JP5206710B2 - Karaoke system, user interface - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system for performing a karaoke competition among users of a large number of karaoke apparatuses.

  Conventionally, a karaoke system capable of performing a karaoke contest applying scoring technology and communication technology is known. For example, the karaoke system described in Patent Literature 1 acquires a ranking table indicating the scoring superiors related to the task music prior to the performance of the task music and presents it to the singer. After the performance of the task song and the singing by the singer, the karaoke system accepts a selection as to whether or not to participate in the karaoke competition.

JP 2009-229624 A

  Moreover, in the karaoke apparatus, the karaoke system which records the state of a singer's singing and can upload the recording content to a server etc. is known. Such a karaoke system can diversify and enhance the karaoke service, and is preferable for karaoke operators from the viewpoint of improving the ability to attract customers.

  Here, in the karaoke system described in Patent Literature 1, when the singing state is recorded and the recording content related to the singing state is uploaded, the singer is ranked higher in the task song before uploading the recording content. And grasp their own scoring results. In this case, if the singer recognizes that his / her scoring result does not fall into the top ranking, he / she has the impression that his / her singing is inferior and has a very high probability of stopping uploading the recorded content. In this case, the karaoke service is enjoyed only by some singers (for example, singers who are good at singing), which impairs the significance of the service. Also, for karaoke businesses, the ability to attract customers will be impaired.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a karaoke system or the like that presents a ranking table, scores singing skills, records the state of singing, and uploads the recorded contents. An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke system that can maintain a wide range of singers to be uploaded.

  The karaoke system according to claim 1 according to one aspect of the present invention includes a server and a number of karaoke devices connected to the server via a communication network, and the karaoke device includes a user interface, performance means, Scoring means, recording means, and control means, the user interface presents information to the user and accepts input by the user, the performance means acoustically output accompaniment music of karaoke music, The scoring means evaluates the skill of singing karaoke music and generates scoring data, the recording means records the singing of karaoke music and generates singing data, and the control means, according to the input by the user interface, The performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means are controlled, and the server comprises a posting database, In the karaoke system that stores the singing data transmitted via the trust network, the music ID indicating the karaoke music related to the singing data, and the posting data having the scoring data, the user interface is input to the user interface The control means is instructed to control the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means, obtains scoring data generated by the scoring means, and presents scoring results based on the obtained scoring data. First selection for selecting one of an allowable instruction for allowing singing data to be stored in the posting database and a refusing instruction for refusing to store singing data in the posting database after presenting the scoring results When input is requested and the rejection instruction is input in the first selection input, the music ID and the scoring data are When the server receives the music ID and scoring data from the user interface, the server extracts post data related to the karaoke music indicated by the music ID from the post database, and receives the extracted post data and reception Based on the scoring data, the posting data, which is a scoring result lower than the scoring result of the scoring data, is extracted to generate extraction result data, and the extraction result data is output to the user interface. When the extraction result data is received, based on the extraction result data, it is determined whether there is posting data that is lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data, and the posting that is lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data If there is data, based on the extraction result data, from the scoring results related to the scoring data Presents information related to post data that is a lower scoring result, further requests a second selection input for selecting either the allowable instruction or the rejection instruction, and the allowable instruction is selected by the second selection input. In the case, the instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means, and the instruction to discard the song data when the rejection instruction is selected by the second selection input, It is characterized in that it is performed on the control means.

  The karaoke system is composed of a karaoke device and a server. The karaoke device can be scored by the scoring means, and the singing data can be recorded by the recording means. And the said karaoke system can post | generate the produced | generated song data to the posting database of a server according to the input with respect to a user interface. Here, after presenting the scoring result, the karaoke system requests a first selection input related to posting of singing data. When a refusal instruction is input by the first selection input, the karaoke system presents information related to the posting data of the scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the singing extracted from the posting database, and performs the second selection input. Request. The karaoke system stores the singing data in the posting database when an allowable instruction is input by the second selection input, and discards the singing data when a refusal instruction is input by the second selection input. . That is, the karaoke system presents information related to post data related to a scoring result lower than that of the singer to the singer who refuses to post singing data in the first selection input. Thereby, the said karaoke system can prevent that a singer holds the impression that his singing is young and can prevent decline in the willingness to post singing data. In addition, the karaoke system can prompt the posting of singing data by a larger number of singers, so that the karaoke service can be diversified and enhanced, and the ability to attract customers can be improved.

The karaoke system according to claim 2 according to one aspect of the present invention is the karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the extraction result data is information indicating the total number of post data related to the karaoke song indicated by the received song ID. wherein the said user interface receives the extraction result data from said server, based on the extracted result data, it is determined whether there is a post data is higher scoring results than scoring result according to the marking data, scoring If there is no posting data that is lower than the scoring result related to the data, and there is no posting data that is higher than the scoring result related to the scoring data, the scoring result related to the scoring data is Presenting information indicating that it is the first place, further requesting a second selection input for selecting either the acceptance instruction or the rejection instruction, When the allowable instruction is selected by a selection input, an instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means, and when the rejection instruction is selected by the second selection input, The control means is instructed to discard the song data.

  The karaoke system determines whether or not there is post data higher than the scoring result related to the song based on the extraction result data when a rejection instruction is input by the first selection input. And, when there is neither posting data lower than the scoring result related to the singing nor posting data higher than the scoring result related to the singing, the karaoke system indicates that the scoring result related to the scoring data is first. Information is requested, and a second selection input is requested. That is, the karaoke system can impress a singer who refuses to post singing data by the first selection input as “the singer is the best”, and can increase the willingness to post singing data. As a result, the karaoke system can encourage the posting of singing data by more singers, thereby diversifying and enhancing the karaoke service and improving the ability to attract customers.

  The user interface according to claim 3 according to one aspect of the present invention includes a server and a number of karaoke devices connected to the server via a communication network, and the karaoke device includes performance means, scoring means, Recording means and control means, wherein the performance means acoustically outputs accompaniment music of karaoke music, the scoring means evaluates the skill of singing karaoke music and generates scoring data, and the recording means A song of karaoke music is recorded to generate song data, the control means controls the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means, the server includes a posting database, and the posting database is a communication network. The karaoke system storing post data having the singing data transmitted via the song ID, the song ID indicating the karaoke song related to the singing data, and the scoring data A user interface for presenting information to a user and receiving input by the user, wherein the user interface is based on an input to the user interface, the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means The control unit is instructed to acquire the scoring data generated by the scoring unit, present the scoring result based on the scoring data obtained, and present the scoring result, and then the posting database of the singing data Requesting a first selection input for selecting one of an allowable instruction for allowing storage of the song data and a refusal instruction for refusing storage of the singing data in the posting database, and the refusal instruction is received by the first selection input. When input, the music ID and scoring data are output to the server and related to the karaoke music indicated by the music ID. Extraction result data obtained by extracting from the posting database post data that is manuscript data and is a scoring result lower than the scoring result of the received scoring data is obtained from the server, and the obtained extraction result Based on the data, the presence / absence of post data that is lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data is determined. If there is post data that is lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data, the extracted result data includes Based on the post data, which is a lower scoring result than the scoring result of the scoring data, further requesting a second selection input for selecting either the permissible instruction or the rejection instruction, When the permissible instruction is selected by two selection inputs, an instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means, When the rejection instruction is selected by the second selection input, an instruction to discard the song data is given to the control means.

  The user interface is used in a karaoke system including a karaoke apparatus including a performance unit, a scoring unit, a recording unit, and a control unit, and a server including a posting database. Play. Thereby, the said user interface can prevent that a singer holds the impression that his singing is inferior by being used for the said karaoke system, and can prevent decline in the willingness to post singing data. In addition, the user interface can encourage the posting of singing data by more singers, so that the karaoke service can be diversified and enhanced, and the ability to attract customers can be improved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a karaoke system or the like that can prevent a singer who has refused to post singing data from being willing to post and can encourage the posting of singing data. Thus, the present invention can diversify and enhance the karaoke service and improve the ability to attract customers in the karaoke business.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a structure of a karaoke system. It is explanatory drawing regarding the information communication between a remote control, a commander, and a server. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of contribution data. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of an extraction request signal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of extraction result data. It is a flowchart of a remote control control program. It is a flowchart of a commander control processing program. It is a flowchart of a server control processing program. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a 1st contribution selection screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a lower party list display screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a 1st display screen.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

(Composition of karaoke system)
First, the configuration of the karaoke system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The karaoke system 1 includes a large number of karaoke apparatuses 100, a communication network N, and a server 400. Each karaoke apparatus 100 is connected to a server 400 via a communication network N. Note that the communication network N is configured by, for example, a VPN using the Internet, and each karaoke apparatus 100 and the server 400 are assigned unique IP addresses. Therefore, each karaoke apparatus 100 and the server 400 can perform information communication in which the other party is specified.

(Composition of karaoke equipment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke apparatus 100 includes a commander 200 and a remote controller 300. Although illustration is omitted, the karaoke apparatus 100 includes voice input means (for example, a microphone) and video display means (for example, a display).

(Composition of commander)
Here, the configuration of the commander 200 will be described. The commander 200 includes a control unit 210, a video / audio reproduction unit 220, an auxiliary storage unit 230, a song recording unit 240, and a communication I / F 250. Further, the commander 200 is connected to voice input means (not shown) and video display means (not shown).

  The control unit 210 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The control unit 210 controls the commander 200 and executes various control programs (for example, a commander control processing program described later). The audio / video reproduction unit 220 outputs the accompaniment music of the karaoke music based on the karaoke data, and transmits the background video and the lyrics telop related to the karaoke music to a video display means (not shown) such as a display. Output. The auxiliary storage unit 230 stores karaoke data necessary for audio output / video output by the video / audio reproduction unit 220 for each karaoke piece. The karaoke data is associated with a song ID that can identify each karaoke song. When the karaoke song is being performed, the singing recording unit 240 encodes audio data input from an audio input means (not shown) such as a microphone in a predetermined format based on the control of the control unit 210. Singing data is generated and temporarily stored. In addition, although the song data in this embodiment shall be comprised only with audio | voice data, it is not limited to this aspect. For example, when video input means such as a digital video camera is connected to the commander 200, the singing data can be constituted by audio data and video data indicating the state of singing. The communication I / F 250 is an interface for performing wireless communication with the remote controller 300 via the communication I / F 340 on the remote controller 300 side.

  The commander 200 has a scoring function. The scoring function is realized by the control unit 210 executing a known scoring processing program stored in the ROM. And the commander 200 produces | generates the scoring result data which evaluated the skill of the karaoke song based on the audio | voice input into the audio | voice input means with the song of karaoke music, and the said scoring process program.

(Configuration of remote control)
Next, the configuration of the remote controller 300 will be described. The remote controller 300 includes a control unit 310, an operation unit 320, a display 330, and a communication I / F 340. The control unit 310 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The control unit 310 controls the remote controller 300 and executes various control programs (for example, a remote control process program described later). The operation unit 320 is used for various input operations on the remote control 300 by a singer or the like. In the present embodiment, the operation unit 320 includes a touch panel (not shown) disposed on the front surface of the display 330 described later. The operation unit 320 can also be configured with a touch panel and operation buttons. The display 330 displays various information according to the control of the control unit 310. Specifically, the remote controller 300 displays a scoring result obtained by scoring the song of the singer, a first post selection screen 500, a second post selection screen 550, and the like which will be described later. The communication I / F 340 is an interface for performing wireless communication with the commander 200 via the communication I / F 250 on the commander 200 side.

(Server configuration)
As described above, the server 400 is connected to each karaoke apparatus 100 via the communication network N, and has a posting database 410. The server 400 includes a server controller (not shown). The server controller includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the server 400. Post database 410 stores post data transmitted from karaoke apparatus 100 via communication network N. The posting database 410 can be accessed by an external device (for example, a personal computer) connected via the communication network N. That is, the user can reproduce the state of the singing of a certain singer (that is, the singing voice based on the singing data) by accessing the published posting data via the external device.

  Here, the configuration of post data stored in the post database 410 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, post data is composed of singing data, music ID, user ID, and scoring result data. As described above, the singing data is voice data generated by the singing recording unit 240 and indicates the singing voice of a singer who sings karaoke music. The song ID indicates a karaoke song sung by the song data. Note that the music ID may include a title of the karaoke music, information about a lyricist, a composer, and the like. The user ID is information that can identify a singer who sings karaoke music related to the song data. The user ID includes the user ID input by the singer when making a performance reservation for karaoke music. The scoring result data indicates a scoring result obtained by scoring the skill of singing karaoke music according to the singing data by the scoring function of the commander 200.

(Information communication in karaoke competition processing)
Next, karaoke competition processing according to the karaoke system 1 according to the present embodiment and information communication in the karaoke competition processing will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that the posting database 410 already stores a large number of posting data.

  First, when a user ID for identifying a singer by a singer or the like and a song ID related to a karaoke song to be sung are input to the remote controller 300 and a song reservation is made (1), the remote controller 300 gives a song playback instruction. Is transmitted to the commander 200 (2). The music reproduction instruction includes the music ID input to the remote controller 300 and the user ID.

  When receiving the music reproduction instruction, the commander 200 reproduces and outputs the karaoke music by the video / audio reproduction unit 220 based on the karaoke data of the karaoke music related to the music ID (3). At this time, the commander 200 records the singing voice of the singer by the song recording unit 240 and generates song data (4). At the same time, the commander 200 uses the scoring function of the commander 200 to score the skill of the singer's singing and generates scoring result data (5). Thereafter, the commander 200 outputs the generated scoring result data to the remote controller 300 together with the user ID and the music ID (6).

  When receiving the scoring result data, the remote controller 300 displays the scoring result of the singer related to the user ID on the display 330 based on the scoring result data (7). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 displays on the display 330 a first posting selection screen 500 (see FIG. 9) for selecting whether or not to post (upload) the song data recorded by the song recording unit 240 to the posting database 410. Display and accept selection of whether to post the song data.

  First, a case will be described where there is an operation for allowing posting of the singing data (hereinafter referred to as a post permitting operation) on the first post selection screen 500. In this case, the remote controller 300 outputs a posting execution instruction to the commander 200 together with the music ID and user ID input at the time of music reservation (24). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 outputs an end display indicating the end of the singing data posting process to the display 330 (29).

  When receiving the posting execution instruction from the remote controller 300, the commander 200 identifies the song data related to the karaoke song based on the music ID and the user ID related to the posting execution instruction, and generates the posting data (see FIG. 3). Then, the commander 200 outputs the posted data to the server 400 via the communication network N (25).

  When the posting data is received from the commander 200, the server 400 stores the received posting data in the posting database 410 (26). Thereafter, the server 400 publishes the posted data stored in the posted database 410 (27).

  Next, a case where there is an operation (hereinafter referred to as a post rejection operation) for rejecting posting of the song data on the first post selection screen 500 will be described. In this case, the remote controller 300 outputs an extraction request signal to the server 400 (11). The extraction request signal is composed of a music ID, a user ID, and scoring result data (see FIG. 4). The extraction request signal is output to the server 400 when the scoring result data is received, the extraction result data described below is received and stored in a memory (not shown) of the control unit 310, and posting rejection is performed. You may utilize for the process after the output of the extraction result data by operation.

  When receiving the extraction request signal, the server 400 extracts post data that satisfies a predetermined condition from the post data stored in the post database 410, and generates extraction result data (12). Specifically, the server 400 extracts post data related to the same karaoke music based on the music ID related to the extraction request signal. Then, the server 400 extracts post data (hereinafter, lower post data) which is a lower scoring result than the scoring result data related to the extraction request signal from the post data related to the same music, and generates extraction result data. In addition, in the posting data related to the same music in the posting database 410, when there is no lower posting data, the server 400 determines the posting data number that is higher than the scoring result data related to the extraction request signal, and the lower posting data. Extraction result data indicating that does not exist is generated. Thereafter, the server 400 outputs extraction result data to the remote controller 300 that has output the extraction request signal (13).

  Here, the configuration of the extraction result data according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The extraction result data includes a music ID, a user ID, and extracted content data. The song ID indicates the same karaoke song as the song ID constituting the extraction request signal, and indicates the karaoke song of the post data extracted from the post database 410. The user ID indicates the same user as the user ID constituting the extraction request signal.

  The extracted content data differs depending on the content of the post data extracted from the server 400. First, the configuration of the extraction result data in the case where the lower posting data can be extracted from the posting data related to the same music in the posting database 410 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5A, the extracted content data in this case has lower rank data. The lower-level person data is generated based on all the lower-level post data among the post data related to the same music piece in the post database 410. The lower rank data has a set of the lower rank ID and the lower rank scoring result data for all the lower rank post data. The subordinate ID means a user ID related to the subordinate post data. The subordinate scoring result data means scoring result data related to the subordinate posting data. The lower rank ID is associated with lower rank scoring result data related to the same lower rank posting data.

  Next, the configuration of the extracted content data in the case where the lower post data cannot be extracted from the post data related to the same music in the post database 410 will be described. The extracted content data in this case is composed of upper rank number data and lower rank absence data (see FIG. 5B). The top-rank data is the number of post data (hereinafter referred to as top post data) that is a higher scoring result than the scoring result related to the scoring result data related to the extraction request signal among the post data related to the same music in the post database 410. Show. The lower person absence data indicates that there is no lower posting data in the posting data related to the same music in the posting database 410. The extracted content data includes information indicating the total number of pieces of post data related to the same music piece in the post database 410.

  The processing after the extraction result data is output will be described with reference to FIG. 2 again. When the extraction result data is received from the server 400, the remote controller 300, based on the extraction result data, of the user (hereinafter referred to as a subordinate) who posted the posting data with a lower scoring result than the scoring result related to the current karaoke song. Different processing is performed depending on the presence or absence.

  If it is determined that there is a subordinate based on the extraction result data (14), the remote controller 300 cancels the operation signal related to the posting rejection operation on the first posting selection screen 500 (18). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 outputs a lower party list display screen 550A (see FIG. 10) as the second post selection screen 550 to the display 330 (19, 21), and accepts a post permission operation or a post rejection operation again.

  On the other hand, based on the extraction result data, there is no lower rank (15), and there is no user (hereinafter referred to as a higher rank) who posted post data with a higher scoring result than the scoring result related to the scoring result data. If judged (16), the remote controller 300 cancels the posting rejection operation on the first posting selection screen 500 (18). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 outputs the first display screen 550B (see FIG. 11) as the second posting selection screen 550 to the display 330 (20, 21), and accepts a posting permission operation or a posting rejection operation.

  When a posting permission operation is performed on the second posting selection screen 550, the remote controller 300 outputs a posting execution instruction to the commander 200 (24). Then, the commander 200 and the server 400 perform the same processing as when the posting permission operation is performed on the first posting selection screen 500 described above (that is, (25) to (27)).

  When a posting refusal operation is performed on the second posting selection screen 550 (23), the remote controller 300 outputs a post cancel instruction to the commander 200 together with the music ID and user ID at the time of music reservation (28). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 outputs an end display to the display 330 (29).

  When receiving the post stop instruction from the remote controller 300, the commander 200 identifies the song data related to the karaoke song from the song recording unit 240 based on the song ID and the user ID included in the post stop instruction, and discards the song data. (30).

  Here, in the extraction result data, there will be described a case where there is no lower rank in the posting database 410 (15) but there is a higher rank (17). In this case, the remote controller 300 outputs a post stop instruction to the commander 200 together with the music ID and the user ID at the time of music reservation without canceling the post rejection operation on the first post selection screen 500 (28). Thereafter, the remote controller 300 outputs an end display to the display 330 (29). Note that the processing of the commander 200 after receiving the post cancellation instruction is the same as when the post rejection instruction is issued on the second post selection screen 550.

(Remote control control processing program)
Next, a remote control process program executed in the remote controller 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the control unit 310 determines whether a user ID and a song ID are input by the operation unit 320. When the user ID and the music ID are input (S1: YES), the control unit 310 shifts the process to S2. When that is not right (S1: NO), the control part 310 waits for a process.
In S2, control unit 310 executes a music reservation process. Specifically, control unit 310 outputs a music playback instruction to commander 200, and the process proceeds to S3.
In S3, control unit 310 determines whether or not scoring result data has been received from commander 200. When the scoring result data is received (S3: YES), the controller 310 shifts the process to S4. When that is not right (S3: NO), the control part 310 waits for a process.
If transfering to S4, the control part 310 will perform the 1st contribution selection screen display process. Specifically, the control unit 310 displays the first post selection screen 500 on the display 330 based on the scoring result data, and then shifts the processing to S5.

  Here, the configuration of the first post selection screen 500 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the first posting selection screen 500 includes a scoring result display unit 505, a user information display unit 510, a music information display unit 515, a posting instruction input unit 520, and a detailed information display unit 530. ,have. The scoring result display unit 505 displays the scoring result related to the karaoke song based on the scoring result data received from the commander 200. The user information display unit 510 displays a user ID for singing the karaoke song. The music information display unit 515 displays the music ID of the karaoke music related to the karaoke song. The posting instruction input unit 520 displays various information related to whether or not to post singing data related to the karaoke song and is used for input related to whether or not the posting is possible. Posting instruction input unit 520 has a posting permission button 520A and a posting rejection button 520B. Posting permission button 520A indicates an area that is input when posting of song data related to the karaoke song is permitted, and is used for the above-described posting permission operation. The posting rejection button 520B indicates an area that is input when posting of song data related to the karaoke song is rejected, and is used for the posting rejection operation described above. The detailed information display unit 530 displays detailed information related to karaoke singing and posting of singing data.

  In S5, control unit 310 determines whether or not there has been an input operation of post rejection button 520B on first post selection screen 500. When the posting rejection operation is performed (S5: YES), the control unit 310 shifts the process to S6. On the other hand, when posting permission button 520A is operated (S5: NO), control unit 310 shifts the process to S16.

In S6, control unit 310 executes an extraction request signal output process. That is, the control unit 310 generates an extraction request signal (see FIG. 4) based on the user ID, the song ID, and the scoring result data received from the commander 200, and outputs the extraction request signal together with the IP address to the server 400. To do. Thereafter, the control unit 310 shifts the process to S7.
In S7, control unit 310 determines whether or not extraction result data has been received. When the extraction result data is received (S7: YES), the control unit 310 shifts the process to S8. When that is not right (S7: YES), the control part 310 waits for a process.
In S8, control unit 310 determines whether or not lower-level post data exists in post data related to the same musical piece in post database 410 based on the received extraction result data (see FIG. 5). When lower posting data exists (S8: YES), control unit 310 shifts the process to S13. When that is not right (S8: NO), the control part 310 transfers a process to S9.

  In S <b> 9, control unit 310 determines based on the received extraction result data (see FIG. 5) whether post data related to the same music in post database 410 has higher post data. If there is upper posted data (S9: YES), control unit 310 shifts the process to S10. When that is not right (S9: NO), the control part 310 transfers a process to S11.

  In S10, the control unit 310 executes a post stop instruction output process. When the process proceeds from S <b> 9, a post stop instruction is output to the commander 200 together with the music ID and user ID related to the karaoke song based on the post stop operation on the first post selection screen 500. In addition, when it transfers from S15 mentioned later, based on post stop operation on the 2nd post selection screen 550, music ID, user ID, and a post stop instruction are output to the commander 200. Thereafter, control unit 310 ends the remote control control processing program.

In S <b> 11, control unit 310 cancels the posting rejection operation performed on first posting selection screen 500. Thereafter, the control unit 310 shifts the process to S12.
In S12, the control unit 310 executes a first rank screen display process. Specifically, control unit 310 outputs first display screen 550B to display 330 as second posting selection screen 550 based on extraction result data (see FIG. 5B), and post permission button 520A. The operation of the posting rejection button 520B is accepted. Thereafter, the control unit 310 shifts the process to S15.

  Here, the configuration of the first display screen 550B will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the first display screen 550B has the same basic configuration as the first post selection screen 500 described above, so only the differences will be described. On first display screen 550 </ b> B, posting instruction input unit 520 displays “to encourage the singers to post song data”. And the detailed information display part 530 displays "the singer's scoring result is the 1st place regarding the song of the said karaoke music".

After shifting to S <b> 13, the control unit 310 cancels the posting rejection operation on the first posting selection screen 500. Thereafter, the control unit 310 shifts the process to S14.
In S <b> 14, the control unit 310 executes a lower party list display process. In the lower-level list display process, the control unit 310 outputs a lower-level list display screen 550A as the second posting selection screen 550 to the display 330 based on the extraction result data (see FIG. 5A), and allows posting. An operation to the button 520A and the posting rejection button 520B is accepted. Thereafter, the control unit 310 shifts the process to S15.

  Here, the configuration of the lower-level list display screen 550A will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the lower person list display screen 550A has the same basic configuration as the first post selection screen 500 described above, so only the differences will be described. On the lower-level list display screen 550A, the posting instruction input unit 520 displays “Even if it is a lower level, posting singing data” and “Employing singing data of the singer”. The detailed information display unit 530 displays a list of subordinates based on the subordinate ID and subordinate scoring result data and the scoring results of the subordinates, and displays the number of subordinates based on the subordinate data.

  In S <b> 15, control unit 310 determines whether or not a posting rejection operation has been performed on second posting selection screen 550. When the posting rejection operation is performed (S15: YES), the control unit 310 shifts the process to S10. On the other hand, when a posting permission operation is performed (S15: NO), the control unit 310 shifts the process to S16.

  After shifting to S16, the control unit 310 executes a post execution instruction output process. Specifically, control unit 310 outputs a post execution instruction to commander 200 together with the song ID and user ID related to the karaoke song. Thereafter, control unit 310 ends the remote control control processing program.

(Commander control processing program)
Next, a commander control processing program executed in the commander 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, control unit 210 determines whether or not a music playback instruction has been received from remote control 300. When the music reproduction instruction is received (S21: YES), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S22. When that is not right (S21: NO), the control part 210 waits for a process.

  In S22, the control unit 210 executes a music reproduction process. And in S23, the control part 210 performs a song recording process, and records the said karaoke song sequentially by the song recording part 240. FIG. Moreover, in S24, the control part 210 performs a scoring process and scores the said karaoke song by the scoring function of the commander 200.

  If transfering to S25, the control part 210 will judge whether the reproduction | regeneration of the karaoke music which concerns on a music reproduction instruction | indication was complete | finished. When the reproduction of the karaoke music has been completed (S25: YES), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S26. Otherwise, the control unit 210 returns the process to S22.

In S26, control part 210 performs song data storage processing. Specifically, the control unit 210 generates song data based on the recorded content of the song recording unit 240 recorded in S23 when the karaoke music piece is reproduced, and stores the song data in the song recording unit 240. To do. Thereafter, the controller 210 shifts the process to S27.
In S27, the control unit 210 executes a scoring result transmission process. Specifically, control unit 210 generates scoring result data indicating a scoring result at the end of karaoke song singing based on the scoring in S24, and outputs the scoring result data to remote controller 300.
In S28, control unit 210 determines whether or not a post selection input has been received. The post selection input includes a post execution instruction output from the remote controller 300 and a post stop instruction. When the post selection input is received (S28: YES), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S29. When that is not right (S28: NO), the control part 210 waits for a process.

  In S29, the control unit 210 determines whether or not the post selection input is a post execution instruction. When it is a posting execution instruction (S29: YES), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S30. On the other hand, when it is a posting cancellation instruction (S29: NO), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S31.

  In S30, the control unit 210 executes post data transmission processing. Specifically, control part 210 specifies song data concerning the singer of song recording part 240 based on user ID and music ID which were received with contribution execution instructions. And the control part 210 produces | generates contribution data based on the said song data, the scoring result data based on the said song data, user ID, and music ID, and outputs it to the server 400 based on a posting execution instruction | indication. Thereafter, the control unit 210 ends the commander control processing program.

  In S31, control part 210 performs song data discard processing. Specifically, based on the user ID and the song ID received together with the post stop instruction, the control unit 210 identifies song data related to the song person in the song recording unit 240 and discards the song data. Thereafter, the control unit 210 ends the commander control processing program.

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Next, a server control processing program executed by the server 400 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the server 400 determines whether or not data has been received from the commander 200 or the remote controller 300. When data has been received (S41: YES), the control unit 210 shifts the process to S42. Otherwise (S41: NO), the server 400 waits for processing.

  In S42, server 400 determines whether the received data is post data. When it is contribution data (S42: YES), the server 400 transfers a process to S45. When the received data is an extraction request signal (S42: NO), the server 400 proceeds to S43.

  In S43, the server 400 executes data extraction processing. Specifically, the server 400 first extracts post data related to the music from the post data in the post database 410 based on the music ID related to the extraction request signal. Thereafter, the server 400 generates extraction result data (see FIG. 5) according to the presence / absence of the lower posting data based on the scoring result data related to the extraction request signal and the extracted posting data related to the music. In S44 to which it transfers after that, the server 400 performs an extraction result data output process. Specifically, the remote controller 300 that has output the extraction request signal is specified by the IP address, and the extraction result data generated in S43 is output to the remote controller 300. Thereafter, the server 400 ends the server control processing program.

  In S45, the server 400 executes a post data storage process. Specifically, server 400 stores post data received from commander 200 in post database 410. In S46, the server 400 executes post data publishing processing. Specifically, the server 400 publishes the posting data stored in the posting database 410 in S45 and makes it accessible via the communication network N. Thereafter, the server 400 ends the server control processing program.

  As described above, the karaoke system 1 according to this embodiment includes a large number of karaoke apparatuses 100 and a server 400 connected to the karaoke apparatus 100 via the communication network N. The karaoke apparatus 100 has a scoring function, records the state of singing, and can post the recorded content to the server 400. The karaoke system 1 presents the singing result of the singing as the singing of the karaoke music ends, and displays the first posting selection screen 500 on the display 330 (see FIG. 9). The singer operates the post instruction input unit 520 on the first post selection screen 500 to select whether or not to post singing data related to karaoke singing. At this time, when a post permission operation is performed, the karaoke system 1 outputs post data including singing data related to the karaoke song from the karaoke apparatus 100 to the server 400, and stores / publishes the post data in the post database 410.

  When a posting rejection operation is performed on the first posting selection screen 500, the remote controller 300 of the karaoke apparatus 100 outputs an extraction request signal. Based on the extraction request signal, the server 400 outputs the extraction result data (see FIG. 5) generated by extracting the posting data in the posting database 410 based on the scoring result of the song to the remote controller 300. When the lower posting data does not exist in the posting database 410, the remote controller 300 displays the lower person list display screen 550A on the display based on the extraction result data, and accepts a posting allowance operation and a posting rejection operation. Then, the karaoke system 1 posts the song data to the posting database 410 when the posting permission operation is performed on the lower-level list display screen 550A, and discards the song data when the posting rejection finger operation is performed. Here, the lower-level list display screen 550A includes “the fact that singing data is posted even if it is a lower level”, “a list of the lower level and the scoring results of the lower level” and “the singing data of the singer” "Prompt to post" (see FIG. 10). Therefore, the karaoke system 1 can prevent the singer from having an impression that his / her singing is inferior, and can prevent a decrease in the willingness to post singing data. In addition, the karaoke system 1 can prompt the posting of singing data by a larger number of singers, so that the karaoke service can be diversified and enhanced, and the ability to attract customers can be improved.

  When the lower posting data and the upper posting data do not exist in the posting database 410, the remote controller 300 displays the first display screen 550B on the display based on the extraction result data, and performs the posting permission operation and the posting rejection operation. Accept. Then, the karaoke system 1 posts the singing data to the posting database 410 when the posting permission operation is performed on the first display screen 550B, and discards the singing data when the posting rejection finger operation is performed. Here, the first-rank display screen 550B displays “in relation to the singing of the karaoke song, the singer's scoring result is first place” and “to encourage the singers to post singing data”. (See FIG. 11). That is, the karaoke system 1 can impress a singer who refuses to post singing data on the first posting selection screen 500 as “the singer is the best”, and can increase the willingness to post singing data. As a result, the karaoke system 1 prompts the posting of singing data by more singers, thereby diversifying and enhancing the karaoke service and improving the ability to attract customers.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, when the server 400 receives the extraction request signal, the server 400 takes into consideration both the “music ID related to the extraction request signal” and the “scoring result data related to the extraction request signal”. (See FIG. 5) is generated, but extraction result data may be generated in consideration of only the “music ID related to the extraction request signal”. In this case, extraction result data indicating all of the posting data related to the music in the posting database 410 is generated, and the remote controller 300 is configured to perform extraction in consideration of the “scoring result data related to the extraction request signal”. Good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke system 100 Karaoke apparatus 200 Commander 210 Control part 220 Video / audio reproduction part 240 Song recording part 300 Remote control 310 Control part 320 Operation part 330 Display 400 Server 410 Posting database 500 First posting selection screen 520 Posting instruction input part 550A List of subordinates Display screen 550B 1st display screen

Claims (3)

A server and a number of karaoke devices connected to the server via a communication network;
The karaoke apparatus includes a user interface, performance means, scoring means, recording means, and control means,
The user interface presents information to the user and accepts input by the user;
The performance means outputs sound of accompaniment music of karaoke music,
The scoring means evaluates the skill of singing karaoke music and generates scoring data,
The recording means records singing karaoke music and generates singing data,
The control means controls the performance means, the scoring means and the recording means in accordance with an input by a user interface,
The server includes a posting database,
In the karaoke system storing the post data having the singing data transmitted via the communication network, the music ID indicating the karaoke music related to the singing data, and the scoring data.
The user interface is
Based on the input to the user interface, the control means is instructed to control the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means,
Obtaining the scoring data generated by the scoring means,
Present the scoring results based on the acquired scoring data,
After presenting the scoring results, a first selection input for selecting one of an allowable instruction for allowing song data to be stored in the posting database and a rejection instruction for rejecting song data to be stored in the posting database Request and
When the refusal instruction is input in the first selection input, the music ID and the scoring data are output to the server,
The server
When the song ID and scoring data are received from the user interface, the posting data relating to the karaoke song indicated by the song ID is extracted from the posting database,
Based on the extracted post data and the received scoring data, the post data which is a scoring result lower than the scoring result of the scoring data is extracted to generate the extraction result data, and the extraction result data is output to the user interface,
The user interface is
Upon receiving the extraction result data, based on the extraction result data, determine the presence or absence of post data that is a scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data,
When there is post data that is a scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data, based on the extraction result data, information related to the post data that is a scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data is presented,
Further, a second selection input for selecting either the acceptance instruction or the rejection instruction is requested,
When the allowable instruction is selected in the second selection input, an instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means,
The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein when the refusal instruction is selected by the second selection input, an instruction to discard the song data is given to the control means. The karaoke system according to claim 1,
The extraction result data includes information indicating the total number of post data related to the karaoke song indicated by the received song ID,
The user interface is
Upon receiving the extraction result data from said server, based on the extracted result data, it is determined whether there is a post data is higher scoring results than scoring result according to the marking data,
If there is no posting data that is lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data, and there is no posting data that is higher than the scoring result related to the scoring data, the scoring result related to the scoring data Presents information that is the first place,
Further, a second selection input for selecting either the acceptance instruction or the rejection instruction is requested,
When the allowable instruction is selected in the second selection input, an instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means,
The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein when the refusal instruction is selected by the second selection input, an instruction to discard the song data is given to the control means. A server and a number of karaoke devices connected to the server via a communication network;
The karaoke apparatus includes performance means, scoring means, recording means, and control means,
The performance means outputs sound of accompaniment music of karaoke music,
The scoring means evaluates the skill of singing karaoke music and generates scoring data,
The recording means records singing karaoke music and generates singing data,
The control means controls the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means,
The server includes a posting database,
The posting database is used for a karaoke system that stores the singing data transmitted via a communication network, a song ID indicating a karaoke song related to the singing data, and posting data having the scoring data. A user interface that presents information and accepts user input,
The user interface is
Based on the input to the user interface, the control means is instructed to control the performance means, the scoring means, and the recording means,
Obtaining the scoring data generated by the scoring means,
Present the scoring results based on the acquired scoring data,
After presenting the scoring results, a first selection input for selecting one of an allowable instruction for allowing song data to be stored in the posting database and a rejection instruction for rejecting song data to be stored in the posting database Request and
If the rejection instruction is input in the first selection input, the music ID and scoring data are output to the server,
Extraction result data generated by extracting post data from the post database, which is post data related to the karaoke music indicated by the music ID, and which is a scoring result lower than the scoring result of the received scoring data, From the server
Based on the obtained extraction result data, determine the presence or absence of post data that is a lower scoring result than the scoring result related to the scoring data,
When there is post data that is a scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data, based on the extraction result data, information related to the post data that is a scoring result lower than the scoring result related to the scoring data is presented,
Further, a second selection input for selecting either the acceptance instruction or the rejection instruction is requested,
When the allowable instruction is selected in the second selection input, an instruction to store the song data in the posting database is output to the control means,
A user interface characterized in that, when the rejection instruction is selected in the second selection input, an instruction to discard the song data is given to the control means.

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