JP4022604B2 - Remote control device for karaoke - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke remote control equipment.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There is a remote control device for karaoke for inputting a request for a performance song in the karaoke device, but the conventional one only has a request number input function for the song number, and the song number required for the request is stored by the user. I turned over and found the song number I wanted and entered it into the remote control device.
[0003]
Accordingly, the applicant of the present application has developed a remote control device for karaoke that has a search function for a requested song and can make a request reservation for the searched song with a remote controller. According to such a conventional remote controller for karaoke, the user can find a song to be sung and make a request without having to skip the music book.
[0004]
Such a remote control device for karaoke with a search function is a key input unit for allowing a user to input search conditions such as a song name, singer name, genre, etc., and to perform a remote control operation for adjusting volume, pitch, tone, etc. However, a relatively large display unit for displaying the search results is required. For this reason, a relatively infrequently used button is displayed on the display unit as a software button so that the remote control device for karaoke is not enlarged. Thus, a remote control device is miniaturized by adopting a display unit on which a touch input type panel is mounted as the display unit.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When you do karaoke, you must first decide what song you sing. There is no problem if the song to be sung is determined in advance, but for those who usually have few opportunities to sing, it takes a lot of time to determine the song to sing.
[0006]
Even if there is a sing likely song, that's vague memories of titles and singer's name, to some in quite a work to find the song, also can be likened well search, if there is no if self-confidence or sing the song Whether it is a different song or another song is searched, after all it is re-searched many times whether it is a song searched previously, and the song to sing is finally decided.
[0007]
Therefore, it is convenient to remember the previous search that succeeded in the search because there is no need to reset the search condition again when searching again later.
[0008]
In addition, since a single user occupies a remote control device for karaoke for a long time to determine a song to be sung in this way, the following problems also arise when karaoke is performed by a plurality of people.
[0009]
That is, when karaoke is used in a group, it is sufficient that there are as many remote control devices for karaoke as possible, but usually one or two remote control devices are commonly used by a plurality of people. While searching using the remote control device, if you request to lend the remote control device because you want to adjust the pitch or make a request reservation, etc., stop searching for the song and select the remote control device you are operating. Must be passed to. In such a case, information such as the search conditions of the person who performed the song search operation disappears when another person operates the remote control, so another person returns the remote control device to search for the song. When restarting, there is a problem that the search condition and the like must be input to the remote control device again.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, can remember a plurality of search conditions performed when selecting a song of karaoke, can be called later and search again, results by storing a search condition rather than storing, to be able to suppress the memory capacity required for storing the search information, an object of high karaoke remote control equipment of industrial utility value.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0012]
The present invention is configured as the following [1] to [2].
[1] Configuration 1:
Has a decision button to confirm the state,
The song name corresponding to the confirmed search category and search keyword is read from the song information database set in a predetermined storage device and displayed in a list, and the song name is selected and confirmed by user input from the displayed list. Then, the music number associated with the song name, the name of the singer and the singing lyrics are read from the song information database and displayed together with the song name, and the detailed information display is confirmed by user input. Sending a remote control signal for reserving the song number of the detailed information display to the karaoke device,
A remote control device for karaoke,
A save button,
A call button;
A search condition storage unit set in a predetermined memory;
A storage control means for associating a search category with a search keyword based on the list display and storing it in the search condition storage unit when an input of the save button is detected under the song name list display;
When the input of the call button is detected, display control means for reading out and displaying a list of search categories and search keywords stored in the search condition storage unit;
Under the list display of the search category and search keyword set, when any set is selected and confirmed by user input, the search category and search keyword of the set are changed to the determined search category and search keyword. Search control means treated as
A remote control device for karaoke characterized by comprising:
[0013]
[2] Configuration 2:
In configuration 1,
In addition, it has a clear button,
The storage control means, when any set is selected by user input in the list display of the set of search category and search keyword and the input of the clear button is detected, the search category and search keyword Deleting a set from the search condition storage unit;
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a karaoke remote control device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An operation button is provided on the operation surface on the upper surface of the remote control device 100. The “Song Title” button 11, the “Singer / Genre” button 12, and the “New Music / Release Year” button 13 are search operations according to respective search categories. Search button to start, “Song name” button searches by song name, “Singer name / genre” button presses once to search by singer name, presses twice to search by genre, “New music / release” Press the “Year” button once to search for new music, and press twice to search by release year.
[0016]
The “remote control” button 14 is an operation button for displaying a software button on the display unit 22, 15 is a character input button for hiragana and alphabets for inputting a search keyword such as a song name and singer name, and 16 is a character input button. A “determine” button, 17 is a cursor movement button, 18 is a “return” button, and 19 is an “ON / OFF” button.
[0017]
30 is a “save” for temporarily storing the search conditions (search category (“song name”, “singer”, etc.)) and search keyword (“ah”, etc.) used for the search, when pressed during the search. A button 31 is a “call” button for calling up the temporarily saved search condition and using it for a search, and 32 is a “clear” button for deleting the temporarily saved search condition from the memory.
[0018]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the karaoke remote control device 100. In the figure, 21 is a Key I / F unit that accepts pressing of the operation buttons, 22 is a display unit such as an LCD that displays search results, and a touch input sheet is laid on the display unit 22.
[0019]
23 stores a control program for the remote control device for karaoke of the present invention such as search processing and remote control processing, and a song information database 231 for search (song name, singer name, genre, new score, release year, singing out (lyrics, etc.)) , A processing unit that executes various processes and controls based on a program stored in the storage unit, 25 a power supply unit, 26 reserves a song request for the karaoke device, A remote control transmitter 27 for transmitting a remote control signal for remote control of pitch adjustment, 27 is a search condition (search category (“song name”, “singer”, etc.)) and a search keyword (“ Search condition storage unit for temporarily storing information such as “Ah” etc. Note that the search condition (search Search category ("Song name", "Singer", etc.) and search keyword ("Aa", etc.) can be used to save memory for temporary storage and save more search conditions. Devised.
[0020]
Next, the flow from searching for a song using the remote controller for karaoke 100 to performing remote control reservation processing for the requested song in the karaoke device 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the screen display examples of FIGS. explain.
[0021]
When the user presses the search button of the remote control device 100 to select a song to be sung (step 1, hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S, the same in the drawing), the Key I / F unit 21 recognizes the search category of the search button ( S2) When the “Song Title” search button 11 is pressed, a song title search screen (see FIG. 4B) is displayed (S3).
[0022]
The song name [] field on the song name search screen (FIG. 4B) is an input field for inputting a search keyword for song name search. When the hiragana input “A” is input using the character input button 15 (S4), The Key I / F unit 21 recognizes the input button (S5), and the search condition is the search category “Song Title” and the search keyword “A”. Therefore, the search keyword “A” for the song name data in the song information database 231 is displayed. A forward matching search is executed (S6).
[0023]
The search result is displayed on the display unit 22 with the music titles that match the front one by one (S7) (see FIG. 4B).
[0024]
Here, when the “save” button 30 is pressed (S8), the Key I / F unit 21 recognizes it (S9), and a search condition saving process is executed (S20). In the case of the above example, the search category “Song Title” and the search keyword “Aa” are temporarily stored in the search condition storage unit 27.
[0025]
The search for the requested song can be performed by another search category by the same operation as the song name search.
[0026]
That is, when the “singer / genre” button 12 is pressed once (S1), the Key I / F unit 21 recognizes it (S2), and a singer name search screen is displayed (see FIG. 5B). When hiragana input “KOI” is input to the singer [] field of the singer name search screen (FIG. 5B) using the character input button 15 (S4), the Key I / F unit 21 recognizes the input button. (S5) Since the search condition is the search category “singer” and the search keyword “koi”, the forward matching search is executed for the singer name data in the song information database 231 by the search keyword “koi” (S6), and the search result. As a result, the names of the singers that coincide with each other are displayed on the display unit 22 in one line per person (see FIG. 5B).
[0027]
Here, when the “save” button 30 is pressed (S8), the Key I / F unit 21 recognizes it (S9), and a search condition saving process is executed (S20). In this case, the search category “singer” and the search keyword “koi” are additionally stored in the search condition storage unit 27.
[0028]
FIG. 6 shows an example of performing a genre search, and FIG. 6B shows a search result screen when “animation” is selected as the genre. Here, when the “save” button 30 is pressed, the search category “genre” search and the search keyword “anime” are additionally stored in the search condition storage unit 27 by the same processing as described above.
[0029]
FIG. 7 shows an example of new music search, and FIG. 7B shows a search result screen when “October” is selected as the new music. Here, when the “save” button 30 is pressed, the search category “new music” search and the search keyword “October” are additionally stored in the search condition storage unit 27 by the same processing as described above.
[0030]
FIG. 8 shows an example in which a release year search is performed, and FIG. 8B shows a search result screen when “2001” is selected as the release year. Here, when the “save” button 30 is pressed, the search category “release year” search and the search keyword “2001” are additionally stored in the search condition storage unit 27 by the same processing as described above.
[0031]
The search conditions stored in this manner can be displayed on the display unit 22 at any time by pressing the “call” button 31.
[0032]
When the “call” button 31 is pressed, the search conditions temporarily saved from the search condition storage unit 27 are called up and displayed in a list arranged in the order of saving (S21). FIG. 9B shows an example of a display screen when the stored search condition is called up and displayed.
[0033]
The cursor c can be moved onto a desired search condition by operating the cursor movement button 17 (S22, S23, S24) (see FIG. 9C). When the “OK” button 16 is pressed (S25, S26), the music information database 231 is searched based on the search condition (search category “song name” search and search keyword “Ah”) specified by the cursor c. The result is displayed (S28) (see FIG. 9D).
[0034]
When the user operates the cursor movement button 17 to move the cursor c to a desired song title position (“A”) (S8, S9, S10) (see FIG. 9E) and presses the “OK” button 16 (S11). , S12), the detailed information of the song name “AA” is displayed (S13) (see FIG. 9F). The detailed display screen displays the song number, title, singer name, and scooping information of the song name “Aa”. If the user wishes to make a reservation for this song, the “OK” button is pressed again (S14, S15). As a result, song number information (remote control signal) is transmitted from the karaoke remote control device 100 to the karaoke device 1 (S16), and the request reservation is completed.
[0035]
When deleting the saved search condition, the cursor c is moved to the search condition to be deleted on the search condition list display screen of FIG. 9B and the “clear” button 32 is pressed. Thereby, the information on the search condition selected by the cursor c is deleted from the search condition storage unit 27 (S29). If you want to delete all search conditions at once, you can delete them all by pressing and holding the “Clear” button.
[0036]
In this way, the user can save multiple search conditions, so the same search can be easily performed even if the user is wondering about the requested song or if the remote control device is lent to another person during the search. Thus, an excellent effect that a desired music piece can be selected can be achieved.
[0037]
In addition, the search condition is saved not by saving all the search results, but by storing the search category information and the search keyword that have been searched, so that the storage capacity required for saving the search condition can be reduced. It is possible to achieve an excellent effect that the remote control device can be reduced in size and cost.
[0038]
The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the scope of claims for patent and all modifications within the scope.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of search conditions performed when selecting a karaoke song can be remembered, and can be recalled later and searched again, and the search results are stored. by storing the search condition rather than, it is possible to realize a karaoke remote control equipment which can suppress the memory capacity required for storing the search information.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a remote controller for karaoke that is an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a block configuration of the remote controller for karaoke according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an operation follow chart of the karaoke remote control device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of an operation screen (song title search condition saving process) of the remote controller for karaoke according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of an operation screen (singer name search condition saving process) of the remote controller for karaoke according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of an operation screen (genre search condition saving process) of the karaoke remote control device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of an operation screen (a process for storing new music search conditions) of the remote controller for karaoke according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of an operation screen (sale year search condition saving process) of the remote controller for karaoke according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of an operation screen (search condition calling / clearing process) of the karaoke remote control device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
100 Remote control device for karaoke 11 “Song name” button 12 “Singer / genre” button 13 “New music / release year” button 14 “Remote control” button 15 Character input button 16 “Enter” button 17 Cursor move button 18 “Back” button 19 “ ON / OFF ”button 21 Key I / F unit 22 Display unit 23 Storage unit 231 Song information database 24 Processing unit 25 Power supply unit 26 Remote control transmission unit 27 Search condition storage unit 1 Karaoke device (karaoke commander)

Claims (2)

Has a decision button to confirm the state,
The song name corresponding to the confirmed search category and search keyword is read from the song information database set in a predetermined storage device and displayed in a list, and the song name is selected and confirmed by user input from the displayed list. Then, the music number associated with the song name, the name of the singer and the singing lyrics are read from the song information database and displayed together with the song name, and the detailed information display is confirmed by user input. Sending a remote control signal for reserving the song number of the detailed information display to the karaoke device;
A remote control device for karaoke,
A save button and
A call button;
A search condition storage unit set in a predetermined memory;
A storage control means for associating a search category with a search keyword based on the list display and storing it in the search condition storage unit when an input of the save button is detected under the song name list display;
When the input of the call button is detected, display control means for reading out and displaying a list of search categories and search keywords stored in the search condition storage unit;
Under the list display of the search category and search keyword set, when any set is selected and confirmed by user input, the search category and search keyword of the set are changed to the determined search category and search keyword. Search control means treated as
A remote control device for karaoke characterized by comprising: In claim 1,
In addition, it has a clear button,
The storage control means, when any set is selected by user input in the list display of the set of search category and search keyword and the input of the clear button is detected, the search category and search keyword Deleting a set from the search condition storage unit;
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that.

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