JP4489732B2 - Karaoke music reservation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a reservation system for playing a karaoke piece desired by a user on a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly to a system for registering a piece of music in a reservation queue for sequentially playing karaoke pieces.

  Normally, a karaoke apparatus incorporates a reservation system for registering in a reservation queue for sequentially playing karaoke music that the user has instructed to select. Specifically, the user selects a desired piece of music using a remote control device attached to the device, and performs a predetermined transmission operation. When the music selection signal is received by the receiving unit, it is transferred to the central control unit via the operation control unit coupled to the operation panel.

  When the central control unit receives a song selection number of a karaoke piece instructed by a user interface such as a remote control device or an operation panel, the central control unit stores the number in a RAM according to the input order, thereby waiting for a reservation process for a performance process. Manage as a matrix. The central control unit picks up the music IDs in the performance order from the reservation queue, extracts the corresponding music generation data and lyrics rendering data from the hard disk device, and processes them.

  Now, when selecting a karaoke piece desired by the user, conventionally, the user selects the song number while looking at the table of contents and inputs the number on the remote control unit or the operation panel of the main unit or uses a search engine attached to the remote control unit. Then, a predetermined transmission operation is performed for the searched music. However, in any case, it becomes an instruction to select one song at a time, and it is very troublesome to perform such an operation especially when it is desired to sing a large number of songs. In recent years, the number of karaoke songs installed in the karaoke apparatus has become enormous, and even though search engines have been prepared, the burden of finding music is also a burden on the user.

  In view of such problems, a technique has been conceived in which it is not necessary to instruct the music selection for each piece of music, the desired music pieces are registered in advance and the music selection instructions can be given in a batch. For example, in Patent Document 1, when a user reserves a desired song, music selection numbers of a plurality of songs to be reserved are temporarily stored in the storage unit of the electronic sample, and these data are stored in the electronic sample by a reservation operation. A technique is disclosed in which all of the music is read out from the data and transferred to a device called a karaoke commander, and a plurality of music can be instructed simultaneously by a single operation.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a portable storage medium possessed by a user is connected to a pre-registration device, a music selection number of a desired song is input and written in the portable storage medium, and the portable storage medium is used when using karaoke. By removing the medium and connecting it to a reservation device attached to the karaoke device, the music selection number stored in the portable storage medium is read and sequentially transmitted to the karaoke device. At this time, the music selection numbers can also be transmitted in a batch.

  As described above, in the inventions of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, since the music can be selected in a lump, it is very convenient because the user can efficiently search from the desired music to the performance.

  Furthermore, in the recent karaoke music reservation system, as described in Patent Document 3, if a predetermined procedure is followed, the user ID and the music selection number are given to the user confirmed by the user ID acquisition means. Can be instructed by multiplexing the music selection signal. That is, at present, a mechanism has been established so that who knows which music has been reserved and registered.

  For example, using such a mechanism, when a reservation queue is disclosed on a predetermined display, there is a system that displays a face photo or name associated with a user ID for each registered item. . Therefore, if there are multiple users who make a batch reservation and share the same karaoke device, for example, it is assumed that the songs are registered in the reservation queue all at once or alternately so that there is no bias toward one user. In addition, since it is configured so that it can be understood which music is due to which user's music selection, confusion at the time of singing can be avoided.

  However, even if a user can instruct music selection in a lump, not all users of a single karaoke device are necessarily all lump-reservation users, and many users of normal reservations often share. In this case, if the music selection instruction is given in a lump, the music desired by the user will be in a dumpling state in the reservation queue, and the singing of the user of the lump reservation will continue. It will be annoying.

In the above prior art, assuming such a case, a configuration is also disclosed in which a song selection instruction can be sequentially given from the batch music registration unit. In this case, although there is no time to search for a desired song, Thus, the music cannot be registered, and the user must instruct the music selection one by one while confirming the music selection status of the normally reserved user, and eventually it takes time to perform a predetermined transmission operation.
JP-A-8-185194 JP-A-9-190192 JP-A-11-95777

  Therefore, the present invention enables the user to instruct the music selection in a lump without requiring any trouble, and even when the same karaoke apparatus is shared with the user who gives the normal music selection instruction, It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke song reservation system that allows a user to efficiently select a song without inconvenience and without any effort.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems, it has a user ID acquisition means, a collective music selection means, a time measurement means, and a reservation registration means, and the user ID acquisition means acquires a user ID to identify individual users, The collective music selection means registers the music previously selected by the user by associating the user ID for each user with the predetermined user-specific collective music registration unit, and the time measurement means starts from a single music selection instruction. The time until the next music selection instruction is measured, and the reservation registration means follows the user's music selection instruction if the measurement value of the time measurement means is less than a predetermined reference value, while the measurement value of the time measurement means is predetermined. When the set reference value is reached, an arbitrary piece of music is automatically extracted from the user-by-user batch music registration unit, and music selection is instructed, and the music selection number is registered in the reservation queue. More preferably, when there are a plurality of user-specific batch music registration units, a karaoke music reservation system has been conceived that extracts arbitrary music from each music registration unit sequentially or alternately without being biased to one music registration unit. .

That is, the karaoke song reservation system according to claim 1 of the present invention is a reservation system for registering in a reservation queue for sequentially playing karaoke songs instructed by a user, and a user ID acquisition means and a collective music selection means. And a time measuring means and a reservation registering means,
(A) User ID acquisition means acquires a user ID and identifies each user,
(B) The collective music selection means registers the music selected by the user in advance by associating a user ID for each user with the predetermined collective music registration unit for each user.
(C) The time measuring means measures the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction, and resets the measurement counter to the initial value for each music selection instruction.
(D) The reservation registration means performs the following processing 1 or processing 2,
Process 1: If the measured value of the time measuring means is less than a predetermined reference value, the music selection number is registered in the reservation queue according to the music selection instruction of the user,
Process 2: When the measured value of the time measuring means reaches a predetermined reference value, an arbitrary piece of music is automatically extracted from the user-by-user batch music registration unit, and a music selection instruction is given. Is registered in the reservation queue.

  Furthermore, in the karaoke music reservation system according to claim 2 of the present invention, when there are a plurality of user-specific batch music registration units when extracting music in the process 2 of the reservation registration means, the karaoke music reservation system is biased to one music registration unit. Rather, it is characterized in that arbitrary music is extracted sequentially or alternately from each music registration unit.

  According to the karaoke music reservation system according to claim 1 of the present invention, the time measuring means measures the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction, and the reservation registration means is based on the measurement value of the time measurement means. Since it is determined whether to accept a normal music selection instruction or a music selection instruction for a music extracted from the user-specific batch music registration unit, specifically, for example, a normal reservation user who is not a user of a bulk reservation If there is no user, the batch music registration section will automatically instruct the music selection sequentially, but if there is a normal reservation user, the “common-sense time” (from the search for music to the music selection instruction) ( For example, within 2 to 3 minutes), a normal music selection instruction is accepted, and a normal reservation user can hardly find the desired music, the feeling of singing disappears and the music selection instruction is not performed, or If you are waiting for the order of music selection instructions by a batch reservation user for use within a friend, these are judged as “common-sense outside hours”, and in that case, the batch music for each user A music piece is automatically selected from the registration unit.

  Therefore, if there are no regular reservation users, the user of the bulk reservation can be sung in succession without having to take any trouble, and can continue to sing, and the normal reservation user Even if the user is present, there is an effect that the user can instruct the music selection efficiently without causing any trouble to the user of the normal reservation.

  Furthermore, according to the karaoke music reservation system according to claim 2 of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, when there are a plurality of user-specific batch music registration units, each music registration unit is not biased to one music registration unit. Thus, by extracting arbitrary music pieces sequentially or alternately, there is an effect that users of the batch reservation can enjoy singing fairly without any bias.

  Hereinafter, the karaoke music reservation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to preferred embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus equipped with a karaoke music reservation system according to claim 1. The karaoke apparatus (P) in this embodiment is mainly composed of a central control means (2), various functional means connected thereto, a hard disk (HDD) (4), and the like. Here, each component in a karaoke apparatus (P) is demonstrated. First, the communication control means (12) is for controlling communication with a karaoke host apparatus performed via a network communication line such as an ADSL line, ISDN line, or general line. The user ID acquisition means (3) acquires the user ID (25) and identifies the user. As will be described later, for example, an ID card R / W (read / write device) or the like is used. Use the interface. When the user who has logged in with the user ID (25) performs a predetermined operation process once by the user ID acquisition means (3), the user is specified. The user ID can be stored in both the flash memory (not shown) of the remote control device (R) and the hard disk (4).

  Next, the voice generation process will be described. The sound source (6) is input by the processing of the sequencer (14) executed by the central control means (2), and the digital mixer (7) receives a plurality of musical sound signals generated by the sound source (6) and the karaoke microphone (M) and the A / The singing voice signal of the singer input through the D converter (9) is mixed with an appropriate balance. The mixed digital audio signal is input to the sound system (SS) (8). The sound system (8) 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 signal from a speaker (SP).

  The video data (20) associated with each music code (19) recorded on the hard disk (4) is encoded in MPEG format, and background video playback means (illustrated) executed by the central control means (2). (Omitted) performs reproduction processing, reads this, and inputs it to the MPEG decoder (10). This MPEG decoder (10) converts the input MPEG data into NTSC video and inputs it to the synthesis circuit (11). This synthesis circuit (11) synthesizes the telop and scoring OSD on the video signal of the background video. The synthesized video signal is displayed on the display means (main monitor) (D1).

  In addition to the above, the central control means (2) is provided with a collective music selection means (15), a time measurement means (16) and a reservation registration means (17), and the hard disk (4) is provided with a collective for each user. A music registration section (table) (21) is recorded. A measurement counter (23) is connected to the central control means (2).

  The collective music selection means (15) is configured so that a user whose user ID (25) has been acquired by the ID card R / W (3) allows the user to select music pieces to be selected in advance by the user in the remote control device (R). In this case, the selected music piece is linked to the user ID for each user and registered in a predetermined user-specific batch music registration unit (21).

  The time measuring means (16) measures the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction when the user whose user ID is acquired instructs to select karaoke music. Then, the measurement counter (23) is reset to the initial value to start counting.

  Whether the reservation registration means (17) accepts a normal music selection instruction or a music selection instruction of a music recorded in the user-specific batch music registration section (21) based on the measurement value of the time measurement means (16) And according to one of the music selection instructions, the music selection numbers are stored in the RAM (5) as a reservation queue in the order of input.

  The remote control device (R) is a multi-function karaoke remote controller having a music search function or a music reservation function. With this remote control device (R), the user sends a desired performance reservation command to the karaoke device main body by an infrared signal. Forward. For example, when a music code is input by the remote control device (R), it is determined that the request is for karaoke music, and the reservation registration means (17) reserves the performance of the music code in the reservation queue in the RAM (5). .

  FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the remote control device (R), which includes a GUI operation panel (Ra). The remote control device (R) is accompanied by an ID card R / W (3) for acquiring a user ID and specifying the login of the user. This ID card R / W (3) is a device intended for a card equipped with a non-contact IC module, and identifies a user ID linked to the ID card. Of course, in addition to the present embodiment, 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 Bluetooth mechanism as a short-range wireless communication means, a password input device, a fingerprint or a voiceprint A user identification means of a mechanism using a biometric identification function such as the above may be used. In addition, it can communicate with this karaoke apparatus, and also can communicate with a karaoke host apparatus via VPN (Virtual Private Network).

  FIG. 3 is a screen for registering a user ID for logging in to the system. When the user logs in to the system by the user ID acquisition means (3) of the remote control device (R), the user is displayed in the “Customer Member's Gate” screen (26) displayed on the GUI operation panel (Ra). The “gate button” (26a) is formed. Thereafter, when the user selects the “gate button” (26a), a “My Den Moku” screen (27) as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

  FIG. 4 shows the user's “My List (user-specific song selection operation screen)” screen (27), which displays “Myden Moku (user-specific song list)” that records the history of songs sung and favorite songs. Has been. When the user selects a song that the user wants to sing from the “My List”, the performance reservation means (13) shown in FIG. 1 associates the song with the user ID, and the reserved song has a reservation queue. And the music is played. In addition, by clicking on the tag at the top of the screen, you can display the “Scoring Reki” that records the results of the user's singing and the “Batch Reservation List” for making a bulk reservation, which will be described later. Can do.

  Here, the “batch reservation list” will be described. When a user selects a karaoke song, “normal reservation” is generally used in which a desired song is searched by a remote control device and reserved one by one by a predetermined transmission operation. There is a “batch reservation” that allows you to register and register multiple songs at the same time with a single operation. The “batch reservation list” is a list of music pieces that the user wants to select in a batch and that has been registered in advance. The “collective reservation list” can be input by the user using the remote control device (R), or can be input by accessing the server from a personal computer. Moreover, you may comprise so that it may register to a "batch reservation list" automatically based on the log | history of the music which the said user sang.

  As shown in FIG. 5, for example, when four users A to D are logged in to the same karaoke apparatus P, both the “collective reservation” and the “normal reservation” are used for the user A and the user B. “**** _ **” is a music number registered in advance in the batch reservation list by each user. On the other hand, the user C and the user D can only make “normal reservation”.

  FIG. 6 shows an outline of the “batch reservation list”, and is an explanatory diagram of a user-specific batch music registration table. FIG. 5A shows user A and (B) user B's collective music, and the user has previously registered music that the user wants to select at once using the remote control device (R) or personal computer. It is a table which a collective music selection means (15) registers into a user-specific collective music registration part (21) when logging in. The components of the user-specific batch music registration table include a “user ID” field (f1) for specifying a user ID, and a “song name” field (f2) indicating a song name of a batch music selection registered by the user. , And a “music code” field (f3) indicating the music ID. In the table, a predetermined number of songs can be registered for each user.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a storing procedure in the reservation queue in the karaoke reservation system of the present invention. When the user ID is acquired and logged into the karaoke system, the user information of the user is downloaded from the server and recorded in the HDD (4) based on the acquired user ID (step 101). If the user has registered in advance with the batch reservation, the batch music selection means (15) registers the music previously selected by the user into the user-specific batch music registration unit (21) in the HDD (4). To do.

  When the logged-in user instructs to select a desired music (step 102), the time measuring means (16) measures the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction, and the measurement counter (23) for each music selection instruction. Is reset to the initial value and counting is started (step 103). Then, the time measuring means (16) determines whether or not the measurement value of the measurement counter (23) has reached a preset reference value (step 104). This reference value is a “common sense time” required from music search to music selection instruction. In this embodiment, the reference value is “3 minutes”.

  Based on the measurement value of the time measuring means (16), the reservation registering means (17) performs the following process 1 or process 2.

  [Process 1]: When the measured value of the time measuring means (16) is less than the reference value, the process proceeds from Step 104 to Step 105. If there is a music selection instruction of “normal reservation”, “normal reservation” in the order of instruction input. The one music piece is stored in the RAM (5) as a reservation queue (steps 105 → 106).

  [Process 2]: On the other hand, when the measured value of the time measuring means (16) reaches the reference value, or when there is no “normal reservation” music selection instruction in Step 105, the process proceeds to Step 107, respectively. If there is a music selection instruction of “batch reservation”, one piece of music registered in the user-specific batch selection registration unit (21) is automatically extracted, and the music is stored in the RAM (5) as a reservation queue ( Step 107 → 108).

  Then, the central control means 2 sequentially plays the music instructed to select the music according to the reservation queue (step 109). Even if one user is in the middle of playing a song, if any user selects a new song, the song for which the song selection is instructed by “Normal Reservation” or “Batch Reservation” as described above is awaiting reservation at any time. It is stored in a matrix.

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of the “reservation queue”. From the top of the figure, the music number “**** _ **” in the order of performance based on the music selection instruction, “normal reservation” by manual input, and “collective” of automatic input The distinction from “reservation” and the user ID linked to the music are recorded in one column. In addition, the measurement value of the measurement counter (23) is recorded on the left side of the reservation queue in the figure. The top row stores the music of user D instructed to select music by “normal reservation”, and the second column stores the music of user C instructed to select music by “normal reservation”. It can be seen that the second music selection instruction is performed 2 minutes 30 seconds after the first music selection instruction. Similarly, in the third column, the music of user A who is instructed to select music by “normal reservation” after 2 minutes and 30 seconds from the second music selection instruction is stored.

  Here, the music selection instruction is interrupted for a while, and when the measured value of the measurement counter reaches the reference value of 3 minutes, the music that user A has instructed to select in the “collective reservation” first appears in the fourth column. Stored. The fifth column stores the music that user D has instructed to select “Normal reservation” 0 minutes and 30 seconds after the fourth music selection instruction, and then the music selection instruction is interrupted again. When the value reaches 3 minutes which is the reference value, the music that the user B has instructed to select with the “collective reservation” is stored in the sixth column.

  As described above, when there is a normal reservation user, if the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction is less than 3 minutes, the normal music selection instruction is accepted. On the other hand, if the user of the regular reservation has difficulty finding out the desired music, or if the mood to sing disappears and the music selection instruction is not performed, the time until the next music selection instruction has reached 3 minutes, The music is automatically extracted from the user-specific batch music registration unit (21) and a music selection instruction is given.

  In addition, when extracting the music registered in batch, if other users are registered in other batch music registration units in addition to the user, each music registration unit is not biased to one music registration unit. Then, arbitrary music is extracted sequentially or alternately. For example, in the reservation queue of FIG. 8, the music that user A has instructed to select by “batch reservation” is stored in the fourth column, and the music that user B has instructed to select by “batch reservation” is stored in the sixth column. Store. Hereinafter, the user A in the ninth column, the user B in the tenth column, the user A in the twelfth column, and the “collective reservation” of each user are alternately stored in the reservation queue.

  Also, when extracting music from the user-specific batch music registration unit (21), the music is extracted from the registered music in the order of the date and time of registration, or selected from the registered music at random. For example, it is automatically extracted according to a predetermined extraction criterion in advance without troublesome users.

  In this way, if there is no regular reservation user, the user of the batch reservation can instruct the music selection in order without any trouble, and can continue to sing and use the normal reservation. Even if there is a user, the user can instruct the music selection efficiently without causing any trouble to the user of the normal reservation and without any trouble. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of user-specific batch music registration units, it is not biased toward a single music registration unit, but by extracting arbitrary songs sequentially or alternately from each music registration unit, users of a batch reservation But you can enjoy singing fairly without any bias.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention naturally extends to the modified ones.

The block block diagram of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on this invention. The external appearance perspective view of a remote control device (R). Schematic of a user ID registration screen for logging in. Schematic of the user's “My List” screen. An explanatory view of a reservation situation of a plurality of users. Explanatory drawing of the collective music registration table classified by user. The flowchart which shows the storage procedure to a "reservation queue". Conceptual diagram of “reservation queue”.

Explanation of symbols

P Karaoke device 2 Central control means 3 User ID acquisition means 4 Hard disk (HDD)
5 RAM
R remote control device 15 collective music selection means 16 time measurement means 17 reservation registration means 21 collective music registration section by user 23 measurement counter 25 user ID

Claims (2)

In a reservation system for registering in a reservation queue for sequentially playing karaoke songs instructed by a user, a user ID acquisition means, a collective music selection means, a time measurement means, and a reservation registration means are provided. ,
(A) User ID acquisition means acquires a user ID and identifies each user,
(B) The collective music selection means registers the music selected by the user in advance by associating a user ID for each user with the predetermined collective music registration unit for each user.
(C) The time measuring means measures the time from one music selection instruction to the next music selection instruction, and resets the measurement counter to the initial value for each music selection instruction.
(D) The reservation registration means performs the following processing 1 or processing 2,
Process 1: If the measured value of the time measuring means is less than a predetermined reference value, the music selection number is registered in the reservation queue according to the music selection instruction of the user,
Process 2: When the measured value of the time measuring means reaches a predetermined reference value, an arbitrary piece of music is automatically extracted from the user-by-user batch music registration unit, and a music selection instruction is given. To the reservation queue,
Karaoke music reservation system characterized by this.   When there is a plurality of user-specific batch music registration units when extracting music pieces in the process 2 of the reservation registration unit, any one of the music registration units may be selected sequentially or alternately, without being biased to one music registration unit. The karaoke music reservation system according to claim 1, wherein music is extracted.

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