JP4853359B2 - Karaoke network system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record private information on users that members of the users share by suitably scoring singings of a duet while allowing a user himself or herself who reserved the duet music and a person designated as a partner by the user to sing in duet when the user who reserves the duet music selects the partner and sings the duet music. <P>SOLUTION: As the partner of the duet intends, a choice of whether the singing of the partner is reflected on scoring is made and when so, parts of the both are scored and reflected on logs of the both, but when not, only the part of the reserving person is scored and reflected on the log of the reserving person, but not reflected on the log of the partner. Therefore, when the user who reserves the duet music selects the partner and sings the duet music, the singings of the user himself or herself who reserved the duet music and the person designated as the partner by the user can suitably be scored and recorded. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, when a user who reserves a duet song selects a partner and sings the duet song, the user who has reserved the duet song and a person appointed by the user as a duet partner are appropriately sung. It is related with the technique of scoring and recording.

  Conventionally, user identification information consisting of a user ID, password, sex information, name, etc. can be registered in the karaoke host, and personal karaoke data of the karaoke user can be registered in the karaoke host by logging in with the user ID. Karaoke system is known.

  In this kind of karaoke system, karaoke music is reserved in the karaoke device for each logged-in user ID, and when the user logs out after performing the karaoke, the performance history and scoring result information for each user ID reserved by the karaoke device, etc. The karaoke device uploads personal information corresponding to the user ID consisting of the following (hereinafter referred to as user personal information) to the karaoke host, records the information on the host side, and records the recorded user personal information of the user. Browse from the PC via the personal homepage (hereinafter referred to as “My Page”) prepared by the karaoke host on the Internet, browse the information via the karaoke search remote at the next login, , A group that shares the information with a predetermined friend (hereinafter referred to as a member) (for example, For example, there is a karaoke system in which a member of the groupware) is configured as a karaoke host, and members who are related to the groupware can view the information of the recorded history and scoring results of each member. is there. Even in the karaoke apparatus used in the above system, there is a karaoke apparatus capable of scoring a song of the duet song after selecting a partner who sings the duet song and confirming the will. That is, the karaoke apparatus described in Patent Literature 1 includes storage means for storing performance data and lyrics data of a large number of karaoke songs, a main system that performs karaoke performance based on the performance data and lyrics data, Each is provided in a bathroom separated into a female bath, connected to the main system via data communication means, and displays a speaker and lyrics for outputting a performance sound of a karaoke song based on transmission data from the main system A bathroom terminal device including a display and a sound collecting microphone for inputting a bather's voice and an operation panel having operation keys for requesting a karaoke song. Each operation panel is provided with a duet request key that is operated when a bather desires a duet, a duet confirmation key that is operated when a bather receives a duet, and a display unit that displays a song title. , Outputting the performance sound of karaoke music from each speaker in both bathrooms and displaying the lyrics on each display in synchronism, and outputting the voices through the sound collecting microphones from both speakers Therefore, the bather can perform a duet between the male bath and the female bath, and when the bather in one bathroom selects the duet song and turns on the duet request key, The song title is displayed on the bathroom's display section and the duet confirmation key blinks, and the bather in the other bathroom confirms the duet confirmation key. By turning on both the duet request key becomes lit, together with this, the both sound collecting microphone is turned on, is configured as karaoke performance for duet is started.

However, in the karaoke apparatus as described above, when singing duet music with a plurality of people, whoever sings which part, the scoring result goes up to the history of the reserved user. There was a problem that it was reflected in the result of human singing. In other words, in the method of leaving the result of scoring only your part in the history, your part is an accurate scoring result, but the singing of the karaoke duet song does not mean that one person sings the corresponding part End up with collaboration.

Then, when scoring the duet song as described above, there is a karaoke device that scores with emphasis on the cooperation of two singers performing a duet. That is, the karaoke apparatus described in Patent Document 2 compares the volume transition of the singing voice signal from the first microphone with the volume transition of the singing voice signal from the second microphone, and the scoring data correlated with the temporal similarity between the two. In addition, the pitch transition of the singing voice signal from the first microphone and the pitch transition of the singing voice signal from the second microphone are compared, and the scoring data correlated with the temporal similarity between the two is output. is there. The scoring data output in this way is left as a history, and the history is transmitted to the host server when logging out.
Japanese Patent No. 3874854 JP 2006-259237 A

  However, in the karaoke apparatus as described above, for example, when a duet partner has responded to the nomination from the user who reserved the duet song (instead of performing karaoke with friends who do not have any problems performing the duet in advance, For example, a banquet at a workplace was held using a karaoke room, and a partner was appointed by a person who was not a friend or who did not want to sing a duet at the workplace, but if the appointed person refused the duet, a karaoke performance of the duet song was established. (If you are unwilling to join a duet partner), you may not be able to coordinate with the duet partner at the time of singing. Each singing is performed when scoring is performed with emphasis on the cooperation of two singers who perform duets. There is a possibility that is scored lower than the original ability. In other words, if you are unwilling to join a duet partner, the scoring value may be low especially in the part of the duet. You can also sing while listening to the raw sound of the unwilling partner. Because it is a pain. In addition, in this case, for the duet partner who responded to the nomination from the user who reserved the duet song as described above, such a scoring result and the person who did not want to sing together but did duet history It is surmised that there is a possibility of being known to groupware members who share information that records the history (information for personal use including scoring history information).

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a user who reserves a duet song when a user who reserves a duet song selects a partner and sings the duet song. Providing a technique for appropriately recording and recording personal information of a user shared among members of a user while establishing a duet singing by the person and a person designated as a partner by the user is there.

  The karaoke network system according to claim 1, which has been made to solve the above problem, selects “whether or not to reflect the singing of the partner in the scoring according to the intention of the duet partner, If you don't want to reflect, only the part of the reservation person is scored and reflected in the reservation person's history (user personal information including the scoring history information), and It should not be reflected in the partner's history (user personal information including scoring history information).

Specifically, the karaoke network system described above has a karaoke device that performs karaoke performance, and an input function that allows the user to operate the karaoke device via the first network, and displays information from the karaoke device or the host server. A plurality of remote control terminals having functions are connected to be able to communicate with the host server via the second network.

  Among these, in the host server, the personal information storage means includes personal identification information for each user including at least user-provided information provided from the remote control terminal via the input function from the user and the user's scoring history information. Information is stored, and the scoring history information storage means performs the karaoke performance in accordance with the reservation of the karaoke performance song by the user. The karaoke performance song name, information specifying whether or not it is a duet song, and if it is a duet song, it is stored as scoring history information together with the name (or nickname) quoted from the user ID of the duet partner. Then, the authentication means authenticates the user connected to the host server via the remote control terminal and terminates the authentication, and starts using the system during the authentication until the authentication is completed for the authenticated user. To the remote control terminal. Further, the distribution unit distributes the personal information related to the authenticated user among the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit as information that can be browsed from a Web server or the like based on a request from the remote control terminal. .

On the other hand, each of the plurality of remote control terminals includes reservation request means for requesting a karaoke device to reserve a karaoke performance song by a user who is being authenticated.
Note that the above-mentioned user-provided information can be input for each user via the operation unit of the remote control terminal, and the user-provided information of personal information can be added to or deleted from the user. The user-provided information is used for a guidance message when a corresponding user logs in, a duet singing, a user personal blog (a diary called a web log), or the like.

  Further, in the karaoke apparatus, the performance song storage means stores one or more karaoke performance songs, and the reservation reception means accepts a reservation of the karaoke performance music by the authenticated user from the reservation request means of the remote control terminal. . Then, the karaoke performance means reads out the karaoke performance music from the performance music storage means and performs the karaoke performance based on the reservation of the karaoke performance music by the user received by the reservation reception means.

Furthermore, the remote control end end user reserved used when making a reservation request among the plurality of remote terminals described above, the partner selecting means, singing capable duet karaoke musical piece by reservation users by two of the singer If so, select a partner. The reserved user refers to an authenticated user received by the reservation receiving means of the karaoke device, and the partner refers to an authenticated user who sings the duet song together with the reserved user. Furthermore, the intention receiving means receives registration permission information or registration non-permission information, and transmits the received information to the karaoke apparatus. The registration permission information refers to information indicating the intention of registering the scoring result of singing by the partner as a scoring history, and the registration disapproval information is the scoring result of scoring the song by the partner. Information indicating the intention of not registering as.

In addition, the karaoke apparatus further receives the voice signal of the karaoke song by the partner selected by the first voice signal input means for inputting the voice signal of the karaoke song by the reserved user and the partner selection means of the remote control terminal. Second audio signal input means for inputting. (A) Here, when the intention accepting means of the remote control terminal accepts the registration permission information, the scoring means is inputted from the first audio signal input means when the karaoke performance is performed by the karaoke performance means. The karaoke singing and the karaoke singing input from the second voice signal input means are scored on the assumption that the scoring results are registered. And the scoring history information transmitting means is information for specifying the reserved user, the scoring result by the scoring means for the karaoke song input from the first audio signal input means, and the information for specifying the karaoke performance music performed for karaoke Along with this, it is transmitted to the host server as scoring history information, and the scoring result by the scoring means for the karaoke song input from the second voice signal input means is used to identify the partner and the karaoke performance karaoke performance music This information is sent to the host server as scoring history information. (B) On the other hand, when the intention accepting means accepts the registration non-permission information, the karaoke singing input from the first audio signal input means when the scoring means performs the karaoke performance by the karaoke performance means The karaoke singing input from the second audio signal input means is scored on the assumption that only the karaoke singing input from the first audio signal input means is registered. And the scoring history information transmitting means, together with the information for specifying the reserved user and the information for specifying the karaoke performance karaoke performance, the scoring result by the scoring means for the karaoke song input from the first voice signal input means It is sent to the host server as scoring history information.

Further, in the host server, the storage control means stores the scoring history information transmitted from the scoring history information transmitting means of the karaoke apparatus in the scoring history information storage means.
According to the karaoke network system of the present invention configured as described above, according to the intention of the duet partner, it is selected whether or not to reflect the singing of the partner in the scoring, and in the case of reflecting, the both parts are scored. Then, it is also reflected in both the histories, and when not reflecting, only the part of the reservation person is scored and reflected in the reservation person's history and not reflected in the partner's history. Therefore, when a user who reserves a duet song selects a partner and sings the duet song, the user who has reserved the duet song and a person appointed by the user as a partner are appropriately scored. Can be recorded.

  By the way, as a method for selecting the reservation user's partner as described above, the following method can be considered. Specifically, as in claim 2, the partner selection means of the remote control terminal creates a list of authenticated users who can be partners among the authenticated users, and the list creation means Presenting means for presenting the list created by the reservation user, nomination accepting means for accepting an operation for nominating a specific user as a partner candidate from the list created by the list creating means, and nomination accepting means The notification means for notifying that the partner candidate has been nominated and the permission information indicating the intention to become the partner of the reservation user or the rejection information indicating the intention not to be the partner of the reservation user are received. If the license acceptance means and the license acceptance means accept the license information, -A candidate is selected as a partner of the reservation user, and on the other hand, if the permission receiving means accepts rejection information, partner determining means for causing the list creating means to re-create a list excluding the partner candidate; It is conceivable to have.

Embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment, and can take various forms as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.
[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke network system 1 using the Internet 200.

[Description of configuration of karaoke network system 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke network system 1 includes a karaoke device 4 installed in each karaoke room such as a karaoke store and a karaoke device 4 with respect to a karaoke host server 2 having a web server 2a and a database 2b. The remote control terminal 5 is used to operate each of the devices, and the communication source IP address and the communication destination IP address of each device are specified in advance. Further, the host server 2 side router 130 and the karaoke shop side router 120 are connected to the karaoke shop side LAN 100 via a VPN (virtual private network) formed on the Internet network 200. The karaoke device 4 is also connected to the LAN 100. The routers 120 and 130 have a VPN gateway function for forming a VPN on the Internet 200 in addition to a routing function for connecting IP communication apparatuses using IP addresses. In the IP communication between the karaoke host server 2 and the karaoke device 4 or the remote control terminal 5, each device sets the IP address of the communication source and the IP address of the communication destination, and the IP such as TCP / IP (Internet Protocol) By using communication technology, communication is performed via the VPN on the Internet 200 and the LAN 100 on the karaoke store side.

  Furthermore, an access point 110 is also connected to the LAN 100. Since this access point 110 is a radio wave relay for connecting the remote control terminal 5 and the LAN 100 by wireless communication using a wireless LAN (for example, IEEE 802.11), the remote control terminal 5 is also connected via the access point 110 to the karaoke apparatus 4. And IP communication with the host server 2.

  The karaoke host server 2 is a karaoke service host server for delivering music data, content data to be provided to the user from the karaoke device 4 to the karaoke device 4 installed in a karaoke shop or the like. .

  Further, in the karaoke network system 1, the karaoke host server 2 transmits a karaoke song database to be transmitted to the karaoke device 4 and used on the karaoke device 4 side, identification information of the remote control terminal 5, and a user who has logged in from the remote control terminal 5. There is provided a database 2b having a database for managing user identification information to be identified, My Page information comprising information such as personal web pages of the user and karaoke history, and a database for managing identification information of the karaoke apparatus 4. The Web server 2a included in the karaoke host server 2 corresponds to the Web server in the above-mentioned “Means for Solving Problems” column, and is linked to the database 2b. In response to a request from the user, authentication for a user who intends to log in to use the karaoke network system 1 and distribution / update service of a personal Web page for the logged-in user are securely performed by using the VPN. That is, the term “cooperation” here refers to the data stored in the database 2d or the personal web page received by the web server 2a in order for the web server 2a to perform user authentication and distribution of the personal web page. By reflecting update data in the database 2b, it indicates that the data used for the service performed by the Web server 2a corresponds to the database 2b.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, the database 2b stores a user table for registering user identification information related to the logged-in user. The user table includes identification information for identifying the karaoke device 4 used by the logged-in user, identification information for identifying the remote control terminal 5 used by the logged-in user, and the logged-in user. Each user's record including user identification information including user ID and password, scoring history information, user-provided information, and the like is registered. The above scoring history information includes the song name, information indicating whether the song is a duet song, information indicating the name of the other party of the duet when the song is a duet song, and a scoring value. Yes. The user-provided information refers to general information provided by the user, and includes the name of a reserved karaoke performance song, the type of duet song, the name of the reservation person, a diary, and the like.

Note that user identification information, scoring history information, and user-provided information correspond to personal information in the claims.
In the database 2b of the karaoke host server 2, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, an IP address and a manufacturing number are also registered as identification information of the karaoke host server 2.

  Further, the identification information for identifying the karaoke device 4 and the remote control terminal 5 also includes an IP address and a manufacturing number (see FIGS. 3B and 3C). Note that if the type of the IP address is a global IP address, it is the only IP address, so only the IP address may be used as identification information. In the case of a local IP address, if there is a possibility that the same number of IP addresses may exist in different places, each of the IP addresses can be changed using a global / local address translation technique (for example, NAT) via a router (not shown). When the apparatus performs communication, a value associated with the IP address and the manufacturing number of each apparatus shown in FIG. 3 may be used as the identification information.

[Description of configuration of karaoke device 4]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a more specific configuration of the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 installed in a karaoke room such as a karaoke shop.

  The karaoke device 4 is for performing a karaoke performance of a song designated by a user who uses karaoke. As shown in FIG. 2, the karaoke device 4 includes a control unit 12 that controls the operation of the karaoke device 4 as a whole. Interface unit 14 for communicating with other devices by connecting to LAN 100, performance data (MIDI data) of duet performance music, music data including part information for specifying duet song, lyrics and background image, karaoke device 4 A hard disk (HDD) 16 for storing a program for operating the computer, an operation unit 18 for performing a song reservation operation for each user, and an infrared signal transmitted from the remote control terminal 5 are converted into an infrared communication standard (IrDA (registration)). Trademark))) or communication according to preset communication conditions between the remote control terminal 5 and the karaoke device 4 An infrared communication unit 20, an operation processing unit 22 for processing signals from the operation unit 18, a plurality of microphones 26 (two microphones 26 are shown in FIG. 2) used for duet singing, and a performance based on the MIDI data. An audio signal (signal related to sound and sound) of a musical composition is generated from the MIDI sound source 30 to be reproduced and the digital signal output from the MIDI sound source 30, and the generated audio signal and the audio signal input from the microphone 26 are amplified. An audio control unit 24 for outputting to the speaker 28, a video RAM 32 for temporarily storing lyrics and image data, a video playback unit 34 for controlling playback of video based on the lyrics and image data stored in the video RAM 32, and a video playback unit Video for controlling display of video reproduced by 34 on monitor 36 Control unit 38, a memory 40 is a rewritable storage medium.

As illustrated in FIG. 3D, the memory 40 stores identification information for identifying the karaoke apparatus 4.
The control unit 12 prohibits the user's personal web page corresponding to the music from being updated during the performance of the music reserved by the user, and prevents personal information from being erroneously updated due to a malfunction until the performance ends. For example, a process for transmitting an instruction to the remote control terminal 5 or transmitting information related to the singing performed by the user to the karaoke host server 2 is executed.

[Description of configuration of remote control terminal 5]
The remote control terminal 5 is for use in a karaoke room, and has a function of accepting an operation for reserving a musical piece from a user and transmitting the operation signal to the karaoke apparatus 4. The remote control terminal 5 also has a function for accessing the karaoke host server 2 via the access point 110 by IP communication and browsing / updating a personal Web page based on data received from the karaoke host server 2. .

  Specifically, the remote control terminal 5 operates as shown in FIG. 2 by the control unit 52 that controls the operation of the entire remote control terminal 5, the infrared communication unit 54 that performs infrared communication with the infrared communication unit 20 of the karaoke device 4, and the remote control terminal 5. A memory 56 for storing various information such as a program, a touch panel installed along the display area of the display unit 58, and a plurality of key switches, and an operation unit 60 for receiving an operation from a user, and a signal from the operation unit 60 Between the operation processing unit 62 for processing the image data, the video RAM 64 for temporarily storing the image data, the video control unit 66 for controlling the display of the image data stored in the video RAM 64 on the display unit 58, and the access point 110. A wireless LAN communication unit 68 for performing communication is provided.

The memory 56 stores identification information for identifying the remote control terminal 5 as illustrated in FIG.
The control unit 52 receives an operation input for reserving a song from the user, and sets reservation data in which the user ID of the reserving person (that is, the singer) is added to the song number of the selected song. Execute the process to send to. In addition, the control unit 52 accesses the karaoke host server 2 from the wireless LAN communication unit 68 via the access point 110, and based on the data corresponding to the user ID received from the karaoke host server 2, the personal web page Various processes for browsing / updating are executed. The remote control terminal 5 is configured to be able to log in to the system in parallel for each user ID of a plurality of users.

[Explanation of correspondence]
The configuration of the karaoke network system 1 according to the embodiment has been described above. The correspondence between the configuration of the karaoke network system 1 according to the present embodiment and the configuration described in the claims is as follows.

  The karaoke host server 2 of this embodiment corresponds to the host server, authentication means, distribution means, and storage control means in the claims, and the database 2b in the karaoke host server 2 stores personal information storage means and scoring history information storage. Corresponds to means. The display unit 58 in the remote control terminal 5 corresponds to a terminal-side display unit, and the control unit 52 in the remote control terminal 5 corresponds to a reservation request unit, a partner selection unit, and an intention receiving unit. The control unit 12 in the karaoke apparatus 4 corresponds to reservation accepting means, scoring means, and scoring history information transmitting means, the HDD 16 in the karaoke apparatus 4 corresponds to performance music storage means, and the voice control unit 24 in the karaoke apparatus 4 The microphone 26 in the karaoke apparatus 4 corresponds to the first sound signal input means and the second sound signal input means.

[Description of main processing]
Below, the process sequence of the main process which the host server 2 for karaoke of the karaoke network system 1, the karaoke apparatus 4, and the remote control terminal 5 performs is demonstrated based on FIG. FIG. 4 is a ladder chart schematically showing the flow of communication performed between the karaoke host server 2, the karaoke device 4, and the two remote control terminals 5.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the main process includes a user login process, a user logout process, a karaoke performance song reservation process, and a karaoke performance song performance process, and includes a karaoke host server 2, a karaoke device 4, and When the remote control terminal 5 is activated, it is executed independently of other processes.

[Explanation of user login processing]
Below, the process sequence of the user login process which the host server 2 for karaoke of the karaoke network system 1 and the remote control terminal 5 perform is demonstrated based on FIG.

  First, the control unit 52 of the remote control terminal 5 receives a user ID input from the operation unit 60 by the user, and receives a password input from the operation unit 60 by the user. Then, the received user ID and password are transmitted to the karaoke host server 2 via the karaoke device 4.

  On the other hand, the karaoke host server 2 receives the user ID and password transmitted from the remote control terminal 5, refers to the user identification information relating to the registered user stored in the database 2b, and determines whether the password for the received user ID is correct. The confirmation result is transmitted to the remote control terminal 5 via the karaoke device 4 and whether or not the user is permitted to log in is determined based on the confirmation result. If the user is not permitted to log in, the process executed by the karaoke host server 2 in the user login process is terminated. On the other hand, when permitting the user to log in, the user information related to the registered user stored in the database 2b is referred to, and the user personal information corresponding to the user ID is extracted. It transmits to the remote control terminal 5 via the karaoke apparatus 4, and the process which the host server 2 for karaoke performs in this user login process is complete | finished.

  On the other hand, the remote control terminal 5 receives the confirmation result of the password corresponding to the user ID transmitted from the karaoke host server 2, and determines whether or not the user is permitted to log in based on the received confirmation result. to decide. If the login is not permitted, the process executed by the remote control terminal 5 in the user login process is terminated. On the other hand, when the user is permitted to log in, the personal user information transmitted from the karaoke host server 2 is received, and the received personal user information is stored in the login user list stored in the memory 56. sign up. And the process which the remote control terminal 5 in this user login process performs is complete | finished.

[Explanation of user logout processing]
Below, the process procedure of the user logout process which the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 of the karaoke network system 1 perform is demonstrated based on FIG.

  First, the control unit 52 of the remote control terminal 5 receives information for requesting logout input from the operation unit 60 by the user, and subsequently receives the user ID and password input from the operation unit 60 by the user. Then, the received user ID and password are transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4.

  On the other hand, the karaoke device 4 receives the user ID and password transmitted from the remote control terminal 5, refers to the user personal information related to the registered user stored in the memory 40, and the received user ID and password are being logged in. If the user is logged in, the user personal information related to the user is transmitted to the host server 2, deleted from the registered user, and a message to that effect is transmitted to the remote control terminal 5. On the other hand, if the user is not logged in, the fact is transmitted to the remote control terminal 5. And the process which the karaoke apparatus 4 in this user logout process performs is complete | finished.

The host server 2 receives the user personal information and updates the personal information currently stored in the personal information storage means corresponding to the user ID of the user personal information.
On the other hand, the remote control terminal 5 receives the confirmation result transmitted from the karaoke device 4, determines whether or not the user is permitted to log out based on the received confirmation result, and displays the confirmation result on the monitor 36. . And the process which the remote control terminal 5 in this user logout process performs is complete | finished.

[Description of user list acquisition processing]
Below, the process sequence of the user list acquisition process which the karaoke apparatus 4 of the karaoke network system 1 and the karaoke host server 2 perform is demonstrated based on FIG.

First, the control unit 12 of the karaoke apparatus 4 transmits information indicating that the logged-in user requests a registered list to the karaoke host server 2.
On the other hand, the karaoke host server 2 receives information requesting the user list transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 4. Then, a list table in which logged-in users are registered is generated, and the generated user list table is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4. And the process which the host server 2 for karaoke performs in this user list acquisition process is complete | finished.

  On the other hand, in the karaoke apparatus 4, the user list transmitted from the karaoke host server 2 is received and stored in the memory 40. And the process which the karaoke apparatus 4 in this user list acquisition process performs is complete | finished.

[Description of reservation processing]
Below, the process sequence of the reservation process which the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 of the karaoke network system 1 perform is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG. 4, FIG. 5-7, FIG. 8, and FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram (1) for explaining the reservation process, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram (2) for explaining the reservation process.

This reservation process is executed independently of other processes when the karaoke device 4 and the remote control terminal 5 of the karaoke network system 1 are activated.
First, a karaoke piece to be sung is searched and selected (S102). Specifically, the control unit 52 of the remote control terminal 5 performs user switching based on an instruction input from the operation unit 60 by the user. And the input of the song number of the karaoke performance music input from the operation part 60 by the said user and the user ID of the said user is received.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the accepted karaoke piece is a duet piece (S104). If it is determined that the karaoke piece is not a duet piece (S104: No), the accepted karaoke piece is reserved (S118). Specifically, reservation information including the received song number and user ID is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4. On the other hand, the karaoke device 4 receives the reservation information transmitted from the remote control terminal 5, registers the received reservation information in the reservation list stored in the memory 40, and indicates information indicating that the reservation is completed. Transmit to the remote control terminal 5. On the other hand, the remote control terminal 5 receives information indicating that the reservation has been completed from the karaoke apparatus 4 and causes the display unit 58 to display the received information.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the karaoke song is a duet song (S104: Yes), it is determined whether or not the duet song is a song duet between a man and a woman (S106). If it is determined that the duet song is a song due to a man and a woman (S106: Yes), it is determined whether or not the user who reserves the duet song is a man (S122). If yes (S122: Yes), the process proceeds to S124, and if not male (S122: No), the process proceeds to S110. On the other hand, if it is determined that the duet song is not a song due to a man and a woman (S106: No), whether or not the user who reserves the duet song is a song sung only by a woman. Judgment (S1
08) If the song is sung only by a woman (S108: Yes), the process proceeds to S124. If the song is not sung only by a woman (S108: No), the process proceeds to S110.

  In S110, a list of male users who are logged in is created with reference to the user list (see FIG. 8). Subsequently, a display list in which the excluded member is deleted from the male user list is created with reference to the excluded member list (S112). It is determined whether or not even one user is registered in the display list (S114). If it is registered (S114: Yes), the process proceeds to S132. On the other hand, if it is not registered (S114: No), referring to the user list, creates a list of logged-in female users as a display list (S116), and proceeds to S132.

  In S124, a list of female users who are logged in is created with reference to the user list. Subsequently, a display list in which the excluded members are deleted from the list of female users is created with reference to the excluded member list (S126). It is determined whether or not even one user is registered in the list (S128). If it is registered (S128: Yes), the process proceeds to S132. On the other hand, if it is not registered (S128: No), referring to the user list, a list of logged-in male users is created as a display list (S130), and the process proceeds to S132.

  In S132, a guidance message set by the name of the reserved karaoke performance song, the type of duet song, the name of the reservation person, and the user-provided information is displayed on the display unit 58. Subsequently, a “guest” button for selecting a guest song is displayed on the display unit 58 (S134). Further, a button indicating the name of the logged-in user registered in the display list is displayed on the display unit 58 (S136). Then, it is determined whether or not buttons are displayed on the display unit 58 for all the users registered in the display list (S138). If it is determined that the buttons are not displayed (S138: No), S138 is changed. Wait by repeatedly executing. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is displayed (S138: Yes), a partner to be sung together is selected (S140). Specifically, when any of the buttons displayed on the display unit 58 is touched for all the users registered in the display list, the control unit 52 of the remote control terminal 5 corresponds to the touched button. It is determined that the user has been selected as a partner to sing along.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the user selected in the previous S140 has selected “Guest” (S142). Specifically, the control unit 52 of the remote control terminal 5 determines whether or not the “guest” button displayed on the display unit 58 has been touched. If it is determined that the user selected in the previous S140 has selected “Guest” (S142: Yes), a reservation is made with the user selected in the previous S140 as a guest (S152). Specifically, singer information with the user selected in the previous S140 as a guest is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4. On the other hand, the karaoke apparatus 4 receives singer information, makes a reservation based on the received singer information, and transmits information indicating that the reservation has been made to the remote control terminal 5. On the other hand, the remote control terminal 5 receives information indicating that a reservation has been made, and displays a message indicating that on the display unit 58. For example, a message such as “I made a duet reservation with a guest” is displayed on the display unit 58. Then, this process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the user selected in the previous S140 has not selected “Guest” (S142: No), a message requesting singing is transmitted to the remote control terminal 5. (S144). Then, it is determined whether or not the response to the request is information indicating consent (S146). If the response is information indicating consent (S146: consent), the user selected in the previous S140 is defined as a singer. The reserved reservation is made (S148). Specifically, the previous S
The singer information with the user selected in 140 as the singer is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4. On the other hand, the karaoke apparatus 4 receives singer information, makes a reservation based on the received singer information, and transmits information indicating that the reservation has been made to the remote control terminal 5. On the other hand, the remote control terminal 5 receives information indicating that the reservation has been made, and displays a message indicating that on the display unit 58 (S150). As an example, a message such as “A duet reservation with Mr. XX has been made” is displayed on the display unit 58. Then, this process ends.

  On the other hand, when the response to the singing request is not information indicating consent but information indicating rejection (S146: rejection), a message indicating that is displayed on the display unit 58 (S156). As an example, a message such as “Mr. XX refused to sing together” is displayed on the display unit 58. Then, the user who refuses the duet is registered in the exclusion list (S158). And it transfers to S106 and the process for determining the other party of a duet is performed again (refer FIG. 9).

[Description of scoring process]
Below, the process procedure of the scoring process which the karaoke apparatus 4 of the karaoke network system 1 performs is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG.

This scoring process is repeatedly executed independently of other processes when the karaoke host server 2 and the karaoke apparatus 4 of the karaoke network system 1 are activated.
First, it is determined whether or not the scoring function is on (S205). If it is determined that the scoring function is not in the on state but in the off state (S205: No), this process is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the scoring function is on (S205: Yes), it is determined whether the karaoke music to be scored is a duet music (S210). If it is determined that the karaoke piece to be scored is not a duet piece (S210: No), normal scoring is performed to add or subtract (S255), and the process proceeds to S230. On the other hand, when it is determined that the karaoke music to be scored is a duet music (S210: Yes), it is determined whether or not the singing part of the karaoke music to be scored is a male part (S215). When it is determined that the singing part of the karaoke music piece to be scored is a male part (S215: Yes), the male part is scored, and points are added or subtracted (S220), and the process proceeds to S230.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the singing part of the karaoke piece to be scored is not a male part (S215: No), it is determined whether or not the singing part of the karaoke piece to be scored is a female part (S240). If it is determined that the singing part of the karaoke music piece to be scored is a female part (S240: Yes), the female part is scored, and points are added or subtracted (S245), and the process proceeds to S230. On the other hand, if it is determined that the singing part of the karaoke piece to be scored is not a female part (S240: Yes), the singing part is determined to be a choral part, and the singing part is scored and added. A deduction is performed (S250), and the process proceeds to S230.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not scoring has been completed for all singing parts (S225). If it is determined that scoring has not been completed for all singing parts (S225: No), the process proceeds to S210. On the other hand, when it is determined that the grading has been completed for all the singing parts (S225: Yes), the grading result is displayed on the monitor 36 (S230), and the grading result is stored as a history (described later). Is executed (S235). Then, this process ends.

[Description of scoring result saving process]
Below, the process procedure of the scoring result preservation | save process which the karaoke apparatus 4 of the karaoke network system 1 performs is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG.

This scoring result storing process is executed when the process proceeds to S235 during the execution of the scoring process described above.
First, it is determined whether or not the scored karaoke music is a duet music (S305). If it is determined that the karaoke music to be scored is not a duet music (S210: No), the scoring results for all the singing parts are stored as the user's history (S340), and the process proceeds to S320.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the scored karaoke piece is a duet piece (S305: Yes), it is determined whether or not the singer includes a guest (S310). When it is determined that the guest is not included in the singer (S310: No), the scoring result for each singing part is stored as the history of each user (S315), and the process proceeds to S320.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the guest is included in the singer (S310: Yes), it is determined whether or not the guest sang the male part (S325). When it is determined that the guest sang the male part (S325: Yes), the scoring result for the single singing part of the female part is stored as the user's history (S330), and the process proceeds to S320.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the guest is not singing the male part (S325: No), it is determined that the guest is singing the female part, and the scoring result for the single singing part of the male part is displayed. The history is saved (S335), and the process proceeds to S320.

In S320, the scoring history of each user is uploaded to the karaoke host server 2. Then, this process ends.
[Effect of the first embodiment]
(1) Thus, according to the karaoke network system 1 of the first embodiment, according to the intention of the duet partner, it is selected whether or not to reflect the partner's song in the scoring. The part is scored and reflected in both histories, and if not reflected, only the part of the reservation person is scored and reflected in the reservation person's history and not reflected in the partner's history. Therefore, when a user who reserves a duet song selects a partner and sings the duet song, the user who has reserved the duet song and a person appointed by the user as a partner are appropriately scored. Since it can be recorded in the user's personal information shared among the members of the user, there is no possibility of being known to groupware members who share the user's unintentional information, and resistance to leaving the record The effect is that you will never feel.

  (2) Further, according to the karaoke network system 1 of the first embodiment, for the user-provided information, in S132 of the reservation process described above, the name of the karaoke performance song to be reserved, the type of duet song, and the name of the reservation person Since the guidance message set by the user-provided information such as a diary is displayed on the display unit 58, in the case of duet, the karaoke apparatus can also display the other party's user message. In such a case, since there is a resistance to browsing the diary for an unwilling partner, in such a case, if the user-provided information is not displayed when the user is set, For groupware members who share unintentional information, there is no possibility that the user-provided information will be known, and there will be no resistance to leaving the record.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke network system 1 using the Internet 200. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the more concrete structure of the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 which are installed in karaoke rooms, such as a karaoke shop. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the user table which the database 2b of the karaoke host server 2 memorize | stores, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the memory map of the database 2b of the karaoke host server 2, (c) is It is explanatory drawing which shows the memory map of the memory 56 of the remote control terminal 5, (d) is explanatory drawing which shows the memory map of the memory 40 of the karaoke apparatus 4. FIG. It is a ladder chart which shows typically the flow of communication performed between the karaoke host server 2, the karaoke apparatus 4, and the two remote control terminals 5. It is a flowchart (1) which shows the procedure of the reservation process which the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 perform. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the procedure of the reservation process which the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 perform. It is a flowchart (3) which shows the procedure of the reservation process which the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 perform. It is explanatory drawing (1) explaining a reservation process. It is explanatory drawing (2) explaining a reservation process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the scoring process which the karaoke apparatus 4 performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the scoring result preservation | save process which the karaoke apparatus 4 performs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke network system, 2 ... Karaoke host server, 2a ... Web server, 2b ... database, 4 ... Karaoke apparatus, 5 ... Remote control terminal, 12 ... Control part, 14 ... Interface part, 16 ... Hard disk (HDD), 18 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS Operation part 20 ... Infrared communication part 22 ... Operation processing part 24 ... Sound control part 26 ... Microphone 28 ... Speaker 30 ... MIDI sound source 32 ... Video RAM 34 ... Video reproduction part 36 ... Monitor, 38 ... Video control unit, 40 ... Memory, 52 ... Control unit, 54 ... Infrared communication unit, 56 ... Memory, 58 ... Display unit, 60 ... Operation unit, 62 ... Operation processing unit, 64 ... Video RAM, 66 ... Video control 68, wireless LAN communication unit, 100 ... LAN, 110 ... access point, 120, 130 ... router, 200 ... Internet

Claims (2)

A karaoke device that performs karaoke performance, and a plurality of remote control terminals that have an input function that allows the user to operate the karaoke device via a first network, and that have an information display function from the karaoke device or a host server, A karaoke network system communicably connected to the host server via a second network,
The host server is
Personal information storage means for storing personal information consisting of user identification information for each user including at least user-provided information provided from the remote control terminal via the input function from the user and scoring history information of the user;
The authentication to the user connected to the host server via the remote control terminal and the end of the authentication are performed, and the use of the system is started during the authentication until the end of the authentication for the authenticated user. An authentication means to permit the remote control terminal;
Distribution means for distributing personal information related to an authenticated user among personal information stored in the personal information storage means as information that can be browsed based on a request from the remote control terminal;
When a user performs a karaoke performance according to a reservation of a karaoke performance by the user, the grading result of the user's singing is stored as scoring history information together with information for specifying the user and information for specifying the karaoke performance karaoke performance Scoring history information storage means,
The plurality of remote control terminals are respectively
Reservation request means for requesting the karaoke device to reserve a karaoke performance song by the authenticated user,
The karaoke device
Reservation accepting means for accepting a reservation of a karaoke performance song by the authenticated user from the reservation requesting means of the remote control terminal;
Performance song storage means for storing one or more karaoke performance songs;
Karaoke performance means for reading out the karaoke performance music from the performance music storage means and performing karaoke performance based on the reservation of the karaoke performance music by the user received by the reservation reception means,
Remote end end of the reservation user is used in making the reservation request of the plurality of remote terminal further
Authentication for singing the duet song together with the reserved user when the karaoke performance song by the reserved user who is the authenticating user accepted by the reservation accepting unit of the karaoke apparatus is a duet song that can be sung by two singers A partner selection means to select a partner who is a user,
Accept registration permission information indicating the intention to register the scoring result of singing by the partner as a scoring history or registration disapproval information indicating the intention of not registering the scoring result of singing by the partner as a scoring history, Intention receiving means for transmitting the received information to the karaoke device,
The karaoke apparatus further includes:
A first voice signal input means for inputting a voice signal of karaoke singing by the reserved user;
Second audio signal input means for inputting an audio signal of karaoke singing by the partner selected by the partner selection means of the remote control terminal;
When the intention accepting means of the remote control terminal accepts registration permission information, the karaoke song input from the first audio signal input means when the karaoke performance is performed by the karaoke performance means and the second The karaoke song input from the voice signal input means is scored on the premise that the scoring result is registered. On the other hand, when the intention accepting means accepts the registration non-permission information, the karaoke performance means performs the karaoke performance. Karaoke singing input from the first audio signal input means and karaoke singing input from the second audio signal input means only for karaoke singing input from the first audio signal input means. Scoring means for scoring on the premise of registering the scoring results;
When the intention accepting means of the remote control terminal accepts registration permission information, the scoring result by the scoring means for the karaoke song input from the first audio signal input means, information for identifying the reservation user, And the karaoke performance karaoke performance information as well as information to be sent to the host server as scoring history information, and the scoring result by the scoring means for the karaoke song input from the second voice signal input means, And information for specifying the karaoke performance performed for karaoke and the information for specifying the karaoke performance as the scoring history information is transmitted to the host server. On the other hand, when the intention receiving means of the remote control terminal receives the registration non-permission information , For a karaoke song input from the first audio signal input means The scoring result of the serial scoring unit, and an scoring history information transmission means for transmitting to the host server as scoring history information along with information identifying the reservation information for specifying a user, and karaoke performance has been the karaoke musical piece,
The host server further includes:
A karaoke network system comprising storage control means for storing the grading history information transmitted from the grading history information transmitting means of the karaoke apparatus in a grading history information storage means. The karaoke network system according to claim 1,
The partner selection means of the remote control terminal is
A list creating means for creating a list of authenticated users who can become the partner among the authenticated users;
List presenting means for presenting the list created by the list creating means to the reserved user;
Nomination accepting means for accepting an operation for nominating a specific user as a partner candidate by the reservation user from the list created by the list creating means;
Informing means for informing that the nominee accepting means has been nominated for the partner candidate,
Permission receiving means for receiving permission information indicating an intention to become a partner of the reserved user or refusal information indicating an intention not to be a partner of the reserved user;
When the permission accepting unit accepts the license information, the partner candidate is selected as the partner of the reserved user. On the other hand, when the permission accepting unit accepts the refusal information, the partner is sent to the list creating unit. Partner determination means to re-create the list without candidates,
A karaoke network system characterized by comprising:

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