JP4175515B2 - Karaoke system and remote control device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke performance reservation system, and more specifically, a karaoke music piece composed of a karaoke device and a karaoke remote control device having a two-way communication function between the karaoke device, and the karaoke music piece selected and reserved for performance by the remote control device. Related to those who perform karaoke performance based on the above.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of karaoke apparatus, a karaoke apparatus configured to reserve and register a plurality of karaoke songs arbitrarily selected by a singer and perform karaoke songs in accordance with the reservation registration order is well known.

In the above karaoke apparatus, when the singer selects a desired karaoke piece, if there is the same piece of music as the selected karaoke piece among the already registered karaoke pieces, a reservation is issued with a warning. There is also known a karaoke apparatus that has been devised to prevent this (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-69286

  However, in the conventional karaoke apparatus, since the warning is displayed on the display screen of the karaoke apparatus, the warning information is displayed on the screen displaying the lyrics and the background video, which not only hinders singing, In places where many strangers gather, such as karaoke snacks, not only the atmosphere is broken, but the singers are angry, the customers become awkward, and this causes problems such as fighting. It was.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when a karaoke piece identical to the karaoke piece selected by the singer is present in the reserved karaoke piece, a warning to that effect is provided. It is an object to provide a karaoke performance reservation system that can be displayed on a device.

The present invention has the following [1] or [2].
[1] Configuration 1:
A karaoke system comprising a karaoke device that plays music in the order of reservation registration, and a remote control device that reserves and registers music in the karaoke device,
The remote controller is
Reservation means for associating the identification information of the remote control device with the song number of the music to be reserved for registration and transmitting to the karaoke device;
And a warning means for displaying the warning and the identification information on the display unit when a warning that the music transmitted by the reservation means overlaps with the music registered for reservation is received together with the identification information of the remote control device. And
The karaoke device
A song in which the music number of a reserved song is associated with identification information of the remote control device for reservation registration, the order of reservation registration, the reserved registration time, and performance completion information indicating whether or not the performance has been completed. A performance management table that holds a record for each,
When the song number of the song and the identification information of the remote control device are received in association with each other, it is checked whether the song number overlaps with any of the song numbers held in the predetermined record group of the performance management table Inspection means;
A warning means for transmitting to the remote control device a warning to that effect and identification information corresponding to the received song number if it is determined by the duplication checking means;
Karaoke system characterized by that.

[2] Configuration 2:
The remote control device according to Configuration 1.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

The present invention is a karaoke system comprising a karaoke device that plays music in the order of reservation registration, and a remote control device that reserves and registers music in the karaoke device, wherein the remote control device is a tune of music to be reserved and registered. Reservation means for associating the identification information of the remote control device with the number and transmitting it to the karaoke device, and a warning that the music transmitted by the reservation means overlaps with the reserved and registered music is received together with the identification information of the remote control device And a warning means for displaying the warning and the identification information on the display unit, the karaoke device includes the identification information of the remote control device related to the reservation registration, the song number of the reserved song, Performance song management that maintains a record for each song that associates the order of reservation registration, the time registered for reservation, and performance completion information indicating whether or not the performance has been completed. Table, the song number of the song, and the identification information of the remote control device are received in association with each other, whether or not the song number overlaps with any of the song numbers held in the predetermined record group of the performance management table A duplication checking means for checking the information, and a warning means for transmitting a warning to that effect and identification information corresponding to the received song number to the remote control device when it is determined by the duplication checking means. Therefore, even if the karaoke apparatus is in use, it is possible to prevent annoying warning information from being displayed on the karaoke screen and to prevent the atmosphere of the karaoke place from being broken.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke performance reservation system according to the present invention, and shows a basic configuration when applied to a communication karaoke apparatus.

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a communication karaoke apparatus. Reference numeral 7 denotes a CPU unit that controls the entire karaoke apparatus 1, and includes a ROM 7a for storing a control program and a plurality of flag areas necessary for control in addition to the microprocessor, and stores data and the like. It is composed of a RAM 7b or the like for temporary storage, and performs control of various input / output devices, memory management, data processing, and the like.

  An operation unit 12 includes various keys and switches for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a display unit, which includes an LCD, an LED, and the like that display information necessary for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1 to the operator (for example, a warning display).

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a speaker, which warns the operator by issuing a warning sound when, for example, reservation registration is impossible.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a modem which converts music data transmitted from a host computer via an analog communication line such as a telephone line or a digital communication line such as ADSL or an optical line into a signal usable by the computer. This music data is data necessary for reproducing karaoke music, and is composed of control data and performance data. The control data includes, for example, information indicating the number of start clocks and the number of end clocks of karaoke music, and the performance data includes performance music data and character information which are MIDI data coded based on the MIDI standard. , Composed of lyric video data indicating the lyrics of the performance music composed of color change information and genre information.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes a main storage device, which is composed of a rewritable storage medium such as a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, and a read-only storage medium. The music data taken in by the modem 5 is stored. The management information storage unit of the main storage device 6 stores information necessary for managing the stored music data as a management table. For each song, the song number and the date (year) (Month / day) and information indicating the number of times of music selection since storage are stored.

  Normally, music data is stored in a compressed state so as not to reduce the storage capacity of the main storage device 6 as much as possible. The music data is not only taken in at the request of the user of the karaoke device 1 but also automatically taken in a time zone where the karaoke device 1 is not frequently used, such as at night.

  Reference numeral 15 denotes a musical composition information storage unit, which is generally composed of a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory that can be rewritten and accessed at high speed, and is a karaoke for performing a performance reservation received from the remote control device 100 under the control of the CPU unit 7. In addition to the information specifying the music, identification information for identifying the remote controller 100a, 100b,... Reserved for the performance, information indicating whether or not the performance-reserved karaoke music has been played, and the predetermined number of karaoke music Information indicating whether or not the karaoke music piece has been played within a predetermined time.

  A performance data storage unit 14 is generally composed of a storage medium that can be rewritten and accessed at high speed, such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, and is read from the main storage device 6 under the control of the CPU unit 7. Store music data in a decompressed state.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an external video reproduction apparatus, which is widely used as a VTR, a video CD player, an LD player, and recently, a moving picture element (MPEG).
A Group) player, a DVD (Digital Video Disk) player, and the like, which reproduce and output a video signal from video data recorded on a video tape or various disks as a recording medium under the control of the CPU unit 7 .

  Reference numeral 9 denotes a superimpose unit. The CPU unit 7 supplies character information, color change information, and the like in lyrics video data obtained by searching music data stored in the performance data storage unit 14. The superimposing unit 9 synthesizes a lyric video based on the lyric video data indicating the lyrics of the music to be played with the background video signal supplied from the external video reproduction device 2 according to an instruction from the CPU unit 7. It outputs to the video display part 3 mentioned later.

  Reference numeral 3 denotes a video display unit, which is a display device capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of videos such as a wide TV and a monitor TV, which are widely spread recently, on a plurality of windows. The video display unit 3 includes a plurality of video display devices 1 to N, and each video display device simultaneously displays a video based on the video signal input from the superimposing unit 9.

  A MIDI sound source unit 8 is supplied with MIDI data in music data stored in the performance data storage unit 14 by the CPU unit 7 and outputs the MIDI data as a performance music signal by the function of the electronic musical instrument.

  A mixer / amplifier unit 10 synthesizes and amplifies the performance music signal output from the MIDI sound source unit 8 and the singer's singing voice signal captured by the microphone 4 and outputs to the speaker 11. Play music and singer's voice as audible sound.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the remote control devices 100a, 100b,..., And adopts Bluetooth technology as a wireless communication method in this embodiment.

  100a, 100b, 100c,... Are remote control devices for karaoke, and, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, a wireless communication unit 110 for performing bidirectional communication with the wireless communication unit of the karaoke device 1. In this embodiment, Bluetooth technology is adopted as a wireless communication system.

  An operation unit 120 is capable of key input for inputting various operation information such as karaoke music search operation input, karaoke performance reservation instruction, and performance reservation cancellation instruction.

  A CPU unit 130 controls the entire remote controller 100. In addition to the microprocessor, a ROM 130a for storing a control program and identification information unique to the remote controller and a plurality of flag areas necessary for the control The RAM 130b temporarily stores data and the like, and performs control of various input / output devices, memory management, data processing, and the like.

  Reference numeral 140 denotes a display unit composed of an LCD or the like, which displays karaoke music information, various instruction information, warning information when performance reservations overlap, and the like.

  Next, the operation of the karaoke performance reservation system 1000 comprising the karaoke device 1 and the remote control device 100 according to the present invention configured as described above is divided into a performance reservation input operation and a performance operation with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This will be described in detail.

(1) Performance reservation input operation:
The operator uses the remote control device 100 to select a song by inputting the song number of the song to be played by operating the keys of the operation unit 120 while viewing the information displayed on the display unit 140, for example. When a music selection reservation instruction is given (step 101; hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S), the CPU unit 130 uses the music selection number as the music selection reservation information R based on the music selection reservation instruction, and identification information of the remote control device. Along with the ID, the data is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 110 to the karaoke apparatus 1 (S102).

  When the karaoke apparatus 1 receives the music selection reservation information R (S1), the karaoke apparatus 1 temporarily stores the received song number data of the performance music and the identification information ID of the remote controller 100 in the RAM 7b (S2).

  Then, the CPU section 7 has played the karaoke song reservation number data, the karaoke song reservation time data and the karaoke song to be added to the next reserved song stored in the RAM 7b in the song number data of the performance song. Performance completion data indicating whether or not is added and stored in the musical composition information storage unit 15 (S3).

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of performance music management data that the CPU section 7 stores in the performance music information storage section 15.

  In the CPU section 7, for example, the piece number data of the inputted performance music is “A-0100”, the identification information ID of the remote control device is “100a”, and the reservation number data stored in the RAM 7b is reserved first. If it is “100”, which means that the song is the 100th song, “13:40”, which is the reserved time read from the timer as reserved time data, and that karaoke music is not played as performance completion data. "No" is created and used as performance song management data.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of a musical composition management table stored in the musical composition information storage unit 15. FIG. 5A shows a state before registering the performance music management data, and FIG. 5B shows a state after the performance music management data is registered.

  In the performance song management table of FIG. 5A, 99 songs from A-0001 to A-0099 are registered in the order indicated by the reservation number and at the time indicated by the reservation time, and A-0001 to A-0096. This means that the 96 songs have already been played, and the 3 songs from A-0097 to A-0099 are on standby. The identification information ID “100b” indicates that the performance is reserved from the remote control device 100b, and the identification information ID “100c” indicates that the performance is reserved from the remote control device 100c.

  When the CPU section 7 registers the performance music management data in the performance music management table shown in FIG. 5A, the performance music management table is in the state shown in FIG. 5B. This means that four pieces of music from A-0097 to A-0100 are waiting for performance.

  However, the CPU unit 7 determines whether or not to register the input performance music according to the reservation registration mode immediately before registering the performance music management data (S4).

  The reservation registration mode is a registration mode that gives a condition for registering a performance song, and includes a reservation number mode, a reservation time mode, and a performance completion mode.

  In the reservation number mode, it is determined whether or not the same music exists within a predetermined number of music registered in the past based on the reservation number data. However, the data giving the predetermined number of pieces of music is input by the user of the apparatus by operating the operation unit 12 or stored as a default value in the ROM 7a.

For example, if the data that gives a predetermined number of songs is “10 songs”, the CPU unit 7 sets the reservation number.
It is determined whether or not the same song exists in the ten songs “90 to 99” (S5). Where C
If the same song does not exist, the PU unit 7 registers the song (S51) (see FIG. 5B), and transmits registration completion information R to the remote control device 100 that made the performance reservation (S52). ). On the other hand, if the same music exists, the music is temporarily reserved without being registered (S53), and warning information W indicating that is transmitted to the remote control device 100 (S54). Note that the warning information W in this case includes the identification information ID of the remote controller that has reserved the performance, indicating that the same song exists in the 10 songs reserved for the performance.

  When receiving the registration completion information R (S110), the remote control device 100 displays on the display unit 140 that the registration of the karaoke piece reserved for performance has been completed (S111). On the other hand, when the warning information W is received (S110), a warning is displayed with sound or light (S112), and the same music is present among the 10 music reserved for performance, and the identification information of the remote control device reserved for performance The ID is displayed (S113). Then, a screen for confirming again whether or not to register the song is displayed on the display 140 of the remote control device 100 (S114). Then, according to the input conditions of the operator (S115), instruction information for registering or not registering the song is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 1 (S116).

  When the karaoke apparatus 1 receives instruction information for registration or non-registration of the song (S8), the karaoke device 1 registers the song reserved for music selection or cancels registration based on the instruction information (S9).

  In the reserved time mode, based on the reserved time data, it is determined whether or not the same song exists within a predetermined time among the previously registered songs. However, the data giving the predetermined time is input by the user of the apparatus by operating the operation unit 12, or stored as a default value in the ROM 7a.

  For example, if the data giving the predetermined number of songs is “40 minutes”, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the same song exists in the four songs having the reservation numbers “96 to 99” (S6). ). Here, if the same song does not exist, the CPU unit 7 registers the song (S61) (see FIG. 5B) and transmits registration completion information R to the remote control device 100 that has reserved the performance. (S62). On the other hand, if the same music exists, the music is temporarily reserved without being registered (S63), and warning information W indicating that is transmitted to the remote control device 100 (S64). Note that the warning information W in this case includes the identification information ID of the remote control device that has been reserved for performance, indicating that the same song exists within a predetermined time among the previously registered performance reservations.

  When receiving the registration completion information R (S110), the remote control device 100 displays on the display unit 140 that the registration of the karaoke piece reserved for performance has been completed (S111). On the other hand, when the warning information W is received (S110), a warning is displayed with a sound or light (S112), and the performance information indicating that the same music exists within a predetermined time among the music reserved for performance reservations in the past. The identification information ID of the reserved remote control device is displayed (S113). Then, a screen for confirming again whether or not to register the song is displayed on the display 140 of the remote control device 100 (S114). Then, according to the input conditions of the operator (S115), instruction information for registering or not registering the song is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 1 (S116).

  When the karaoke apparatus 1 receives instruction information for registration or non-registration of the song (S8), the karaoke device 1 registers the song reserved for music selection or cancels registration based on the instruction information (S9).

  In the performance completion mode, it is determined based on performance completion data whether or not the same music exists among previously registered music that have not been played.

  For example, since the performance completion data is “No” for an unplayed song, the CPU unit 7 determines whether or not the same song exists in the three songs whose reservation numbers are “97 to 99” ( S7). Here, if the same song does not exist, the CPU unit 7 registers the song (S71) (see FIG. 5B) and transmits registration completion information R to the remote control device 100 that has reserved the performance. (S72). On the other hand, if the same song exists. The music is temporarily held without being registered (S73), and warning information W indicating that is transmitted to the remote control device 100 (S74). Note that the warning information W in this case includes the identification information ID of the remote control device that has been reserved for performance, indicating that there are unplayed and the same songs among previously registered songs.

  When receiving the registration completion information R (S110), the remote control device 100 displays on the display unit 140 that the registration of the karaoke piece reserved for performance has been completed (S111). On the other hand, when the warning information W is received (S110), a warning is displayed with sound and light (S112), and a performance reservation is made to indicate that there is an unplayed and the same song among previously registered songs. The identification information ID of the remote control device is displayed (S113). Then, a screen for confirming again whether or not to register the song is displayed on the display 140 of the remote control device 100 (S114). Then, according to the input conditions of the operator (S115), instruction information for registering or not registering the song is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 1 (S116).

  When the karaoke apparatus 1 receives instruction information for registration or non-registration of the song (S8), the karaoke device 1 registers the song reserved for music selection or cancels registration based on the instruction information (S9).

(2) Performance action:
The CPU section 7 always searches the performance song management table stored in the performance song information storage section 15 and determines whether there is a performance song to be reproduced based on the performance completion data. In the case of B), the process proceeds to the reproduction operation of “Song Number A-0097” of “97” having the smallest reserved number among the songs that are not played.

  Based on the song number data stored in the performance song information storage unit 15, the CPU unit 7 searches the music data stored in the main storage device 6 for the music data corresponding to the song number, and is required for the performance. Character data, color change information, genre information, and the like in the data and lyrics data of the song to be played are obtained and stored in the performance data storage unit 14.

  Then, the CPU section 7 controls the MIDI sound source section 8 based on the MIDI data fetched into the performance data storage section 14 to reproduce a performance music signal necessary for the performance of the music, and the performance music signal is mixed with the mixer. / Output to the amplifier unit 10.

  The mixer / amplifier unit 10 synthesizes the performance signal and the voice signal of the singer input from the microphone 4 and outputs the synthesized signal to the speaker 11 to reproduce the performance song and the singing voice as audible sounds.

  Further, the CPU unit 7 controls the external video reproduction device 2 based on the genre information in the music data, and outputs a background video signal corresponding to the genre of the music to the superimposing unit 9.

  Then, when the CPU unit 7 outputs the character video information to the superimposing unit 9 based on the character information and color change information in the music data, the superimposing unit 9 outputs the background video output from the external video reproduction device 2. By outputting a composite video signal obtained by synthesizing the character video signal based on the character video information to the signal to the video display unit 3, the lyrics video and the background video are displayed.

  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 embodiment but by the scope of claims for patent, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the karaoke performance reservation system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the remote control apparatus for karaoke which concerns on this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the karaoke performance reservation system which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the performance music management data memorize | stored in the performance music information storage part 15. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of the performance music management table which the performance music information storage part 15 memorize | stores.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus 2 External video reproduction apparatus 3 Video display part 6 Main memory 7 CPU part 7a ROM
7b RAM
8 MIDI sound source unit 9 Superimpose unit 10 Mixer / amplifier unit 12 Operation unit 13 Display unit 14 Performance data storage unit 15 Performance song information storage unit 16 Speaker 17 Wireless communication unit 100 Karaoke remote control device 110 Wireless communication unit 120 Operation unit 130 CPU unit 140 display unit

Claims (2)

A karaoke system comprising a karaoke device that plays music in the order of reservation registration, and a remote control device that reserves and registers music in the karaoke device,
The remote controller is
Reservation means for associating the identification information of the remote control device with the song number of the music to be reserved for registration and transmitting to the karaoke device;
And a warning means for displaying the warning and the identification information on the display unit when a warning that the music transmitted by the reservation means overlaps with the music registered for reservation is received together with the identification information of the remote control device. And
The karaoke device
A song in which the music number of a reserved song is associated with identification information of the remote control device for reservation registration, the order of reservation registration, the reserved registration time, and performance completion information indicating whether or not the performance has been completed. A performance management table that holds a record for each,
When the song number of the song and the identification information of the remote control device are received in association with each other, it is checked whether the song number overlaps with any of the song numbers held in the predetermined record group of the performance management table Inspection means;
A warning means for transmitting to the remote control device a warning to that effect and identification information corresponding to the received song number if it is determined by the duplication checking means;
Karaoke system characterized by that. The remote control device according to claim 1.

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