JP5383575B2 - Karaoke apparatus, music playback method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus for playing music, a music playing method, and a computer program.

Conventionally, a karaoke apparatus that scores a singing result at the end of a singer's singing and displays the scoring result in a score has been put into practical use. The singer can determine the level of his / her singing ability based on the level of the displayed score.
However, it is not interesting to simply display the score of each singer.
Therefore, a karaoke apparatus has been proposed in which a plurality of singers are classified into a plurality of ability stages based on the respective scoring results and a virtual audition is held (see Patent Document 1).

Also, a karaoke competition scoreboard device has been proposed that displays scoring results for a plurality of singers in a scoreboard shape (see Patent Document 2).
Furthermore, a communication karaoke management system that aggregates and displays ranking results for a plurality of singers has been proposed (see Patent Document 3).
Furthermore, there has been proposed a karaoke game system in which a singer's scoring result is converted into an experience value for growing a player character of a battle game, and the battle situation between the player character and enemy characters and the battle result are displayed (Patent Literature). 4).

JP-A-10-26993 JP 2003-295872 A JP 2006-11235 A JP 2009-237345 A

  By the way, singers sometimes have trouble with karaoke music selection. Singers who are not used to karaoke often wonder what they should sing, and singers who are used to karaoke tend to sing only similar songs.

Conventionally, a karaoke apparatus that displays music sung by many singers or newly introduced music has been put into practical use. However, such a karaoke device does not encourage the singing of the displayed music, so the possibility that the singer selects the displayed music is low.
Therefore, a karaoke apparatus that gives a singer a positive reason for selecting the displayed music is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its main purpose is to display a real map, let a singer select a region included in the map, and sing a song associated with the selected region. It is intended to provide a karaoke apparatus, a music playback method, and a computer program that can assist a singer in selecting a song by selecting the selected music and playing the selected music.

  Another object of the present invention is to display a real map, let the singer select a region included in the map, let the singer select a song associated with the selected region, play the selected song, Karaoke that can assist the singer's selection of music by having a configuration that reflects the scoring result of the singing result related to the reproduced music in the display mode of the selected region, and has game-like game against the country. To provide an apparatus.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of providing a variety of game situations in each region by changing the display mode of each region stepwise or continuously. It is in.

  Another object of the present invention is to determine whether or not to change the display mode of the selected area based on the scoring result related to the selected music and the determination criteria related to the selected music. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke apparatus in which a singer can select a region and a music piece while taking into consideration elements of difficulty in capture in a national theft battle.

  Still another object of the present invention is to set a determination criterion related to a music according to the number of times each area is selected, and to determine the difficulty level of each area depending on whether each area is popular. It is to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of setting the above.

A karaoke apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a karaoke apparatus comprising a reproducing means for reproducing music based on music data, map display means for displaying part or all of a map of Japan or a world map of a predetermined era, and the map display A plurality of regions included in the map displayed on the means, and a region music storage unit that stores a plurality of songs associated with each region, and a region selection that accepts any one of the plurality of regions And a piece of music that is stored in the regional music storage unit as a music to be played by the playback unit and is selected from among a plurality of music pieces associated with the region selected by the region selection unit. a music selection means for accepting a voice receiving means for receiving audio during playback of music by the playback unit, based on the speech accepted speech reception means, A scoring means for scoring the singing result, a judging means for judging whether or not to change the display mode related to the area based on the scoring result by the scoring means, And display control means for changing the display mode on a map displayed on the map display means .

The karaoke apparatus according to a second aspect of the invention is characterized in that the display control means changes the display mode stepwise or continuously.

The karaoke apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention further comprises setting means for setting a determination criterion relating to each music stored in the regional music storage means, wherein the determination means is the determination set by the scoring result and the setting means. It is characterized by determining whether to change the display mode based on a reference.

The karaoke apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention further includes counting means for counting the number of times each area is selected by the area selecting means, and the setting means is associated with each area based on a counting result of the counting means. It is characterized in that a determination criterion related to the music is set.

The music playback method according to the fifth aspect of the present invention displays a part or all of a map of Japan or a world map of a predetermined era, a plurality of regions included in the displayed map, and a plurality of songs associated with each region Is stored, the selection of any one of the plurality of regions is accepted, the selection of any one of the plurality of songs associated with the selected region is received, and the song of the selected song Playing music based on data , receiving voice during playback of music, scoring the singing result based on the received voice, and whether to change the display mode related to the region based on the scoring result judgment, if it is judged to change, and wherein the Rukoto to change the display mode in the displayed map.

A computer program according to a sixth invention is displayed on the map display means, a playback means for playing back music based on the music data, a map display means for displaying a part of or all of a map of Japan or a world map of a predetermined era. A computer program for causing a computer to include a plurality of regions included in a map and a region music storage unit that stores a plurality of songs associated with each region, the computer playing the music, An area selection step for accepting selection of any one of a plurality of areas, and the computer stores the music to be played by the playback means in the regional music storage means, and is selected in the area selection step. It was among the plurality of music associated with the region, and the music selection step of causing accept either one selected, An audio receiving step for allowing a computer to receive audio during playback of the music by the playback means; a scoring step for causing the computer to score a singing result based on the audio received at the audio receiving step; Based on the scoring result in the scoring step, the determination step for determining whether or not to change the display mode related to the region, and when the computer determines that the display mode is changed in the determination step, the map display means And a display control step of changing the display mode on the displayed map .

In the first invention, the karaoke apparatus includes a reproducing means, a map display means, a regional music storage means, a regional selection process, and a music selection means, and further includes a voice receiving means, a scoring means, a judging means, and a display control. Ru equipped with a means. Such a karaoke apparatus implements the music reproducing method according to the fifth aspect of the invention. Moreover, the computer program which concerns on 6th invention implement | achieves various means with which the karaoke apparatus of this invention is provided in software using the hardware element of a computer.
The map display means displays a part or all of the Japan map or world map of a predetermined era. The map displayed on the map display means is an actual map, for example, a modern map of Japan or a part of a world map of the European War era (mainly a map of the European continent).

  The regional music storage means stores a plurality of areas included in the map displayed on the map display means and a plurality of music pieces associated with each area. Here, each region is, for example, each prefecture or each country belonging to the Three Kingdoms Alliance and the Three Kingdoms Kyosho. The music associated with each region is, for example, a popular song sung by a singer resident in the prefecture or a folk song of the country. Thus, it is desirable that the music associated with each region has a certain kind of region color.

The area selection means accepts one of a plurality of areas included in the map. Hereinafter, the region selected by the region selecting means is referred to as a selected region.
When a real map is presented, the singer is likely to select a favorite region such as the region where he resides or is interested.

Further, the music selection means accepts music to be played back by the playback means. The music received here is a music stored in the local music storage means, and is any one of a plurality of music associated with the selected area. Therefore, the singer selects any one of a plurality of music pieces associated with the area selected by the singer, and the selection of music pieces is narrowed, so that the singer is less troubled by the music selection.
The reproduction means reproduces the music selected by the music selection means based on the music data. At this time, the singer sings the reproduced music, that is, the music associated with the area he / she likes.

The karaoke apparatus of the present invention provides a so-called national theft game . In this case, the selected region is a region where the singer wants to capture.

  The music selected by the music selection means is a music stored in the regional music storage means, and is any one of a plurality of music associated with the selected area. This narrowing of the selection of music leads to forcing the singer to sing the music to be sung, but the singer has the game purpose of capturing the selected area. There is a strong motivation to sing compulsory music. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the singer actively selects a song that has never been sung.

Voice receiving means is, during playback of the music by the reproducing means, accepts a voice. At this time, the singer sings the reproduced music, and the voice as the singing result is input to the karaoke apparatus.
The scoring means scores the singing result based on the voice received by the voice receiving means. The singing result scoring method is, for example, a known scoring method.

As a rule of the national theft battle game, for example, if the scoring result is a predetermined score or more, the strategy is successful, the singer can occupy the selected area, and the red area is repainted in blue as a proof of occupation However, if the scoring result is less than a predetermined score, the capture may fail, the singer cannot occupy the selected area, and the selected area remains red.
Therefore, the determination unit determines whether to change the display mode of the selected area based on the scoring result by the scoring unit. This is to determine success or failure of the singer in the selected area.

When it is determined that the determination unit is to change, that is, when the capture of the selected region is successful, the display control unit changes the display mode of the selected region on the map displayed on the map display unit. As a result, in the above example, the display mode of the selected area is changed from red to blue.
The singer visually recognizes that the display mode of the selected area has been changed from red to blue. At this time, the singer intuitively understands that his singing ability is high. Furthermore, a singer who has obtained a game-like satisfaction that he has been able to occupy the selected area is motivated to continue karaoke with the karaoke apparatus of the present invention in order to succeed again.

On the other hand, when the determination unit determines NO, that is, when the capture of the selected area has failed, the display control unit maintains the display mode of the selected area on the map displayed on the map display unit. As a result, in the example described above, the display mode of the selected area remains red.
The singer visually recognizes that the display mode of the selected area remains red and is not changed. At this time, the singer intuitively understands that his singing ability is low. Furthermore, a singer who has been given a game-like stress that could not occupy the selected area will be motivated to continue karaoke with the karaoke apparatus of the present invention in order to succeed in the capture.

In the second invention, when the selected area is successfully captured, the display control means changes the display mode of the selected area step by step on the map displayed on the map display means.
As a rule of the national theft battle game, for example, on the displayed map, the red area indicates the area that the singer has not yet occupied, the purple area is the mid-occupation area, the blue area is the complete area It can be considered to indicate the occupied area.

  For this reason, the display control means changes the display mode of the selected area from red to purple when the strategy is successful first, and changes from purple to blue when the strategy is successful. At this time, the singer can easily understand how many times he can successfully capture the selected area by visually recognizing the display mode of the selected area, and fully occupy the selected area. Until karaoke is possible, karaoke is continued with the karaoke apparatus of the present invention.

Alternatively, when the scoring result succeeds in the capture with a large difference from the predetermined score, the display control means changes the display mode of the selected area from red to blue, and the scoring result succeeds in the capture with a slight difference from the predetermined score. In this case, the display mode of the selected area is changed from red to purple. At this time, the singer intuitively understands whether his singing ability is very high or moderately high by visually recognizing the display mode of the selected area.
The display control means is not limited to the configuration in which the display mode of the selected area is changed step by step, and may be a configuration in which the display mode is changed continuously.

In the third invention, the karaoke apparatus further includes setting means.
The setting means sets a determination criterion related to each music stored in the regional music storage means. The determination means determines whether or not to change the display mode of the selected area based on the scoring result by the scoring means and the determination criteria set by the setting means. Such a determination criterion corresponds to, for example, the predetermined number of points in the above example. That is, in the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, there is a possibility that the predetermined number of points for determining whether or not the capture is successful differs for each piece of music.

The criterion for each piece of music functions as a capture difficulty for occupying the selected area.
For example, when a predetermined score is set as a criterion for a song associated with a wide (or narrow) area, a large area cannot be occupied easily, and a narrow area is easily Occupy. Therefore, the singer's strategy of whether to aim at high risk and high return to capture a wide area, or to aim at low risk and low return to capture a narrow area, is reflected in the national stealing battle game.

  In addition, in the case where a higher (or lower) predetermined score is set as a criterion for a song that is easier to sing (or hard to sing), there is a possibility that it can occupy an area that is associated with only a song that is easy to sing. The possibility of occupying an area where only difficult-to-song songs are associated becomes even. Therefore, unfairness between regions is alleviated.

In the fourth invention, the karaoke apparatus further includes counting means.
The counting means counts the number of times each area is selected by the area selecting means. A region where the number of selections is large (or small) is a region where a singer often desires (or few) to capture. In other words, such a region is a popular (or unpopular) region.

The setting means sets a criterion for the music associated with each area based on the counting result of the counting means. At this time, the setting means sets a high (or low) predetermined score as a determination criterion for music associated with, for example, a popular (or unpopular) area. That is, in the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, it is difficult to capture a popular area, and it is easy to capture an unpopular area.
As a result, the singer selects not only the popular area but also the unpopular area. Therefore, the feeling of unfairness among regions due to popularity is alleviated.

Karaoke apparatus of the first invention, the music reproduction method of the fifth aspect of the present invention if by, and the sixth invention a computer program, for intuitive hardly country tri battle game which ties performed took to the rating result of karaoke, fun There is also surprising. At this time, by visually recognizing the display mode of the selected area and other areas, the singer can easily grasp the level of his / her singing ability, the winning / losing of the game, the progress status, and the like. Moreover, since selectable music pieces are presented to the singer in the capture of the selected area, even a singer who is not used to karaoke does not need to worry about what to sing. Moreover, it is possible to give an opportunity for a singer who is used to karaoke to challenge a song other than the singer's own classic song. Furthermore, since the presented music is directly connected to the game, it is possible to give the singer a positive reason for selecting the presented music. Furthermore, when the music to be presented has a regional color, for example, it is possible to give the singer a real sense that the selected area is captured compared to a case where random music is associated with each area. Alternatively, the singer can be given a positive reason to sing a song that is closely related to the preferred area.

By the way, the karaoke competition scoreboard apparatus described in Patent Document 2 and the communication karaoke management system described in Patent Document 3 only display the scoring results in the end, and there is a tendency to lack interest.
The karaoke apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is interesting in that a virtual audition is held, but if it is a singer's audition, the music is naturally sung, so it is not surprising.

On the other hand, in the karaoke game system described in Patent Document 4, a battle game that is difficult to be intuitively associated with a karaoke scoring result is performed. Therefore, it can be said that such a karaoke game system is both interesting and surprising. However, such a karaoke game system does not give the singer a positive reason to select the displayed music.
That is, the karaoke apparatus of the present invention is more entertaining than the conventional one and is user-friendly.

In the case of the karaoke apparatus according to the second invention, since the display mode of the selected area is changed stepwise or continuously, the situation on the game in each area is not binary (for example, occupied / unoccupied only) but multivalued ( For example, it can be expressed as 0% to 100% occupied state).

In the case of the karaoke apparatus according to the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to set a judgment standard having some characteristic as an element of the difficulty level of capture in each region. For example, a strategic game or a fair game is provided. can do.

In the case of the karaoke apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention, the difficulty level of each region can be set according to the popularity of each region, so that an even more exciting game can be provided.

It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the structure of the communication karaoke system containing the karaoke apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server with which the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in music DB (Data Base) of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the commander with which the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the initial screen displayed on the display of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the scoring result screen displayed on the display of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows another example of the scoring result screen displayed on the display of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in the local music table of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in the ranking coefficient table of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in the capture situation table of the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the karaoke game process performed with the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the karaoke game process performed with the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the karaoke game process performed with the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the karaoke game process and music distribution process which are performed with the communication karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a configuration of a communication karaoke system 6 including a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The communication karaoke system 6 of the present embodiment is used in a karaoke store. The karaoke store owns a central store 20 and karaoke stores 21, 21,.
The server 1 is installed in the central store 20.

Each karaoke store 21 is provided with a plurality of private rooms 2R, 2R,. In each private room 2R, a commander 4 as a client of the server 1 and a remote controller (remote controller) 5 for remotely operating the commander 4 are installed one by one. Furthermore, each karaoke store 21 is provided with a router 31, a LAN (Local Area Network) 32, and a communication device 33.
The server 1 and each commander 4 are communicably connected via a communication network N, a router 31, and a LAN 32.

In the private room 2R, a plurality of commanders 4, 4,... Or remote controls 5, 5,.
Below, the case where the commander 4 functions as a karaoke apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 1.
The server 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a storage unit 13, and a communication unit that are appropriately connected to each other via a communication line or a bus. 14.
The CPU 10 is a control center of the server 1, uses the RAM 12 as a work area, controls each part of the apparatus according to a computer program and various data stored in the ROM 11 and / or the storage unit 13, and executes various processes.

The storage unit 13 includes a hard disk or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The storage unit 13 stores, for example, a computer program and various data for causing a computer to function as the server 1.
The storage unit 13 stores a music DB 13a.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data stored in the music DB 13a.
In the music DB 13a, a music ID, a music title, a singer name, and music data are stored in association with each other. That is, one record (one row) of the music DB 13a includes data for four fields (four columns). Hereinafter, data for one record is referred to as music information.
In the figure, song IDS001, song IDS002,... Are identification information of a song that is a karaoke song, and song name 1, song name 2,. In addition, singer name 1, singer name 2,... Are the names of professional singers who sing the music, and music data 1, music data 2,..., Data for reproducing the music on commander 4. It is.

The communication unit 14 illustrated in FIG. 2 is an interface between the server 1 and the communication network N.
The server 1 is not limited to a configuration realized using a single computer, and may be a configuration realized using a plurality of computers.

  A communication network N shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a dedicated communication line for transmitting and receiving various data between the server 1 and the commanders 4, 4,..., An optical fiber communication network, an ADSL line, or a public telephone line. Etc. The communication network N may be a non-dedicated communication line.

  The router 31 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to each of the communication network N and the LAN 32 and incorporates a hard disk (not shown). The router 31 is a relay device that relays communication between the server 1 and each commander 4 in the karaoke store 21. For example, various data distributed by the server 1 via the communication network N are first written to the hard disk. Next, various data read from the hard disk is distributed to the commanders 4, 4,... Via the LAN 32. As a result, the router 31 can back up various data, and can share various data among the commanders 4, 4,.

The LAN 32 uses a communication cable.
The communication device 33 is connected to the LAN 32 and functions as an access point for connecting the remote controller 5, which is a wireless device, to the LAN 32.

The singer enters the private room 2R as a customer of the karaoke shop, sings the music in the private room 2R, and plays a country stealing battle game described later. For this purpose, the singer operates the remote controller 5 arranged in the private room 2R to select a region and a song as described later.
The remote controller 5 is a board-type remote control device provided with a liquid crystal panel having a pen touch sensor, and the commander 4 and the remote controller 5 installed in the same private room 2R are associated with each other by infrared communication.

The commander 4 and the remote controller 5 associated with each other transmit / receive operation data indicating the operation content of the remote controller 5 by the singer and image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel of the remote controller 5 via the LAN 32 and the communication device 33. . However, communication between the remote controller 5 and the communication device 33 is performed wirelessly, and communication between the communication device 33 and the commander 4 is performed by wire.
The LAN 32 may be a wireless LAN. The commander 4 and the remote controller 5 may communicate directly. Further, the remote controller 5 may directly communicate with the server 1 without using the commander 4.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the commander 4.
The commander 4 is a dedicated karaoke machine, and includes a device main body 41, a display 42 attached to the device main body 41, a microphone (microphone) 43, and a speaker 44.

  The display 42 is a display device using a CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube), a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display, or the like. By being connected to the apparatus main body 41, a part or all of a map of Japan or a world map of a predetermined era is displayed on the display 42. That is, the display 42 functions as map display means in the embodiment of the present invention.

  During reproduction of the music, not only the map but also the lyrics of the music may be displayed on the display 42. In addition, a map and an appropriate video other than the map (for example, a moving image corresponding to the image of the music) may be switched and displayed as appropriate according to the operation of the remote controller 5.

The microphone 43 is a sound collecting device used by a singer who sings music. By being connected to the apparatus main body 41, the microphone 43 receives sound as a singer's singing result. That is, the microphone 43 functions as a voice receiving unit in the embodiment of the present invention.
The speaker 44 is an audio output device for reproducing music. By being connected to the apparatus main body 41, the speaker 44 reproduces music based on music data. The speaker 44 functions as reproduction means in the embodiment of the present invention.
Here, an outline of the country theft battle game in the present embodiment will be described. The country stealing battle game is started when a predetermined start operation is performed with the remote controller 5.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an initial screen displayed on the display 42.
When the country theft battle game is started, the display 42 displays a map of Western Japan in the Sengoku period. The map includes eight regions, each of which corresponds to the range of power of Sengoku warlords such as Oda Nobunaga and Ukita Naoya and others.
Below, when distinguishing each area, the power range of Oda Nobunaga and Ukita Naoya is referred to as Oda territory and Ukita territory, etc., and the power range of the Saiga one crowd is referred to as Saiga Territory.

Since the Sengoku period is an era when a national theft battle was actually held, there is an advantage that it is easy for a singer to understand that this is a national theft battle game by displaying a map of the Sengoku period. In addition, since the singer can enjoy the game by regarding himself as a Sengoku warlord, there is also an advantage that the singer is easily absorbed in the game.
The singer plays a national theft battle game whose goal is to fully occupy all eight regions.
If there are multiple singers in the same private room 2R, they sing a song by turns, for example, and another singer sings a song that one singer is not good at. To do.

  At the start of the game, there is no area occupied by the singer. That is, all areas are areas with an occupation rate of 0%. A region with an occupation rate of 0% is indicated by, for example, red (the lower line in the figure is lower right). That is, the display mode corresponding to the occupation rate of 0% in each area is to paint this area in red. That is, FIG. 5 shows a state in which all regions have an occupation rate of 0%.

  First, the singer selects a region (that is, a selected region) for which a capture is desired from among the eight regions by performing a region selection operation with the remote controller 5. For example, the singer selects Chosogabe territory (current Shikoku region). In addition, in order to distinguish the selected area from other than the selected area, the selected area may be painted in yellow, for example.

  When the selected area is selected, the display 42 displays the names and singer names of a plurality of pieces of music associated with the selected area, and points necessary for completely occupying the selected area (hereinafter referred to as a complete capture score). ) And the number of points required to occupy the selected area (hereinafter referred to as halfway capture points). Complete capture points are higher than midway capture points. For example, the complete capture score is a score obtained by adding 5 points to the midway capture score.

The selected area where the complete capture score and the intermediate capture score are high is an area where the capture is difficult (that is, the capture difficulty level is high). On the other hand, the selected areas where the complete capture score and the intermediate capture score are low are areas where the capture is easy (that is, the capture difficulty level is low).
The music associated with the selected area is, for example, a folk song in the area or a song sung by a professional singer from the area. For this reason, the music associated with each region has a certain region color.
In addition, the same music (for example, a theme song of a local program broadcast in the Kyushu region) may be associated with a plurality of different regions (for example, Ryuzo-ji region, Otomo region, and Shimadzu region).

The singer selects a song desired to be sung (hereinafter referred to as a selected song) by performing a song selection operation with the remote controller 5 while referring to the display content of the display 42. For example, the singer selects “Yosakoi Bushi”, a folk song from Kochi Prefecture.
Then, since the selected music is output from the speaker 44, the singer sings with the microphone 43.

After singing, the singer's singing results are scored. The scoring result is represented by a score from 0 to 100 points.
If the scoring result is more than the complete capture score, the singer is completely successful in capturing the selected area. For this reason, the selected area is completely occupied by the singer (occupation rate 100%). At this time, the display mode of the selected area is changed to a display mode corresponding to the occupation rate of 100%. Here, the display mode corresponding to the occupation rate of 100% in each region is to fill this region with dark green.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a scoring result screen displayed on the display 42. FIG. 6 shows a state where the Chosokabe territory has an occupation rate of 100% and other regions have an occupation rate of 0%.
In FIG. 5, Chosogabe territory, which was painted in red, is painted in dark green (fine hatching rising to the right in the figure), as shown in FIG. 6, when the singer is completely successful in the capture.
The singer visually recognizes that the Chosokabe territory displayed on the display 42 has changed from red to dark green. At this time, the singer easily understands that the selected area was completely occupied. Also, the singer easily understands that his singing ability is very high.

If the scoring result is less than the complete capture score and more than the midway capture score, the singer has succeeded in the successful capture of the selected area. For this reason, the selected area is generally occupied by the singer (occupation rate 50%). At this time, the display mode of the selected area is changed to a display mode corresponding to the occupation rate of 50%. Here, the display mode corresponding to the occupation rate of 50% in each region is to fill this region with light green.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing another example of the scoring result screen displayed on the display 42. FIG. 7 shows a state in which Chosogabe territory has an occupation rate of 50% and other areas have an occupation rate of 0%.

In FIG. 5, Chosogabe territory painted in red is painted in light green (rough hatching rising to the right in the figure) as the singer succeeds in the capture.
The singer visually recognizes that the Chosokabe territory displayed on the display 42 has changed from red to light green. At this time, the singer easily understands that the selected area was generally occupied. Also, the singer easily understands that his singing ability is reasonably high.

If the scoring result is less than the midway capture score, the singer has failed to capture the selected area. For this reason, the selected area cannot be occupied. Since the occupation rate of the selected area remains 0%, the display mode of the selected area remains unchanged and remains red as shown in FIG. Therefore, the scoring result screen when the singer fails to capture the selected area is the same as the initial screen shown in FIG.
The singer visually recognizes that the Chosokabe territory displayed on the display 42 remains red. At this time, the singer easily understands that the selected area could not be occupied. Also, the singer easily understands that his singing ability is low.

As described above, the scoring result is displayed on the scoring result display screen displayed on the display 42 in the form of change / maintenance of the display mode of the selected area. In addition, the structure which also displays the score which shows a scoring result on the display 42 with such a map may be sufficient.
After the scoring results are displayed, the singer again selects the selected area. However, the singer cannot select an area with an occupation rate of 100%. Therefore, when all the regions reach the occupation rate of 100%, the country stealing battle game ends. In addition, regardless of the occupation rate of each region, when a predetermined end operation is performed with the remote controller 5, the country stealing battle game ends.

  Thus, when the singer is completely successful in the capture of each region, each region becomes 100% from red (see FIG. 5) indicating an occupation rate of 0% or light green (see FIG. 7) indicating 50%. The color changes to dark green (see FIG. 6). In addition, when the singer succeeds in the capture of each region, each region changes its color from red indicating the occupation rate 0% (see FIG. 5) to light green indicating 50% (see FIG. 6). That is, the display mode of each region is changed in stages such as red, light green, and dark green according to the stepwise occupation ratios of 0%, 50%, and 100%.

However, even if the singer succeeds in the successful capture of each region, each region may remain in a light green color (see FIG. 6) indicating an occupation rate of 50%. In other words, even if the strategy is successful in an area that is not completely occupied, the occupation rate cannot be increased.
In addition, when the singer fails to capture each region, each region is maintained in red (see FIG. 5) indicating an occupation rate of 0%, or light green (FIG. 5) indicating an occupation rate of 50%. 6) to red (see FIG. 5) indicating an occupation rate of 0%. In other words, if the capture fails in an area that is not completely occupied, the singer will be withdrawn from the area.

Note that the occupation ratio may be, for example, six levels of 0%, 20%, 40%,..., And 100%. In this case, the occupation rate may correspond to the number of castle-shaped marks given to each region. Here, the castle-shaped mark means a castle built in the area as a proof of occupation by the singer. And the castle-shaped mark is not displayed in the area where the occupation rate is 0%, and there are one, two, castle-shaped marks in the area where the occupation rate is 20%, 40%, ... and 100%. And 5 are given.
The occupation rate may be continuous from 0% to 100%, for example. In this case, the change in the occupation rate may correspond to the change in the gradation of the color in each region.

  The display mode of each region is not limited to a color difference or a large number of marks as long as it can be easily visually identified. Or a bar graph or a castle-shaped mark arranged in each area.

  By the way, when a singer tends to select a selected area in order from a larger area compared to other areas, Oda territory, Mohri territory, Shimazu territory, etc. are selected compared to other areas ( In the following, the number of times of regional selection will increase), and Saiga territory, Ukita territory, and Otomo territory will have fewer regional selections than other regions. At this time, the songs associated with Oda territory, Mouri territory, Shimazu territory, etc. are sung many times by singers, but the tunes associated with Saiga territory, Ukita territory, Otomo territory, etc. May be rarely sung by.

In order to narrow such regional disparity, the difficulty level of the region where the number of region selections is large (ie popular) is increased, and the difficulty level of the region where the number of region selections is small (ie not popular) is decreased. It is possible to do.
For example, the complete capture points and midway capture points when capturing a wide hair area are 88 points and 83 points. On the other hand, when capturing a narrow Uki area, the complete capture points and halfway capture points are 72 points and 67 points.

The singer who refers to the complete capture points and midway capture points can consider whether to capture the high territory with the aim of high risk high return or to capture the Uki multi territory with the aim of low risk low return.
In addition, if there are a plurality of singers, it is possible to share roles such that a singer who is good at singing takes over the capture of Mouri and leaves the Uki Tao capture to the singers who are not good at singing.

The complete capture score and the intermediate capture score are not limited to the configuration set based on the number of selections. For example, a complete capture score and a midway capture score may be set according to the historical facts of the area or the strength of a stone setting as a game setting, a military force, or a warrior general.
Alternatively, the complete capture score and the intermediate capture score may be set according to the area of the area, the current population, the financial situation, the number of famous celebrities, and the like.

Next, the apparatus main body 41 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus main body 41 includes a CPU 60, a ROM 61, a RAM 62, a storage unit 63, a first communication unit 64, a second communication unit 65, and an image that are appropriately connected to each other via a communication line or a bus. A processing unit 66, a scoring unit 67, a voice input unit 68, and a voice output unit 69 are provided.
The CPU 60 is a control center of the commander 4, uses the RAM 62 as a work area, controls each part of the apparatus according to the computer program and various data stored in the ROM 61 and / or the storage unit 63, and executes various processes.

  The storage unit 63 includes a hard disk or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The storage unit 63 stores a computer program and various data (for example, video data of a map to be displayed on the display 42) for causing the computer to function as the commander 4 that realizes the music playback method according to the embodiment of the present invention. Has been. This computer program includes the computer program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The storage unit 63 stores a distribution music DB 63a, a regional music table 63b, a rank coefficient table 63c, and a capture situation table 63d.
The computer program and various data to be stored in the storage unit 63 may be given, for example, when the commander 4 is manufactured, or may be distributed from the server 1 after the commander 4 is installed in the karaoke store 21. Alternatively, the computer program and various types of data may be distributed in a state where they are recorded on a portable recording medium, and are read from the recording medium or the distribution source without being installed in the storage unit 63 and directly executed. It may be configured.

  Further, the computer program and various data stored in the storage unit 63 may be updated (that is, added, modified, or deleted) each time. For example, as will be described later, the song ID stored in the regional song table 63b may be replaced with a new song ID when a new song is announced or when the trend of each song is abolished (see FIG. 8). ).

The distribution music DB 63a has the same configuration as the music DB 13a of the server 1. However, the distribution music DB 63a stores the music information distributed by the server 1 up to a predetermined number of records in a first-in first-out manner. In other words, not all the music information stored in the music DB 13a is stored in the distribution music DB 63a.
The music information is distributed from the server 1 and stored in the distribution music DB 63a. Then, the music data in the music information recorded in the distribution music DB 63a is output to the scoring unit 67 and the audio output unit 69.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of data stored in the regional music table 63b.
In the regional music table 63b, a region, a region selection count, a selection frequency rank, a song ID, a basic determination criterion, and a final determination criterion are stored in association with each other. However, each region is associated with one region selection count and selection frequency rank, but each region is associated with a plurality of music IDs. Each music ID is associated with one basic determination criterion and one final determination criterion.
In the figure, each of region 1, region 2,... Is one of a plurality of regions included in the map displayed on the display 42.

Each of the area selection times N1, the area selection times N2,... Is the number of times that the area has been selected by the singer. Therefore, each time the area is selected, the area selection count is incremented by “1”.
Each of the selection frequency rank R1, the selection frequency rank R2,... Is the rank of the region selection frequency, and can be easily obtained by sorting in descending order of the area selection frequency. Therefore, if the region selection count is incremented, the selection frequency rank may change.

The song IDS001, the song IDS002, ... are identification information of the song associated with the area. If the delivery song DB 63a or the song DB 13a is searched using the song ID, the song name, singer name, and song of the song are searched. Data is obtained. Therefore, the regional music table 63b functions as a local music storage means in the embodiment of the present invention.
Basic determination criteria B001, basic determination criteria B002,... Are basic values of the determination reference score used when scoring the singer's singing results. The basic determination criteria in the present embodiment are the same (specifically, 80 points) even if they are basic determination criteria for different music pieces.

Each of the final determination criteria J001, the final determination criteria J002,... Corresponds to the complete capture score in the above example. The intermediate capture score is obtained by subtracting 5 points from the final criterion. Since the final determination criterion is obtained as described later, the final determination criterion is changed in accordance with the change in the selection frequency rank of the area.
Note that the basic criterion may be different for each music piece. In this case, for example, a high (or low) basic value is given to a song that is easy (or difficult) to sing. In other words, when singing easy (or difficult) music, the capture difficulty level is high (or low).

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the rank coefficient table 63c.
The rank coefficient table 63c stores the selection frequency rank and the determination coefficient in association with each other.
The selection frequency rank corresponds to the selection frequency rank in the regional music table 63b.
The rank coefficient table 63c is used when obtaining the final determination criteria stored in the regional music table 63b.

More specifically, the final determination criterion to be associated with the region where the selection frequency rank is r (r is a natural number) by sorting based on the region selection frequency is the determination coefficient associated with the r rank in the rank coefficient table 63c. In the regional music table 63b, it is obtained by multiplying by the basic judgment criterion associated with the region where the number of times of selection is r.
Specifically, the final criterion to be associated with the region where the selection frequency rank was first is 96 points, which is the result of multiplying 80 points by the coefficient 1.2, and the selection frequency rank is 6th or lower. The final criterion to be associated with the area is 56 points, which is the result of multiplying 80 points by a factor of 0.7.

Here, when there are a plurality of regions having the same number of region selections, the commander 4 may consider that all of the plurality of regions are ranked r, and each of the plurality of regions is designated as a region. You may further sort by criteria other than the number of selections. Further, when the number of times of region selection in all regions is equal to each other, for example, the determination coefficient 1.0 may be used for all regions.
By the way, if the selection frequency rank changes in the regional music table 63b, the final determination criterion should be changed to a score corresponding to the changed rank.

  However, if the complete capture score and the intermediate capture score, which are the final judgment criteria, change during one game, the singer is confused, and in some cases, there is a risk of impairing the entertainment and game characteristics of the national theft battle game. is there. This is because, in the above example, Uki Taoru, that is, a region with a low number of complete capture points and midway capture points, is repeatedly selected, and by continuing to fail to deliberately, Uki Taoru's selection frequency ranking is The reason is that if the rank is selected higher than the selected number of times, the total capture points and halfway capture points of the hair territory are reduced, which makes it easy to capture.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the calculation of the selection frequency rank and the final determination criterion is executed only once at the start of the game. While the singer is playing the national theft fighting game, in the regional music table 63b, the regional selection count is incremented each time, but the selection frequency rank and the final determination criterion are fixed values.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the capture situation table 63d.
The capture situation table 63d stores a region, a scoring result, and an occupation rate in association with each other.
The region corresponds to the region in the regional music table 63b.
The scoring result is the newest scoring result obtained when the music associated with the area is sung. If the music associated with the area has not been sung yet, the scoring results are not stored.
The occupation rate is the occupation rate of the area, and the default is 0%. The occupation rate is changed according to the success or failure of the strategy.

FIG. 10 also shows the ranking of the number of selections and the final determination criteria for reference. In the example of FIG. 10, the selection frequency order of region 1, region 2,... Is first, second,. In addition, in the final determination criteria, a complete capture score and a halfway capture score are written in parentheses.
Also, in FIG. 10, as a result of singing the music associated with each of region 1, region 2, and region 3, scoring results of 85 points are obtained, and region 4 is not yet selected. Is illustrated.

Even if the scoring results are the same, the occupation rates of region 1, region 2, and region 3 are different. This is because the scoring result of 85 points is less than the halfway capture score in the region 1 where the selection number rank is first, and less than the halfway capture score and less than the complete capture score in the region 2 where the selection number rank is second. This is because the region 3 where the number of times of selection is 3rd is more than the complete capture score.
Since region 4 has not yet been selected, the occupation rate remains the default.

The first communication unit 64 illustrated in FIG. 4 is an interface between the commander 4 and the LAN 32.
The second communication unit 65 performs infrared communication for associating the commander 4 itself with the remote controller 5.
A display 42 is connected to the video processing unit 66. The CPU 60 displays a map on the display 42 via the video processing unit 66 and changes the display mode of each region.

  Voice data is input from the voice input unit 68 to the scoring unit 67. The scoring unit 67 receives music data of the music being played. The scoring unit 67 compares the singing result and the pitch, volume, rhythm, and the like in each of the main melody based on the singing result indicated by the voice data input to itself and the main melody indicated by the music data. And the scoring part 67 scores a singing result based on a comparison result. The scoring unit 67 functions as scoring means in the embodiment of the present invention.

A microphone 43 is connected to the audio input unit 68. The microphone 43 provides analog sound to the sound input unit 68. The voice input unit 68 has an A / D conversion function, and converts a given voice into digital voice data by sampling. Then, the voice input unit 68 outputs the voice data to the scoring unit 67 and the voice output unit 69, respectively.
A speaker 44 is connected to the audio output unit 69. The audio output unit 69 has a D / A conversion function, and converts the digital audio data and / or music data input to itself into analog audio and / or music and then applies it to the speaker 44. At this time, sound and / or music is output from the speaker 44.

Note that the CPU 10 may realize a part of hardware constituting the commander 4, for example, a function of the scoring unit 67 by software. In this case, the CPU 60 functions as scoring means in the embodiment of the present invention.
The commander 4 is not limited to a dedicated karaoke machine, and may be configured using a general-purpose computer or a home-use game machine computer.

  FIGS. 11 to 13 are flowcharts showing a procedure of karaoke game processing executed in the communication karaoke system 6, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure of karaoke game processing and music distribution processing executed in the communication karaoke system 6. It is. The karaoke game process shown in FIG. 14 is an extract of the karaoke game process shown in FIGS. The karaoke game process is executed by the commander 4, and the music distribution process is executed by the server 1.

As shown in FIG. 11, the CPU 60 of the commander 4 determines whether or not a start operation has been performed with the remote controller 5 (S11). More specifically, the CPU 60 in S11 determines whether or not operation data indicating that a start operation has been performed by the remote controller 5 has been received.
When the start operation is not performed (NO in S11), the CPU 60 repeatedly executes the process of S11.

  When the start operation is performed (YES in S11), the CPU 60 displays a map on the display 42 (S12). For this purpose, the CPU 60 reads required video data from the storage unit 63 and displays a map based on the read video data on the display 42 via the video processing unit 66. At this time, it is desirable that the name of each place is also displayed.

After the processing of S12 is completed or simultaneously with the processing of S12, the CPU 60 calculates the selection frequency rank of each region based on the number of times of region selection stored in the region music table 63b and overwrites the region music table 63b. Store (S13).
Next, the CPU 60 calculates the final determination criteria while referring to the rank coefficient table 63c based on the selection frequency rank calculated in S13, and overwrites and stores it in the regional music table 63b (S14). The CPU 60 in S14 functions as setting means in the embodiment of the present invention.
Further, the CPU 60 resets the scoring result and the occupation rate stored in the capture situation table 63d to the default scoring result and the occupation rate (S15).

After the processing of S12 to S15 is completed, the CPU 60 accepts selection of a region (S16). However, in the process of S16, it is necessary to refer to the capture situation table 63d and not accept the selection of the region associated with the occupation rate of 100%.
At this time, the singer operates the remote controller 5 while visually recognizing the map displayed on the display 42, thereby selecting a region where capture is desired.

  Next, the CPU 60 determines whether or not an area selection operation has been performed on the remote controller 5 (S17). If the area selection operation has not been performed yet (NO in S17), the process of S17 is repeatedly executed. Here, the region selection operation is an operation of inputting a name of a desired region, or an operation of pressing an OK button in a state where the cursor is placed on the desired region. The CPU 60 in S17 functions together with the remote controller 5 as area selection means in the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the region selection operation is performed (YES in S17), the CPU 60 sets the region selection count stored in the region music table 63b in association with the region corresponding to the region selection operation performed in S17 (that is, the selected region) to “1”. "Increment (S18). The CPU 60 in S18 functions as counting means in the embodiment of the present invention.

  And CPU60 determines whether all the required music information for several music is memorize | stored in the delivery music DB63a (S19). Specifically, the process of S19 is a process of determining whether or not all the music IDs that are the same as the music IDs stored in the regional music table 63b in association with the selected area are stored in the distribution music DB 63a. is there.

When at least one of the pieces of required music information for a plurality of songs is not stored in the distribution music DB 63a (NO in S19), the CPU 60 makes a request to the server 1 as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. The distribution of music information is requested (S20). More specifically, the CPU 60 in S20 transmits to the server 1 music request data including a music ID that is stored in the regional music table 63b in association with the selected area and is not stored in the distribution music DB 63a.
Next, the CPU 60 determines whether or not all the music information requested in S20 has been received (S21), and if not yet received (NO in S21), the process of S21 is repeatedly executed.

As shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 10 of the server 1 determines whether or not music information has been requested, that is, whether or not music request data has been received (S31), and if not received (NO in S31). , S31 is repeatedly executed.
When the music request data is received (YES in S31), the CPU 10 reads out the music information from the music DB 13a based on the music ID included in the music request data received in S31 (S32), and the read music information. Then, the music request data is distributed to the commander 4 that has transmitted the data (S33).
After the process of S33 ends, the CPU 10 returns the process to S31.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, when all the music information requested in S20 is received (YES in S21), as shown in FIG. 11, the CPU 60 stores the received music information in the distribution music DB 63a (S22). ).
After the processing of S22 is completed, or when all pieces of required music information for a plurality of songs are stored in the distribution music DB 63a (YES in S19), the CPU 60 moves the process to S41 described later (see FIG. 12). .

If the required music information is stored in the hard disk of the router 31 even if the required music information is not stored in the distribution music DB 63a, the CPU 60 requests the router 31 to transmit the required music information instead of the process of S20. What is necessary is just to perform the process to perform. At this time, the router 31 requested for the music information transmits the requested music information to the commander 4.
In S20 to S22 and S31 to S33, only the song name and singer name are transmitted / received in the music information, and after the music is selected in the process of S43 described later, the music data of the selected music is separately transmitted / received. It may be configured.

As shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 60 refers to the distribution music DB 63a and the regional music table 63b based on the selected area and the music ID stored in the regional music table 63b in association with the selected area. A music list of the associated music is generated (S41) and displayed on the display 42 (S42).
The song list generated in S41 includes the song composition ID, song name, and singer name of the song associated with the selected area, the intermediate capture score, and the complete capture score. In the present embodiment, the intermediate capture score and the complete capture score are common to all the songs associated with the selected area, and therefore only one set need be described at the top of the song list, for example.

  Note that the music list may not include all the music associated with the selected area. For example, in the music list, only m (m is a natural number of 2 ≦ m <M) of M (M is a natural number of M ≧ 3) songs associated with the selected area are listed. If the music selected by the singer is not listed when the music list is generated next time, the singer can be prevented from continuing to sing only the same music.

Further, as a result of the processing of S42, both the map and the music list are displayed on the display 42. At this time, the music list may be arranged at a position overlapping the map, but it is desirable that the music list be arranged at a position not overlapping at least the selected area.
At this time, the singer selects a song desired to be sung by operating the remote controller 5 while visually recognizing the song list displayed on the display 42. However, if the desired song does not exist in the displayed song list, or if there is dissatisfaction with the intermediate capture score and the complete capture score included in the song list, the singer performs the region reselection operation with the remote controller 5. Redo from selection of selected area by doing.

  The CPU 60 determines whether or not a music selection operation has been performed on the remote controller 5 (S43). Here, the music selection operation is an operation of inputting a music ID of a desired music or an operation of pressing an OK button in a state where the cursor is placed on a music name of a desired music. The CPU 60 in S43 functions together with the remote controller 5 as music selection means in the embodiment of the present invention.

When the music selection operation has not been performed yet (NO in S43), the CPU 60 determines whether or not the region reselection operation has been performed with the remote controller 5 (S44), and when the region reselection operation has not yet been performed ( The process returns to S43.
If a region reselection operation has been performed (YES in S44), the CPU 60 deletes the music list displayed on the display 42 (S45), and decrements the region selection count incremented in S18 by “1” (S46). ), The process returns to S16.

  When the music selection operation is performed (YES in S43), the CPU 60 deletes the music list displayed on the display 42 (S47), and starts playing the music based on the music data of the music selected in S43. (S48). At this time, the CPU 60 reads out the music data of the music selected in S43 from the distribution music DB 63a, and gives it to the scoring unit 67 and the audio output unit 69. Thereafter, the voice input unit 68 executes a process of converting voice to voice data, a process of outputting the voice data to the scoring unit 67 and the voice output unit 69, and the like. In the scoring unit 67, the singing result is scored.

The CPU 60 determines whether or not the reproduction of the music has ended (S49). If the music is still being reproduced (NO in S49), the process of S49 is repeatedly executed.
When the reproduction of the music is finished (YES in S49), the CPU 60 acquires the scoring result by the scoring unit 67 (S50), and stores the acquired scoring result in association with the selected area in the capture situation table 63d (S51). ).
Next, the CPU 60 calculates the occupation rate of the selected area by comparing the scoring result acquired in S50 with the complete capture score and the halfway capture score (S52).

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 13, the CPU 60 determines whether or not to change the display mode of the selected area (S61). More specifically, the CPU 60 in S61 compares the occupation rate calculated in S52 with the occupation rate stored in the capture situation table 63d in association with the selected area, and if the occupation rate is different, the display mode is changed. It is determined to be changed. On the other hand, when the occupation rates are equal, the CPU 60 in S61 determines that the display mode is not changed. Such a CPU 60 in S61 functions as determination means in the embodiment of the present invention.

If it is determined that the display mode of the selected area is to be changed (YES in S61), the CPU 60 changes the display mode of the selected area to a display mode corresponding to the occupation rate calculated in S52 (S62). The CPU 60 in S62 functions as display control means in the embodiment of the present invention.
After the process of S62 is completed or when it is determined that the display mode of the selected area is not to be changed (NO in S61), the CPU 60 overwrites and stores the occupation rate calculated in S52 in the capture situation table 63d in association with the selected area. (S63).

  Next, the CPU 60 determines whether or not an occupation rate of 100% is stored in all the regions stored in the capture situation table 63d (S64). If it is stored (YES in S64), the singer is the country. Announcing that the player has won the stealing battle game (S65). The notification process in S65 is a process of performing a predetermined message display on the display 42, a predetermined fanfare output from the speaker 44, or the like.

  After the process of S65 is completed, the CPU 60 determines whether or not an end operation has been performed with the remote controller 5 (S66), and when the end operation has been performed (YES in S66), the karaoke game process ends. If the end operation has not been performed (NO in S66), the process of S66 is repeatedly executed.

When an occupation rate of less than 100% is stored in the capture status table 63d (NO in S64), the CPU 60 determines whether or not an end operation has been performed with the remote controller 5 (S67), and an end operation has been performed. (YES in S67), the karaoke game process is terminated.
When the termination operation has not been performed (NO in S67), the CPU 60 returns the process to S16.
It should be noted that the CPU 60 interrupts all the processes included in the karaoke game process and ends the karaoke game process whenever the end operation is performed with the remote controller 5, not only when the process of S66 or S67 is executed. May be.

  In the present embodiment, since the process of S15 is executed, a new country stealing battle game is started each time a singer performs a start operation with the remote controller 5. However, since it takes a long time to completely capture all regions in the national theft battle game, for singers, those who can suspend the game in the game and can continue playing later. Is preferred.

Therefore, in the case of NO in S64, a configuration is conceivable in which the remote controller 5 accepts not only the end operation but also the interruption operation. In such a configuration, the CPU 60 accepts the user ID of the singer when, for example, an interruption operation is performed during the execution of the karaoke game process, associates the received user ID with the capture situation table 63d, and A process of registering in the storage unit 13 is executed.
Furthermore, when the next karaoke process is executed, the CPU 60 also executes a process of accepting the singer's user ID together with the process of S11. If it is determined YES in S11, the process after S12 is executed as described above. To do.

  On the other hand, when the user ID is received, the CPU 60 executes a process of acquiring the strategy situation table 63d associated with the received user ID from the server 1. And CPU60 performs the process after S12 except the process of S15. However, when executing the processing of S12, the CPU 60 sets the display mode of each region to a display mode corresponding to the occupation rate stored in the capture situation table 63d. As a result, the map of the state immediately before interrupting the previous national theft battle game is displayed on the display 42.

  In the present embodiment, a country stealing battle game is played with one type of map, but a plurality of types of times (for example, early Sengoku period, late Sengoku period and modern times) and / or a plurality of types of places (for example, A map relating to East Japan, the whole of Japan, and the whole world may be selectable. Further, the difficulty level of the country theft battle game or the details of the rules may be different for each different map.

For example, in a country theft battle game using a Japanese map (or world map), the final determination criterion is calculated to be lower (or higher).
Or, in the country theft battle game using the map of the early Sengoku era, let the singer select the music with the complete capture score and the halfway capture score disclosed, and in the country theft battle game using the map at the end of the Sengoku era, Let the singer select a song while hiding the capture points and midway capture points. In the latter case, it is not possible to select a region by referring to the level of complete capture points and midway capture points, but the total capture points and intermediate capture points of each region are determined based on the area of each region or the level of publicity of the Sengoku warlords. The fun of guessing arises.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of singers in the same private room 2R, they cooperate to play a national theft fighting game, but they may compete to play a national theft fighting game. In this case, for example, what is equivalent to the capture situation table 63d may be provided for each singer, and the occupation rate may be expressed in a different display mode for each singer on the map.

  Specifically, when singer A and singer B exist, the area where singer A is 100% occupied (or 50%) and singer B is occupied 0% is dark green (or light green) Filled. A region where the singer B has an occupation rate of 100% (or 50%) and the singer A has an occupation rate of 0% is painted in dark blue (or light blue). Areas where the singer A and B are both occupied 0% (or 50%) are filled with red (or blue-green).

Thus, when a plurality of singers compete and play a national theft game, it may be possible to select an area with an occupation rate of 100%.
For example, a singer B selects a region with an occupation rate of 100% related to the singer A, and the singer B performs a scoring result of the singer A during the occupation of the region (or performs a predetermined weighting on the scoring result, When the scoring result exceeds the score that makes it difficult to intercept the area, the area is changed to an area with an occupation rate of 100% related to the singer B.

  Thereafter, singer A selects the area, and further obtains a scoring result that exceeds the singer B's scoring result (or a score that makes it difficult to recapture the area by performing a predetermined weighting on the scoring result). Sometimes, the area is again changed to an area with an occupation rate of 100% related to the singer A.

  In the regional music table 63b in the present embodiment, one music ID group is stored in association with one area, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the regional music table 63b may store a plurality of music ID groups in association with one area. In this case, for example, one song ID group includes only the song ID of a song song (or a song popular since 1989), and the other song ID group is a song of a nursery rhyme (or a song popular in the late Showa era). It is conceivable that the singer selects any music ID group including only the ID. As a result, it is possible to provide a music list that matches the taste or age of the singer.

In the commander 4 as described above, the scoring result for each singer is not simply displayed as a score, but is expressed as a change / maintenance of the display mode of the selected area in the map of the national theft fighting game. And game characteristics.
And since the music which should be sung is previously shown with respect to a singer, it is suppressed that a singer worries about selection of music or sings only its own classic music. In addition, in order to achieve the purpose of winning the national theft battle game, the singer can actively select the presented music.
Therefore, a karaoke shop having such a communication karaoke system 6 is easy to attract singers.

  The commander 4 alone is not limited to the configuration that functions as the karaoke device in the embodiment of the present invention. For example, the communication karaoke system using the server 1 and the commander 4 is the karaoke device in the embodiment of the present invention. The structure which functions as may be sufficient. In this case, the playback means, map display means, regional music storage means, regional selection means, music selection means, voice reception means, scoring means, determination means, display control means, setting means, and counting means in the embodiment of the present invention Of these, a part is realized by the server 1 and the remaining part is realized by the commander 4.

When the area selection unit and the music selection unit are realized by the server 1, the server 1 and the remote controller 5 may directly communicate with each other.
Further, when the setting means and the counting means are realized by the server 1, the server 1 counts the number of times each region is selected in all the commanders 4, 4,. Based on the above, the final criterion is set. At this time, data indicating that each region has been selected or data indicating the number of times each region has been selected is transmitted from each commander 4 to the server 1, and data indicating final determination criteria is transmitted from the server 1 to each commander 4. Is delivered.

  As described above, if various tabulations are performed in the server 1, the setting of the final determination criteria by the setting unit can be further diversified. For example, it is conceivable that the singer's scoring results are aggregated, and the final judgment standard of an area with many (or few) singers with high scoring results is made high (or low). Alternatively, it is conceivable that the total number of sung songs is totaled and the final judgment standard of an area where the totaling result is large (or small) is made high (or low). It is also conceivable to set the basic criterion based on the average value or maximum value of the singer's scoring results.

If the server 1 counts the number of music selections for each karaoke store 21, 21,..., A karaoke store constructed in the region as a song associated with each region in the regional song storage means. The music sung by 21, 21, ... may be stored. In this case, the regional music storage means may be provided in the server 1.
The music associated with each region is not limited to those having a regional color as in the present embodiment, and may be a new song, a song recommended by the karaoke shop, or a randomly selected song. However, music having a regional color has an advantage that it is easy to give a singer a sense of capturing the area.

In the communication karaoke system 6 according to the present embodiment, the country stealing battle game is provided by executing the karaoke game process and the music distribution process shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, but is not limited thereto. .
For example, the communication karaoke system 6 may be configured to accept a game avoidance operation with the remote controller 5. When it is not desired to play the country theft battle game, the singer performs a game avoidance operation with the remote controller 5. At this time, the CPU 60 executes the karaoke game process and the music distribution process in a state where the processes of S13 to S15 and S18 shown in FIG. 11, S46, S50 to S52 shown in FIG. 12, and S61 to S66 shown in FIG. To do.

  As a result, the singer can select a desired region and sing a song associated with the selected region regardless of the country theft battle game. In this case, the singer can select an arbitrary region and an arbitrary musical piece among the presented musical pieces without worrying about success or failure of the strategy, winning or losing of the game, and the like. At this time, if the singer desires scoring of the singing result, the CPU 60 may execute the process of S50 and then execute the process of displaying the obtained scoring result on the display 42.

The embodiment disclosed this time is to be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is not intended to include the above-described meanings, but is intended to include meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the scope of the claims.
In addition, as long as the effects of the present invention are obtained, the commander 4 or the communication karaoke system 6 may include components that are not disclosed in the embodiment.

4 Commander (Karaoke equipment)
40 CPU (area selection means, music selection means, determination means, display control means, setting means, counting means)
42 Display (Map display means)
43 Microphone (voice reception means)
44 Speaker (reproduction means)
5 Remote control (region selection means, music selection means)
63b Regional music table (local music storage means)
67 Scoring part (scoring means)

Claims (6)

In a karaoke apparatus provided with a playback means for playing back music based on music data,
Map display means for displaying a part or all of a map of Japan or a world map of a predetermined period;
A plurality of regions included in the map displayed on the map display unit, and a region music storage unit that stores a plurality of songs associated with each region;
A region selecting means for accepting any one of the plurality of regions;
A music selection that is stored in the regional music storage means as a music to be played by the playback means, and that accepts any one of a plurality of music associated with the area selected by the regional selection means Means ,
Voice receiving means for receiving voice during playback of music by the playback means;
Scoring means for scoring the singing result based on the voice received by the voice receiving means;
Determination means for determining whether or not to change the display mode related to the area based on the scoring result by the scoring means;
A karaoke apparatus comprising: display control means for changing the display mode on a map displayed on the map display means when it is determined that the determination means is changed . The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control means changes the display mode stepwise or continuously. Further comprising setting means for setting determination criteria related to each music stored in the regional music storage means;
The determination means, based on the criteria the rating result and the setting unit has set, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that you have to determine whether to change the display mode Karaoke equipment. Further comprising a counting means for counting the number of times each area is selected by the area selecting means,
The karaoke apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the setting unit sets a determination criterion related to a song associated with each region based on a counting result of the counting unit. Display a part or all of the Japan map or world map of a given era,
Store a plurality of regions included in the displayed map and a plurality of songs associated with each region,
Accept any one of the plurality of regions,
Accept any one of multiple songs associated with the selected region,
Play a song based on the song data of the selected song ,
Accept audio while playing a song,
Based on the received voice, the singing result is scored,
Based on the scoring results, determine whether to change the display mode related to the region,
If it is judged to change, the music reproducing method comprising Rukoto to change the display mode in the displayed map. Reproduction means for reproducing music based on music data, map display means for displaying a part or all of a Japanese map or world map of a predetermined era, a plurality of regions included in the map displayed on the map display means, And a computer program for causing a computer to play back a piece of music with a local music storage means for storing a plurality of music pieces associated with each region,
A region selection step for causing a computer to accept one of the plurality of regions;
The computer stores the music to be played back by the playback means in the regional music storage means, and selects any one of a plurality of music pieces associated with the area selected in the area selection step. A music selection step to be accepted ; and
An audio receiving step for causing a computer to receive audio during playback of the music by the playback means;
A scoring step for scoring the singing result based on the voice accepted in the voice accepting step;
A determination step for causing the computer to determine whether or not to change the display mode according to the region based on the scoring result in the scoring step;
A computer program for causing a computer to execute a display control step of changing the display mode on a map displayed on the map display means when it is determined to change in the determination step .

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