JP5100264B2 - Karaoke system with section playback function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system having a section playback function for playing and singing a predetermined section of a piece of music.

  In recent years, some karaoke systems have been added with a singing ability scoring function, and content that competes for rankings based on the scoring results of sung songs is also used. The user has a good part and a poor part in one song, and when practicing to improve the singing ability, only the poor part is practiced rather than singing the whole song Is efficient. For this reason, it is desirable to allow the user to practice efficiently and contribute to the improvement of the singing ability in order to motivate the singing.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a technique proposed in the following patent document as a technique that saves time and effort for repetitive performance of a musical piece for a user's singing practice. In this patent document, a position in the middle of a target musical piece is designated by a position designation unit in response to an input operation by an input device such as a remote controller, and the designated position is associated with information on the musical piece to be played. When the performance song is output, the designated position registered in association with the performance song information is output from the performance start position or from the performance start position to the performance end position. Is to do.

JP 2007-199417 A

  However, when playing from the middle of a song, the user needs to specify for each song using the input device, especially when there are a plurality of performance start positions in one song, and not only one song but many songs. However, if you want to play midway, you will have to perform input operations on each of them, and this will require the user to input troubles, which may hinder the motivation of singing There is.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a karaoke system having a section playback function for specifying a predetermined number of sections that a user would like to sing in a song and making it a playback target. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention of claim 1, a karaoke system having at least a section reproduction function having a music database in which a predetermined number of music pieces each having a plurality of song sections arranged in series are stored. ID acquisition means, scoring processing means, scoring storage means, playback section specifying means, and playback control means, wherein the user ID acquisition means acquires a user ID from a user, and the scoring processing means is at least a song A scoring process is performed for each singing section in the music being performed, and the scoring storage means performs a scoring process at least for each singing section, which is scored by the scoring processing means for each song sung for each user ID. stored, the reproduction section specifying means, in accordance with the music reproduction request, adoption of each singing section of the music to be sung subject acquired from the rated storage means based on the user ID Based on the singing section less than the set reference scored value identifies a predetermined number in advance, the reproduction control means, the user singing singing interval specified by said reproduction section specifying means for a piece of music sung target When this is selected, the singing section is reproduced.

According to the present invention, for each user ID, at least a score for each singing section that has been scored by the score processing means for the sung music is stored in the score storage means, and the song is sung in response to a reproduction request for the music. Based on the user ID, the score for each singing section of the target music is obtained from the scoring storage means, and a predetermined number of singing sections that do not satisfy the preset reference scoring value are specified, and according to the user's selection By adopting a configuration in which the specified singing section of the song to be sung is reproduced, it is possible to specify a predetermined number of sections that the user will want to sing in one song and make it a reproduction target. By allowing the user to practice efficiently and contribute to improving the singing ability, it is possible to motivate the singing.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration for positioning a karaoke system having a section reproduction function according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a network when this system is configured using a communication network, FIG. 1B is a schematic block diagram of a host device, and FIG. 1C is a scoring provided in a user database. It is explanatory drawing of information.

  In FIG. 1A, the host device 11 manages a predetermined number of karaoke performance terminals 13 (13A to 13N) via the communication network 12 as a part of the karaoke system, It is connected so that it can be exchanged freely. The communication network 12 includes, for example, a general public telephone line, an ADSL using the same, an optical communication line, the Internet, and a LAN, and a VPN constructed on the Internet is preferable.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the host device 11 includes at least a transmission / reception means 21, a control means 22, a RAM 23, and a user database (DB) 24. The user DB 24 stores scoring information 24A as scoring storage means. Prepare. The transmission / reception means 21 is, for example, a physical communication circuit or platform for consistency with the communication system of the communication network 12 in order to perform communication (data exchange) with each karaoke performance terminal 13 (13A to 13N). It is configured by software such as.

  The control means 22 controls the host device 11 in an integrated manner, and is a physical CPU, for example, and performs algorithm processing of a program stored in a ROM (not shown). Here, when user information is requested from a predetermined karaoke performance terminal 13 based on the user ID, the terminal ID and the user ID of the karaoke performance terminal 13 are temporarily stored in the RAM 23 and at least scored by the user DB 24. The scoring information associated with the user ID is extracted from the information 24A and sent to the karaoke performance terminal 13. The RAM 23 serves as a temporary storage for predetermined information and a work area for developing and executing various programs. For example, the RAM 23 includes a semiconductor memory and is virtually built on a hard disk. It is a concept.

  The user DB 24 is a database in which predetermined information is registered for each user managed by a user ID. In association with the user ID, for example, at least an image file name such as a nickname or a registrant's face photo is stored. In the scoring information 24A, as shown in FIG. 1 (C), for each user ID, scoring is performed at least for each singing section that has been scored by the scoring means described later for each song sung. It will be remembered. The scoring in this case is indicated by the latest value, maximum value, or average value (predetermined period, number of performances in a predetermined period, average value of all performances) for each section of the music. In FIG. 1C, only the singing section scoring is shown, but the scoring processing means described later may also include a total scoring value calculated by summing up the section scoring values.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a karaoke performance terminal according to the karaoke system of the present invention. The karaoke performance terminal 13 shown in FIG. 2 includes a display unit 32, a mixing amplifier 33, a microphone 34, and a speaker 35 that are externally connected to a karaoke performance device 31 as a main device by wire or wirelessly. A remote input / output terminal 36 is connected by wire or wireless, and the remote input / output terminal 36 includes a music search means 37, a user ID acquisition unit 38, and a terminal display unit 39 in addition to the main components.

  The display unit 32 displays normal music selection display, video during karaoke performance, and lyrics telop. For example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display (PDP), and other various displays can be employed. The mixing amplifier 33 mixes the performance data sent from the karaoke performance device 31 and the audio signal from the microphone 34, amplifies them, and outputs them from the speaker 35.

  The remote input / output terminal 36 has a user interface function and is compatible with a karaoke performance apparatus 31 (transmission / reception unit 53A described later) with a wired system or a wireless system (IR system, Bluetooth (registered trademark) mechanism piconet connection system, etc.). ), And a circuit board and a program therefor are provided. As the user interface function, a liquid crystal display (LCD) as a terminal display unit 39 and a touch sensor are stacked for input / output, and data such as selection of music by the touch sensor corresponding to displayed icons and the like. It is a GUI that can input.

  The user ID acquisition unit 38 provided in the remote input / output terminal 36 acquires a user ID from the IC card or the like when an IC card or the like possessed by the user's login request is presented, and displays a RAM (not shown). And is sent to the karaoke performance device 31. The user ID acquisition unit 38 may be provided in the karaoke performance device 31.

  The karaoke performance device 31 includes a bus 41, a central control unit 42, a ROM 43, a RAM 44, a music DB 45, a video DB 46, a playback control unit 47, a music song output unit 48, an A / D conversion unit 49, a scoring processing means 50, a playback section. A specifying unit 51, a reproduction control unit 52, and transmission / reception units 53A and 53B are provided as appropriate. In addition, the RAM 44 includes areas for the user-specific information storage unit 54, the reservation queue 55, and the performance log storage unit 56, and the user-specific information storage unit 54 includes a storage area for scoring information 54A. . In addition, even if it is an element part which is not directly related to the summary of this invention about each said structure, in order to show that most can be applied also in the conventional karaoke apparatus, the whole apparatus is demonstrated.

  The central control unit 42 is a physical CPU that performs overall process control of the system, and performs algorithm processing based on a program stored in the ROM 43. The RAM 44 includes areas for a user-specific information storage unit 54 (scoring information 54A), a reservation queue 55, and a performance log storage unit 56, which will be described later, and work for developing and executing the various programs. It serves as an area, and is a concept that includes, for example, a case where it is configured by a semiconductor memory and is virtually built on a hard disk.

  The music DB 45 has a music table in which music IDs, music names, and artist names are associated with each other, and performance data (MIDI data) and lyrics telop data of karaoke music in a predetermined data format managed by the music ID are synchronized. This is a database in which song codes are stored as file names for the song data (files) to be played, information on the singing section is attached to the song data, and a background image for each song stored in the video DB 46 is displayed. Allocation data for allocating a predetermined number of scene videos is associated. The video DB 46 is a database that stores a predetermined number of scene video data for displaying a background video. The music DB 45 and the video DB 46 may be provided not in the karaoke performance device 31 but in the host device 11.

  The reproduction control unit 47 synchronizes the lyric telop data (lyric character data) extracted from the music DB 45 with a predetermined number of scene video data and music code extracted from the video DB 46 at the time of performance, with the performance data of the music. This is an electronic circuit that outputs to the display unit 32. The music tune output unit 48 is an electronic circuit that digitally reproduces the performance data extracted from the music DB 45 by the music code, converts it to analog, and outputs it to the mixing amplifier 33.

  The scoring means 50 is a program for calculating a singing score by singing a predetermined singing section of the music based on the input singing voice when singing an arbitrary music. Here, the singing section means a unit of one phrase, a unit of several phrases, or a predetermined number of lyrics characters including one character of lyrics, and can be arbitrarily set.

  For example, a scoring table is provided, and the pitch reference condition of the main melody of the music digitally reproduced by the music song output unit 48 based on the selected song source data and the song data input from the microphone 34 are converted into the A / D conversion unit 49. Compare the singing pitch extracted from the digital singing data digitally converted with reference to the above scoring table, and for example, by averaging this as the score of the comparison result for each of the set singing sections, the scoring result is obtained. It is. The scoring value for each singing section and the overall scoring result are temporarily stored in the performance log storage unit 56 in association with the user ID and the music code, and the scoring information in the user DB 24 of the host device 11 at any timing. 24A is reflected.

  The reproduction section specifying means 51 is based on the scoring for each singing section of the song to be sung in the scoring information 54A acquired and stored from the user DB 24 (scoring information 24A) of the host device 11 based on the user ID. This is a program for specifying a predetermined number of singing sections that are less than a preset reference scoring value (here, for example, 80 points are used as a reference scoring value).

  The reproduction control means 52 is a program for extracting and reproducing the song section specified by the reproduction section specifying means 51 of at least the music to be sung from the music DB 45, and specifically, the specified song section. The music song data and lyrics data (referred to as a specific section) are extracted from the song DB 45, the corresponding video data is extracted from the video DB 46, and the music song data is sent to the music song output unit 48. The data is sent to the reproduction control unit 47.

  Here, even when the entire music section is sung, the reproduction control means 52 acquires the music song data and the lyrics data of all the sections from the music DB 45 and the corresponding video data from the video DB 46, The music tune data is sent to the music tune output unit 48, and the video data and the lyrics data are sent to the reproduction control unit 47.

  The transmission / reception unit 53A is for exchanging data with the remote input / output terminal 36 using a wired system or a wireless system (IR system, Bluetooth mechanism piconet connection system, etc.). It is a program. The transmission / reception unit 53B is for exchanging data with the host device 11 via the communication network 12, and is configured by software such as a physical communication circuit or platform for consistency with the communication method. It is composed.

  In the area of the user-specific information storage unit 54 formed in the RAM 44, the central control unit 42, based on the user ID received from the remote input / output terminal 36, from the user DB 24 of the host device 11, for example, a nickname, User information such as an image (face photo, etc.) and singing history is acquired and stored, and in the scoring information 54A of the user-specific information storage unit 54, the music shown in FIG. It memorizes the scoring information of the singing section.

  In the area of the reservation queue 55 formed in the RAM 44, the central control unit 42 stores the music IDs selected by the user in the order of reservation, and a predetermined number of songs specified for the music. If a section is configured, the singing section is attached, and if it is selected repeatedly, the information is attached and stored so that it can be displayed (described in FIG. 8).

  Furthermore, in the performance log storage unit 56 formed in the RAM 44, the central control unit 42 sings the song ID and singing scores (including the singing section scores) sung by the karaoke performance device 31 of the user (user ID). Is stored, and for example, the corresponding user ID stored in the user-specific information storage unit 54 (scoring information 54A) at each time, when the user logs out, or every predetermined period (such as daily unit). Is a program for updating the contents of the user DB 24 by updating the singing history and grading information (whole and singing section) and sending them to the host device 11. The performance log stored in the performance log storage unit 56 may be stored in a RAM (not shown) of the remote input / output terminal 36. Moreover, it is good also as not performing scoring with respect to the song in area reproduction as practice mode.

  By the way, although not shown in the figure, the karaoke performance device 31 is a numeric keypad for directly inputting the music code of the music to be requested by the user, buttons for performing various adjustments to the tempo of the performance music, and the singing voice. An operation panel in which knobs and knobs are directly connected to electronic elements such as variable resistors is also connected. By the way, when applying the karaoke performance terminal 13 as a stand-alone karaoke system, it can be realized by providing the user DB 24 (scoring information 24A) of the host device 11.

  Therefore, FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of scoring information acquisition in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 shows a processing flowchart of singing section specification in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of song reservation display on the terminal, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of specifying a singing poor section in the karaoke performance terminal in FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a singing poor section specifying display in the karaoke performance terminal in FIG. Fig. 2 shows an explanatory diagram of reserved music display in the karaoke performance terminal of Fig. 2.

  In FIG. 3, first, a predetermined user is presented to the karaoke performance terminal 13, for example, an IC card possessed by a user login request to the user ID acquisition unit 38 of the remote input / output terminal 36. Sometimes, the user ID acquisition unit 38 acquires a user ID from the IC card or the like, stores it in a RAM (not shown), and transmits it to the karaoke performance device 31 (step (S) 1).

  In the karaoke performance device 31, the central control unit 42 accesses the host device 11 from the transmission / reception unit 53 </ b> B via the communication network 12 based on the acquired user ID, and from the user DB 24, the user's nickname and image ( Scoring information for each song in the user ID is extracted and acquired from the user's predetermined information such as a face photograph) and the scoring information 24A (S2), and these are acquired for each user ID in the RAM 44. The information is stored in the user information storage unit 54 (scoring information 54A) (S3). The acquired predetermined information of the user is also stored for each user ID in the RAM of the remote input / output terminal 36 (not shown) via the transmission / reception unit 53A. If the user selects himself / herself from among the logged-in users presented on the terminal display unit 39 with a nickname or image based on predetermined information, the user selects the music, The user's user ID and the selected music ID are related and sent to the karaoke performance device 31.

  Therefore, in FIG. 4, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the user's music is selected by the user selecting himself / herself from among the logged-in users presented on the terminal display unit 39 of the remote input / output terminal 36. When the ID is specified and the practice mode button is pressed in a state where the screen on which the music is specified by the execution of the music search means 37 is displayed on the terminal display unit 39, a music playback request is made (S11). The reproduction section specifying means 51 refers to whether or not the song request music associated with the user ID exists in the scoring information 54A of the user-specific information storage unit 54 of the RAM 44 (S12). When the transfer button is selected, it is registered in the reservation queue 55 as a normal song.

  When the reserved music exists in the scoring information 54A, the score for each singing section of the music is acquired, and a predetermined number of singing sections that are less than the reference scoring value are specified among the singing sections of the music (S13). . For example, as shown in FIG. 6, among the scores for each section of music existing in the scoring information 54A, a section (same as 80 as described above) that is less than a preset reference scoring value (same as above). In the figure, sections 4, 6, 7, 10, etc.) are identified.

  Subsequently, the central control unit 42 acquires the lyrics data of the music from the music DB 45, displays the lyrics of the specific song section on the display unit 32, and selects either the entire song of the specific song section or the designated partial song. Display is performed (S14). For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, a singing section that does not satisfy the reference scoring value is highlighted as a singing section that the user is not good at, and the entire section is sung or a specified section is sung. Let them choose. Note that the designation is performed by inverting the display character of the display section 32 using the remote designated input / output terminal 36, for example, the singing section designated in an emphasized manner.

  In the display unit 32 as shown in FIG. 7A, according to the input of the singing target section when the user selects, for example, the entire singing section (S15), for example, FIG. As shown to (B), the display which selects whether it repeats singing or singing once is performed (S16). In the case of repeated singing, the number of times may be selected. And when the presence or absence of repeated singing is input in the said user (S17), the reproduction | regeneration of the said song object area of the requested | required music is started (S18).

On the other hand, if the reserved music does not exist in the scoring information 54A in S12, the requested music is registered in the reservation queue 55 of the RAM 44 as shown in FIG. 8 (S19).
And when the said music is sung, the scoring process means 50 performs scoring for every predetermined section, and the said scoring is memorize | stored in the scoring information of RAM44. As a result, the automatic playback of the practice mode can be performed for the music.

  In this way, it is possible to specify a predetermined number of sections that a user will want to sing in one song by scoring for each singing section of the scoring information, and to make it a target for playback. By being able to practice and contribute to improving the singing ability, it can be motivated by singing.

  The karaoke system provided with the section reproduction function of the present invention can be used in the field of karaoke apparatuses provided with the basic functions of karaoke.

It is structure explanatory drawing which positions the karaoke system provided with the area reproduction | regeneration function based on this invention. It is a block block diagram of the karaoke performance terminal which concerns on the karaoke system of this invention. It is a flowchart of scoring information acquisition in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. It is a process flowchart of the singing area specification in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the music reservation display in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the singing poor section specification in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the singing poor section specific display in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the reservation music display in the karaoke performance terminal of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

11 Host device 13 Karaoke performance terminal 24 User DB
24A, 54A Scoring information 31 Karaoke performance device 36 Remote input / output terminal 38 User ID acquisition unit 50 Scoring processing means 51 Reproduction section specifying means 52 Reproduction control means 55 Reservation queue

Claims (1)

A karaoke system provided with a section reproduction function having at least a music database in which a predetermined number of music pieces each having a plurality of song sections arranged in series are stored,
User ID acquisition means, scoring processing means, scoring storage means, playback section specifying means and playback control means,
The user ID acquisition means acquires a user ID from a user,
The scoring means performs a scoring process at least for each singing section in the song being sung,
The scoring storage means stores, for each user ID, at least a scoring for each singing section that has been scored by the scoring processing means for each song sung.
It said reproduction section specifying means, in accordance with the music playback request, based on the scoring of each singing section of the music to be sung subject acquired from the rated storage means based on the user ID, the preset reference scored values A predetermined number of singing sections that are less than
It said reproduction control means, the user is playing the singing section when you select a singing of the identified song segment by the reproduction section specifying means for a piece of music sung target,
A karaoke system having a section playback function characterized by this.

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