JP4423212B2 - 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 associate the user ID with respect to the duet music sung by an arbitrary user based on pre-registered gender information belonging to the user ID, and the duet. Record the singing history of the singing part by gender of the song, and in the singing history linked to the currently logged-in user ID, if there is a song in which both male and female singing parts are recorded in the singing history, It has been found that the above problem can be solved by providing a system for displaying information related to the corresponding music so that the music can be selected, and the karaoke system of the present invention has been conceived.

That is, the karaoke system according to claim 1 of the present invention holds a plurality of duet songs, and a user ID identifying means for identifying a user ID logged in to the system and an arbitrary user singing. For a duet song, based on previously registered gender information belonging to the user ID of the arbitrary user, the user ID is linked, and the singing history of the gender-specific singing part of the duet song is a predetermined song. and user-specific gender singing history recording means for recording at history recording unit, among the plurality of duet songs which the held, for gender singing part of each song, identified with the user ID identifying means In the singing history recorded in the singing history recording unit linked to the user ID of the currently logged-in user, the schedule belonging to the user ID Based on gender information registered, if there is a song recorded in the singing part also the singing history recording unit of any gender, and music information display means for music selection can display information about the corresponding song, Central control means for controlling these function means in an integrated manner is provided.

The karaoke system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the singing history recording unit and the gender-specific singing history recording means for each user are network-connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device. It is installed in a karaoke host device.

  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 singing history of each gender based on the singing history of each gender singing part. When there is a song recorded in the singing history of the part, the information about the corresponding song is displayed so that the song can be selected, so that the duet song that can be sung in this group can be suitably introduced and searched. Play.

  According to the karaoke system of claim 2 of the present invention, the karaoke host device in which the singing history recording unit of the gender-specific singing part and the gender-specific singing history recording unit of the user are network-connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device. The singing history of the singing part by gender for each user can be collected from any karaoke performance device connected to the karaoke host device, and the information can be reflected in any karaoke performance device. Even if it exists, since the service can be returned, there is an effect that the service side by using the system to the user is greatly improved.

  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. Based on the front perspective view of the remote control device attached to the performance device, the interface display screen for user login / logout instruction shown in FIG. 3, and the conceptual configuration diagram of the singing history management table shown in FIG. Each functional means in the karaoke system of the 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 user-specific gender-specific singing history recording means (13), and a music information display means (15). ) And the like, and these are controlled in a centralized manner, and the hard disk (2), RAM (3), sound source (5), mixer (6), sound system (7), PCM decoder (8), MPEG decoder (10) A synthesizing circuit (11), an ID card reading / writing device (4), which is a user ID identification means, 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 duets. 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, 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 user-specific gender-specific singing history recording means (13) associates the user ID with respect to a duet song sung by an arbitrary user based on pre-registered gender information belonging to the user ID. , Which has a function of recording the singing history of the gender-specific singing part of the duet music in a predetermined recording unit. In order to recognize the identification of the user ID and the login to the system, the user ID identifying means ( 4) and the remote control device (R) are used. 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 the present 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. Therefore, in the present embodiment, before or after selecting the user-specific icon with face photo (20a), when an arbitrary user reserves and registers a song and performs the song, the song becomes a duet song. In the case of, from the registered gender information of the user included in each user attribute database (not shown) that has been built in advance, singing male singing part for men and female for women As a singing part of the singing part, the singing history management table (T) provided in the singing history recording unit (19) shown in FIG. 1 and the user ID (19a) and predetermined information linked thereto are provided. Record. 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 singing history management table (T) will be described in detail. The user-specific gender-specific singing history recording means (13) records predetermined information in this table (T) when a duet music accompanied by a reserved user ID is played, but FIG. FIG. The singing history management table (T) of the present embodiment represents a “user ID” field (f1) for specifying the singer who sang, the gender registered in advance, and at the same time, the gender singing in the sung duet music. It consists of a “sex” field (f2) indicating part classification, a “music code” field (f3) for specifying a duet song that has been sung, a “song date” field (f4) indicating the date and time of singing, and the like. . On the basis of this table (T), the music information display means (15) shown in FIG. 1 uses the male and female singing parts of each musical piece in the singing history associated with the currently logged-in user ID. When there is a song recorded in the song history recording unit (19), the information about the corresponding song is displayed so that the song 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 In the case of a user in a group of men and women, we do not extract songs that are not in the singing history or songs that only have one of the singing parts of the duet song held by both men and women. When there is a song recorded in the singing history of each user, the singing part is specifically, from the singing history information, for the song A, the male singing part of the user a, the user e, and the user f. The singing history is recorded, the singing history of user c and user d is recorded for female singing part, the singing history of user a and user e is recorded for musical piece B, and the female singing part is recorded for female singing part. User b's singing history is recorded and When the singing history of the user d is recorded for the male singing part and the singing history of the user c is recorded for the female singing part, there are users who sang both male and female singing parts. The music information display means determines that the song is a duet song that can be sung within this group, extracts these duet songs A, B, and C, and displays information related to the selected song.

  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. To be able to 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 performance data collected by the karaoke performance device (P) by receiving the singing history information of the gender-specific singing part sent from the host device (H) and changing the content of the singing history recording unit. To the host device (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). Based on the performance data to which the user ID sung in (P) is attached, the user-specific gender-specific singing history recording means (32) is provided in the singing history recording unit (34) in the hard disk (33). Along with the user ID (34a), the predetermined information associated with this is recorded in the singing history management table (T). According to this configuration, the singing history of the gender-specific singing part for each user can be collected from any karaoke performance device connected to the host device, the information can be reflected, and any karaoke performance device can be used. Since the service can be reduced, the service aspect of the user by using the system 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, If any song part has a song recorded in the song history, it is possible to preferably introduce or search duet songs that can be sung in this group by displaying information related to that song so that the song can be selected. .

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 a song history management table. 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 Singing history recording means according to gender according to user 15 Music information display means 19, 34 Singing history recording section 19a, 34a User ID
T Singing history management table D1, D2 Display means P Karaoke performance device R Remote control device H Karaoke host device

Claims (2)

A user ID identifying means for identifying a user ID that holds a plurality of duet songs and is logged in to the system, and a duet song sung by an arbitrary user is assigned to the user ID of the arbitrary user. Based on the gender information registered in advance, the user ID is linked, and the singing history of the duet song of the gender singing part is recorded in a predetermined singing history recording unit by gender. The singing history recording means and the user ID of the currently logged-in user identified by the user ID identifying means for the gender-specific singing part of each song among the held duet songs. In the singing history recorded in the attached singing history recording section, based on the previously registered gender information belonging to the user ID, any gender singing par If there are songs are also recorded in the singing history recording unit, a central control unit for centrally controlling the music information display means for music selection can display information about the corresponding song, these functional means A karaoke system characterized by comprising: The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the singing history recording unit and the user-specific gender-specific singing history recording means are installed in a karaoke host device connected to a predetermined karaoke performance device via a network.

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