JP4993488B2 - Image display system for music - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention enables the user of the karaoke system to display image data taken by a digital camera or the like on a monitor TV, and is included in the popular period of the karaoke song when a specific karaoke song is requested. The present invention relates to a system that can read out image data and display it as a background image.

  When performing a karaoke performance by a karaoke device, the lyrics are scrolled and displayed on the monitor TV screen, and a background image that will approximate the karaoke song is displayed. For example, a karaoke song with a winter theme, a snowy landscape, a karaoke song with an autumn theme, a ginkgo row of dead leaves, and a karaoke song with a sea theme, a coastal landscape. Usually, it is uniquely associated.

  However, since such a background image does not completely match the musical idea, it was selected conceptually and extracted based on mechanical judgment regardless of the preference of the user of the karaoke system. It was something. Therefore, singers and the like tend to recognize that the display of the background image is incidental, and improvement of the significance of the function has been desired.

As a means for improving the significance of such a background image as much as possible, a karaoke apparatus has been proposed in which an image taken by a user with a digital camera or the like becomes a background image (see Patent Document 1). ). In addition, a system has also been proposed in which an image captured by a user is transmitted from a mobile phone or the like to become a background image (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2004-271959 A JP 2006-003843 A

  In the case of the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, a plurality of images stored in the karaoke apparatus are displayed as thumbnails, and a desired image is selected by operating a selection button. It's not like picking up. Therefore, preparation work by the user is required before starting the karaoke performance, giving a complicated feeling.

  On the other hand, in the case of the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, instead of video information associated with karaoke music, arbitrary image data stored by the user is read and displayed. It does not include image data selection means. Therefore, it is impossible to predict what kind of image will be displayed. For example, for a karaoke song requested, a background image taken at a ski resort is displayed for a summer-themed karaoke song. The problem that an inappropriate background image was displayed remained.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, in which the shooting time of the external input image (user registration image) corresponds to a significant period (the trend period) in which many requested karaoke songs are sung. The purpose of this is to make it possible to avoid inconsistencies between the karaoke musical composition and the background image, and to eliminate the complicated preparation work for selecting the background image. It is.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above problems by means described below. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for displaying an external input image attached with shooting date / time data in place of a preset background image of karaoke music, the music performance frequency recording means and The music piece fashion period determination means, external input image management means, external input image selection means, and switching display means. (A) The music performance frequency recording means is a predetermined period of time played by the karaoke device. The performance frequency is recorded in a performance frequency management table for each karaoke song, and (a) the popularity period determination means for each song has a predetermined performance frequency for each karaoke song recorded in the performance frequency management table. A specific period exceeding the threshold value is determined as a fashion period. (C) External input image management means externally input an arbitrary image together with its shooting date data externally (D) external input image selection means, when any karaoke music piece is selected, based on the trend period data, the shooting date data included in the trend period Is selected, and (e) when the selected karaoke piece is played, when the selected karaoke piece is played, the karaoke piece has the selected external input image. Is a music-corresponding image display system in which the external input image is switched and displayed in place of the preset background image.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the music-corresponding image display system according to the first aspect, the karaoke device is provided with a data input unit, and the data input unit performs a data input operation using an image memory card, thereby enabling external input. Image data is installed, and an external input image management table is created in the karaoke apparatus.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the music-corresponding image display system according to the first aspect, the karaoke apparatus is provided with a user ID acquisition means and a data input unit for an image memory card, and external input image data together with the user ID data. The external input image management table for each user is created.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the music-corresponding image display system according to the first aspect, the karaoke device is provided with a user ID acquisition means, and the tune performance frequency recording means is played by the karaoke performance device for each user ID. The performance frequency for a predetermined period for each user ID is recorded in the performance frequency management table.

  When playing a karaoke song, instead of the background image of the preset karaoke song, when displaying an externally input image arbitrarily input on the monitor TV, shooting corresponding to the trendy period when many requested karaoke songs were sung Since the external input image of the due date is selected, it is possible to avoid inconsistency between the karaoke music composition and the background image, and it is possible to eliminate complicated preparation work for selecting the background image.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention can be implemented in any of a stationary type stand-alone type and a communication type capable of data communication with a karaoke host center. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a stand-alone type system, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration thereof. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication type system, and FIG. 4 shows its hardware configuration. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the external input image management table in the stand-alone type, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the external input image management table in the communication type. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image data file, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a performance frequency management table, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a popular period of karaoke music. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the present invention in the stand-alone type. FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are diagrams showing a processing flow of the present invention in the communication type.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a karaoke apparatus that manages the entire system, and includes a data input unit (card slot) 1a in which an image memory card C1 is mounted. The karaoke apparatus 1 </ b> A mixes the karaoke music generated by the built-in sound source and the singing voice signal input from the microphone 2, amplifies it by the amplifier 3, and the performance sound and singing voice are reproduced from the speaker system 4. Also, the karaoke apparatus 1A outputs an image signal to the monitor television 5, and displays a lyrics telop and a background image. The karaoke apparatus 1A processes various functions necessary for karaoke performance such as receiving an infrared code signal transmitted from the remote control transmitter 6 and performing reservation registration of the requested karaoke music piece.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1A. In FIG. 2, the central control unit 11 is a microcomputer including a CPU, RAM, and ROM, and is connected to this via a control / data bus 50. Exchanges signals with each component, and controls and controls the entire system.

  The central control unit 11 reads performance data stored in the hard disk device 13. This performance data includes music generation data that is the origin of karaoke accompaniment music described in MIDI format, and lyrics and character attributes (display position, display color, display / erase display) that are displayed in synchronization with the performance of the karaoke music piece. Lyrics drawing data describing timing etc.). When the central control unit 11 receives the ID input of the requested music from the remote control transmitter 6, the remote control receiving unit 15 and the operation panel 16 via the operation control unit 17, the input order is associated with the ID and stored in the RAM. Register a music performance reservation.

  When the performance data of the corresponding karaoke music is read from the hard disk device 13 according to the reservation order and the MIDI data in the performance data is transferred to the synthesizer 18, the synthesizer 18 controls the built-in sound source according to the MIDI data, and plays the karaoke accompaniment music. Generate. The performance signal of the karaoke accompaniment music output from the synthesizer 18 is mixed with the singing voice signal from the microphone 2 by the mixer 19 and output, and the speaker system 4 is driven to obtain an acoustic output.

  On the other hand, in synchronization with the karaoke accompaniment music generation process, a bitmap image to be a lyric image is developed in the video RAM 22. The video control unit 23 performs a process of superimposing the bitmap image on the background image output from the video disk device 24 and outputs the image to the monitor television 5.

  Reference numeral 25 denotes an external input image storage unit which reads and stores image data recorded in the image memory card C1 attached to the data input unit 1a. The image memory card C1 is a memory card that is recorded by an image taken with a digital camera, a mobile phone, or the like and attached with shooting date / time data. The recorded image can be read in either a still image or a moving image. To.

  Next, the outline of the communication type system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which overlaps with the structure of the stand-alone type system mentioned above, and the description is abbreviate | omitted. In the system configuration shown in the figure, an auxiliary terminal device (touch panel commander) 7 having a GUI function for the karaoke device 1B is connected, and data is transmitted and received between the karaoke device 1B and the auxiliary terminal device 7.

  The auxiliary terminal device 7 is provided with a data input unit 7a to which the image memory card C1 is attached and a data input unit (touch panel sensor) 7b serving as a user ID acquisition unit by performing a data input operation using the user ID card C2. Prepare. When the image memory card C1 is attached to the data input unit 7a and a data input operation is performed, the image data recorded on the image memory card C1 is transferred to the karaoke apparatus 1B and used for the data input unit 7b. The user attribute data recorded on the user ID card C2 is transferred to the karaoke apparatus 1B by performing a data input operation by bringing the user ID card C2 into contact.

  The karaoke apparatus 1B has a communication function, and its hardware configuration will be described with reference to a block diagram shown in FIG. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in the stand-alone type hardware configuration shown in FIG. 2, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1B shown in FIG. 4, the central control unit 11 controls the communication control unit 12 and is connected to the karaoke host center 100 via the information communication network N, thereby enabling data communication. The karaoke host center 100 includes a music data server 100a that stores karaoke music, and a management data server 100b that stores user attribute data, statistical data, and the like, and exchanges various data with the karaoke apparatus 1B that is a client. . The performance data distributed from the karaoke host center 100 is stored in the hard disk device 13 and read out under the control of the central control unit 11.

  Since the karaoke device 1B is configured as described above, the image data of the image memory card C1 is input from the data input unit 7a of the auxiliary terminal device 7, while the user attribute data of the user ID card is input from the data input unit 7b. Is input, the image data specified in the user attribute data is transmitted to the karaoke host center 100 via the information communication network N and stored in the management data server 100b.

  Next, the configuration of the external input image management table will be described. FIG. 5 shows an example of an external input image management table created in the stand-alone type karaoke apparatus 1A. In this case, the user simply installs the image memory card C1 in the data input unit 7 of the karaoke apparatus 1A. Since it is specified and a plurality of image memory cards C1 are not mounted, a user ID for the installed image data becomes unnecessary.

  FIG. 5 is an external input image management table created based on such a premise. For example, the uppermost image IDs A-001 to n are image data taken on February 15, 2001. This indicates that there are a plurality of images. Similarly, image data is gathered based on the shooting date data, and an image data file as shown in FIG. 7 is created and temporarily stored.

  On the other hand, in the case of the communication type, since image data is transmitted from the plurality of karaoke terminals to the karaoke host center 100, a user ID must be attached as shown in FIG. In the example shown in the figure, for the sake of convenience, the branch number is displayed so as to specify the user, but in actuality, this is the user ID number of the user attribute data. Then, the same image data file as shown in FIG. 7 with the user ID number is stored in the management data server 100b of the karaoke host center 100.

  Next, the configuration of the performance frequency management table will be described. The performance frequency management table records the requested performance frequency for each karaoke piece in a rewritable storage device. In the case of a stand-alone type, the performance frequency management table is recorded in the karaoke device 1A. On the other hand, in the case of the communication type, every time a karaoke song is played, the song information is transferred to the karaoke host center 100 and the performance frequency management table data is rewritten.

  The example of the performance frequency management table shown in FIG. 8 is monthly statistics for a specific year. For example, the performance frequency in March of the karaoke song 0001 is 1900 times. By setting an arbitrary threshold value for such statistical data and comparing this threshold value with the statistical data, it is possible to specify a month in which performances are concentrated on each karaoke piece, that is, a trendy month. For example, when the threshold value is set to 1500 times, it is determined that the popular months of the karaoke music piece 0001 in which performance has exceeded the threshold value 1500 times are March and April. FIG. 9 shows the trend month for karaoke songs 0001 to 0010 for convenience, and it is determined that there is no specific trend period for karaoke songs 0007, 0009, and 0010. In addition, you may make it record in this performance frequency management table the performance frequency of the predetermined period for every user ID performed with the karaoke performance apparatus.

  The flow of processing in the system of the present invention configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 shows the flow of processing in the stand-alone type system. First, it is determined whether or not the image memory card C1 is attached to the data input unit 1a of the karaoke apparatus 1A by the user (step Sa1). If the image memory card C1 is not attached at this stage, the system is operated as a normal karaoke device.

  When the image memory card C1 is inserted in step Sa1, the image data is read immediately, the external input image is stored in the external input image storage unit 25 (step Sa2), and the program processing of the central control unit 11 is shown in FIG. An external input image management table is created (step Sa3). When the external input image management table is created in this manner, a request for karaoke music is waited.

  When the user requests a specific karaoke piece (step Sa4), the popular period of the requested piece is extracted from the performance frequency management table (FIG. 8) (step Sa5). When the trend period of the requested music is extracted in this way, the central control unit 11 searches the external input image management table and selects the external input image of the shooting period included in the trend period of the requested music. For example, in FIG. 9, when the request is karaoke music piece 0008, since the epidemic periods are January and February, the image IDs A-001 to n shown in FIG. 5 are selected as the external input image. (Step Sa6).

  In this way, when the external input image corresponding to the fashion period is selected in step Sa6, the process proceeds to step Sa7, and the selected external input image is displayed. On the other hand, when the external input image corresponding to the fashion period is not selected in step Sa6, the process proceeds to step Sa8 and a preset background image is displayed. And then. When the performance of the requested karaoke piece is finished (step Sa9), the display of the image is also finished (step Sa10).

  FIGS. 11 and 12 show the flow of processing in a communication type system. First, the user contacts the data input unit 7b of the auxiliary terminal device 7 with the user ID card C2 and logs in (step Sb1). ), User attribute data of the user ID card C2 is read (step Sb2). Next, the image memory card C1 is attached to the data input unit 7a (step Sb3), and image data reading processing is performed (step Sb4). The user attribute data and the image data thus input are transferred from the karaoke apparatus 1B to the karaoke host center 100 via the information communication network N.

  When the karaoke host center 100 receives the user attribute data and the image data (step Sb6), it creates an external input image management table for each user ID (step Sb7), and manages the image data file for each user ID as a management data server. Accumulate in 100b (step Sb8). Therefore, since the image data file transferred in this way is stored in the management data server 100b, the input operation by the image memory card C1 is not necessary thereafter.

  As described above, in the communication type system, the image data is stored in advance in the karaoke host center 100, so that the user's own image data can be called to the karaoke terminal only by the data input operation of the user ID card C2. The same processing as the stand-alone type becomes possible. FIG. 12 shows the flow of such processing. First, in step Sc1, a user ID card is contacted to the data input unit 7b of the auxiliary terminal device 7 of the karaoke apparatus 1B to log in. Here, when an external input image is downloaded from the karaoke host center 100 to the karaoke apparatus 1B, a transfer of image data is requested by displaying a menu screen (step Sc3).

  When transfer of image data is requested in this way, an external input image management table is set in the karaoke apparatus 1B (step Sc3), and a request for a karaoke song is awaited. When the user requests a specific karaoke piece (step Sc4), the popular period of the requested piece is extracted from the performance frequency management table (FIG. 8) (step Sc5). Note that the performance frequency management table may be unique to the karaoke apparatus 1B, or may be downloaded by the karaoke host center 100 through statistical processing. When the external input image management table and the performance frequency management table are set in the karaoke apparatus 1B, processing similar to that of the stand-alone type is performed thereafter.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the external input image corresponding to the popular period of the requested karaoke song is selected, for example, it is photographed at a ski resort as a background image of a karaoke song with a summer scene as a theme. Inconsistent images that ignore the sense of the seasons are displayed, and a natural background image can be displayed for the requested karaoke song. There is an effect peculiar to the present invention, such as being able to wipe out a complicated operation to select.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the karaoke system which implemented this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the karaoke apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the karaoke system which implemented this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the karaoke apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of an external input image management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of an external input image management table. It is a figure which shows the structure of an image data file. It is a figure which shows the structure of a performance frequency management table. It is a figure which shows the example of the epidemic period of karaoke music. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process of this invention in a stand-alone type. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process of this invention in a communication type. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process of this invention in a communication type.

Explanation of symbols

1A ... Karaoke device 1a ... Data input section 1B ... Karaoke device 2 .... Microphone 3 .... Amplifier 4 ... ···· Speaker system ················································································ Auxiliary terminal device ... Data input part (user ID acquisition means)
11. Central control unit 12. Communication control unit 13. Hard disk drive 15. Remote control receiver 16. Operation panel 17. Operation control unit 18 Synthesizer 19 Mixer 22 Video RAM
23 .... Video control unit 24 ... Video disc device 25 ... External input image storage unit 50 ... Control / data bus 100 ... Karaoke Host center 100a ... Music data server 100b ... Management data server N ... Information communication network C1 ... Image memory card C2 ... User ID card

Claims (4)

A system for displaying an external input image with shooting date / time data in place of a preset background image of karaoke music, the music performance frequency recording means, the music-specific epidemic period determination means, and an external It consists of input image management means, external input image selection means, and switching display means,
(A) The music performance frequency recording means is for recording the performance frequency for a predetermined period for each karaoke music performance performed by the karaoke device in the performance frequency management table.
(I) The song-specific trend period determination means determines a specific period in which the performance frequency of each karaoke song recorded in the performance frequency management table exceeds a predetermined threshold as the popularity period,
(C) The external input image management means manages an arbitrary image input from the outside together with the shooting date data in the external input image management table.
(D) When an arbitrary karaoke piece is selected, the external input image selection means selects an external input image associated with shooting date data included in the trend period based on the trend period data. Is,
(E) The switching display means means that when the selected karaoke music piece is played, if there is an external input image selected for the karaoke music piece, the external input image is used instead of the preset background image. , The display is switched
The music corresponding | compatible image display system characterized by the above-mentioned.   A data input unit is provided in the karaoke device, and the data input operation by the image memory card is performed in the data input unit, so that the external input image data is installed and the external input image management table is created in the karaoke device. The music corresponding image display system according to claim 1, wherein   A karaoke device is provided with a user ID acquisition means and a data input unit for an image memory card, and an external input image management table for each user is created using external input image data together with user ID data. The music corresponding image display system according to claim 1.   User ID acquisition means is provided in the karaoke device, and the music performance frequency recording means records the performance frequency for a predetermined period for each user ID played by the karaoke performance device for each user ID in the performance frequency management table. The music corresponding image display system according to claim 1, wherein

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