JP4229445B2 - Karaoke performance device with recording service restriction function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke performance device that holds performance data of a large number of karaoke songs and performs according to a reservation registration of a song ID by a user. More specifically, the present invention relates to a recording service for recording a singing voice by a user. The present invention relates to a karaoke performance device having a restriction function.

  Recently, in karaoke stores such as karaoke boxes, in addition to providing singing services only for the user's singing, karaoke accompaniment music and microphone input voice singing along with the music are mixed, and the singing voice by the user There is a place that provides the recording service for the purpose of recording. Such recording services include, for example, creating recorded DVDs and CDs by burning recorded data on DVDs and CDs, or applying for recruitment sites hosted by media users such as singing ability tests and auditions, Specifically, the service system is used for uploading a recording file to an information server managed by a media user. Many technologies related to such service systems have been developed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a karaoke recording apparatus that can freely select music to be recorded on an appropriate portable recording medium assigned to each album. This karaoke recording device is configured to create karaoke accompaniment music and singing voice in a predetermined recording file in units of music, temporarily store them in a hard disk device, and transfer the most well-recorded recording file to a CD-R. ing. Further, in Patent Document 2, instead of transferring a recorded file to a CD-R or the like, the recorded file is transmitted to an information server managed by a media user and entrusted to the user, and the user specializes in the recorded file deposited to the user. A karaoke communication learning method is disclosed that can be corrected by the judges.
JP 2002-287777 A JP 2003-15673 A

  Of course, users of the karaoke performance device want to record the singing voice when they are able to sing as well as possible, and ultimately want to select the recording file when the singing that they are satisfied with is finally made as the recording data Is. However, the user repeats creating and auditioning the recording file many times within the specified number of times until the user is satisfied with the same music. In other words, conventionally, when a user receives a recording service, a recorded file is played back as a sound, and if he / she listens to it, he / she records and listens again, and if he / she does not like it, he / she records and listens again. This was repeated and the recording file was finally used, so the usage time became longer, especially for crowded crowds, especially for other users waiting for singing. As a result, the turnover rate of customers decreased at the karaoke store, and profits worsened.

  Therefore, the present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems and inconveniences, that is, the reception of recording services in which one person occupies a long time can be automatically restricted according to the user's customer's capacity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke performance apparatus that does not disturb other users when there is a lot of traffic and can prevent the customer's turnover from decreasing at the karaoke store.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors include a number measuring means for measuring the number of login IDs, a service receiving means for recording service or singing service, a reservation registering means for registering received music IDs, and these means. A general control means for overall control is attached, and when a service is accepted, if the number of login ID measurement of the user exceeds a predetermined number, a message to refuse acceptance of the recording service is displayed, and reservation registration is performed. The inventors have found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by controlling to prohibit the karaoke performance apparatus of the present invention.

That is, in the karaoke performance device according to claim 1 of the present invention, the karaoke performance device holds performance data of a large number of karaoke songs and performs according to the reservation registration of the song ID by the user.
(A) A number measuring means for acquiring a user's login ID, measuring the number of the acquired login ID, and storing it as a login ID measurement number ;
(B) For receiving a specified song ID through the user interface together with each type of recording service for the purpose of recording the singing voice by the user or a singing service for the purpose of singing only by the user. Service acceptance means;
(C) reservation registration means for registering the received music ID in the performance reservation queue in association with the recording service or singing service;
(D) general control means for controlling the respective means (a) to (c) in an integrated manner;
When the number of login ID measurements exceeds a predetermined number, the overall control means displays a message indicating that recording service is rejected when receiving the service, and controls to prohibit reservation registration It is characterized by.

  According to the karaoke performance apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, the number of guests at the time of congestion, that is, the number of login IDs at the time of congestion is set in advance, and when the number of login IDs exceeds a predetermined number, the reception of the recording service is refused. By displaying the message to the effect and automatically prohibiting the reception and restricting the recording service, the other users who are waiting for singing when the crowd is crowded while getting the understanding of the user of the recording service There is no inconvenience, and there is an effect that the turnover rate of the customer does not decrease even at the karaoke store side.

  Hereinafter, an optimal example is given about the karaoke performance apparatus which has a recording service restriction function of this invention, and the structure of (a)-(d) of Claim 1 is explained in full detail.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the karaoke performance apparatus of the present invention. The karaoke performance device (1) of the present embodiment has a digital recording function for microphone input voice, an automatic scoring function for singing ability, and a recording file to an information server, in order for a media user judge to audition the user's singing ability. Has an upload function. The performance device (1) includes a RAM (12), a sound source (synthesizer: 6), a mixer (effector: 7), a vocal adapter (14), an MPEG decoder (15), a synthesis circuit (16), and an ID card reading / writing. A device (R / W: 2) or the like is connected, and an overall control means (10) for controlling the operation of the entire device, performance data (24) for playing karaoke music, and a background image on the display device (4). It is mainly composed of recording means such as a hard disk (HDD: 11) in which video data (25) for display is recorded.

Here, each component will be described in detail. First, each user inputs his / her login ID with the ID card reader / writer (2) in advance. Thereafter, the general control means (10) can identify the user who issued the instruction for the instruction after designating his / her ID icon formed by this operation. Furthermore, the number measuring means (20) measures the number of login IDs acquired by this input, and stores the number as the number of login ID measurements in a predetermined part (not shown) of the RAM. The service receiving means (23) sends the designated music ID to the remote control device (3) together with each type of recording service for recording the singing voice by the user or singing service only for the user's singing. ) Etc. are accepted through the user interface attached. In this embodiment, the service receiving means (23) regards the case where only the music ID is designated as the singing service designation. When the recording service is designated, for example, the user of the remote control device (3) After the activation of the singing recording function is designated from the interface, it is considered that the recording service is designated by subsequently designating the music ID.

  Next, the received music ID is registered in the performance reservation queue in association with the recording service or singing service by the reservation registration means (19). The reserved karaoke songs are played sequentially, and the performance is performed as follows. The tone generator (6) forms a tone signal according to the performance data corresponding to the music ID input by the processing of the sequencer (22) executed by the overall control means (10), and the formed tone signal is the mixer (7). The mixer (7) inputs the musical sound signal generated by the sound source (6) and the user's singing voice signal from the microphone (5) input through the A / D converter (13) in an appropriate balance. The mixed and mixed digital audio signal is input to the sound system (SS: 8). This sound system (8) includes a D / A converter and a power amplifier, and converts the input digital signal into an analog signal. Then, the karaoke accompaniment music and the singing voice are emitted from the speaker (9).

  In this embodiment, automatic singing ability is also scored. This is performed with the singing ability automatic scoring means (18), and the final score is calculated by a predetermined algorithm for evaluating various singing elements based on the singing frequency scoring information. For example, scoring is performed by comparing the user's singing voice with a reference, and the score is displayed at the end of the song. Specifically, the singing voice signal converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter (13) is also input to the vocal adapter (14), and the vocal adapter (14) calculates the singing frequency from the inputted singing voice signal. In addition to sampling, the reference frequency input from the sequencer (22) of the overall control means (10) is sampled. Then, the singing frequency and the reference frequency are synchronized, separated into predetermined time intervals, input to the overall control means (10), and an automatic scoring process by the singing power automatic scoring means (18) is performed.

  On the hard disk (11), video data (25) is encoded in the MPEG2 format in addition to performance data, and reproduction processing is performed by background video reproduction means (not shown) executed by the overall control means (10). Are input to the MPEG decoder (15). The MPEG decoder (15) converts the input MPEG data into an NTSC video signal and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (16). The synthesis circuit (16) adds lyrics telop and scoring on the background video signal. The OSD such as display is synthesized, and the synthesized video signal is displayed on the display device (4). Further, in the hard disk (11), when the overall control means (10) exceeds the predetermined number of login ID measurements, the content of the message notation indicating that the reception of the recording service is rejected when the service is received, A reception restriction related data recording unit (26) is provided which records a predetermined number or the like that is a criterion for prohibition of reservation registration.

Based on the reception restriction related data, the overall control means (10) displays the name of the user associated with the login ID and the user on the display device display screen (D) as shown in FIG. Including the title name of the desired karaoke song, control is performed so as to display an acceptance refusal message (d1) indicating that singing recording is not possible, and the login ID measurement number and a predetermined number stored in the RAM are displayed. In comparison, the reservation registration prohibition is determined, and the reservation registration means (19) is controlled to prohibit the reservation registration.

  The remote control device (3) includes a user interface, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to an operation for the user to specify a service to the overall control means (10). The overall control means (10) detects the operation signal by the service receiving means (23) and performs corresponding processing. For example, when the music ID is input from the remote control device (3), the service receiving means (23) detects this and transmits it to the sequencer (22) as a request for karaoke music. This sequencer (22) mainly comprises a music sequencer, a lyrics sequencer, and character pattern creation means, and reads out performance data identified by the music ID from the performance data (24) of the hard disk (11).

  When the recording service is designated, the recording input interface (17) inputs a mixed signal of the musical sound signal corresponding to the performance data received from the mixer (7) and the singing voice input from the microphone (5), The mixed signal is sampled and converted into PCM data. This PCM data is recorded as a recording file, and the log is read in advance from the ID card reading / writing device (2) together with the music ID (28) and the scoring information (29) automatically scored by the singing ability automatic scoring means (18). It is linked to the ID (27) and recorded in the recording file recording area (30) of the RAM (12) as recording file recording means. Then, according to the user's examination entry instruction, the music ID (28), the singing voice recording file (30), and the scoring information (29) associated with the user's login ID (27) are used as entry information. Information is sent to an information server via a network communication line, and the information server is managed as examination target information.

  Next, based on the system flow diagram in the karaoke performance apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the configuration of (d) described in claim 1 will be further described in detail.

  When using the karaoke performance device of the present invention, the user first logs in by authenticating the ID card (S1). Each time each user logs in, the number measuring means acquires the login ID of each user (S2), and measures the number of login IDs (S3). The user who has logged in designates a desired karaoke piece from the user interface of the remote control device (S4). In the present embodiment, as described above, the service receiving means regards the case where only the music ID is specified as the specification of the singing service, and when specifying the recording service, after specifying the activation of the singing recording function, By specifying the song ID, it is considered that the recording service is specified. When the karaoke song is designated, the service receiving means receives the service type and the song ID (S5).

  At this time, the overall control means determines whether or not the service type is a recording service (S6), and if it is not a recording service, the general control means instructs the reservation registration means to accept and register the music ID for reservation in the performance queue. Then, the karaoke pieces that have been reserved and registered are sequentially played (S9). On the other hand, if it is a recording service, it is next determined whether or not the measured number of login IDs exceeds a predetermined number (S7). Are reserved and registered in the performance queue (S8), and the karaoke pieces registered for reservation are sequentially played (S9). On the other hand, if the number exceeds the predetermined number, a message of rejection of acceptance is displayed (S10), and the reservation registration means is controlled to prohibit the reservation registration (S11), and the recording service is automatically restricted. . In this way, the user is provided with the service from the karaoke performance device of the present invention, the system is terminated with a logoff confirmation (S12), and the system is restarted by a new user login.

  As described above in detail, according to the karaoke performance device of the present invention, when recording service or singing service is received, if the number of login ID measurements of the user exceeds a predetermined number, the reception of the recording service is rejected. In addition to displaying a message to this effect, and controlling to prohibit reservation registration, the reception of recording services that require a long time for one person can be automatically restricted according to the number of users, especially crowded Sometimes other users are not disturbed, and the customer's turnover rate can be prevented from decreasing even at the karaoke store.

The block block diagram of the karaoke performance apparatus of this invention. The display apparatus display screen in the karaoke performance apparatus of this invention. The system flow figure in the karaoke performance apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke performance apparatus 10 Overall control means 11 Hard disk 12 RAM
17 Recording input interface 18 Singing power automatic scoring means 19 Reservation registration means 20 Number measurement means 23 Service acceptance means 26 Reception restriction related data 27 Login ID
28 Music ID
30 recording files

Claims (1)

In a karaoke performance device that holds performance data of a large number of karaoke songs and performs according to the reservation registration of the song ID by the user,
(A) A number measuring means for acquiring a user's login ID, measuring the number of the acquired login ID, and storing it as a login ID measurement number ;
(B) For receiving a specified song ID through the user interface together with each type of recording service for the purpose of recording the singing voice by the user or a singing service for the purpose of singing only by the user. Service acceptance means;
(C) reservation registration means for registering the received music ID in the performance reservation queue in association with the recording service or singing service;
(D) general control means for controlling the respective means (a) to (c) in an integrated manner;
When the number of login ID measurements exceeds a predetermined number, the overall control means displays a message indicating that recording service is rejected when receiving the service, and controls to prohibit reservation registration Karaoke performance device characterized by.

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