JP5216479B2 - Karaoke device that displays recommended song list and accepts requests - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a request by displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for increasing interest by adding latest trends of people enjoying karaoke to presentation information.

  Choosing the song you want to sing from tens of thousands of karaoke songs is one of the pleasures of karaoke, but you can't start karaoke unless you select a song. There are many users who think that it will be helpful if they properly review and recommend songs that they may be interested in. In view of such circumstances, a karaoke apparatus has been developed that can present a suitable recommended song list to a user and easily reserve a performance.

In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-99049, a program that introduces a song with many requests or a new musical piece between songs is broadcasted, and the request is accepted with a simple operation.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 4033944, a music list that is frequently played statistically is automatically selected and presented for the music that has just been played.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3920204, music with a high performance frequency is automatically selected in consideration of the regional characteristics of the store, and a recommendation list is created.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3958207, it is possible to automatically generate and present a music list related to the music just selected, and to make a reservation for subsequent performance.
The karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3946662 recommends additionally registered songs to a favorite song list (held song list) based on a user's song selection history.
JP 2000-99049 A Japanese Patent No. 4033944 Japanese Patent No. 3920204 Japanese Patent No. 3958207 Japanese Patent No. 3946662

  An object of the present invention is to further refine the function of displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, to provide topics to people who enjoy karaoke, and to enhance the atmosphere of a karaoke party.

  When presenting the list of recommended songs, the applicant wanted to omit a song held by someone on the spot from the list. Then, the music in the displayed list is likely to be a fresh song for anyone on the spot, and will be a more effective recommended song list. For each song in the recommended song list, it will be possible to provide more reasons for the topic than known songs, such as why it is recommended, the trend of the artist, and the drama as the theme song. I thought that it would be a chance to make the karaoke party even more exciting, so I created the present invention.

This invention is a karaoke apparatus specified by the following matters (1) to (3).
(1) A karaoke apparatus that includes a storage unit and a control unit, displays a recommended song list on the display unit, and accepts a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input unit. (2) The storage unit is logged in. Storing a song list for each user in which a user ID of a user is associated with a set of song IDs. (3) Prior to the process of displaying the recommended song list, the control means displays all of the recommended song lists. The music ID set (A) of the music is compared with the union (A) of the song ID sets of the song list of all the login users stored in the storage means, and the union from the music ID set (A) Obtaining a difference set excluding the song ID of (A) and displaying the songs of the found song ID set as a recommended song list

In the present invention, it is preferable that the control means selectively applies any one of the following requirements (a) and (b).
(A) The control means executes display processing of the recommended song list in response to a user's instruction input. (B) The control means performs the interval between the performance of a certain karaoke song and the start of the performance of the next song. And executing the recommended song list display process.

  According to the present invention, there is a high possibility that a song with a fresh taste can be presented as a recommended song for anyone on the spot, so that the recommended song can be made more effective. Therefore, more opportunities for the topic can be provided. Furthermore, the possibility of increasing the repertoire of songs that users can sing can be expected. As a result, the effect of increasing the entertainment of karaoke can be expected.

=== Basic configuration of karaoke equipment ===
FIG. 1 illustrates a network configuration including the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment. The karaoke apparatus of this embodiment is a part of a well-known online karaoke system. In a karaoke store having a plurality of guest rooms, a karaoke performance terminal (hereinafter referred to as a performance terminal 10) in the same room and the performance terminal 10 are connected. It is comprised with the guest room terminal 20 for operating. A LAN 110 is installed in the karaoke store, and the performance terminal 10 of each guest room communicates with the guest room terminal 20 in the same room via the LAN 110.

  The performance terminal 10 is a general-purpose personal computer application device. FIG. 2 illustrates the block configuration. A central control unit 11 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM controls peripheral components and controls the performance terminal 10. In addition to the main computer program, the hard disk device 12 stores a karaoke database in which karaoke data that is the origin of accompaniment music and lyric images is associated with a karaoke song ID. In addition to the operation / display panel 13 of the apparatus main body as a user interface device, the user interface device is connected to the LAN 110 in the karaoke store via the communication processing unit 14.

  The guest room terminal 20 has the same hardware configuration as a tablet computer using a touch panel as a main user interface, and implements a wireless LAN interface of a predetermined standard. FIG. 3 illustrates a functional block configuration of the guest room terminal 20. A terminal control unit 21 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM is used as a main control unit, and a hard disk device 22, a touch panel 23, and a communication interface 24 are provided. The hard disk device 22 stores location information (such as an IP address) of the performance terminal 10 in the same room that is an operation target such as performance reservation. The communication interface 24 is connected to the LAN via a wireless access point and communicates with the performance terminal 10. Further, it functions as a remote control device for operating the performance terminal 10 such as performing music reservations by interacting with the user through the GUI by executing the installed program.

  The performance terminal 10 is connected to an external network via a LAN and can communicate with a karaoke server 70 operated by a karaoke business operator connected to the external network. The karaoke server 70 stores karaoke data produced by a karaoke company and distributes it to the performance terminal 10 as appropriate. Each performance terminal 10 receives karaoke data appropriately distributed from the karaoke server 70 and stores it in a karaoke database constructed in the hard disk device 12.

  The karaoke server 70 also stores a recommended song list created by a karaoke company and is distributed to the performance terminal 10 as appropriate. The recommended song list is an aggregation of the song IDs of new songs and hot songs and table of contents information such as song names and artist names, and is updated at appropriate occasions, for example, every week. A recommendation comment associated with the music ID may be included.

  The karaoke server 70 manages member information of users registered as members of the karaoke business. In association with the member ID (user ID) assigned by the karaoke company, member information such as the member's name, address, age, and song list is stored.

=== List of owned songs ===
When the member ID of the guest room terminal 20 is authenticated by the karaoke server 70 when the member who has entered the guest room performs a predetermined log-in operation, the guest room terminal 20 can use the member service by collecting the member information including the name from the karaoke server 70. Become. The member information including the obtained name is associated with the member ID and managed in the storage unit as a member list. The operation input signal by the logged-in member includes the member ID and is transferred to the performance terminal 10 and the server 70.

  One of the member services is the well-known My List. The member can register a favorite song and a song ID of a plurality of personalized songs frequently selected as a my list. When the logged-in member performs a predetermined operation input for selecting a song at the guest room terminal 20 and registering it in the my list, a my list in which the song ID set of the song is associated with the member ID is created and updated, and the karaoke server 70 is registered. When the member logs in at another opportunity, the my list included in the member information can be obtained from the guest room terminal 20 and used for music selection. Therefore, the member list managed in the storage unit of the guest room terminal 20 includes a my list that is a plurality of music ID sets for each member ID.

=== Recommended song display processing ===
In the recommended song display process according to the present embodiment, when the recommended song list distributed from the server 70 is presented to the user between songs or when the guest room terminal 20 is not used, If there is a song registered in the member's My List in the same room, it is omitted from the recommended song list and presented. And members who see this list can reserve performances with simple operations.

  The terminal control unit 21 of the guest room terminal 20 starts the recommended song display process as illustrated in FIG. 4 when attempting to display the recommended song list. When the process is started (s1 → s2), the my list of all members who have logged in in the same room is compared with the recommended song list (s2). When the music ID included in the recommended music list is included in any member's My List (s3), a process of removing it from the set of music IDs to be displayed in the recommended music list is performed (s3). Then, the music ID of the remaining recommended music list is displayed as a display target, and the music index database is referred to, and the table of contents information such as the music title and artist name is extracted (s4).

  Based on the above processing, a list of recommended song titles is displayed on the touch panel 23 (s4). FIG. 5 shows a display example of the recommended song list. When the user performs a predetermined operation input for selecting and specifying one from the displayed list of recommended songs, a performance reservation message including the music ID of the music is created and the performance reservation 10 is reserved for performance. it can.

  In this way, the recommended song list does not display songs that are registered in the song list of someone in the group you are enjoying together, so there is a song that is familiar and fresh for everyone. Will be recommended. For that reason, since there is a possibility that fresh topics are interspersed with each song, the range of members' topics is likely to expand.

=== Others ===
The recommended song list is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and how it is created is not within the scope of the present invention. For example, depending on the member's preference and pre-reserved music, create a list of recommended songs dedicated to each member in advance based on some related songs, favorite songs of other members who have similar taste trends, etc. You may apply to this invention.

  In particular, in such a case, the scene where the recommended song list is displayed is not limited to the above embodiment in which the recommended song list is displayed. The recommended song list is displayed when the user desires to display the recommended song list by a predetermined operation input. A song display process may be performed.

  The recommended song list may be displayed on the display 18 of the performance terminal 10 or a display dedicated to information display connected to the performance terminal 10. In this case, the performance terminal 10 is configured to manage the music index database and the user list in addition to the recommended music list and performance history, and the central control unit 11 of the performance terminal 10 performs the recommended music list display timing such as between songs. Then, the recommended song display process is executed.

The network structure containing the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the performance terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the guest room terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. It is a processing flow figure of the recommendation music display process concerning a present Example. It is an example of a display screen of a recommended song list according to the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Karaoke apparatus 11 Central control part 18 Display 20 Guest room terminal 23 Touch panel

Claims (3)

A karaoke apparatus comprising a storage means and a control means, displaying a recommended song list on a display means and accepting a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input means,
The storage means stores a song list for each user in which the user ID of the logged-in user is associated with the music ID set,
Prior to the process of displaying the recommended song list, the control means sets the song IDs (a) of all the songs in the recommended song list and the song IDs of the song list of all the login users stored in the storage means. Contrast with the union (a) of the set, a difference set obtained by excluding the song ID of the union set (a) from the song ID set (a) is obtained, and the songs of the obtained song ID set are displayed as a recommended song list Karaoke apparatus. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes display processing of the recommended song list in response to a user instruction input. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs display processing of the recommended song list between songs after the performance of a certain karaoke song is finished and until the start of the performance of the next song.

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