JP5059552B2 - Handicap calculation karaoke system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system in which a plurality of users compete for the correct answer to a song name by listening to a part of a song played like a song guessing quiz (intro game). When the number of performances is different, a handicap is given to each user so as to maintain fairness among the users.

The song guessing quiz that listens to a part of the played music and corrects the song name is the earliest answer of the given song name and competes for the number of correct answers. The music to be presented in such a game is not selected by selecting the user's favorite or favorite music, but is randomly selected and presented. With regard to such a technique, in Patent Document 1, by allowing a user to select a question level from beginner level to advanced level and a genre of a questioned song, when a user starts a game, a question is given from a song with relatively low difficulty. A technique that enables this is disclosed.
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  However, in the case of the invention disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, even if the user can set the question level and genre, it is the subject of the music selected randomly by the game machine, so a plurality of users compete. When enjoying a game, many users who answered well-known music questions can answer correctly, but there is an unfairness that a user who only asks music that they do not know at all can not answer.

  Although it is known that such a game is performed using a karaoke system, it is desirable that a plurality of users can share the enjoyment of using a game in a karaoke system that is required to be highly entertaining, The functional value of the system can be maintained. However, when the correct answer is biased toward a specific user, the game performance becomes poor and the entertainment property cannot be maintained, so that the use frequency decreases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the handicap calculation karaoke system in the present invention is a handicap of a user's score in a game in which a plurality of users are competing for correct answers on music played by a karaoke terminal. It is a system to set. That is, the user ID is acquired to identify the user, manage the performance frequency of the music selected by the user specified by the user ID, and manage any user who is actually competing in the game. If the correct song of the game is included in the song being played, based on a predetermined conversion table or calculation algorithm such that the handicap increases as the performance frequency of the song is relatively high among users, A karaoke system for calculating a handicap at the time of correct answer of the music by a user is provided to solve the above problem.

  According to the handicap calculation karaoke system of the present invention, by using the performance frequency according to the user of the karaoke terminal, when playing a game in which a part of the music flows for a few seconds and a plurality of users compete for correct answers, It becomes possible to automatically calculate the handicap when the user correctly answers the music. That is, there is no need to set the level and genre of the questioned music as in the prior art, and even if the selected music is selected at random, there will be no unfairness among users and the correct answer will be fair There is an effect that you can compete for scores.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the best examples. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication-type karaoke system embodying the present invention. In FIG. 1, a karaoke apparatus 1 mixes music generated by a built-in sound source and a singing voice signal input from a microphone 2. Amplified by the amplifier 3, karaoke accompaniment music and singing voice are reproduced from the speaker system 4.

  Also, the karaoke apparatus 1 outputs an image signal to the monitor television 5 to display a lyrics telop and a background image. The karaoke apparatus 1 processes various functions necessary for karaoke performance such as receiving an infrared code signal sent from the auxiliary terminal device 6 and performing reservation registration of the requested music.

  The user ID acquisition means 7 (also serving as the cradle type charger of the auxiliary terminal device 6) is provided with a data input unit 6a of the user ID card C, and the user ID card C is brought into contact with the data input unit 6a. Then, the user ID data recorded on the user ID card C is transferred to the karaoke host center 100 via the karaoke apparatus 1.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1. 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 a hard disk device (HDD) 13. This performance data includes music generation data that is the origin of karaoke accompaniment music described in MIDI format, or raw sound recording data compressed and stored in MP3 format, and lyrics and characters that are displayed in synchronization with the performance of the karaoke song. And lyrics drawing data describing attributes (display position, display color, display / erase timing, etc.).

  The central control unit 11 is a remote control receiver 15 for transmitting and receiving data between the auxiliary terminal device 6 having a GUI function and the karaoke device 1, and for a user to directly input to the karaoke device 1. The requested music ID is received from the operation panel 16 via the operation control unit 17. The input order and the ID are associated with each other and stored in the RAM 29, and music performance reservation registration is performed.

  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.

  That is, the karaoke apparatus 1 has a communication function, and 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, and exchanges various data with the karaoke apparatus 1 serving as a client. The performance data distributed from the karaoke host center 100 is stored in the hard disk device 13 and read based on the control of the central control unit 11.

  The management data server 100b stores user attribute data when the user registers in the member system of the karaoke business, that is, an address, a name, a date of birth, and the like. When the ID data is transferred to the karaoke host center 100, the user-specific attribute information management means (not shown) gives the user's date of birth data (including age information) user attribute data to the karaoke apparatus 1. Send. The user attribute data transmitted from the karaoke host center 100 is sent to the RAM 29 and managed for each user who is currently logged into the karaoke apparatus 1.

  And the performance frequency management means 25 according to user in this invention is installed in the karaoke host center, and if user ID is acquired in arbitrary karaoke apparatuses 1, the auxiliary terminal apparatus 6 will perform a predetermined procedure. When the music is played by associating the ID with each user, the performance ID “1” is counted by combining the user ID and the music ID, and the user logs out. Thereafter, the information is recorded for each piece of music in the performance frequency management table T for each user of the karaoke host center 100.

  As described above, the performance frequency is recorded for each user ID and for each music piece, and when an arbitrary user acquires the user ID in the arbitrary karaoke apparatus 1 and completes the login to the system, the user-specific performance is recorded. The performance frequency acquisition means 27 is a user of the RAM 29 set in the karaoke device 1 if there is a preset task song for each login user from the user-specific performance frequency management table T. It downloads as another performance frequency acquisition table t. Then, when a predetermined task song is played and an arbitrary user answers the answer correctly, the handicap calculating means 26 performs the performance frequency between the currently logged-in users based on the information of the table t as will be described later. The handicap given to the user is calculated on the basis of the relative difference.

  FIG. 3 shows the flow of the recording process of the performance frequency for each user. First, the user contacts the data input unit 6a of the auxiliary terminal device 6 with the user ID card C and logs in. The ID data is read and the user ID is acquired (step Sa1). Next, when the user specified by acquiring the user ID reserves the music, that is, registers the music accompanying the user ID (step Sa2), the specified user selects the music. When the registered music is played (step Sa3), the playing frequency is temporarily recorded in the RAM 29 set in the karaoke apparatus 1 for each music (step Sa4). If the user ID of the user is deleted (step Sa5), the performance frequency recorded in the karaoke apparatus 1 is transferred to the performance frequency management table T for each user in the karaoke host center 100 (step S5). Sa6), the recording process of the performance frequency for each user is terminated (step Sa7).

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a process of calculating a handicap using the performance frequency for each user. When a user ID is acquired (step Sa8) and selection of an intro game is accepted (step Sa9). ) The performance frequency for each user is obtained from the performance frequency management table T for each user in the karaoke host center 100 as shown in FIG. ) Is downloaded to the user-specific performance frequency acquisition table t in the RAM 29 of the karaoke apparatus 1 (step Sa10).

  And each use recorded about the said performance frequency acquisition table t according to said user is selected at random from among the task music preset in the karaoke apparatus 1 (step Sa11). If the user's past performance music is included (step Sa12), the performance frequency of each user's past performance music is extracted from the per-user performance frequency acquisition table t, and between the users. A conversion table 6 for comparing performance frequencies is created (step Sa13).

  In this way, after the conversion table for the subject song is created, when it is determined that the song name answered by the specific first user among the plurality of users is correct (step) Sa14), the user's handicap is calculated (step Sa15). The handicap is calculated based on the conversion table in FIG. 6. For example, among the users A to E in FIG. 6, the user A has the highest performance frequency and the user C has the lowest. Indicates.

  Therefore, when the user A with the highest performance frequency becomes the first correct answerer, the handicap 40 is given, and a score of 60 points is displayed with a maximum score of 100 (step Sa16). In this case, the fairness of the game can be revealed by converting the conversion table of FIG. 6 into numerical information and displaying it simultaneously on the monitor television 5 together with the score display.

  Since the game is progressed in this way, for example, when the user C becomes the earliest correct person, the handicap is 0, and thus a score of 100 points is obtained. Therefore, for the users B, D, and E, similarly, the score is calculated based on the handicap calculated from the performance frequency, and the total score is aggregated based on the calculation result.

  In the above description, the conversion table is used for calculating the handicap, but it is also possible to perform the calculation by a calculation algorithm. For example, in this case, the handicap value can be set to a value proportional to the performance frequency by setting a calculation program that performs linear proportional calculation processing based on the lowest performance frequency and the highest performance frequency. Further, by setting a calculation program for performing logarithmic proportional calculation, the handicap value given by the difference in the performance frequency can be changed as shown in FIG.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, even when the correct answerer is biased to a specific user in the song quiz, a handicap is automatically given, so that the fairness of the game is improved. Thus, the present invention has effects peculiar to the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the system of FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data processing in this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data processing in this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the performance frequency management table classified by user. It is a figure which shows the example of the aspect of the data processing in this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the aspect of the data processing in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Karaoke equipment 2 ... Microphone 3 ... Amplifier 4 ... Speaker system 5 ... Monitor TV 6 ... Auxiliary terminal device 6a... Data input unit 7... User ID acquisition means 11... Central control unit 12 .. communication control unit 13. Remote control receiver 16 Operation panel 17 Operation control unit 18 Synthesizer 19 Mixer 22 Video RAM
23... Video control unit 24... Video disk device 29.
50 ... Control / data bus 100 ... Karaoke host center 100a ... Music data server 100b ... Management data server N ... Information communication network C ... Use ID card T ... Performance frequency management table by user

Claims (3)

In a game in which a plurality of users compete for music played by a karaoke terminal, a system for setting a handicap for each user's score, a user ID acquisition means, a performance frequency management means for each user, User-specific handicap calculation means,
(A) User ID acquisition means is to acquire a user ID and identify a user,
(A) The performance frequency management means for each user manages the performance frequency of the music selected by the user specified by the user ID in the performance frequency management table for each user.
(C) The user-specific handicap calculating means is a user of the performance frequency of the music from the user-specific performance frequency management table for a plurality of arbitrary users who are currently competing in a game with a predetermined question song. Calculating the handicap given to the user when the music is correct based on the relative difference between
This is a handicap calculation karaoke system.   2. The handicap calculating karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the handicap is calculated by the user-specific handicap calculating means based on a conversion table.   2. The handicap calculating karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the handicap is calculated by the user-specific handicap calculating means based on a calculation algorithm.

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