JP4390278B2 - Karaoke system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system that preferably introduces and searches for songs that can be sung duet within the group when using karaoke in a group of men and women.

  Currently, when using karaoke, a system has been established that allows music selection to be efficiently introduced by introducing music recommended for users and incorporating information defined in various categories into search engines. . Specifically, the music code, song name, artist name, etc. are written so that the music can be selected, and new music information and hit song information are introduced between the performances of the music, the music title search, the artist name. A database that can perform searches, “by age” search, “by genre” search, “due music” search, etc. has been built.

  In particular, the present invention makes it possible to introduce and search duet music so that it can be suitably selected. However, conventional duet music is included in recommended music, but it is used in a karaoke room or the like. Even if the person was a gender group, there was no mechanism to actively introduce this. In addition, in the duet music search incorporated in the search engine in the past, all the duet music held by the system is simply considered without considering whether or not the user who is logged in to the system can sing. It was something to list.

  Conventionally, many techniques related to duet music have been conceived. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system that automatically selects a karaoke performance device as a duet partner based on a predetermined condition, even if a user who wishes to perform a duet does not perform a special operation. Then, even if one person's voice is input from the microphone, the voice processing apparatus that can obtain the output as if it were duet was selected from various people who are not present at the site in Patent Document 3. A system has been conceived that allows a duet to be performed against a person's singing voice.

JP 2003-345366 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-143088 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-42878

  However, until now, there has not been any system that can introduce or search duet music in a suitably selectable manner, particularly considering whether or not a user who is logged in to the system can sing. Specifically, when using karaoke in a group of men and women, it is possible to sing duet music, and it is also suitable for the purpose of promoting relatives between men and women, but duet music is sung by each gender singing part. There is an inconvenience that singing is not possible if there are no male and female users. It is only necessary to confirm with the person himself whether or not each individual duet song can be sung, but this is troublesome.

  Therefore, in the case of using karaoke in a group of men and women, the present invention can discriminate music that can be sung due to whether or not it can be sung by a user who is logged in to the system, and can select information on the corresponding music It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke system that can suitably introduce and search duet songs that can be sung within the group.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have linked the user ID, including the pre-registered gender information belonging to the user ID, to the duet music that can be sung by any user. When a song is registered in the duet song registration unit and there is a song registered in the registration unit for both male and female singing parts in the duet song registration unit linked to the currently logged in user ID It has been found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by providing a system for displaying information related to music to be selected so that the karaoke system of the present invention can be solved.

That is, the karaoke system according to claim 1 of the present invention holds a plurality of duet songs, and includes any previously registered gender information belonging to the user ID for any duet song that can be sung by any user. A duet music registration means for registering the duet music in the duet music registration unit by associating a user ID, a music information display means for displaying predetermined music information so that the music can be selected, and the system A system comprising a user ID identifying means for identifying a logged-in user ID and a central control means for comprehensively controlling these function means,
The music information display means refers to the gender information linked to the currently logged-in user ID in the duet music registration unit among the plurality of held duet music, and a male song if male It is characterized by associating a part, if a female, a female singing part is associated, and if there is a song that is registered in the registration part for both male and female singing parts, information on the corresponding music is displayed so as to be selectable. To do.

  The karaoke system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the duet music registration unit and the duet music registration means are provided in a karaoke host device network-connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device. It is characterized by being installed.

  According to the karaoke system of claim 1 of the present invention, when using karaoke in a group of men and women, based on the currently logged-in user ID, the duet song registration section of each gender singing part, If there is a song that is registered in the registration unit, the information about the corresponding song is displayed so that the song can be selected, so that a duet song that can be sung within this group can be introduced appropriately. The effect that it can search is produced.

  Moreover, according to the karaoke system of claim 2 of the present invention, the duet music registration unit and the duet music registration means are installed in a karaoke host device connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device via a network. Duet registration information for each user can be provided and reflected in any karaoke performance device connected to this host device, and the service can be returned, so that the service by using the system to the user is greatly improved. There is an effect.

  Hereinafter, the karaoke system of the present invention will be described with reference to a preferred embodiment. First, a block configuration diagram of a karaoke performance apparatus including the karaoke system of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 and a karaoke shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of a remote control device attached to a performance device, an interface display screen for login / logout instructions for each user shown in FIG. 3, and a conceptual configuration diagram of a registered music management table for each user shown in FIG. Based on this, each functional means in the karaoke system of the present invention will be described in detail.

  First, it demonstrates based on the karaoke performance apparatus (P) which comprised the karaoke system of this invention shown in FIG. The karaoke performance device (P) is mainly composed of a central control means (1) for comprehensively controlling the entire karaoke system including the karaoke system of the present invention, and various devices connected thereto. That is, the central control means (1) includes a communication control means (12) for controlling communication with the karaoke host device, a duet music registration means (13), a music information display means (15), and the like. In addition to comprehensively controlling these, the hard disk (2), RAM (3), sound source (5), mixer (6), sound system (7), PCM decoder (8), MPEG decoder (10), synthesis A circuit (11), an ID card reading / writing device (4) which is a user ID identification means, and the like are connected.

  Here, the components of the karaoke performance device (P) will be described in detail. First, the sound source (5) forms a musical sound signal in accordance with the performance data input by the music sequencer processing in the sequencer (14) executed by the central control means (1). The formed musical sound signal is input to a mixer (6), which mixes a plurality of musical sound signals generated by the sound source (5), a karaoke microphone (M), and an A / D converter (9). The input user's singing voice signal is mixed with an appropriate balance. The mixed digital audio signal is input to the sound system (7). This sound system (7) includes a power amplifier, converts an input digital signal into an analog signal and amplifies it, and emits a musical sound and a singing voice from a speaker (S).

  The video data (18) recorded on the hard disk (2) is encoded in the MPEG format, and is reproduced by a background video reproduction means (not shown) executed by the central control means (1) and read out. To the MPEG decoder (10). The MPEG decoder (10) converts the input MPEG data into an NTSC video signal and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (11). The synthesis circuit (11) displays lyrics telop and scoring on the background video signal. The synthesized video signal is displayed on the display means (D1).

  The sequencer (14) reads the performance data (17) associated with the music code (16) recorded on the hard disk (2). Of course, in the present invention, the performance data (17) includes a number of duet songs. The sequencer (14) is mainly composed of a music sequencer and a lyrics sequencer. The music sequencer reads track data such as performance data tracks and guide melody tracks in the performance data, and controls the sound source (5) with this data. While performing the karaoke music performance, the lyrics sequencer has character pattern creation means, reads the data of the lyrics track in the performance data, creates the image pattern of the lyrics telop based on this data, This is output to the synthesis circuit (11).

  The duet music registration means (13) links the user ID to the duet music that can be sung by any user, including pre-registered gender information belonging to the user ID, and stores the duet music. It has a function of registering in the duet music registration unit (19), and the user ID identification means (4) and the remote control device (R) are used to recognize the identification of the user ID and the login to the system. The The remote control device (R) of the present embodiment requires a dedicated gantry (not shown) for charging the built-in secondary battery, and a user ID identifying means (4) is attached to the dedicated gantry. . The user ID identification means of this embodiment is an ID card reading / writing device equipped with a non-contact IC module, and identifies the user ID linked to the card ID. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a mobile phone with an IC function in which an IC module is built in a mobile phone, a mobile phone having a blue tooth mechanism as a short-range wireless communication means, or a password User ID identification means having a mechanism that relies on a biometric identification function such as an input device or a fingerprint or voiceprint may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a user interface mainly composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD; D2) having a touch sensor laminated thereon is provided on the front surface of the remote control device (R) of this embodiment, and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) is provided. The search function is realized by providing an environment, searching a music index database (not shown) through dialogue through the GUI environment, and displaying the result. Note that a LAN port (not shown) is provided at a predetermined lower part on the back surface, and various data are transmitted to the karaoke performance apparatus via the LAN connection cable.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a display screen of a login / logout instruction for each user using the user interface of the remote controller (R). This display screen is provided with an icon row (20) with a face photo for each user, a “login” icon (21) for logging in to the karaoke system, a “logout” icon (22) for logging out, and the like. It has been. With this remote control device mounted on the above-described dedicated frame, first, after selecting the “login” icon (21), the ID card reading / writing device (user ID identifying means) attached to the dedicated frame itself By loading the ID card, the user ID associated with the ID card is identified, and at the same time, the login to the system is identified.

  When the login is identified, the user's face photo registered in advance in the karaoke host device or, if not registered in advance, newly registering the user's face photo taken using the digital camera function, A user identification interface is created in which a predetermined icon (20a) with a face photo for each user is posted for each user. When the user-specific icon with face photo (20a) is formed in the user-specific icon with face photo (20), each icon is regarded as the currently logged-in user, and the music information display means (15). Displays predetermined music information based on the user ID so that the music can be selected.

  Here, the registered music management table (T) for each user will be described in detail. When the duet music registration means (13) inputs a duet music that the user can sing by a predetermined operation, the predetermined information is registered in this table (T). FIG. 4 is a conceptual configuration diagram thereof. The registered music management table (T) for each user according to the present embodiment includes a “user ID” field (f1) for specifying a registered user, and gender singing in a duet music registered at the same time indicating the sex of the user. A “gender” field (f2) indicating part classification, a “music code” field (f3) for specifying a registered duet music, a “registration date / time” field (f4) indicating registration date / time, and the like are included. . Based on this table (T), the music information display means (15) shown in FIG. 1 is registered in the duet music registration unit (19) linked to the currently logged-in user ID. From the information described in the “sex” field (f2), the male singing part is considered to be sung for males and the female singing part is considered to be female for females. When there is a music piece registered in the section, information on the corresponding music piece is displayed so that the music piece can be selected.

  Hereinafter, based on the duet music display procedure explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 5, the duet music introduction screen example shown in FIG. 6, and the duet music search screen example shown in FIG. The display of the music selection information of the relevant music will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 5, user a (male), user b (female), user c (female), user d (male), user e (female), user f (male) 6 When a user is in a group of men and women, it does not extract songs that do not exist in the duet registration part or songs that have only one singing part in the duet song held by men and women. When there is a song registered in each user's duet song registration unit for any of the song parts, specifically, as song registration information, the song a is a male song part for user a, user e, and user A. The duet music registration part of user f is recorded, the duet music registration part of user c and user d is recorded for female song part, and the duet music of user a and user e for music B The registration part is recorded, The duet music registration part of the user b is recorded as the sex song part, and the duet registration part of the user d as the male song part is recorded for the music C, and the duet music registration part of the user c as the female song part Since there are users who have registered both male and female singing parts, the music information display means determines that these are duets that can be sung within this group, and these duets A, B, C is extracted and information related to it is displayed so that the music can be selected.

  Information on duet songs that can be sung is introduced to the user as recommended music between music performances, or information defined in various categories is incorporated into search engines, for example. Is displayed so that it can be done efficiently. As the display timing and display format, specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the display means (D1) for displaying the background video and the lyrics telop, as the introduction information of the recommended music before and after the music performance, The title is “Recommended Duet Song”, and each song name, song code, and song information (23) including the male name and female name of this group that can sing are displayed, and the user uses the song code of the desired duet song. Then, the music can be selected based on a predetermined music selection operation. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, a predetermined search screen having “due singable songs” as a search item (24) is displayed on the LCD (D2) attached to the remote control device in accordance with a user instruction. On the screen, a list of duet songs (25) that can be sung in this group is displayed, and the user selects a desired duet song from the song selection icon (25a) with the song name and artist name. It is configured so that it can be selected.

  Hereinafter, based on the overall configuration diagram of the karaoke system of the present invention including the karaoke host device shown in FIG. 8 and the block configuration diagram of the karaoke host device shown in FIG. 9, the technique according to claim 2 of the present invention will be described. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the karaoke system of the present embodiment mainly includes karaoke performance devices (P, P) provided in each of a plurality of karaoke rooms (K, K...) Installed in a karaoke box store. ...), and a router on the in-store LAN connected via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) managed by a karaoke provider on the Internet (Ni) via a communication line (N) such as ADSL or ISDN. It consists of a karaoke host device (H) for a karaoke system. Each karaoke performance device (P) communicates with the karaoke host device (H) by connecting to the store LAN and VPN via the network interface. For example, the duet music registration information sent from the host device (H) is received, the content of the duet music registration unit is changed, and the performance data collected on the karaoke performance device (P) side is the host device. To (H).

  Specifically, in this embodiment, a LAN based on 100BASE-T standard Ethernet (registered trademark) is laid in the store, and each karaoke performance device (P) on the LAN is connected to the Internet (Ni ) The above VPN is connected to the karaoke host device (H). TCP / IP is also used for communication between computers on the LAN, and the router uses each built-in DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server function to connect each karaoke performance device (P) connected to the LAN. An IP address is assigned to each table, and a table in which the MAC (Media Access Control) address of each performance device (P) is associated with the IP address is created and stored.

  As described above, each karaoke performance device (P) is accompanied by a karaoke remote control device (R) having a music search function. With this remote control device (R), the user can use a karaoke performance device by an infrared signal. A desired performance reservation command is transmitted to (P). The remote control device (R) of this embodiment requires a dedicated stand (C) for charging the built-in secondary battery. The dedicated stand (C) identifies the user ID in addition to the charging means. In addition, user ID identifying means for identifying the login of the user is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the karaoke host device (H) in this embodiment is similar to the karaoke performance device in that the central control means (31) that controls the entire device and a hard disk for recording various information. (33) and the like, and any karaoke performance device (P) connected to the host device (H) can communicate with each karaoke performance device at an appropriate timing via the communication control interface (30). User information logged in is sent at (P). The duet music registration means (32) links the user ID (34a) to the registered music management table (T) for each user provided in the duet music registration unit (34) in the hard disk (33). To register a duet song. According to this configuration, the duet music registration information for each user can be provided and reflected on any karaoke performance device connected to the host device, and the service can be returned. The surface is greatly improved.

  As described above in detail, according to the karaoke system of the present invention, when using karaoke in a group of men and women, based on the currently logged-in user ID, from the duet song registration section of each gender singing part When there is a song registered in the registration part for both male and female singing parts, information on the corresponding music can be displayed so that it is possible to select a duet music that can be sung within this group. Can introduce and search.

The block block diagram of the karaoke performance apparatus which comprised the karaoke system of this invention. The front perspective view of the remote control device accompanying a karaoke performance apparatus. Interface display screen for user login / logout instructions. The conceptual block diagram of the registration music management table classified by user. Explanatory drawing of a duet music display procedure. An example of an introduction screen for a duet song. The duet music search screen example diagram. The whole block diagram of the karaoke system of this invention including a karaoke host apparatus. The block block diagram of a karaoke host apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,31 Central control means 2,33 Hard disk 4 User ID identification means 13, 32 Duet music registration means 15 Music information display means 19, 34 Duet music registration part 19a, 34a User ID
T Registered music management table by user D1, D2 Display means P Karaoke performance device H Karaoke host device

Claims (2)

For a duet song that holds a plurality of duet songs and can be sung by any user, including the previously registered gender information belonging to the user ID, the user ID is linked and the duet song is duet user to identify the duet song registering means for registering at the music registration unit, and the music information display means for music selection can display a predetermined music information, the user ID are logged in to the system A system comprising ID identifying means and central control means for controlling these functional means in an integrated manner;
The music information display means refers to the gender information linked to the currently logged-in user ID in the duet music registration unit among the plurality of held duet music, and male singing if male It is characterized by associating a part, if a female, a female singing part is associated, and if there is a song that is registered in the registration unit for both male and female singing parts, information on the corresponding music is displayed so as to be selectable. Karaoke system to do. The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the duet music registration unit and the duet music registration means are installed in a karaoke host device connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device via a network.

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