JP5191047B2 - Product identification code registration music selection system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a product identification code registration music selection system capable of presenting, as a music selection target song in a karaoke performance terminal, a song that is previously associated with a product identification code for each user.

  In recent years, with the spread of the POS system, a technology for attaching an optically readable product identification code to products such as beverages, confectionery, magazines, etc. and using them for settlement and product management has become common. . In addition to the POS system, a technique related to a bar code game machine using a product identification code in the game field is disclosed (see Patent Document 1). In the bar code game machine described in Patent Document 1, an opponent uses a bar code scanner to read a bar code printed on a can or the like, and battles based on a strength standard associated with the bar code in advance. To win or lose.

  Further, as a technique using a bar code, a technique related to a karaoke performance device is disclosed in which a bar code is printed in a music section of a music selection book and scanned to select a music (see Patent Document 2). The technique described in Patent Document 2 can select a song by printing a barcode in addition to a song selection code written in numbers or letters in a song selection book and reading the barcode with a barcode reader. It can be done.

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  However, although the above-described conventional technique can save the trouble of inputting the music code, the trouble of the user searching for the desired music from the music selection book has not changed. That is, in order to search for a desired music piece, the page of the music selection book has to be turned on the basis of the music name, artist name, etc., and the problem of requiring time for music selection has not been solved. In addition, the music selection work is a simple work of simply inputting the music code, and it has not been possible to find enjoyment in the music selection work.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a product identification code registration music selection system capable of enjoying a music selection operation and easily selecting a desired music. And

  The product identification code registration / music selection system of the present invention has the following features in order to achieve the above-described object. That is, the product identification code registration music selection system of the present invention is a system capable of presenting a music previously associated with a product identification code for each user as a music selection target song in a karaoke performance terminal, and a login user management means The apparatus includes a product identification code reading unit, a user-specific product identification code-compatible music registration unit, a music selection target song data acquisition unit, and a music selection target song data presentation unit.

  The login user management means is a means for specifying and managing a user who has logged in to the karaoke performance terminal based on the user ID. The product identification code reading unit is a unit for reading a product identification code attached to the product. The user-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means associates the music ID of the music that is selected by any user with the product identification code read by the product identification code reading means, and uses the user It is a means for registering and managing the user ID in the music management database corresponding to the product identification code for each user. When a product identification code attached to an arbitrary product is read when an arbitrary log-in user selects a song, the music selection target song data acquisition means reads the product identification code in the song management database corresponding to the product identification code for each user. And a music ID registered and managed in association with the user ID of the user as means for acquiring music selection target music data. The music selection target music data presenting means is means for presenting the music data corresponding to the music ID acquired by the music selection target music data acquiring means as a music selection target music so that the music can be selected.

  In the product identification code registration music selection system having such a configuration, an arbitrary user selects an arbitrary product to be used for music selection, and the product identification code reading means reads the product identification code attached to the product. Then, the user-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means associates the music ID of the music that the user wishes to present as the music selection target with the read product identification code, and attaches the user ID of the user. The registration management is performed in the music management database corresponding to the product identification code for each user.

  On the other hand, when an arbitrary user selects music at the karaoke performance terminal, the product identification code reading means reads the product identification code attached to the product brought by the user, and the music selection target song data acquisition means Based on the user ID of the user, the music ID registered and managed in the music management database corresponding to the user-specific product identification code is acquired as music selection target data. And the music data corresponding to the acquired music ID is presented by the music selection target music data presenting means so that the music can be selected. Specifically, the music selection target song data is displayed in a list on the input / output display unit of the karaoke remote control device.

  Here, the product identification code is a code that can identify a one-dimensional bar code, two-dimensional code, or product, for example, a 13-digit or 8-digit code consisting of a country code, manufacturer code, product code, check digit, and the like. JAN code (Japanese Article Number). The product identification code reading means generally uses an optical reading means such as a scanner. However, when an IC chip or the like that electrically stores the product identification code is used, an electrical data reading device is used. be able to.

  In the product identification code registration / music selection system of the present invention, an arbitrary product is brought in advance, and the product identification code attached to the product and the music ID of the music desired as the music to be selected are obtained by the user. Registration is managed in association with the ID. Then, when an arbitrary user logs in to the karaoke performance terminal and selects a song, bring the product with the product identification code and read the product identification code, then the user ID and the product identification code are displayed. The music selection target music registered and managed in association is presented.

By adopting such a system, it is possible to enjoy the music selection work when performing music selection by bringing a product with a product identification code. In other words, since users other than the song selector do not know the correspondence between the product brought by the song selector and the song to be selected, until the song selection operation is performed and the correspondence between the product and the song to be selected becomes clear , You can have a sense of expectation about what kind of music will be presented. In addition, the correspondence between the product and the music selection target song can be given unexpectedness and exquisite humor can be added, making the music selection work fun.
Furthermore, in order to find a desired music piece, a troublesome music selection operation such as turning a page of a music selection book based on a music title, an artist name, or the like is not necessary, and it becomes possible to easily select a desired music piece.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a product identification code registration / music selection system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The product identification code registration / music selection system according to the embodiment of the present invention is a system capable of presenting a song previously associated with a product identification code for each user as a song selection target song in a karaoke performance terminal. It is said that. Hereinafter, a karaoke system provided with a product identification code registration music selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

<Outline of Karaoke System>
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a karaoke system configured using a communication network, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a karaoke performance terminal.
As shown in FIG. 1, a karaoke system to which a product identification code registration / music selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a host device 13 and a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 11 connected to each other via a communication network 12. I have. The communication network 12 can use a public telephone line, a dedicated telephone line, an optical communication line, a LAN, etc., but it is difficult for a third party to infiltrate the network, to listen to and alter data, and to not monopolize the bandwidth. It is preferable to use a VPN constituted by the Internet because it is an inexpensive communication network.

<Host device>
As shown in FIG. 1, the host device 13 includes a control unit 31, a transmission / reception unit 32, a data processing unit 33, a customer database 34, and a user-specific product identification code corresponding music management database 35.

<Transmitting / receiving means / control means>
The control unit 31 is a unit for controlling the host device 13 in an integrated manner, and includes a CPU and its peripheral devices. The control unit 31 operates according to an application program stored in a ROM or the like and has a control function. It comes to show. The transmission / reception means 32 is means for transmitting / receiving data to / from each karaoke performance terminal 11 and is constituted by a communication circuit and software for maintaining the consistency of the communication system in the communication network 12.

<Data processing means / customer database>
The data processing means 33 includes a program for accessing the customer database 34 and the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35 to process data extraction, change, and addition. The customer database 34 is a database in which user information is registered for each user. The customer database 34 is configured by associating a user ID, name, second name (for example, nickname), address, telephone number, date of birth, sex, occupation, etc. for each user.

<User-specific product identification code-compatible music management database>
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a music management database corresponding to user-specific product identification codes. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a product identification code-compatible music registration screen.
The user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35 is a database storing data registered and managed by the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music registration means 50. As shown in FIG. The identification code is associated with the music ID of the music to be selected. In order to construct the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35, as shown in FIG. 4, a user who wants to register a music selection target song logs into the karaoke performance terminal 11 and enters the karaoke remote control device 22. On the display screen of the output display section, the music selection target song registration mode is designated. Then, a product identification code reading means 71 reads a product identification code attached to an arbitrary product brought along with the user ID when a music piece to be presented as a selection target song is selected and designated. Based on the product code and the music ID of the designated music, the user-specific product identification code compatible music management database 35 is constructed by the function of the user specific product identification code compatible music registration means 50.

  Note that the music to be presented as the music to be selected may be specified based on the music data displayed using the music selection function of the karaoke remote control device 22, or by scanning the barcode printed on the music selection book. May be specified. The user-specific product identification code-compatible music management database 35 may not be provided independently, but the contents of the user-specific product identification code-compatible music management database 35 may be added as a component of the customer database 34.

<Karaoke performance terminal>
As shown in FIG. 2, the karaoke performance terminal 11 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a karaoke main body 21, a karaoke remote control device 22, a mixing amplifier 23, a speaker 24, a microphone 25, and a display device 26. The karaoke main body 21 and the display device 26 are connected by a wired method or a wireless method.

<Karaoke remote control device>
The karaoke remote control device 22 has a user interface function, and is configured to transmit / receive data to / from the local transmission / reception means 48 of the karaoke main body 21 by a wired method or a wireless method, and a circuit for transmitting / receiving data. In a temporary storage area, a program for functioning as a board and a program, a program for functioning as a music search means 22a, a music index database 22b, a user ID acquisition means 22c, a music selection target music data presentation means 22d, and a temporary storage area A flash memory (not shown).

<Music search means / music index database>
The music search means 22a includes a program for searching for music with reference to the music index database 22b. The music index database 22b is a database in which attribute information about music provided for performance at the karaoke performance terminal 11 is described. For example, the music number, song name, singer name, lyric of the singing part, trend time, music genre classification -Various attribute information such as whether or not a duet song is included in this. The contents of the music index database 22b are updated to the latest one at an appropriate timing when the karaoke performance terminal 11 communicates with the host device 13.

<User ID acquisition means>
The user ID acquisition means 22c includes an electronic circuit and a program for acquiring a user ID from the ID medium 61 possessed by the user when the user uses the karaoke performance terminal 11. The user ID acquired by the user ID acquisition unit 22 c is temporarily stored in the RAM 45 and managed by the login user management unit 51. The ID medium 61 includes, for example, a non-contact type IC card, a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, etc., can store a user ID, and can transmit / receive data to / from the user ID acquisition unit 22c. It is like that.

<Means selection data presentation means>
The music selection target music data presenting means 22d is composed of a program for presenting music data corresponding to the music ID acquired by the music selection target music data acquisition means 47 as a music selection target music. Specifically, the music selection target music data presentation unit 22d reads the music selection target music data 45b temporarily stored in the RAM 45 when the music selection using the product identification code is performed, and displays the input / output display of the karaoke remote control device 22. List (not shown). The music selection target music data 45b may be generated as audio information from a speaker (not shown) or the like incorporated in the karaoke remote control device 22. The music selection target song data acquisition means 47 will be described in detail later.

<Karaoke body>
The karaoke main body 21 includes a bus 41, a network transmission / reception means 42, a central control means 43, a ROM 44, a RAM 45, an HDD 46, a song selection target song data acquisition means 47, a local transmission / reception means 48, a reservation management means 49, and a user-specific product identification code compatible song. Registration means 50, login user management means 51, music playback control means 52, and video playback control means 53 are provided.

<Central control means>
The central control means 43 is a means for comprehensively controlling the karaoke main body 21 and is constituted by, for example, a CPU and its peripheral devices. When the CPU or the like operates according to an application program stored in the ROM 44 or the like, The control function can be demonstrated.

<ROM / RAM>
The ROM 44 is a device for storing application program data and numerical data for controlling each device constituting the karaoke main body 21, and is constituted by a semiconductor memory, for example. The RAM 45 functions as a temporary storage area for temporarily storing application programs and various types of data, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory. Note that the RAM 45 may be configured using a hard disk storage device or the like instead of the physical semiconductor memory. In this embodiment, the RAM 45 stores a reservation queue 45a and music selection target music data 45b. The music selection target music data 45b is data acquired by the function of the music selection target music data acquisition means 47, and is received from the music management database 35 corresponding to the user-specific product identification code when data is transmitted to and received from the host device 13. , Temporarily stored in the RAM 45.

<HDD / music database / video database>
The HDD 46 stores a music database 46a and a video database 46b. Note that a mass storage device such as a DVD capable of rewriting data may be used instead of the HDD 46 or together with the HDD 46.

  The music database 46a is a database that stores music data configured by synchronizing performance data (MIDI (registered trademark) data) and lyrics telop data in association with music IDs. The performance data is digitized performance data of each piece of music, and the lyrics telop data is the lyrics character data of the music synchronized with the performance data. The video database 46b is a database in which a predetermined number of background videos corresponding to the music to be played are stored as video files corresponding to the music ID of the music.

<Login user management means>
The login user management means 51 includes a program for specifying and managing a user who is currently logged into the karaoke performance terminal 11 based on the user ID. That is, in the login user management means 51, when the user ID is acquired by the user ID acquisition means 22c, the user who is logged in to the karaoke performance terminal 11 is specified and managed based on the user ID. To do.

<User-specific product identification code compatible music registration means>
The user-specific product identification code-corresponding music registration means 50 associates the music ID of the music that is selected by any user with the product identification code selected by the user, and the user of the user. It consists of a program for attaching and registering an ID in the music management database 35 corresponding to a user-specific product identification code. Data to be registered and managed by the user-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means 50 is transmitted when data is transmitted to and received from the host device 13 and stored in the user-specific product identification code compatible music management database 35.

<Music selection target song data acquisition means>
When a product identification code attached to an arbitrary product is read when an arbitrary logged-in user selects a song, the music selection target song data acquisition unit 47 reads the product in the song management database 35 corresponding to the user-specific product identification code. It consists of a program for acquiring a song ID registered and managed in association with the identification code and the user ID of the user as song selection target song data.

  That is, in the karaoke performance terminal 11, the function of the song selection target song data acquisition unit 47 allows the product identification code and the user's The music ID associated with the user ID is acquired as the music selection target music data 45 b and is temporarily stored in the RAM 45.

<Music playback control means>
The music reproduction control means 52 is an electronic circuit for digitally reproducing the performance data extracted from the music database 46a based on the music ID and converting it to analog and outputting it to the mixing amplifier 23. The mixing amplifier 23 mixes the singing voice signal of the singer inputted from the microphone 25 and the performance voice signal sent from the music reproduction control means 52, and amplifies the amplified voice signal by the amplifier function to output from the speaker 24. Device. The number of microphones 25 is not limited to one and may be two or more.

<Video playback control means / display device>
The video playback control means 53 synchronizes the video data extracted from the video database 46b and the lyrics telop data (lyric character data) of the music data extracted from the music database 46a with the performance data of the music during the karaoke performance. The electronic circuit for outputting to the display device 26. Furthermore, the video reproduction control means 53 also has a function of causing the display device 26 to display a reserved music list display or the like according to an operation instruction from the user via the karaoke remote control device 22.

  The display device 26 is a device for displaying video, lyrics telop, and the like at the time of karaoke performance.

<Reservation management means>
The reservation management means 49 is selected by the user using the function of the music search means 22a in the karaoke remote control device 22, and is transmitted through the local transmission / reception means 48. This is a program for associating the selected music ID and storing it in the RAM 45 as a reservation queue 45a for management. The music selection display and the reservation queue 45a can be displayed on either or both of the input / output display unit of the karaoke remote control device 22 and the display device 26.

<Transmitting / receiving means>
The local transmission / reception means 48 includes an electronic circuit and a program for transmitting / receiving data to / from the karaoke remote control device 22. The network transmission / reception means 42 includes an electronic circuit and a program for maintaining the consistency of the communication method in the communication network 12 when transmitting / receiving data to / from the host device 13 via the communication network 12.

<Presentation of song selection target>
Next, presentation of the music selection target song using the product identification code will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a music selection target song presentation screen using a product identification code, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the music selection screen.

  In order to present the music selection target song using the product identification code, as shown in FIG. 5, a user who wants to receive the music selection target song logs in to the karaoke performance terminal 11 and enters the karaoke remote control device 22. On the display screen of the output display section, the music selection target music presentation mode is designated. When the product identification code attached to an arbitrary product brought by the scanner, which is the product identification code reading means 71, is read, the music selection target song data acquisition means 47 reads the user ID of the user who becomes the music selector and the read ID. Based on the product identification code, the music selection target data is acquired from the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35 and temporarily stored in the RAM 45. Note that the music selection target data may be acquired in advance from the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35 and temporarily stored in the RAM 45 when the user logs in. Subsequently, the music selection target music data presentation unit 22 d displays a list of the music selection target music data 45 b temporarily stored in the RAM 45 on the input / output display unit of the karaoke remote control device 22.

  When the user who selects the music specifies a desired music from among the music displayed in the list on the input / output display section of the karaoke remote control device 22, the music selection screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Done. In this way, the selected music is registered in the reservation queue 45a as the user's selected music data.

<Other embodiments>
The equipment and means constituting the product identification code registration / selection system of the present invention and its peripheral devices are not limited to those described above, and depending on the purpose of use of the karaoke system, etc. Other devices and means can be added. Further, each unit may be configured as a unit in which a plurality of functions are integrated, instead of being configured separately.

  Further, the customer database 34 and the user-specific product identification code-corresponding music management database 35 are not components of the host device 13 but are locally managed as customer information management and music selection history management as components of the karaoke performance terminal 11. May be performed.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a karaoke system to which a product identification code registration music selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The block diagram of the karaoke performance terminal which applies the goods identification code registration music selection system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the music management database corresponding to a product identification code classified by user. The schematic diagram which shows an example of a goods identification code corresponding music registration screen. The schematic diagram which shows the presentation screen of the music selection object music using a product identification code. The schematic diagram which shows an example of a music selection designation | designated screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Karaoke performance terminal 12 Communication network 13 Host apparatus 21 Karaoke main body 22 Karaoke remote control apparatus 22a Music search means 22b Music index database 22c User ID acquisition means 22d Music selection object music data presentation means 23 Mixing amplifier 24 Speaker 25 Microphone 26 Display apparatus 31 Control Means 32 Transmission / reception means 33 Data processing means 34 Customer database 35 User-specific product identification code corresponding music management database 41 Bus 42 Network transmission / reception means 43 Central control means 44 ROM
45 RAM
45a Reservation queue 45b Song selection song data 46 HDD
46a Music database 46b Video database 47 Music selection target song data acquisition means 48 Local transmission / reception means 49 Reservation management means 50 User-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means 51 Login user management means 52 Music playback control means 53 Video playback control means 61 ID Medium 71 Product identification code reading means

Claims (1)

A product identification code registration music selection system capable of presenting a song associated with a product identification code for each user in advance as a music selection target song in a karaoke performance terminal,
Login user management means, product identification code reading means, user-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means, music selection target song data acquisition means, music selection target song data presentation means,
The login user management means specifies and manages a user who is logged in to the karaoke performance terminal based on the user ID,
The commodity identification code reading means reads a commodity identification code attached to the commodity,
The user-specific product identification code corresponding music registration means associates a music ID of a music selected as a music selection target by an arbitrary user with the read product identification code and attaches the user ID of the user. Let's register and manage it in the music management database corresponding to the product identification code for each user,
When the product identification code attached to any of the products is read when any of the login users selects the music, the music selection target song data acquisition means, in the song management database corresponding to the user-specific product identification code The music ID registered and managed in association with the product identification code and the user ID of the user is acquired as music selection target music data,
The music selection target music data presenting means presents the music data corresponding to the music ID acquired by the music selection target music data acquisition means as a music selection target music so that the music selection is possible.
A product identification code registration music selection system.

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