JP4275566B2 - Karaoke device characterized by performance stop control - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus characterized by performance stop control, and more particularly to a technique for determining validity / invalidity of an instruction using an operation input device that has transmitted a performance stop instruction.

  Some karaoke apparatuses can perform specific operations in addition to the performance operation itself when performing karaoke music. For example, there is an operation of recording a karaoke song by a singer on a portable recording medium such as a CD-R together with accompaniment music. In Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 2002-287777, 2002-182665, 2002-182668, and 2002-182667, even if the singing fails, the best singing state is recorded on the CD-R. A karaoke recording device that can be used is disclosed. This recording device creates accompaniment music and singing voice in a recording file of a predetermined data format in units of music, and temporarily stores the file in a hard disk device or the like. The recorded file when the song is sung the best is transferred to the CD-R.

  In addition, there is also a specific operation in which a recording file is transmitted to a predetermined computer managed by a karaoke company instead of being recorded on a CD-R or the like and is entrusted to the karaoke company. According to this specific operation, for example, as in the karaoke communication learning method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-15673, the user transfers the recording file deposited with the karaoke business operator to a specialist judge. You can receive an examination service to be corrected.

In addition, as an additional function, performance is performed with an external MIDI musical instrument, a simulated musical instrument as disclosed in JP-A-11-85174, or a scat as disclosed in JP-A-2002-169576. There are ensemble functions that participate in singing, choral functions that participate in singing in the back chorus and duet, etc. that bring in instruments or sing by multiple people.
JP 2002-287777 A JP 2002-182665 A JP 2002-182668 A JP 2002-182667 A JP-A-11-85174 JP 2002-169576 A

  Many users who only want to enjoy singing at karaoke, even if they miss the singing timing of the song or sing it with a large pitch, revise the posture from the middle of the accompaniment music as it is Sing out. Re-singing from the beginning is time consuming and cumbersome, so people who think that it is more efficient to sing another song or reserve the same song again and sing than to spend time re-singing Many. At the same time, it is possible to avoid crushing opportunities for other companions to enjoy.

  On the other hand, users who want to use additional functions with specific actions such as recording, certification services, and singing scoring want to sing even a little and improve the degree of music perfection, so if they do not work well Tries to sing again from the beginning. Also, when using the ensemble function as an additional function, it is necessary to prepare instruments such as musical instruments, and when using the choral function, it is necessary to prepare participants in addition to the singer himself. If the performance is started with insufficient preparation, it is difficult to reestablish the posture, and the player tries to perform from the beginning. Therefore, when a specific action is designated and an additional function is used, the user himself / herself is often instructed to cancel the performance on the way.

  However, it is possible for another person to accidentally press the performance stop button while another person selects the next requested music and operates the remote control during the performance. In particular, if the performance is stopped where the user who is using the additional function does not intend, the singing or performance that has been performed well will be wasted.

  Therefore, the present inventor considered that it would be convenient to invalidate a performance stop instruction from an operation input device that is likely to be erroneously operated, and created the present invention.

The karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is specified by the following items (1) to (9).
(1) A karaoke apparatus with a singing recording function that includes a plurality of operation input devices, a command receiving means, a stop command handling table, and a control means, and performs a performance with or without a singing recording operation upon request. (2) The operation input device transmits various commands according to the user's operation input together with the device ID assigned to each operation input device. (3) The command includes a performance stop command (4 ) The command accepting means accepts a combination of a command and a device ID from the operation input device. (5) Whether the stop command handling table is valid / invalid for the performance stop command for each device ID and whether the song recording operation is in progress. to describe the setting information that associates whether the distinction (6) control means, sound recording instruction flag associated with the song number of the requested song in the queue of the playing booking If so, by performing singing recording operation is playing the request song (7) control means, when the command receiving unit receives a set of playing stop command and a device ID, playing in the current state is accompanied by singing recording operation It is determined whether the performance is not accompanied or not, and based on the setting information of the cancellation command handling table, the performance is stopped when the first condition or the second condition is satisfied, and the performance is continued when the condition is not satisfied ( 8) When the first condition is that the performance is accompanied by a song recording operation, and the setting information of the corresponding device ID describes that the performance stop command during the performance accompanied by the song recording operation is valid (9) The second condition is that a performance stop command during a performance that is not accompanied by a song recording operation and that is not accompanied by a song recording operation is validated in the setting information of the corresponding device ID. It is when the bets are described

  In the present invention, preferably, the control means can selectively execute a conditional stop command response process and an unconditional stop command response process, and the unconditional stop command response process is performed when a performance stop command is input. Will stop karaoke performance.

  According to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to invalidate a performance stop instruction from a remote controller that is likely to cause an erroneous operation. Therefore, the user of the additional function such as the singing recording function is not disturbed by the performance stop instruction due to an erroneous operation of another user. For other users, there is no need to worry about inconvenience to the surroundings due to a waste of time due to an erroneous operation. Therefore, all the participants can use karaoke comfortably, and as a result, the effect that the opportunity for using karaoke increases can be expected.

=== Network configuration including karaoke equipment ===
FIG. 1 shows a network configuration including a karaoke apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention. A wide area intranet is constructed by connecting a VPN 110 (Virtual Private Network) 70 using the Internet to a LAN 110 and a host device 90 installed in karaoke stores 100 at various locations of karaoke businesses. A karaoke device (the karaoke main body device 10 and an equipment attached thereto) is installed in each guest room 120 of the karaoke store 100 in each place, and the karaoke main body device 10 communicates with the host device 90 via the VPN 70.

The karaoke main unit 10 is accompanied by an operation panel 14 and a plurality of remote control transmitters 30 as operation input devices. The remote control transmitter 30 transmits various commands including a performance reservation command to the light receiving unit 15 of the karaoke main unit 10 by an infrared signal. At this time, each operation input device can transmit a command including its own device ID registered in advance. Moreover, the karaoke main body apparatus 10 manages the device ID of the operation input device under its control.
Hereinafter, in this embodiment, this karaoke main unit 10 is referred to as a karaoke device 10.

  Note that the remote control transmitter 30 and the karaoke apparatus 10 may be configured to perform bi-directional communication such as a wireless LAN of IEEE801.11x (x is a, b, g, etc.) standard. Of course, in the case of a wireless LAN, a performance reservation command can be transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 10 to be operated via the LAN.

  Particularly in the present embodiment, one of the remote control transmitters 30 includes a multi-function remote control device 31 having a music search function called an electronic table of contents book. The multi-function remote control device 31 is operated by a built-in secondary battery and is accompanied by a charging stand for charging the secondary battery. This gantry is provided with a communication interface of a predetermined standard such as RS232C, and is mutually connected to a communication interface of the same standard equipped in the karaoke main unit 10. When the multi-function remote control device 31 is mounted on the charging stand, the multi-function remote control device 31 and the karaoke main unit 10 are configured to communicate via the charging stand.

=== Basic configuration and operation of karaoke apparatus ===
FIG. 2 shows a functional block configuration of the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment. The karaoke apparatus 10 has substantially the same hardware configuration as a performance terminal of a known communication karaoke system. The central control unit 11 is a computer main body including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, and controls each peripheral component unit to control the karaoke apparatus 10. The hard disk device 12 stores, for many karaoke songs, karaoke data including accompaniment music data mainly composed of MIDI data and lyric rendering data as a generation origin of the lyric image. In addition, for the long-format video data in a predetermined format, script data that defines the video data processing sequence (storage location and processing order of video data to be processed, etc.) Table of contents information such as the release year and the singing part of the lyrics is also stored. And the central control part 11 identifies the karaoke data, script data, and table of contents information of each music by a music number, and manages this as a karaoke database.

  The central control unit 11 communicates with the host device 90 via the network interface 23. The host device 90 distributes karaoke data, script data, table of contents information, etc., about new music to the karaoke device 10 in a timely manner, or collects operation logs collected at any time by the karaoke device 10. The central control unit 11 receives the karaoke data sent from the host device 90 and updates the contents of the karaoke database, or transmits various information such as operation logs collected on the karaoke device 10 side to the host device. .

  When the operation control unit 13 of the karaoke apparatus 10 receives the code of the performance reservation command and the device ID of the operation input device via the operation input device by user input, the operation control device 13 transfers them to the central control unit 11. The central control unit 11 stores the music number in the command in an internal RAM and manages it in a performance processing queue. The music numbers are sequentially extracted from the queue, the corresponding karaoke data is read from the hard disk device 12, and the accompaniment music data in the karaoke data is transferred to the synthesizer 19 to generate accompaniment music.

  On the other hand, with regard to the lyric rendering data, the lyric image in which the portion to be sung is changed in color in synchronization with the accompaniment music is sequentially developed in the video RAM 16 as a bitmap. Also, predetermined moving image data is sequentially transferred to the video controller 17 in a predetermined order based on the script data, and the background moving image of the lyrics image is decoded.

  The mixing amplifier 20 mixes and amplifies the accompaniment music and the singing voice input to the microphone 22 and outputs the sound from the speaker 21. The video control unit 17 superimposes the lyric image on the decoded moving image and outputs it on the display 18.

=== Multifunctional Remote Control Device 31 ===
The multi-function remote control device 31 includes a user interface mainly composed of a touch panel in which a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch sensor are stacked, and the built-in flash memory has the same table of contents information as that stored in the karaoke device 10. Various image information displayed on the touch panel is stored. The remote control unit includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, video RAM, etc., develops various image information and text information into the video RAM based on the input information to the touch panel, and drives the LCD driver based on the bitmap data Then, appropriate information is displayed on the touch panel. The table of contents information stored in the flash memory is managed as a music index database.

  The touch panel is appropriately provided with buttons for instructing activation of additional functions that can be used with karaoke performance, such as a singing scoring function, a singing recording function, and an examination service.

  The remote control unit accepts a fragment of the table of contents information as a query through a dialog with the user via the touch panel, extracts the table of contents information of the corresponding karaoke song from the song index database, and presents it. In the multi-function remote control device 31, when a karaoke song is finally specified as one song and a user input is made to reserve a performance of the song, the remote control control unit codes the performance reservation command including the song number. And an infrared signal including this code is transmitted through the LED.

=== Singing recording function ===
This karaoke device 10 has a singing recording function for recording accompaniment music and a singing voice of a singer singing as a recording work in units of music as an additional function by a specific operation.

  The audio signal processing unit 26 samples a mixed acoustic signal of the accompaniment music of the requested song from the synthesizer 19 and the singing voice input to the microphone 22 and A / D converts it into digital audio data. When the performance start timing information is received from the central control unit 11, the digital audio data is transferred to the central control unit 11. The central control unit 11 stores the digital audio data in an internal RAM or the like. When the performance is finished, the central control unit 11 creates the audio data into a data file of an appropriate format such as a WAVE file, and requests this file as a song recording work. Corresponding to the song ID of the song, it is temporarily stored in the built-in hard disk device 12.

  The singing recording work created in this way is transferred to a storage medium such as a CD-R or transferred to a computer operated by a karaoke business operator for appropriate use. For example, as disclosed in detail in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-15673, a singing recording work is sent to a training intermediary server operated by a karaoke company and deposited, and an expert's correction instruction can be received. It can also be used for services.

=== Cancellation command handling table and table creation processing ===
FIG. 3 illustrates a logical configuration of the cancel command handling table according to the present embodiment. This cancel command handling table is a logical table managed by the karaoke apparatus 10. When a performance stop command is input from each operation input device under the karaoke device 10, setting contents (stop operation control mode) regarding whether to be treated as valid or invalid are set to each device ID. It is a table described in association with each other.

  In this embodiment, the valid / invalid range of the performance stop command from each operation input device is set depending on whether or not the requested song is accompanied by a singing recording function activation instruction as a specific operation. be able to.

  For example, during the performance of a requested song accompanied by an instruction to activate the singing recording function, the singing recording operation is performed using the multi-function remote control device 31, so that the performance stop command from the multi-function remote control device 31 is valid. handle. Also, the operation panel 14 of the main body of the karaoke apparatus 10 is often the closest to the person or the store owner, so the performance stop command from the operation panel 14 is also treated as effective. However, other performance stop commands from the remote control transmitter 30 are treated as invalid.

  On the other hand, for a requested song that is only sung without an additional function activation instruction, the multi-function remote control device is often used by a person other than the singer for music search, and the performance from the multi-function remote control device 31 is canceled. The command is treated as invalid because there are many erroneous operations, but other performance stop commands from the remote control transmitter 30 are treated as valid.

  As another specific operation, even when an instruction to activate an additional function such as a singing grading function or an examination service function is used, whether the requested song has an instruction to activate each function for each operation input device. Depending on whether it is attached or not, it is also possible to set how to handle the performance stop command received during the performance of the requested song.

The cancellation command handling table can be created via a predetermined user interface by starting the table creation process. For example, the table creation process is configured to be activated in an owner mode that can be activated only by a clerk at a karaoke store, and the clerk can specify and input each setting content through an appropriate user interface. It is also possible to configure so that the user can specify and input when starting to use karaoke in a group.
The stop command handling table created by the table creation process is stored in an appropriate storage unit such as the hard disk device 12.

=== Conditional stop command response processing ===
In this embodiment, when the karaoke apparatus 10 receives a performance stop command during the performance of the requested song, the performance stop operation is controlled based on the stop command handling table. As described above, the operation may be different depending on whether a request music is accompanied by an instruction for starting a specific operation or not.

  When requesting the song, the user who wants to create a song recording work inputs a start instruction for the song recording function to the karaoke apparatus 10 via the operation input device as a specific operation. For example, a button for accepting a start instruction for the song recording function may be provided on the multi-function remote control device 31 or the like. When the central control unit 11 of the karaoke apparatus 10 receives the requested song accompanied by the activation instruction of the singing recording function, the song number of the requested song and the recording instruction flag are associated with each other and registered in the queue.

  The central control unit 11 prepares for performance by taking out the requested songs in the order registered in the performance reservation queue. At this time, the cancel command control table is read out with reference to the cancel command handling table. For example, according to the example of FIG. 3, when the recording instruction flag is attached to the music number of the extracted music, the stop operation control mode at the time of starting the song recording function (specific operation) is read out. That is, the performance stop command from the multi-function remote control device 31 and the device panel 14 of the main body of the karaoke device 10 is made valid, and the performance stop commands from other remote control transmitters 30 are handled invalidly. When the recording instruction flag is not attached to the requested song, the stop operation control mode at the time of singing is read. That is, the performance stop command from the multi-function remote control device 31 is invalidated, and the performance stop commands from other remote control transmitters 30 and the operation panel 14 are treated invalidly.

When the karaoke apparatus 10 receives a performance stop command including the device ID during the performance of the requested song, the stop operation control mode is the “valid” mode according to the stop operation control mode corresponding to the device ID. In this case, a performance stop process is performed. If the mode is “invalid”, the performance stop command is ignored and the performance is continued.
If the device ID is unknown, there is a high possibility of an erroneous operation, so it is better to treat it as invalid and continue playing.

=== Other Embodiments ===
The above embodiment shows an example in which all performance stop commands when using karaoke are handled by “conditional stop command response processing” controlled based on the stop command handling table.

  On the other hand, such a “conditional stop command response process” and a “unconditional stop command response process” handled as an effective instruction when a performance stop command is received in any scene are sent to the central control unit 11 of the karaoke apparatus 10. It is also possible to configure so as to be switchable. For example, it is normally controlled by unconditional stop command response processing, but if the number of songs registered in the queue exceeds a predetermined number and the number of songs to be played increases, it is efficient to avoid performance stop commands due to meaningless mistakes. In order to perform well, it can be configured to switch to “conditional stop command response processing”.

  Alternatively, one minute immediately after the start of the performance is often controlled by the “unconditional stop command response process” since the singer himself often instructs to stop the performance, but after that, the performance stop by the person decreases, On the contrary, since the number of erroneous operations tends to increase, it may be configured to switch to “conditional stop command response processing”.

  According to the karaoke apparatus described above, even if a performance stop command that is presumed to be caused by an erroneous operation other than a singer is received, it can be invalidated.

It is a network block diagram including the karaoke apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the said karaoke apparatus. It is the figure which illustrated the logic structure of the cancellation command handling table.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Karaoke apparatus 11 Central control part 12 Hard disk apparatus 14 Operation panel 30 Remote control transmitter 31 Multifunctional remote control apparatus

Claims (1)

A karaoke apparatus with a singing recording function that includes a plurality of operation input devices, a command receiving means, a stop command handling table, and a control means, and performs a performance with or without a singing recording operation according to a request,
The operation input device sends various commands according to the user's operation input together with the device ID assigned to each operation input device,
The command includes a performance stop command,
The command receiving means receives a combination of a command and a device ID from the operation input device,
The stop command handling table describes setting information in which the distinction between the validity and invalidity of the performance stop command and the distinction of whether or not the singing recording operation is in progress for each device ID,
When the recording instruction flag is associated with the song number of the requested song in the performance reservation queue, the control means performs a singing recording operation when the requested song is played,
The control means, when the command accepting means accepts the combination of the performance stop command and the device ID, determines whether the current status is playing with or without the song recording operation, and based on the setting information of the stop command handling table If the first condition or the second condition is met, the performance is stopped, otherwise the performance is continued,
The first condition is a case where the current situation is being performed with a song recording operation and the setting information of the corresponding device ID describes that a performance stop command during a performance with a song recording operation is valid. ,
The second condition is that the current status is being played without singing recording operation, and the setting information of the corresponding device ID describes that the performance stop command during playing without singing recording operation is valid Karaoke equipment.

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