JP4040739B2 - Karaoke performance terminal characterized by support function of team opposition battle - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke system characterized by a support function for a team opposition battle, and to a technique for making the team opposition battle more interesting.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There is known a karaoke performance terminal in which a plurality of users can be divided into a plurality of teams to compete for singing scores and enjoy a team opposition battle (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 9-252413). The karaoke performance terminal arranges each requested song according to the team ID designated by the user and registers it in the request reservation book, and plays the registered request song in place of each team ID to advance the song battle. The karaoke performance terminal scores the singing score every time the requested song is played, and competes in the rankings against the team based on the results of counting the scored results by team.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the content displayed on the display during the team opposition battle is limited to the content of the request song reserved next and the sung score of the request song that has already been sung. I felt a little uncomfortable to get the mood up.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a communication karaoke system that can enhance a display content of a display and allow a team battle song battle that is more interesting and heated than before to proceed.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The karaoke performance terminal according to the first invention is specified by the following items (1) to (10).
(1) It is a karaoke performance terminal provided with storage means, control means, performance means, scoring means, and display means, and scoring the skill of singing. (2) The storage means includes a request reservation book and a song Storing the average score table and pre-performance support message collection (3) The request reservation book organizes the requested songs by team and describes them in order (4) The song average score table is graded for each karaoke song Describing the average score for each song calculated from the history data (5) The pre-performance support message collection describes a plurality of correspondences between the preceding tune average score, the subsequent tune average score, and the support message (6) control The means performs the first to fourth processes prior to causing the performance means to perform the requested song A according to the request reservation book. (7) The first process is the requested song A that is the preceding song from the average score table for each song. of Extracting the Hitoshiten a (8) second process, next to recognize a request song B to play (9) third process a request song A from the request reservation book, subsequent songs from the music by average points table it (10) fourth process for extracting the average point b of the request song B is extracts the association has been cheering message to subsequent songs average point b and the preceding track Avg a from the performance before cheers collection, display Display by means [0006]
The karaoke performance terminal according to the second invention is specified by the following items (21) to (30).
(21) A karaoke performance terminal comprising a storage means, a control means, a performance means, a scoring means, and a display means, and scoring the skill of singing. (22) The storage means includes a request reservation book and a song Storing the average score table and a collection of support messages during the performance (23) The request reservation book organizes the requested songs by team and describes them in order (24) The average score table by song is graded for each karaoke song Describing the average score for each song calculated from the history data (25) In the performance cheering message collection, the intermediate scoring results, the preceding song average score, the subsequent song average score, and the correspondence of the cheering message are described (26) The control means performs the first to fourth processing when the performance means performs the requested song A according to the request reservation book. (27) The first processing is performed on the preceding music from the average score table for each song. a request Second processing it (28) for extracting the average point a of A, following to recognize a request song B to play (29) a third process a request song A from the request reservation book, from the music by the average points table Extracting the average score b of the request song B that is the subsequent song (30) The fourth process is to obtain the intermediate score c from the scoring means during the performance of the request song A, and the intermediate score from the performance support message collection Extracting a cheering message associated with c, the preceding song average point a, and the subsequent song average point b, and displaying the message by the display means.
The karaoke performance terminal according to the third invention has both the pre-performance support message output function of the first invention and the support message output function during performance of the second invention.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
=== Configuration of online karaoke system ===
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a communication karaoke system according to the present invention. The host device 10 and a large number of karaoke performance terminals 100 scattered in the area are connected via the public communication network N.
[0009]
(1) Basic functions of host device and karaoke performance terminal FIG. 2 shows a schematic block configuration of the host device 10 and the karaoke performance terminal 100 in this embodiment. A host control unit 11 in the host device 10 is a computer main body including a CPU, RAM, and ROM therein, and is connected to a public communication network N such as a telephone line network or an ISDN network via a communication control unit 13. The karaoke database 15 stores karaoke data for many songs. The host control unit 11 appropriately extracts karaoke data including accompaniment music generation data and lyrics rendering data of karaoke music from the karaoke database 15 and distributes the karaoke data to each karaoke performance terminal 100.
[0010]
The central control unit 101 in the karaoke performance terminal 100 is a computer main body having a CPU, RAM, and ROM therein, and is connected to the public communication network N via the communication control device 102. The hard disk device 103 stores karaoke data distributed from the host device 10. The central control unit 101 extracts appropriate karaoke data from the hard disk device 103 in accordance with request information input from the remote control transmitter 105, the operation panel 107, or the like. Accompaniment music generation data such as MIDI data included in the karaoke data is sequentially transferred to the synthesizer 109 to generate accompaniment music. The accompaniment music is mixed with the singing voice input from the microphone 113 in the mixing amplifier 111 and output to the speaker 115. Also, the lyric rendering data included in the karaoke data is transferred to the video RAM 117. The display control unit 119 superimposes the lyric image developed in the bitmap on the video RAM 117 and the mood image generated by the video CD changer 121 and outputs the superimposed image to the display 123.
[0011]
(2) Singing scoring function in the karaoke performance terminal The singing scoring processor 125 analyzes components such as a pitch and a voice volume included in the singing audio signal input from the microphone 113 at the time of outputting karaoke accompaniment music according to a predetermined algorithm. Scoring the upper and lower singing skills. The central control unit 101 records a scoring result for each karaoke piece in a scoring history table prepared in the hard disk device 103.
[0012]
(3) Distribution-by-music average score table The distribution host device 10 collects the scoring history table of each karaoke performance terminal 100 as appropriate, and calculates the average score by music for each karaoke music from the scoring history. The host device creates an average score table for each song that summarizes the calculated average scores for each song, and distributes it appropriately to each karaoke performance terminal. Each karaoke performance terminal 100 stores, in the hard disk device 103, the average score table for each music distributed from the host device. FIG. 3 shows an example of the average score table for each music piece.
[0013]
=== Team opposition battle function ===
The karaoke performance terminal 100 has a team opposition song battle mode in which rankings are competed by team opposition based on the results of scoring the score of each requested song for each team. The user operates the remote control transmitter 105 or the operation panel 107 at the start of the game, and selects whether to enjoy karaoke in the team opposition battle mode.
[0014]
(1) In the request song reception, performance, and scoring team competition song, the user presses the team ID selection button provided on the operation panel 107 or the remote control transmitter 105 when the request song is reserved, and the user belongs Specify the team ID. The karaoke performance terminal 100 organizes the requested music pieces by team and stores them in the request reservation book on the RAM. The karaoke performance terminal 100 performs the performance by scoring each song requested by each team registered in the request reservation book.
[0015]
(2) Display of Support Message Before Performance Start The karaoke performance terminal 100 has a function of displaying a support message immediately before the performance of each requested song is started. The hard disk device 103 stores a pre-performance support message collection in which a large number of support messages are registered. Each cheering message is organized using a combination of two types of average scores for each song as a key. FIG. 4 shows an example of a pre-performance support message collection.
[0016]
The karaoke performance terminal 100 immediately before a certain requested song is played, the average score for each song of the requested song and the average score for each song requested by other teams registered in the request reservation list next to the requested song. A cheering message is acquired from the pre-performance cheering message collection using the combination of and as a key, and is displayed on the display. Here, the average score for each song of each requested song is acquired from the average score table for each song described above.
[0017]
For example, the average score for each song of the requested song to be played is 80 points, the average score for each song of the karaoke song of another team reserved next to this requested song is 60 points, and the average score table for each song 3 and FIG. 4, a support message “This song is easy, but be careful!” Is displayed on the display 123.
[0018]
(3) Display of Support Message During Performance The karaoke performance terminal 100 also has a function of displaying a support message during the performance of each requested song, and the hard disk device 103 is separate from the pre-performance support message collection described above. A collection of performance support messages in which a large number of support messages to be displayed during the performance of the requested song are registered is stored. Each cheering message registered in the performance cheering message collection is arranged with a combination of one kind of singing score and two kinds of average points for each music as a key, as shown in FIG. During the performance of a requested song, the intermediate scoring result of the requested song at that time, the average score of the requested song for each song, and the requested songs of other teams registered in the request reservation list after this requested song A specific cheering message is acquired from the performance cheering message collection using the average score for each song as a key, and displayed on the display at an appropriate timing during the performance of the requested song. Here, the average score for each song of the requested song is acquired from the average score table for each song as in the case of the pre-performance support message collection described above.
[0019]
To give a specific example, for example, the intermediate scoring result at the time of performance of a certain requested song is 60 points, the average score by song of the karaoke song is 80 points, and the other reserved next to this requested song If the average score of each song requested by the team is 80, and the contents of the average score table for each song and the collection of messages for performance support are as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. “I ’m sure I ’m going to compete with you.
[0020]
Incidentally, in the performance support message collection shown in FIG. 5, if the intermediate scoring result is a fraction, for example, the intermediate scoring result is 62 points, a corresponding support message is not prepared. In such a case, the nearest intermediate scoring result existing in the performance support message collection is used. Therefore, in the case of this example, a support message corresponding to a value closest to 62 points, that is, an intermediate scoring result of 60 points is selected.
[0021]
(4) Result of song battle totaling The central control unit 101 arranges the score results of each requested song for each team and records them in the scoring history table at the end of each requested song, and plays all requested songs. After the completion, the central control unit 101 sums up the scoring results for each team based on the scoring history table, and displays the ranking table of each team determined in this way on the display 123.
[0022]
=== Other applications ===
By the way, in addition to the keys described above, for example, various support messages are prepared using the average score of the request song of the team, the score result of the song completed by the other teams by the previous time, the average score, etc. If these are displayed at an appropriate timing, it is possible to provide a suitable support message that is more varied and reflects the current situation.
[0023]
Update data of the support message registered in the pre-performance support message collection or the support performance message collection during performance may be distributed from the host device 10 to each karaoke performance terminal 100 via the public communication network N. In this way, the newly created support message can be quickly supplied to each karaoke performance terminal.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the online karaoke system according to the present invention, in the team opposition battle, immediately before the performance of the requested song or during the performance of the requested song, Next, since a suitable support message that reflects the average score of each requested song of other teams reserved and the current score of the requested song is displayed, it is more varied, more interesting and incandescent. The team opposition song battle can be advanced, and the user can be further enjoyed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a communication karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic block configuration of a host device and a karaoke performance terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a music score average score table according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pre-performance support message collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a performance support message collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Host apparatus 15 Karaoke database 17 Average score table 100 according to music Karaoke performance terminal 101 Central control part 103 Hard disk apparatus 105 Remote control transmitter 123 Display 125 Singing scoring processor

Claims (3)

A karaoke performance terminal comprising a storage means, a control means, a performance means, a scoring means, and a display means, for scoring the skill of singing,
The storage means stores a request reservation book, an average score table for each song, and a collection of support messages before performance,
In the request book, the requested songs are organized by team and described in order,
The average score table by song describes the average score by song calculated from the scoring history data for each karaoke song,
The pre-performance support message collection describes a plurality of correspondences between the preceding song average score, the subsequent song average score, and the support message,
The control means performs the first to fourth processes prior to causing the performance means to perform the requested song A according to the request reservation book,
The first process extracts the average score a of the request song A that is the preceding song from the song-specific average score table,
The second process recognizes the requested song B to be played next to the requested song A from the request reservation book,
The third process extracts the average point b of the requested song B, which is a subsequent song, from the song-specific average score table,
A 4th process is a karaoke performance terminal which extracts the support message matched with the preceding music average point a and the succeeding music average point b from the pre-performance support message collection, and displays it by a display means. A karaoke performance terminal comprising a storage means, a control means, a performance means, a scoring means, and a display means, for scoring the skill of singing,
The storage means stores a request reservation book, an average score table for each song, and a collection of support messages during performance,
In the request book, the requested songs are organized by team and described in order,
The average score table by song describes the average score by song calculated from the scoring history data for each karaoke song,
The performance support message collection describes the intermediate scoring results, the preceding song average score, the subsequent song average score, and the correspondence of the support message.
The control means performs the first to fourth processes when causing the performance means to perform the requested song A according to the request reservation book,
The first process extracts the average score a of the request song A that is the preceding song from the song-specific average score table,
The second process recognizes the requested song B to be played next to the requested song A from the request reservation book,
The third process extracts the average point b of the requested song B, which is a subsequent song, from the song-specific average score table,
In the fourth process, the intermediate scoring result c is acquired from the scoring means during the performance of the requested song A, and the intermediate scoring result c, the preceding song average point a, and the subsequent song average point b are associated from the playing support message collection. A karaoke performance terminal that extracts support messages and displays them on display means. A karaoke performance terminal comprising a storage means, a control means, a performance means, a scoring means, and a display means, for scoring the skill of singing,
The storage means stores a request reservation book, an average score table for each song, a pre-performance support message collection, and a performance support message collection,
In the request book, the requested songs are organized by team and described in order,
The average score table by song describes the average score by song calculated from the scoring history data for each karaoke song,
The pre-performance support message collection describes a plurality of correspondences between the preceding song average score, the subsequent song average score, and the support message,
The performance support message collection describes the intermediate scoring results, the preceding song average score, the subsequent song average score, and the correspondence of the support message.
The control means performs the first to fourth processes prior to causing the performance means to perform the requested song A according to the request reservation book,
The first process extracts the average score a of the request song A that is the preceding song from the song-specific average score table,
The second process recognizes the requested song B to be played next to the requested song A from the request reservation book,
The third process extracts the average point b of the requested song B, which is a subsequent song, from the song-specific average score table,
The fourth process is to extract a support message associated with the preceding music average point a and the subsequent music average point b from the pre-performance support message collection, and display it by the display means.
The control means obtains the intermediate scoring result c from the scoring means during the performance of the requested song A, and the support corresponding to the intermediate scoring result c, the preceding song average point a, and the subsequent song average point b from the playing support message collection. A karaoke performance terminal that extracts messages and displays them on display means.

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