JP4477394B2 - Karaoke system and remote control device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to Calao poppy stem, more particularly, it consists of a karaoke remote control device having a two-way communication function with the karaoke apparatus and the karaoke apparatus, based on the karaoke music information played reserved from a remote control device Related to karaoke performances.

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

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

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

  Therefore, the applicant, when reserving karaoke music, when the same music as the karaoke music selected from the remote control device to the karaoke device is reserved and registered, if the same music as the music to be reserved is already reserved In addition, we are developing a karaoke performance reservation system that can display that fact on the remote control device, but the person who is trying to make a reservation confirms that the same song is not reserved and performs the reservation operation In the meantime, it turned out that there was a problem that other people might have reserved the same song.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to always provide Calao poppy stem without so they can confirm the latest reservation status.

The invention is described below.
Callao poppy stem 1000 of the present invention according to claim 1:
A karaoke device comprising a plurality of remote control devices and a karaoke device for creating performance song management data based on the music selection reservation information received from the remote control device and registering it in a performance song management table in a predetermined storage device to perform karaoke performance. a poppy stem,
The karaoke device
Reservation status information creating means for creating reservation status information based on registration information of the performance song management table when performance song management data is registered in the performance song management table ;
When reservation status information is created by the reservation status information creating means, reservation status information transmitting means for transmitting the reservation status information to each of the plurality of remote control devices;
Have
Each of the plurality of remote control devices,
An operation unit for key-in various information;
A display unit for displaying various types of information;
When the reservation status information is received, use state inspection means for checking whether or not the remote control is being displayed on the display unit in response to a key input from the operation unit;
When it is determined by the use state inspection means that the remote control is being used, a reservation status update mark indicating that the reservation status information has been received is displayed on the display unit regardless of key input from the operation unit, and the remote control is used. Reservation status display means for displaying the reservation status information on the display unit regardless of key input from the operation unit when it is determined that it is not in a state;
Having
Callao poppy stem, characterized in that.

Callao poppy stem 1000 of the present invention according to claim 2:
In claim 1,
The performance song management table has an identification information item that identifies a remote control device that is a transmission source of music selection reservation information, and the reservation status information creation means creates reservation status information so as to include registration information of the identification information item.
Callao poppy stem, characterized in that.

The remote controller 100 for karaoke of the present invention according to claim 3:
The remote controller Calao poppy stem according to claim 1 or claim 2.

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

According to Calao poppy stem according to the present invention, when the reservation of karaoke music from one remote control device, it is possible to confirm the reservation status of the karaoke music singer tries reservation on the display screen of the plurality of remote control devices each, Once confirmed, the latest reservation status can always be displayed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

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

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

  Reference numeral 1 denotes a communication karaoke apparatus. Reference numeral 2 denotes a CPU unit that controls the entire karaoke apparatus 1. In addition to the microprocessor, a ROM 2 a for storing a program for starting the karaoke apparatus 1 and a plurality of flag areas necessary for control are provided. It comprises a RAM 2b that temporarily stores data and the like, and performs control of various input / output devices, memory management, data processing, and the like.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation unit, which includes various keys and switches for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes a display unit, which includes an LCD, an LED, and the like that display information necessary for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1 to the operator (for example, a warning display).

  8 is a main storage device, which is composed of a rewritable storage medium such as a hard disk, semiconductor memory, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and DVD-RAM, and a read-only storage medium, and a program for confirming / notifying the reservation status of the music performance The music data captured by the modem 14 is stored under various control programs such as the above, background video data, and control of the CPU. The management information storage unit of the main storage device 8 stores information necessary for managing the stored music data as a management table. For each song, the song number and the date (year / month) stored are stored. Date) and information indicating the number of times of music selection since storage.

  Normally, the music data is stored in a compressed state so as not to reduce the storage capacity of the main storage device 8 as much as possible. The music data is not only taken in at the request of the user of the karaoke device 1 but also automatically taken in a time zone where the karaoke device 1 is not frequently used, such as at night.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a musical composition information storage unit, which is generally composed of a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory that can be rewritten and accessed at high speed, and is a karaoke musical piece received from the remote control device 100 and reserved for performance under the control of the CPU unit. , Identification information for identifying the remote control devices 100a, 100b,... Reserved for performance, information indicating whether or not the performance-reserved karaoke music has been played, and karaoke music within a predetermined number of songs Information indicating whether or not the karaoke music piece has been played within a predetermined time is stored.

  A performance data storage unit 12 is generally composed of a rewriteable and high-speed accessible storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, and is read from the main storage device 8 under the control of the CPU unit 2. Store music data in a decompressed state.

  Reference numeral 16 denotes an external video reproduction apparatus, which is a widely used VTR, video CD player, LD player, and recently, a moving picture element group (MPEG) player, a digital video disk (DVD) player, and the like. Under the control of the unit 2, a video signal is reproduced and output from video data recorded on a video tape or various disks as recording media.

  A modem 14 converts music data transmitted from the host computer via a network (an analog communication line such as a telephone line or a digital communication line such as an ADSL or optical line) into a signal usable by the computer. This music data is data necessary for reproducing karaoke music, and is composed of control data and performance data. The control data is composed of, for example, lyric video data indicating the lyrics of a performance song composed of character information, color change information, genre information, etc., information indicating the number of start and end clocks of the chorus of the karaoke song, and the performance data. The data is composed of performance music data which is MIDI data coded based on the MIDI standard.

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a superimpose unit, to which the CPU unit 2 supplies character information, color change information, and the like in lyrics video data obtained by searching for music data stored in the performance data storage unit 14. The superimpose unit 18 also receives a background video signal supplied by playing back the background video data stored in the main storage unit 8 according to an instruction from the CPU unit 2 or a background supplied from the external video playback device 16. The video signal is combined with the lyric video based on the lyric video data indicating the lyrics of the music to be played, and output to the video display unit 20 described later.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a video display unit, which is a display device capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of videos on a plurality of windows, such as wide TVs and monitor TVs that have been widely spread recently. The video display unit 20 includes a plurality of video display devices 1 to N, and each video display device simultaneously displays a video based on the video signal input from the superimposing unit 18.
Reference numeral 24 denotes a MIDI sound source unit, which is supplied with MIDI data in the music data stored in the performance data storage unit 14 by the CPU unit 2 and outputs the MIDI data as a performance music signal by the function of the electronic musical instrument.

  A mixer / amplifier unit 26 synthesizes and amplifies the performance music signal output from the MIDI sound source unit 24 and the signal of the singer's singing voice captured by the microphone 28, and outputs the result to the speaker 30. Play music and singer's voice as audible sound.

  Reference numeral 32 denotes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the remote control devices 100a, 100b,..., And adopts Bluetooth technology as a wireless communication method in this embodiment.

  100a, 100b, 100c,... Are remote control devices for karaoke, and as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, a wireless communication unit for performing bidirectional communication with the wireless communication unit 32 of the karaoke device 1. 110, and in this embodiment, a Bluetooth technology is employed as a wireless communication system.

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

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

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

  Next, the performance reservation status information display operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 for the operation of the karaoke performance reservation system 1000 comprising the karaoke device 1 and the remote control device 100 according to the present invention configured as described above.

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

  When the karaoke apparatus 1 receives the music selection reservation information R (S1), the karaoke apparatus 1 temporarily stores in the RAM 2b the music number data of the received performance music and the identification information ID of the remote controller 100 (S2).

  Then, the CPU unit 2 has played the karaoke song reservation number data, the karaoke song reservation time data, and the karaoke song to be added to the next reserved song stored in the RAM 2b in the song number data of the performance song. Performance completion data indicating whether or not is added and stored in the musical composition information storage unit 10 (S3).

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of performance music management data stored in the performance music information storage section 10 by the CPU section 2.

  In the CPU unit 2, for example, the song number data of the inputted performance music is “A-0100”, the identification information ID of the remote control device is “100a”, and the reservation number data stored in the RAM 2b is reserved first. If it is “100”, which means that the song is the 100th song, “13:40”, which is the reserved time read from the timer as reserved time data, and that karaoke music is not played as performance completion data. "No" is created and used as performance song management data.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of a performance song management table stored in the performance song information storage unit 10. FIG. 5A shows a state before the performance music management data is registered, and FIG. 5B shows a state after the performance music management data is registered.

In the performance song management table of FIG. 5A, 99 songs with song numbers A-0001 to A-0099 are registered at times indicated by the reservation times in the order indicated by the reservation numbers, and A-0001 to A-0096. 96 pieces of music have already been played, and three pieces from A-0097 to A-0099 are waiting to be played. The identification information ID “100a” is stored in the remote control device 100.
a indicates that the performance has been reserved, and the identification information ID “100b” is the remote control device 100b.
The identification information ID “100c” indicates that the performance is reserved from the remote control device 100c.

  When the CPU unit registers the performance music management data in the performance music management table shown in FIG. 5 (A), the performance music management table is in the state shown in FIG. 5 (B). It means that four songs from -0097 to A-0100 are waiting for performance.

  However, when registering the musical composition management data, the CPU section determines whether or not to register the musical composition depending on which reservation registration mode is used (S4).

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

  In the reservation number mode, it is determined whether or not the same music exists within a predetermined number of music registered in the past based on the reservation number data. However, the data giving the predetermined number of songs is input by the user of the apparatus by operating the operation unit 4 or stored as a default value in the main storage unit 8.

For example, if the data for giving a predetermined number of songs is “10 songs”, the CPU section will have a reservation number “
It is determined whether or not the same song is present among the 10 songs 90 to 99 "(S5). If the same song does not exist, the CPU section registers the song in the performance song management table. (S6) (see FIG. 5B).

  Then, the information registered in the musical composition management table is transmitted as reservation status information to each remote control device 100a, b, c (S7). The reservation status information to be transmitted to the remote control device 100 may be all information registered in the performance song management table, but an unplayed song, a past predetermined song (for example, 10 songs), or a past predetermined time ( For example, a song played for 30 minutes may be extracted and transmitted as reservation status information.

  If it is determined in S5 that the same song exists in the past predetermined song, the song is temporarily held without registering (S8), and warning information W indicating that fact is transmitted to the remote control device 100. (S9). Note that the warning information W in this case includes the identification information ID of the remote control device that has been reserved for performance, indicating that the same song is present among the 10 songs reserved for performance.

  When receiving the reservation status information (S110), the remote control device 100 stores the received reservation status information in the RAM 130b (S112). The reservation status information R is overwritten and stored by the storage, and the reservation status information is updated.

  If the user is not using the remote control device 100 for a music search operation or the like (S114), the stored reservation status information is displayed on the display unit 140 (S120). If the remote controller 100 is in use (S114), a reservation status update mark is displayed on the display unit 140 (S116). By displaying the reservation status update mark, the user can know that the reservation status information has been updated even when the remote controller 100 is being used for a request operation or the like. When the user instructs display of the reservation status information (S118), the reservation status information is displayed on the display unit 140 (S120).

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the scope of claims for patent and all modifications within the scope.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the karaoke performance reservation system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the remote control apparatus for karaoke which concerns on this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the karaoke performance reservation system which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the performance music management data memorize | stored in the performance music information storage part. It is a conceptual diagram of the performance music management table which the performance music information storage part 10 memorize | stores.

Explanation of symbols

1 Karaoke device 2 CPU section 2a ROM
2b RAM
4 Operation Unit 6 Display Unit 8 Main Storage Device 10 Performance Music Information Storage Unit 12 Performance Data Storage Unit 14 Modem 16 External Video Playback Device 18 Superimpose Unit 20 Video Display Unit 24 MIDI Sound Source Unit 26 Mixer / Amplifier Unit 30 Speaker 32 Wireless Communication unit 1000 Karaoke performance reservation system 100 Karaoke remote controller 110 Wireless communication unit 120 Operation unit 130 CPU unit 140 Display unit

Claims (3)

A karaoke device comprising a plurality of remote control devices and a karaoke device for creating performance song management data based on the music selection reservation information received from the remote control device and registering it in a performance song management table in a predetermined storage device to perform karaoke performance. a poppy stem,
The karaoke device
Reservation status information creating means for creating reservation status information based on registration information of the performance song management table when performance song management data is registered in the performance song management table ;
When reservation status information is created by the reservation status information creating means, reservation status information transmitting means for transmitting the reservation status information to each of the plurality of remote control devices;
Have
Each of the plurality of remote control devices,
An operation unit for key-in various information;
A display unit for displaying various types of information;
When the reservation status information is received, use state inspection means for checking whether or not the remote control is being displayed on the display unit in response to a key input from the operation unit;
When it is determined by the use state inspection means that the remote control is being used, a reservation status update mark indicating that the reservation status information has been received is displayed on the display unit regardless of key input from the operation unit, and the remote control is used. Reservation status display means for displaying the reservation status information on the display unit regardless of key input from the operation unit when it is determined that it is not in a state;
Having
Callao poppy stem, characterized in that. In claim 1,
The performance song management table has an identification information item that identifies a remote control device that is a transmission source of music selection reservation information, and the reservation status information creation means creates reservation status information so as to include registration information of the identification information item.
Callao poppy stem, characterized in that. The remote controller Calao poppy stem according to claim 1 or claim 2.

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