer or palmtop personal computer. The attribute information about the karaoke music that can be played on the karaoke device is stored and managed in an external storage such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory built in as a music index database, and the search keyword input by the user is attributed. The music index database is inquired as a query about information, and attribute information and music number about the corresponding karaoke music are presented and output. When the karaoke song that the user desires to play is finally designated, a remote control signal including the song number of the song and the performance reservation command is transmitted to the nearest karaoke apparatus.
[0003]
When the karaoke apparatus receives a remote control signal for performance reservation, it manages the music numbers included in the signal as a performance reservation queue, and sequentially picks up music numbers from the queue. Then, a karaoke piece corresponding to the picked piece number is played.
[0004]
By the way, at karaoke venues, you may find indecisive people who are not able to decide on the requested song and are always looking at the table of contents. If a karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function is passed to such a person, the subsequent person cannot make a reservation for the performance of the song he / she wants to request, and suffers great inconvenience. Also, for those who are unable to decide on the requested song, the time lost to this song selection becomes painful.
[0005]
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
If the indecisive person as described above is often observed, in many cases, it takes a long time to narrow down the request song candidates from several songs to about 10 songs. However, it is difficult to decide after that, and I ask other people, “Which song should I sing,” etc. while showing candidates for the requested song. And even if another person chooses and requests one song from among the candidates, the song is sung without any sense of resistance. That is, there is no problem even if the requested music is automatically determined after the request candidates are narrowed down to a certain extent.
[0006]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function which can comfortably enjoy karaoke for this person and his accompanying person by supporting music selection for an indecisive person. .
[0007]
The basic karaoke remote control device according to the first invention is specified by the following items (1) to (12).
A karaoke remote control device specified by the following items (1) to (12).
(1) It is a karaoke remote control device provided with a music index database, a touch panel display, a transmission means, and a control means. (2) The music index database contains the attribute information of the music including the song title, artist name, and lyrics. (3) The touch panel display is composed of a display that displays information in accordance with the control of the control means, and a transparent touch panel that enables detection of touch input superimposed on the display. (4) The transmission means is capable of transmitting a performance reservation signal to the karaoke device. (5) The control means is a query screen process comprising the first to third processes, and a first and second list screen process. , Enabling detailed screen processing and automatic music selection processing (6) The first processing is to display a query screen in which a character palette and input character fields are laid out (7) 2) Each time a character palette is touch-inputted, additional display of the touched character in the input character field and search for attribute information using the character string formed in the input character field, the number of extracted songs is specified. If the number exceeds the number, the number of extracted songs and the list display instruction button are displayed and the process proceeds to the third process. If the number is less than the specified number, the process proceeds to the first list screen process. (8) The third process is a list display instruction button When the touch input is made, the process proceeds to the second list screen process, and when the character palette is touched, the process proceeds to the second process. (9) The first list screen process is equal to or less than the prescribed number by the second process. The list of artist names of the extracted music is displayed on one page to enable touch input for music selection and automatic music selection. If there is touch input for music selection, the screen shifts to detailed screen processing, and there is touch input for automatic music selection. If automatic song selection Migrating sense (10) a second list screen processing, is displayed together with the page number Song artist name list of the extracted music exceeds the predetermined number by the second process the specified number of the separator 1 page page Enables feed-forward touch input. When page-turn touch input occurs, the song name artist name list and page number are updated, and touch selection for song selection and automatic song selection is possible on the song name artist name list screen. If there is a touch input for song selection, move to the detailed screen processing, and if there is a touch input for automatic song selection, move to the automatic song selection processing. (11) The details screen processing is the name of the selected song. to display the artist name, the lyrics to enable the touch input of the reservation instruction, when there is a touch input of the reservation instruction, to send a performance reservation signal including an identifier of the music It (12) automatic music selection process, selecting one song at random from among the plurality of music that is displayed on one page, [0008] thereby transmitting the performance reservation signal including an identifier of the selected musical piece
The karaoke remote control device according to the second invention is obtained by replacing the specific item (12) in the first invention with the following item (a).
(A) automatic music selection process, elected one song at random from among a plurality of music that is displayed on one page, selected was the song title, artist name, the lyrics to display the touch input of Rutotomoni reservation indication of music When a reservation instruction touch input is made, a performance reservation signal including an identifier of the music is transmitted.
The karaoke remote control device according to the third invention is obtained by replacing the specific item (12) in the first invention with the following item (b).
(B) automatic music selection process, elected one song at random from among a plurality of music that is displayed on one page, Rutotomoni to display the song title, artist name, song lyrics elected to music, reservation instructions and re-automated Enables touch selection of music selection, sends a performance reservation signal including the identifier of the music when there is a reservation instruction touch input, and removes the music from the selection target when there is a touch input of re-automatic music selection And repeating the automatic music selection process.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function (hereinafter referred to as a karaoke remote control device) in an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus main body 1 is generally a thick panel, and the size of the apparatus main body 1 is such that both hands can be held open when the panel is horizontally long. A liquid crystal display (LCD) 2 is disposed on the front surface of the panel, and a touch panel 3 is laminated on the surface of the LCD 2.
[0011]
There is an infrared transmitter 4 by a light emitting diode (LED) on the upper end surface of the panel-like case, and a terminal 6 for receiving power supply from an external power source when charging a secondary battery inside the main body on the lower end surface, An RS232C standard interface (IF) terminal 5 for data communication with an external computer is provided. These terminal groups are normally hidden from view by a blind cover.
[0012]
FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the karaoke remote control device 1 by a functional block diagram. The configuration of the karaoke remote control device 1 of this embodiment is basically the same as that of a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer, and is controlled by a central control unit 11 having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a video RAM and the like and functioning as a computer main body. It is controlled.
In the flash memory 12 functioning as an external storage, attribute information such as the song name, artist name, and the singing part of the lyrics is stored in association with the song number for a karaoke song that can be used in the karaoke device, and a song index database is stored. Has been built. The central control unit 11 communicates with an external computer such as a karaoke apparatus via the communication IF 13 of the RS232C standard, downloads attribute information about the new karaoke music, and stores it in the flash memory 12 to store the music database in a timely manner. Update.
[0013]
When the central control unit 11 receives the operation input information from the touch panel 3 via the operation control unit 15, the central control unit 11 reflects the image data prepared in the internal ROM and the processing result corresponding to the operation input information. The bitmap is developed in the video RAM, and the LCD driver 14 is controlled to display and output the bitmap image on the LCD 2. Thereby, a GUI environment is provided to the user. The central control unit 11 implements the electronic table of contents function by searching the music index database while interacting with the user via the GUI, and displaying and outputting the search result. When one karaoke piece is finally specified by the user by the electronic table of contents function, the central control unit 11 generates a code including the corresponding piece number and transfers the code to the LED driver 16. The LED driver 16 gives a modulated signal of this code to the LED 17 to cause the karaoke apparatus to transmit a radio signal for performance reservation.
[0014]
The basic configuration and operation of the karaoke remote control device 1 are as described above. This configuration and operation itself are almost the same as those of a conventional karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function. However, the karaoke remote control device 1 according to the present embodiment has a function of automatically selecting the final requested song when the corresponding karaoke song becomes less than the specified number as a search result for the query input by the user. . Hereinafter, operations and user interfaces related to the automatic music selection function in the karaoke remote control device 1 will be described.
[0015]
FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of the top screen 20 displayed when the electronic table of contents function of the karaoke remote control device 1 is activated. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing functions called when various buttons arranged on the top screen 20 are designated. On the top screen 20 are buttons 21 for calling various search methods (new music, singer name, song name, that time, duet, genre) and functions (history, remote control) corresponding to the various definition processes s39 to s46 in FIG. 28 and various buttons 29 for operating the karaoke apparatus during music performance are provided.
[0016]
When the search methods and functions buttons 21 to 28 are designated while the top screen 20 is being displayed, initial screens for the respective search methods and functions shown in FIGS. 5A to 5H are displayed. The karaoke remote control device 1 performs screen transition hierarchically from these initial screens (A) to (H) in accordance with the user's operation input. A remote control signal including the music number and the performance reservation command is transmitted.
[0017]
Here, the automatic song selection function will be described by taking as an example the operation until the “song name search” button 23 on the top screen is instructed and one song is finally specified by this song name search method.
FIG. 6 shows the flow of music search processing by the music title search method. FIGS. 7A to 7F show transition diagrams of screens displayed on the LCD 2 in the course of this processing. When the user selects and instructs the music title search method on the top screen, a keyword input screen (a) including a character palette is displayed (s51).
[0018]
When the user designates the characters in the character palette and inputs the title of the target karaoke song one character at a time from the initial character, the central control unit 11 starts from the initial character each time one character is input. Queries the music index database for a character string (s52 to s54). For example, if "Manatsu ..." is input, first, when "MA" is input, the music index database is searched using the keyword "MA" as a query. At this time, if the number of songs of the corresponding karaoke song is larger than the prescribed number, the input character and the number of songs are displayed at a predetermined position (31, 32) on the screen. Then, when a character after “NA” is input following “MA”, the input character string is referred to the music index database for each character input opportunity, and the number of corresponding music is displayed (s55 → s64 → s51) (b).
[0019]
When the “search” button 33 in the screen (b) is instructed, appropriate attribute information on the searched music is displayed in a list over a plurality of pages (s64 → s65). In other words, since it becomes difficult to view attribute information about a large number of music pieces in a limited display area, a plurality of searched music pieces are collected for each predetermined number, and attribute information about the prescribed number of music pieces is displayed on one screen. Display a list. In the present embodiment, a plurality of searched karaoke songs are displayed in a list of every eight songs in the order of the song numbers (c). The prescribed number is also 8 songs.
[0020]
In addition, when the total page number and the currently displayed page number are displayed at a predetermined position 34 on the list screen (c) and the user designates the page turning button 35, the page turns back and forth according to the direction of turning the page. , And a list of other music attribute information is displayed (s66 to s68).
[0021]
When a user designates a display column of a certain song in a process of sequentially browsing a list of songs over a plurality of pages searched, the karaoke remote control device 1 displays and outputs detailed attribute information about the designated song. (S66 → s70) (d). If the user confirms that the music is the target music by looking at the detailed attribute information, the user designates a “transfer” button 37 arranged in the detailed attribute information display screen (d). As a result, the karaoke remote control device 1 transmits a remote control signal for reserving the music, displays the confirmation screen (f) indicating that the music has been reserved, and then displays the start screen (a) for the music title search process again (s71 → s62 → s63 → s51).
[0022]
When the “interrupt transfer” button 38 on the attribute information details screen (d) is designated, the music number of the music for which the performance reservation is instructed is registered at the head, not at the tail of the performance processing queue in the karaoke apparatus. The reserved music is played next to the karaoke music currently being played.
[0023]
Furthermore, in the karaoke remote control device 1 according to the present embodiment, when the number of karaoke songs corresponding to the search result is less than a specified number (eight songs) in the course of inputting characters, the attribute information about the karaoke songs is stored as music information. The attribute information list (e) of the music that is extracted from the index database and has a different configuration from the attribute information list screen shown in (c) is automatically displayed (s55 to s57). The karaoke remote control device 1 displays an “automatic music selection” button 40 on the screen of the attribute information list (e), and one of the eight songs listed in response to an instruction input to the “automatic music selection” button 40. A music piece is selected at random, and a remote control signal for reserving a performance of the one music piece is transmitted (s58 to s62). That is, when the number of music pieces searched and output in the character input process is narrowed down to an appropriate number, the subsequent narrowing down can be left to the karaoke remote control device 1. Thereby, for example, music selection can be supported for an indecisive person who cannot decide the last song. Moreover, since it is not known which music is selected, it can also be enjoyed as a game.
[0024]
All the screens are provided with a “return” button 36 and a “top” button 39. When these buttons 36 and 39 are designated, the screen returns to the screen displayed immediately before or the top screen shown in FIG. (S52 → s73, s58 → s73, etc.).
[0025]
The automatic music selection function in this embodiment is activated when the database search results in narrowing down to 8 or less songs. For example, the “automatic song selection” button may also be displayed on the attribute information one-column screen for every eight songs displayed when the “search” button 33 is instructed by the user. In other words, by specifying the “Search” button 33 from a large number of songs presented as search results, and then specifying the “Page feed” button 35, appropriate 8 songs were narrowed down as request candidates for the time being. It becomes a state. Even if the automatic music selection function is activated in this state, music selection is supported.
[0026]
FIG. 8 shows a change example of the user interface in the automatic music selection function by a screen transition diagram. In this example, as in the above-described embodiment, first, when the number of searched music pieces becomes 8 or less, the attribute information of the searched music pieces is displayed in a list (a). However, even if the “automatic music selection” button 40 in this screen is designated, a remote control signal for making a performance reservation for the automatically selected music is not transmitted. Instead, detailed information on the automatically selected music is presented (b).
[0027]
In this screen (b), a “confirm” button 41 is provided. When the “confirm” button 41 is designated, a remote control signal is transmitted. If the user does not like the automatically selected music, the “re-selection” button 42 displayed on the detailed information presentation screen (b) is instructed. As a result, a song different from the previously automatically selected song is selected again from the predetermined number of song lists (a) shown above, and detailed information of the re-selected song is presented. Of course, if the user does not like the re-selected music, the “re-selected music” button 42 may be indicated again.
[0028]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the song name search method shown in the above-described embodiments and modifications, and any search method can be used as long as karaoke music is searched for a query.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
According to the karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function of the present invention, when the number of songs searched and output from the song index database becomes equal to or less than the specified number, the song name list and automatic song selection instruction buttons for the specified number or less Is displayed on one screen, and when a touch input to the automatic song selection instruction button is received, a remote control signal for automatically selecting one song in the song name list and making a performance reservation for the selected song in the karaoke device may be transmitted. it can. Therefore, it is possible to help select a song for those who cannot decide the requested song, such as indecisive people, so that the companion is not disturbed, and all the people at the karaoke venue can enjoy karaoke comfortably.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a karaoke remote control device with an electronic table of contents function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the above embodiment.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a top screen displayed in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing operations for calling various search methods and functions from the top screen.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an initial screen when the various search methods and functions are called up.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing related to an automatic music selection function in the embodiment.
FIG. 7 shows an operation in the automatic music selection function by a screen transition diagram.
FIG. 8 is a screen transition diagram showing the operation of the automatic music selection function in the modified example of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke remote controller 2 Liquid crystal display 3 Touch panel 11 Central control part 12 Flash memory 13 Communication interface 17 Light emitting diode

Claims (3)

A karaoke remote control device specified by the following items (1) to (12).
(1) It is a karaoke remote control device provided with a music index database, a touch panel display, a transmission means, and a control means. (2) The music index database contains the attribute information of the music including the song title, artist name, and lyrics. (3) The touch panel display is composed of a display that displays information in accordance with the control of the control means, and a transparent touch panel that enables detection of touch input superimposed on the display. (4) The transmission means is capable of transmitting a performance reservation signal to the karaoke device. (5) The control means is a query screen process comprising the first to third processes, and a first and second list screen process. , Enabling detailed screen processing and automatic music selection processing (6) The first processing is to display a query screen in which a character palette and input character fields are laid out (7) 2) Each time a character palette is touch-inputted, additional display of the touched character in the input character field and search for attribute information using the character string formed in the input character field, the number of extracted songs is specified. If the number exceeds the number, the number of extracted songs and the list display instruction button are displayed and the process proceeds to the third process. If the number is less than the specified number, the process proceeds to the first list screen process. (8) The third process is a list display instruction button When the touch input is made, the process proceeds to the second list screen process, and when the character palette is touched, the process proceeds to the second process. (9) The first list screen process is equal to or less than the prescribed number by the second process. The list of artist names of the extracted music is displayed on one page to enable touch input for music selection and automatic music selection. If there is touch input for music selection, the screen shifts to detailed screen processing, and there is touch input for automatic music selection. If automatic song selection Migrating sense (10) a second list screen processing, is displayed together with the page number Song artist name list of the extracted music exceeds the predetermined number by the second process the specified number of the separator 1 page page Enables feed-forward touch input. When page-turn touch input occurs, the song name artist name list and page number are updated, and touch selection for song selection and automatic song selection is possible on the song name artist name list screen. If there is a touch input for song selection, move to the detailed screen processing, and if there is a touch input for automatic song selection, move to the automatic song selection processing. (11) The details screen processing is the name of the selected song. to display the artist name, the lyrics to enable the touch input of the reservation instruction, when there is a touch input of the reservation instruction, to send a performance reservation signal including an identifier of the music It (12) automatic music selection process, selecting one song at random from among the plurality of music that is displayed on one page, thereby transmitting the performance reservation signal including an identifier of the selected musical piece A karaoke remote control device in which the invention specifying item (12) according to claim 1 is replaced by the following item (a).
(A) automatic music selection process, elected one song at random from among a plurality of music that is displayed on one page, selected was the song title, artist name, the lyrics to display the touch input of Rutotomoni reservation indication of music When a reservation instruction is touched, a performance reservation signal including the music identifier is transmitted. A karaoke remote control device in which the invention specifying item (12) according to claim 1 is replaced by the following item (b).
(B) automatic music selection process, elected one song at random from among a plurality of music that is displayed on one page, Rutotomoni to display the song title, artist name, song lyrics elected to music, reservation instructions and re-automated Enables touch selection of music selection, sends a performance reservation signal including the identifier of the music when there is a reservation instruction touch input, and removes the music from the selection target when there is a touch input of re-automatic music selection Repeat the automatic music selection process

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