JP5823320B2 - Karaoke system, karaoke playback display method, karaoke server, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention uploads the musical instrument performance sounds of the musical instrument parts constituting the karaoke music piece, and plays the uploaded musical instrument performance sound while playing the minus one function or the minus one function when reproducing the karaoke music piece. Karaoke system to perform, karaoke reproduction display method, karaoke server relates及 beauty computer program.

  Conventionally, when performing automatic performance of music in the field of automatic performance devices, one of a plurality of musical instrument parts constituting a musical composition is automatically muted and the user himself / herself actually plays the musical instrument part to be muted. There is a device (a device having a function called a minus one function) that can practice musical instrument performance in accordance with performance (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Furthermore, the minus one function described above is applied to the karaoke apparatus or karaoke system so that any one of the instrument parts is muted when the karaoke music is reproduced, and the user himself / herself actually selects the instrument corresponding to the muted instrument part. A performance is disclosed (see Patent Documents 3 to 5).

  Furthermore, in the field related to online karaoke, a song or performance data is uploaded from a karaoke terminal to a server, and a chorus or performance can be performed using the uploaded song or performance data (Patent Literature). 6). In addition, in the field of online karaoke, there is one that performs reproduction display processing by connecting singing voices and singer images of uploaded karaoke songs of a plurality of users in a medley manner (see Patent Document 7).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-188956 JP-A-8-6553 JP-A-9-258728 JP-A-8-30284 JP 2007-193273 A JP 2010-14823 A JP 2011-59620 A

  Since the one having the minus one function disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 5 activates the minus one function when the user actually plays the musical instrument, the minus one function is provided for the uploaded instrument performance sound. I couldn't work. In addition, in the field of online karaoke according to Patent Documents 6 and 7, uploaded songs or performance data are only used for choral, ensemble or medley-like reproduction. For this reason, there is a problem in that an uploaded musical instrument performance sound cannot be used in cooperation with the minus one function when reproducing karaoke music.

  That is, even if a user who sings karaoke music desires to sing karaoke music based on the musical instrument performance of a friend uploaded by the user's friend, such a situation cannot be realized with the conventional communication karaoke system. There was a problem.

  Moreover, in the conventional communication karaoke system, since what can be utilized about the image uploaded is only the singer image at the time of a user's singing (refer patent document 7), the player image which concerns on the user who plays a musical instrument is There is also a problem that the uploaded musical instrument performance sound cannot be displayed.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the musical instrument performance sound related to the uploaded musical piece can be played with the karaoke music piece by using the minus one function or the minus one function and uploaded. A karaoke system that plays new joys of online karaoke using karaoke system that uses the user's upload data for both audible and visual aspects, by displaying the player image during playback and karaoke playback and to provide a display method, the karaoke server, the 及 beauty computer program.
In other words, the present invention is a karaoke system in which a user who enjoys online karaoke devised a mechanism that can use the uploaded musical instrument performance sound and the player image related to the player who plays the musical instrument performance sound in a variety of ways in online karaoke. , and to provide a karaoke reproducing display method, the karaoke server, the 及 beauty computer program

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a karaoke system according to the present invention includes a karaoke server that stores a plurality of karaoke data including karaoke songs including a plurality of instrument parts and song lyrics related to the karaoke songs, and karaoke songs to the karaoke server. In a karaoke system comprising a karaoke terminal device that receives karaoke data corresponding to the tune designation information from the karaoke server and displays karaoke tunes and displays song lyrics by transmitting tune designation information to designate The karaoke server stores a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part among a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music piece and a player image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound. When the music designation information transmitted from the karaoke terminal device is received, Search means for searching from among memorized instrument performance sounds related to karaoke music specified by the specified information, and if there is an instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, the corresponding instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the instrument performance sound And data transmission means for transmitting karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to the karaoke terminal device, wherein the karaoke terminal device transmits musical instrument performance sounds, player images, and karaoke data transmitted from the karaoke server. Among the plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the received karaoke data, mute the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound, or the volume of the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound The karaoke music is played back at a lower level than the other instrument parts, and the received musical instrument performance sound is played along with the playback of the karaoke music. Reproducing means for reproducing, in accordance with the reproduction of the reproduction means, characterized in that it comprises a display means for displaying a musical lyrics and received performer image the karaoke data has.

In the karaoke system according to the present invention, the karaoke server includes means for receiving uploaded instrument performance sounds and player images, and stores the received instrument performance sounds and player images. It is characterized by.
Further, in the karaoke system according to the present invention, the karaoke server stores a user database storing information related to a karaoke user, and a player image is stored in the user database in advance and uploaded. Means for receiving a musical instrument performance sound is provided, and the received musical instrument performance sound is stored.

  In the karaoke system according to the present invention, the karaoke terminal device includes an imaging unit, and the display unit displays a captured image captured by the imaging unit together with the music lyrics and the player image. And

  Further, in the karaoke system according to the present invention, when there are a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to the search, the data transmission means includes a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds and a plurality of player images corresponding to the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds. And the playback means sequentially switches the musical instrument performance sound to be played back from the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds for each predetermined period of karaoke music, and the display means The player image to be displayed is sequentially switched from the plurality of player images to a player image corresponding to a musical instrument performance sound reproduced by the reproduction means.

  Furthermore, in the karaoke system according to the present invention, when there are musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to the search in different musical instrument parts, the data transmission means includes a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds of the corresponding different musical instrument parts and the plurality of musical instrument performances. A plurality of player images corresponding to the sound are transmitted, and the reproducing means is a different instrument corresponding to the plurality of instrument performance sounds among the plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke data. Playing karaoke music while muting parts or lowering the volume of the different musical instrument parts from other musical instrument parts, and playing back the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds as the karaoke music plays The music lyrics included in the karaoke data and the plurality of player images are displayed in accordance with the playback of the playback means. To.

  Further, in the karaoke system according to the present invention, the musical instrument performance sound is accompanied by solo designation information for designating at least one period in the karaoke piece as a solo, and the playback means includes the solo designation information. During the specified karaoke music period, all instrument parts included in the karaoke music data included in the karaoke data are muted, or the volume of all the instrument parts is reduced below the reference volume, and the instrument performance sound is reproduced. It is characterized by that.

  Furthermore, the karaoke system according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a search condition, and a unit that transmits the search condition received by the receiving unit to the karaoke server. The musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search condition transmitted to the karaoke server is searched.

  The karaoke playback display method according to the present invention includes a karaoke song containing a plurality of musical instrument parts and a karaoke server storing a plurality of karaoke data having song lyrics related to the karaoke song, and a song indicating that the karaoke terminal device specifies the karaoke song. In the karaoke playback display method for transmitting karaoke data corresponding to the music specification information from the karaoke server and displaying the karaoke music and displaying the music lyrics by transmitting the specification information, the karaoke server includes the karaoke music Musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part among a plurality of musical instrument parts included and a player image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound are stored, and the music transmitted from the karaoke terminal device When the designation information is received, the musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke song designated by the song designation information is stored. If there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search step and the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the retrieval, the karaoke terminal stores the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information The karaoke terminal device includes a step of receiving instrument performance sounds, player images, and karaoke data transmitted from the karaoke server, and a plurality of karaoke songs included in the karaoke data. Among the musical instrument parts, the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound is muted, or the volume of the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound is reduced from that of the other musical instrument parts, and the karaoke music is reproduced. A step of playing the received musical instrument performance sound in accordance with the reproduction of the music, and the karaoke day in accordance with the reproduction; Characterized in that it comprises a step of performing a display of song lyrics and received player image included in the.

  The karaoke server according to the present invention comprises means for storing a plurality of karaoke data including a karaoke song including a plurality of instrument parts and a song lyrics related to the karaoke song, and designates a karaoke song transmitted from an external terminal. In the karaoke server configured to transmit the karaoke data corresponding to the music specification information to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music specification information by receiving the music specification information, a plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke music When a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part and a performer image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound are stored, and when music designation information transmitted from an external terminal is received, Search means for searching from storing musical instrument performance sounds related to karaoke music specified by the music specification information, and musical instruments corresponding to the search When there is a performance sound, data transmission for transmitting the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music designation information Means.

  The karaoke terminal device according to the present invention stores a plurality of karaoke data including karaoke music pieces including a plurality of musical instrument parts and music lyrics related to the karaoke music pieces, and one musical instrument among the plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music pieces. In the karaoke terminal device for transmitting music designating information for designating karaoke music to an external server for storing a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to a part and a performer image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound. Means for receiving, from the external server, karaoke data corresponding to karaoke music designated by the music designation information, musical instrument performance sound, and a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound from an external server; Mute the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound among the multiple musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music piece Reproduction means for lowering the volume of the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound than other musical instrument parts and reproducing the karaoke music, and reproducing the received musical instrument performance sound in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke music; In accordance with the reproduction of the reproduction means, it comprises display means for displaying the song lyrics of the karaoke data and the received player image.

  A computer program according to the present invention stores a karaoke data having a communication device, a karaoke song including a plurality of instrument parts, and a song lyrics related to the karaoke song, and one of a plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke song. A musical piece for designating a karaoke piece transmitted from an external terminal to a computer comprising a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to two musical instrument parts and a storage device for storing a performer image of the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound In the computer program for causing the karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to be transmitted through the communication device to the external terminal of the music designation information by receiving the designation information through the communication device, The computer receives the music designation information sent from the external terminal. In the case where there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, a means for performing a search process from storing the musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke music specified by the music designation information, and the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, A process for transmitting a player image corresponding to a sound and karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to an external terminal that is a transmission source of the music designation information is made to function as a means for performing through the communication device. .

  A computer program according to the present invention stores, in a computer having communication means, karaoke data including a karaoke piece including a plurality of instrument parts and a song lyrics related to the karaoke piece, and a plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke piece. Music designation information for designating a karaoke piece of music is sent to the external server that stores the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part and the performer image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound through the communication means. In the computer program for performing the process to transmit, in response to the transmission of the music specification information, the computer performs karaoke data corresponding to the karaoke music specified by the music specification information transmitted from the external server, musical instrument performance A process of receiving a player image corresponding to a sound and the musical instrument performance sound; Means for performing through the means, and among the plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke data, the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound is muted, or the volume of the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound is changed. The karaoke data is included in the karaoke data in accordance with the reproduction process and means for performing the reproduction process of the received musical instrument performance sound in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke music piece. It is made to function as a means which performs the display process of a music lyrics and the received player image.

  In the present invention, when the karaoke server receives the music designation information, the musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke music designated by the music designation information is searched from the stored music specification information, and the musical instrument performance sound and the player image corresponding to the search are searched. Is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device, and the karaoke terminal device plays the received musical instrument performance sound while playing the karaoke music by using the so-called minus one function (mute function) or minus one function (volume reduction function). Therefore, the musical instrument performance sound uploaded in the online karaoke can be used in conjunction with the minus one function or minus one function. Furthermore, since the karaoke terminal apparatus also displays the received player image, the image of the player who plays the musical instrument part that is muted (silenced) or volume-reduced is also visually selected by the user who specified the karaoke piece. Can see. Thereby, for example, when a user who uses online karaoke sings karaoke music, the user's friend can sing the instrument performance sound by the friend while watching the image of the friend playing the instrument. , Provide new ways to enjoy online karaoke.

  In the present invention, the karaoke server receives and stores the uploaded musical instrument performance sound and player image, so that the musical instrument performance sound and player image can be stored as a pair at a time. It becomes easy to smoothly perform the process of transmitting the musical instrument performance sound and the performer image stored in step S to the karaoke terminal device. Also, the uploader can upload a pair of performer images to be displayed when playing the instrument performance sound, so that the player image is displayed as the instrument performance sound plays with the content intended by the performer. become able to.

  In the present invention, the karaoke server stores the player image in the user database in advance and only the musical instrument performance sound is uploaded. Therefore, both the musical instrument performance sound and the player image are stored at the same time. Compared to uploading, the burden of receiving processing related to uploading is reduced, and it is not necessary to store a player image for each upload, so processing related to storage is also reduced. Also, since the uploader only needs to upload the musical instrument performance sound, the processing burden of uploading can be reduced, and as a whole, the uploaded musical instrument performance sound can be transmitted more easily in online karaoke. It can be used when singing karaoke music. The player image is stored in the user database when the user image is registered in the user database together with information related to the user (name, contact information, etc.) when the user is registered in the karaoke service. Is preferred.

  In the present invention, since the captured image captured by the karaoke terminal device is displayed together with the karaoke image and the player image, the image of the user who sings karaoke music using the karaoke terminal device is also the player image or the like. Displayed together, it is possible to provide display content that allows the user who sings and the user who performs the performance to enjoy the situation in which the performance is performed on the same stage.

  In the present invention, when a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds are retrieved from the uploaded music, the musical instrument performance sounds reproduced from the plurality are sequentially switched and the displayed performance is displayed for each predetermined period of the karaoke music piece. Since the player images are also switched sequentially, the user who specifies the karaoke music can enjoy the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds and player images that have been uploaded and stored.

  In the present invention, when a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to different musical instrument parts are searched from among the uploaded musical instrument parts, each musical instrument part related to the searched musical instrument performance sounds is muted or the volume is reduced to karaoke music , While playing each instrument performance sound that has been searched, and display each player image corresponding to each instrument performance sound, multiple instrument parts, multiple uploaded instrument performances The karaoke singing can be performed with the sound replaced, and a situation in which the singing of the karaoke singing can be provided in a state in which the degree of occupancy of the uploaded musical instrument performance is increased can be provided.

  In the present invention, the musical instrument performance sound is accompanied by solo designation information that designates at least one period of karaoke music as solo, and when playing the karaoke music, all periods specified by the solo designation information are all included. Mute or lower the volume of the instrument part and play the uploaded instrument performance sound, so there will be a period during which the uploaded instrument performance sound is played as a solo part while playing karaoke music. It will be possible to provide a period during which you can enjoy the solo performance of the musical instrument performance.

  In the present invention, since the musical instrument performance sound that matches the search condition transmitted to the karaoke server is searched from the uploaded musical instrument performance sounds, there are a large number of musical instrument performance sounds for one karaoke piece. Even when it is accumulated by uploading, it is possible to use only the musical instrument performance sound that meets the conditions desired by the user who designates that one karaoke piece. As a result, for example, it is possible to search for musical instrument performance sounds by focusing only on a user's friend who sings karaoke music.

  In the present invention, the karaoke server searches for the musical instrument performance sound according to the received music designation information, and transmits the musical instrument performance sound and the performer image to the karaoke terminal device. The karaoke terminal device has a minus one function. (Mute function) or minus one function (volume reduction function) while playing karaoke music, while playing the instrument performance music instrument received sound and displaying the received player image, uploaded The musical instrument performance sound can be used in the online karaoke in cooperation with the minus one function or the minus one function, and the player image related to the instrument performance sound can be enjoyed visually.

  In the present invention, performance data including a paired instrument performance sound and player image is uploaded and stored in the karaoke server, so that the instrument performance sound and player image are handled in a paired state. The player image corresponding to the performance state related to the musical instrument performance sound can be displayed in accordance with the musical instrument performance sound.

  In the present invention, the performer image is stored in advance in the user database stored in the karaoke server, and only the musical instrument performance sound is uploaded. Therefore, the performer user uploads the performer image every time. Easily and easily upload uploaded instrument performance sounds in online karaoke, and performer images can be displayed with player images stored in advance in the user database, reducing the processing burden. Even so, the visual enjoyment can be maintained.

  In the present invention, the captured image captured by the karaoke terminal device is displayed together with the karaoke image and the performer image, so that the user who performs the singing and the user who performs the performance co-star on the same stage. You can enjoy the contents.

  In the present invention, when a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds are retrieved from the uploaded music, the musical instrument performance sounds reproduced from the plurality are sequentially switched and the displayed performance is displayed for each predetermined period of the karaoke music piece. Since the player images are also sequentially switched, a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds and player images that have been uploaded and stored can be enjoyed evenly as the karaoke playback progresses.

  In the present invention, when a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to different musical instrument parts are retrieved from the uploaded music, the musical instrument sounds possessed by the retrieved performance data are reproduced and the performances of the respective musical instrument performances are reproduced. Since each player image is displayed according to the sound, karaoke singing can be performed while enjoying the situation where a large number of uploaded musical instrument performance sounds are output as a performance group.

  In the present invention, the musical instrument performance sound is accompanied by solo designation information that designates at least one period of karaoke music as solo, and when playing the karaoke music, all periods specified by the solo designation information are all included. The musical instrument part is muted and the uploaded musical instrument performance sound is reproduced, so that it is possible to provide a period during which the musical instrument performance sound uploaded in karaoke music can be enjoyed as a solo part.

  In the present invention, the musical instrument performance sound that matches the search condition transmitted to the karaoke server is searched from the musical instrument performance sounds that have been uploaded and stored, so that the user's desired conditions for singing karaoke are met. Only matching musical instrument performance sounds can be used when singing karaoke.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the karaoke system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of a karaoke server. It is a chart which shows karaoke DB (database). It is a chart which shows notionally the data contents of each musical instrument part which constitutes karaoke music. It is a chart which shows user DB. It is a chart which shows upload DB. (A) is a schematic chart which shows an example of the content of the format of the performance data uploaded, (b) is a chart which shows another example. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the process sequence of the karaoke server about the performance data uploaded. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the process sequence of the karaoke server which concerns on the search of performance data. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of a karaoke terminal device. (A) is a schematic diagram showing an initial selection menu screen, (b) is a schematic diagram showing a musical instrument part selection screen. (A) is the schematic which shows a solo phrase designation | designated screen, (b) is the schematic which shows a start screen. (A) is the schematic which shows a recording confirmation screen, (b) is the schematic which shows a mode selection screen. (A) is the schematic which shows a search menu screen, (b) is the schematic which shows a search condition selection screen. (A) is the schematic which shows a mode selection start screen, (b) is the schematic which shows a performance evaluation screen. (A) is the schematic which shows the state which displayed the player image, (b) is the schematic which shows the state which displayed the player image according to several musical instrument parts. (A) is the schematic which shows the state which displayed the player image and singer image (captured image), (b) is the state which displayed the player image and singer image (captured image) according to several musical instrument parts FIG. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the process sequence of the karaoke terminal device which concerns on performance recording. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the karaoke terminal device which concerns on selection of karaoke music. It is a 5th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the karaoke terminal device which concerns on karaoke reproduction | regeneration. (A)-(d) is a time chart according to the some pattern which concerns on reproduction | regeneration of a musical instrument performance sound, and a display of a player image. (A)-(d) is a time chart according to the some pattern which concerns on reproduction | regeneration of a musical instrument performance sound, and display of a player image and a captured image. It is a chart which shows user DB of a modification. (A) (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the content of the format of the performance data uploaded according to a modification. It is a chart which shows upload DB of a modification. It is a chart which shows upload DB of the further modification. It is a 6th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the modification in the karaoke terminal device which concerns on performance recording. (A) is the schematic which shows a recording confirmation screen, (b) is the schematic which shows a solo phrase designation | designated screen. It is a 7th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the modification in the karaoke terminal device which concerns on selection of karaoke music. (A) (b) is the schematic which shows the music reservation screen which concerns on a modification. It is an 8th flowchart which shows the process sequence of another modification in the karaoke terminal device which concerns on selection of karaoke music. It is the schematic of the modification which shows the state which displayed the player image. It is a block diagram which shows the structure which concerns on the video output device of the modification of a karaoke terminal device.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall main configuration of a karaoke system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The karaoke system 1 of the present embodiment connects a karaoke server 2 provided on the system side that provides karaoke music and the like to a karaoke terminal device 11, 21, 31, etc. provided in each store used by the user via a network NW. It has a configuration. The karaoke server 2 of the present embodiment includes various databases such as a karaoke DB (database) 5, a user DB 6, and an upload DB 7. In addition to the karaoke data requested by the user, The performer image is transmitted to the karaoke terminal apparatuses 11, 21, 31 and the like via the network NW. The karaoke terminal devices 11, 21, and 31 reproduce the karaoke music by muting the musical instrument part related to the musical instrument performance sound with respect to the received karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and performer image. The performance sound is reproduced, and the player image is displayed together with the karaoke image (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

  In FIG. 1, only a total of three karaoke terminal devices 11, 21, and 31 are shown. However, in an actual system, the number of karaoke terminal devices that can be connected to the karaoke server 2 via the network NW is limited. Absent. Moreover, the karaoke server 2 can also be configured by combining a plurality of servers that distribute processing contents. Further, since it is not directly related to the contents of the present invention, illustration is omitted in FIG. 1, but a server or the like that performs processing related to user registration and authentication of registered users in the communication karaoke service is also included in the karaoke system 1. It can also be included. Hereinafter, the karaoke server 2, various databases included in the karaoke server 2, the karaoke terminal device 11, and the like will be sequentially described.

  FIG. 2 shows a main internal configuration of the karaoke server 2. A general server computer is applied to the karaoke server 2 of the present embodiment, and various devices and the like are connected to the MPU 2a that performs overall control and various processes by an internal connection line 2h. Examples of the device include a communication module 2b, a RAM 2c, a ROM 2d, an input interface 2e, an output interface 2f, a mass storage system (HDD system) 2g, and the like.

  The communication module 2b is a communication device corresponding to a connection module with the network NW, and conforms to a required communication standard (for example, a LAN module). The communication module 2b is connected to the network NW via a required communication device (not shown; for example, a router or the like), receives information or data sent from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like, and receives the MPU 2a. And transmitting various data to the karaoke terminal device 11 and the like based on the control instruction of the MPU 2a.

  The RAM 2c temporarily stores contents, files, and the like accompanying the processing of the MPU 2a, and the ROM 2d stores programs and the like that define the basic processing contents of the MPU 2a. The input interface 2e is connected to a keyboard 2i, a mouse, and the like for receiving an operation instruction from the operator of the karaoke server 2, and transmits the operation instruction received from the operator to the MPU 2a. The output interface 2f is connected to a display 2j (display output device), and outputs the contents accompanying the processing of the MPU 2a to the display 2j so that the operator can check the current processing contents and the like.

  The large-capacity storage system 2g (corresponding to a storage device) stores various databases and programs including data necessary for providing the karaoke service. Specifically, the server program 3, the karaoke service program 4, Karaoke DB5, user DB6, upload DB7, etc. are memorize | stored.

  The server program 3 defines processing according to the server operation system, and the karaoke server 2 functions as a server when the MPU 2a performs processing based on the specified content.

  The karaoke service program 4 corresponds to a computer program for a server computer, and defines various processes performed by the MPU 2a in order to provide a karaoke service according to the present embodiment. Specifically, the karaoke service program 4 defines the specific processing content according to the present invention in addition to the basic processing content (processing that exists conventionally) performed by the karaoke server side in online karaoke. Basic processing contents include data necessary for selection (data including karaoke song name, singer name, lyric text, musical instrument part, etc.) so that the user can select a karaoke song desired to be sung by the karaoke terminal device 11. ) To the karaoke terminal device 11, processing to receive music designation information for designating the karaoke music selected by the user, and karaoke data corresponding to the karaoke music desired by the user based on the received music designation information. For example, a process for transmitting the karaoke data corresponding to the search to the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 or the like that is the transmission source of the music designation information, and the like.

  Further, as specific processing contents according to the present invention, processing for accumulating (storing) musical instrument performance data uploaded (posted) from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like in the upload DB 7, sent from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like. When the performance data flag is included in the coming music designation information, there is a process of searching for the musical instrument performance sound for playing the musical instrument part constituting the karaoke music related to the music designation information from the upload DB 7. Details of the specific processing contents according to the present invention will be described later with reference to the first and second flowcharts of FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows an outline of the contents of the karaoke DB 5 used in the present embodiment. The karaoke DB 5 stores karaoke data, and the “song ID” for identifying the karaoke song includes “karaoke song”, “karaoke image”, “song lyrics”, “lyric text”, “song name”, “ Data or information corresponding to each item such as “singer name” and “song information” is stored in association with each other, and stored data and the like are added each time a new karaoke song appears. Hereinafter, each data or information stored in the karaoke DB 5 will be described.

  “Karaoke music” in the karaoke DB 5 is data of karaoke music composed of data such as a plurality of instrument parts and chorus parts. The instrument part data (instrument part data) is data of the performance sound of the instrument that plays the karaoke music piece. When there are a plurality of performance instruments, the part data for each instrument exists independently. For example, when a certain karaoke piece is played with three kinds of musical instruments such as a guitar, a bass, and a drum, the instrument part data of the karaoke piece includes guitar part data, base part data, and drum part data.

  FIG. 4 conceptually shows the contents of the instrument part data 8 including a plurality of instrument parts of a certain karaoke piece. The instrument part data 8 includes property information which is table of contents information indicating instruments used for the performance of karaoke music. In the example of FIG. 4, “1” is a guitar, “2” is a base, “3” is a drum, “4” is a keyboard, and “5” is a saxophone. In addition, the instrument part data 8 associates the data of each instrument sound with each instrument code of the property information, so that the guitar part data 8a, the base part data 8b, the drum part data 8c, the keyboard part data 8d, and the saxophone part data 8e. It has become.

The contents of the instrument part data 8 may naturally differ depending on the karaoke music piece. For example, in the case of the instrument part data of the karaoke music piece that does not include the saxophone as the musical instrument, the content itself related to the instrument code “5” exists. Conversely, in the case of karaoke music instrument part data including a violin as a musical instrument, for example, a musical instrument code associated with “6” and including a musical instrument name and violin part data. become.

  Further, the “karaoke image” in the karaoke DB 5 shown in FIG. 3 is image data displayed on the screen in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke music, and is usually a background moving image according to the content of the karaoke music. “Song Lyrics” is the lyrics data of karaoke music that is displayed on the screen as the karaoke music is played back. The lyrics corresponding to the playback progress of the karaoke music are displayed in telop sequentially at the bottom of the screen. It has become so.

  The “lyric text” in the karaoke DB 5 is text data indicating the lyrics corresponding to the phrase of the karaoke song (also indicates the number of phrases of the karaoke song), and is used when searching for the karaoke song by the lyrics (above-mentioned) "Song lyrics" is data for display). “Song name” in the karaoke DB 5 is text data representing the name of a karaoke song, and this song name is also used for searching for a karaoke song. The “singer name” in the karaoke DB 5 is text data representing the name of a singer or group who sings karaoke music, and this singer name is also used for searching for karaoke music.

  Furthermore, “song information” in the karaoke DB 5 is various information (text information) related to the song, and information such as “it is the theme song of a drama”, “used for a TV commercial of a certain product”, and the like. Applicable. The contents of the karaoke data in the present invention include the above-mentioned song data of “Karaoke song”, image data of “Karaoke image”, data of “Song name”, data of “Singer name”, and the like. The contents of the karaoke data are sent from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like to the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like in response to a request (transmission of music designation information).

  FIG. 5 shows an outline of the contents of the user DB 6. The user DB 6 stores and stores information on karaoke users registered for the communication karaoke service provided by the karaoke server 2, and the contents of the user DB 5 change according to user registration or registered user withdrawal. The user DB 5 includes “user ID” for identifying a registered user, “name”, “nickname”, “birthplace”, “residence”, “age”, “gender”, “registration date” of the user. , “Usage history”, “Friends”, and the like are stored in association with each other. The “use history” includes information that associates the date and the song ID of the karaoke song when a certain karaoke song is designated. “Friends” is information indicating that another registered user different from a registered user is set as a friend, and includes a user ID of another registered user who becomes the friend. It is also possible to set a plurality of user IDs in “Friends”. Such user registration can be performed at any time when using the online karaoke service for the first time or even after using the online karaoke service several times, and is input by the user at the time of user registration. Various information, data, and the like are stored in the user DB 5.

  FIG. 6 shows an outline of the contents of the upload DB 7. The upload DB 6 stores and stores performance data uploaded (posted) from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like to the karaoke server 2, and the contents of the upload DB 7 are added each time the performance data is uploaded. Go. In describing the upload DB 7, first, the uploaded performance data will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIGS. 7A and 7B show examples of performance data 9 and 9 'uploaded, and the data contents are shown in a schematic format. The performance data 9, 9 'includes various data and information such as "Song ID", "Musical Instrument Performance Sound", "Performer Image", "Musical Instrument Code", "User ID", and "Solo Phrase". ing. First, the “song ID” is information for identifying what karaoke song the performance data corresponds to, and the song ID of the corresponding karaoke song (the same as the song ID used in the karaoke DB 5 in FIG. 3). Is used.

  The “music performance sound” is instrument performance data in which the sound of an instrument performance by the user (instrument performance sound) corresponding to one instrument part of the karaoke music identified by the song ID is recorded. The “performer image” is moving image data in which the musical instrument performance state of the user who plays the musical instrument related to “music performance sound” is captured. Further, the “instrument chord” is information indicating an instrument chord corresponding to the instrument part related to the instrument performance sound. For example, the instrument performance sound corresponds to the guitar part data 8a of the karaoke piece shown in FIG. (In the case of performance data 9 shown in FIG. 7A), information “1” representing a guitar as a musical instrument is set in the instrument code, and the musical instrument performance sound is drum part data 8c of the karaoke music shown in FIG. In the case of the performance data (in the case of the performance data 9 'shown in FIG. 7B), information "3" representing a drum as an instrument is set in the instrument code.

  Furthermore, the “user ID” is the ID of the registered user who performed the musical instrument performance (in order to upload performance data, user registration is performed in advance and the user information is stored in the user DB 6 in FIG. 5). Need to be kept). Lastly, “single phrase” means that the user who wants to play the instrument wants other users to listen to the phrase alone among the phrases that make up the karaoke piece. In this case, the number of phrases is specified (details regarding the specification of the solo phrase will be described later), which correspond to information incidental to the musical instrument performance sound. In the case of the performance data 9 shown in FIG. 7A, “30” representing the 30th phrase is set as the “single phrase”. In the case of the performance data 9 'shown in FIG. 7B, the user of the performance data 9' does not want a solo phrase, so "None" is set.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the contents of the upload DB 7 will be described. The upload DB 7 includes “music ID”, “instrument performance sound”, “player image”, “instrument code”, “user ID” in the “performance data ID”. , Data or information corresponding to each item such as “single phrase”, “upload date”, “number of times of reproduction”, “evaluation”, and the like are stored in association with each other. The “performance data ID” is an ID issued by the karaoke server 2 in order to identify the new performance data when performance data is newly uploaded to the karaoke server 2. Further, as described above, “Song ID”, “Musical Instrument Performance Sound”, “Performer Image”, “Musical Instrument Code”, “User ID”, and “Solo Phrase” are based on FIGS. 7A and 7B. This is what has been explained, such as uploaded data and information.

  “Upload date and time” is the date and time when the karaoke server 2 stores newly uploaded performance data in the upload DB 7. The “number of times of reproduction” is the number of times the karaoke server 2 transmits the musical instrument performance sound and the player image of the performance data stored in the upload DB 7 to the karaoke terminal device 11 and the like. The number increases by one. Further, the “evaluation” is a value stored by the karaoke server 2 that is an average of evaluations of other users who have heard the musical instrument performance sound. As will be described later, the evaluation is performed from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like in 10 stages. In response to being sent to the karaoke server 2, the karaoke server 2 calculates an average value as needed, and stores the calculated value in “evaluation”.

  Next, based on the first and second flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9, the details of the specific processing contents according to the present invention of the karaoke service program 4 of the karaoke server 2 will be described. First, the first flowchart of FIG. 8 shows a processing procedure performed by the karaoke server 2 (MPU 2a) when new performance data is uploaded to the karaoke server 2 (part of processing in the karaoke playback display method). Fall under).

  In the first flowchart of FIG. 8, it is first determined whether or not the MPU 2a of the karaoke server 2 has received performance data (whether or not it has been uploaded) (S1). If performance data has not been received (S1: NO), the reception of performance data is awaited. If performance data is received (S1: YES), the performance data is checked (S2). The performance data check means whether the content of the received performance data is in the data format shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, whether instrument performance data corresponding to “instrument performance sound” is included, It is to confirm whether moving image data corresponding to the “player image” is included, “instrument code” is set, or the like.

  If the check result is OK with no problem (S3: YES), a performance data ID is issued and the received performance data is stored (registered) in the upload DB 7 shown in FIG. 6 (S4). At this time, the stored date / time is also registered as the “upload date / time” in association with the issued performance data ID. Then, the fact that the registration of the uploaded performance data has been completed is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like corresponding to the address information with reference to the address information of the transmission source included in the reception history information of the performance data (S5). ).

  If there is a problem in the check result (S3: NO), the received performance data is discarded (S6), and the performance data is transmitted to the effect that the uploaded performance data could not be registered due to incomplete data. It transmits to the original karaoke terminal device 11 etc. (S7). Through the processing defined by the first flowchart, the contents of the upload DB 7 shown in FIG. 6 are augmented as needed by the uploaded performance data.

  In the second flowchart of FIG. 9, first, it is determined whether or not the karaoke server 2 has received music designation information transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like (S10). Note that the song designation information is information for designating a karaoke song desired by the user on the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like (a karaoke song is designated by including a song ID as information), and according to a karaoke song designation operation by the user. And transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like to the karaoke server 2. As will be described later, the music designation information may include a performance mode flag or a search condition in addition to the user ID for identifying the user who designated the karaoke music.

  If the music designation information has not been received (S10: NO), the reception of the music designation information is awaited. Further, when the music designation information is received (S10: YES), the karaoke data (data including “karaoke music”, “karaoke image”, “music lyrics”, etc.) that matches the music ID included in the received music designation information. Is extracted from the karaoke DB 5 shown in FIG. 3 (S11). Then, it is determined whether or not a performance mode flag is included in the received music designation information (S12). When performance mode data is not included in the music designation information (S12: NO), it becomes a general communication karaoke process, and the karaoke data extracted in the step S11 is the transmission source included in the reception history information of the music designation information. The address information is referred to and transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like corresponding to the address information (S20).

  If the performance specification flag is included in the received music designation information (S12: YES), it is next determined whether or not a search condition is included in the received music designation information (S13). If the search condition is not included (S13: NO), the performance data (instrument performance sound of performance data) stored in association with the song ID for identifying the karaoke song specified by the song designation information is uploaded to the upload DB 7 in FIG. (S15). If the received music designation information includes a search condition (S13: YES), the musical instrument performance sounds stored in association with the song ID are matched with the search condition included in the music designation information. Search is performed (S14).

  As will be described later, search conditions in the present embodiment include “number of reproductions”, “friends”, “evaluation”, “hometown”, “residence”, and “age”. “Number of playbacks” is a search condition that is greater than or equal to the number of times set by the user for the search. For example, information indicating “number of playbacks: 10” is included in the music designation information as a search condition. Then, from the upload DB 7 in FIG. 6, the musical instrument performance sounds stored in association with the song ID included in the song designation information are searched for those having “reproduction count” of 10 or more.

  “Friends” is used to search performance data of a user who is a user's friends according to a user ID included in the music designation information. More specifically, if the music designation information includes the information “Friends” as a search condition, the user ID included in the music designation information is set as another “friends” in the user DB 6 of FIG. The user ID of the user is specified, and the musical instrument performance sound stored in association with the song ID included in the song designation information is searched from the upload DB 7 in FIG. 6 according to the specified user ID. It will be. Furthermore, “evaluation” is a search condition that is greater than or equal to the evaluation score set by the user for the search. For example, information “evaluation: 6.5” is included in the music specification information as the search condition. 6, the musical instrument performance sounds stored in association with the song ID included in the song designation information are searched from the upload DB 7 of FIG. 6 for those having an “evaluation” of 6.5 or more. Become.

  Furthermore, the “birthplace” is a condition for setting the same place as the place of birth of the user ID included in the music designation information, or the condition that all the places of birth of each user are different. For example, if the music designation information includes the information “Birthplace: Same” as a search condition, the user ID included in the music designation information is set as “Birthplace” in the user DB 6 of FIG. The user ID corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound stored in association with the song ID included in the song designation information from the upload DB 7 in FIG. 6 is identified in the user DB 6 in FIG. The region information set as is specified, only the user ID that matches the previously specified region information is selected, and the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the selected user ID is searched. Further, if the music designation information includes information “birthplace: different” as a search condition, the musical instrument performance sound stored in association with the song ID included in the music designation information from the upload DB 7 in FIG. 6. For the user ID corresponding to the user ID, the area information set as “Birthplace” in the user DB 6 in FIG. 5 is specified, and the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the user ID selected so that the specified area information is all different is searched. Will do.

  “Residence” is a condition in which the user ID included in the music designation information is the same as the residence of the user ID, or a condition that each user's residence is completely different. The information of “location: same” or “residence: different” will be included. In the case where the search condition is “residence: same”, in the processing in the case where the search condition described above is “birthplace: same”, the processing content is obtained by replacing “birthplace” as “residence”. Further, when the search condition is “residence: different”, the processing contents are obtained by replacing “birthplace” as “residence” in the process when the search condition is “birthplace: different”.

  Furthermore, “age” is a search condition based on the age of the user who performed the musical instrument performance related to the musical instrument performance sound. For example, if the music designation information includes information “age: 20s” as a search condition, the musical instrument performance sound stored in association with the song ID included in the song designation information from the upload DB 7 in FIG. Are first identified, those whose “age” is in their 20s according to the user ID of the identified musical instrument performance sound are identified, and the identified musical instrument performance sound is retrieved.

  The search in the above-described step S14 or S15 is performed to determine whether there is a corresponding musical instrument performance sound (S16). If there is no musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search (S16: NO), in this case, there is no performance data including the musical instrument performance sound that can be transmitted. Therefore, the karaoke data extracted in step S11 is used as the transmission source of the music designation information. It transmits to the karaoke terminal device 11 grade | etc., (S20). On the other hand, if there is a corresponding musical instrument performance sound (S16: YES), it is next determined whether or not the number of the corresponding musical instrument performance sounds is 20 or more (S17). When the number of corresponding musical instrument performance sounds is 20 or more (S17: YES), in order to prevent the reproduction process in the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like from becoming too complicated, 20 random numbers are selected from the corresponding musical instrument performance sounds. The musical instrument performance sound is extracted (S18). In addition, a well-known technique can be applied as a random extraction method. For example, each of the 20 or more performance data corresponding to the search is numbered in order from 1, and according to a numerical value based on a calculation result using a random number table. It is possible to use a method of sequentially extracting the performance data having the same number.

  For musical instrument performance sounds whose number of data is reduced to 20 in the process of S18, in the upload DB 7 of FIG. 6, paired with the player image having the same performance data ID, along with the karaoke data extracted in the stage of S11, It transmits to the karaoke terminal device 11 etc. of the transmission source of designated information (S19). If the number of pieces of performance data corresponding to the search does not exceed 20 (S17: NO), the karaoke terminal that is the transmission source of the music designation information together with the performance data corresponding to the search and the karaoke data extracted in step S11. It transmits to the apparatus 11 etc. (S19). When the karaoke server 2 performs the processing contents according to the second flowchart described above, the user desires the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like from a large number of performance data (instrument performance sound and player image) stored in the upload DB 7. The musical instrument performance sound and the performer image corresponding to the karaoke music to be played can be sent to the karaoke terminal device 11 used by the user.

  As peripheral processing other than the above, the karaoke service program 4 defines a plurality of processing contents. For example, when the musical instrument performance sound and the player image are transmitted together with the karaoke data in the step S19 in the second flowchart of FIG. 9, in the upload DB 7 shown in FIG. 6, the “reproduction” associated with the transmitted musical instrument performance sound or the like is transmitted. The karaoke service program 4 stipulates that a process of adding 1 to the number of times is performed. Further, when the karaoke server 2 receives a score to be evaluated in association with the performance data ID from the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like, the score (average score) of “evaluation” associated with the performance data ID is The karaoke service program 4 stipulates that a new average score is calculated by adding the received score.

  Next, the karaoke terminal device 11 will be described. Since the karaoke terminal devices 11, 21, 31 and the like have the same configuration, the configuration, processing contents, and the like will be described based on the karaoke terminal device 11 as a representative.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a main internal configuration of the karaoke terminal apparatus 11. The karaoke terminal device 11 has a specification corresponding to a kind of computer, and various devices and the like are internally connected to a CPU 11a that performs overall control and various processes based on the contents of a basic program 13 and a karaoke program 14 to be described later. They are connected by a line 11k. The various devices include a communication module 11b, RAM 11c, ROM 11d, audio input device 11e, audio output device 11f, video output device 11g, imaging device 11h, operation unit 19, infrared light receiving module 11i, storage unit (HDD) 11j, and the like. There is.

  The communication module 11b is a communication unit corresponding to a device connected to the network NW, and conforms to a required communication standard (for example, a LAN device). The communication module 11b is connected to the network NW via a required communication device (not shown; for example, a router or the like), and performance data obtained by performing musical instrument performance on the karaoke server 2 under the control of the CPU 11a. In addition to transmitting music designation information for designating karaoke music, processing for receiving various data (karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, player image, etc.) transmitted from the karaoke server 2 is performed.

  The RAM 11c temporarily stores contents, files, and the like accompanying the processing of the CPU 11a. In this embodiment, the RAM 11c includes a graphic memory related to display processing of various screens or karaoke images included in the screen data table 15. It functions as a temporary memory for temporary storage. The ROM 11d stores a program that defines the basic processing contents of the CPU 11a, and also stores a terminal ID for identifying itself.

  The voice input device 11e is connected to a microphone 16 that collects a user's singing sound and musical instrument performance sound. In addition, when a user sings karaoke music, the voice input device 11e performs a required voice input process so that the voice collected by the microphone 16 can be output from the speaker 17. When recording the performance sound of the musical instrument, the voice input device 11e stores the musical instrument performance sound collected by the microphone 16 in the RAM 11c as a predetermined voice file in addition to the voice input process described above. The control process etc. which send a music performance sound to RAM11c are also performed. The audio output device 11f is connected to a speaker 17 that outputs a user's singing sound and a reproduction sound of karaoke music, and performs a required amplification process.

  The video output device 11g is connected to a display device 18 having a display panel 18a (corresponding to a display unit), and can display various screens, karaoke images, and the like described later on the display panel 18a of the display device 18. Execute display data output processing. The image pickup device 11h includes an image pickup device such as a CCD or a CMOS, and a still image or a moving image can be picked up as digital data by the image pickup device. The operation unit 19 is provided in the main body of the karaoke terminal device 11, and transmits a user operation instruction received by the operation unit 19 to the CPU 11a. The operation unit 19 is provided with a power on / off switch, a volume adjustment switch, a pitch adjustment switch, up / down / left / right keys, an enter key, and the like. The light receiving module 11i receives infrared light emitted from the remote control device 12, and transmits a user operation instruction (user operation instruction received by the remote control device 12) included in the infrared light to the CPU 11a. The remote control device 12 is also provided with up / down / left / right keys, an enter key, and the like, similar to the operation unit 19.

  The storage unit 11j (corresponding to storage means) stores programs and various tables necessary for the karaoke terminal device 11 to perform various functions relating to karaoke. Specifically, the basic program 13, the karaoke program 14. The screen table 15 and the like are stored.

  The basic program 13 defines various basic processes such as processing corresponding to the operating system of the computer and input / output, display, audio output, communication, etc. of the karaoke terminal device 11. Perform various basic processes.

  The karaoke program 14 defines various processes that characterize the present invention in addition to basic processes (processes that exist in the past) for allowing the user to enjoy karaoke music on the karaoke terminal device 11. . There are mainly two types of processing that are characteristic of the present invention, recording musical instrument performance sounds by a user, uploading the performance data to the karaoke server, and karaoke data from the karaoke server 2 together with musical instrument performance sounds and performers. This is reproduction / display processing when an image is received, and details of each processing will be described later. The CPU 11a functions as various means for karaoke depending on the processing contents defined by the karaoke program 14.

  Further, the screen table 15 stores a plurality of screen data corresponding to the screen contents displayed on the display panel 18a of the display device 18 in accordance with an operation or the like appropriately performed by the user as the karaoke service progresses. Various screens shown in FIGS. 11 to 15 and the like are displayed by reading necessary screen data under the control of the CPU 11a. Hereinafter, a display example of a screen using a plurality of screen data stored in the screen table 15 will be described.

  FIG. 11A shows an initial selection menu screen 50. The initial selection menu screen 50 is displayed when the user selects whether to perform performance recording with the karaoke terminal device 11 or to perform normal karaoke singing. Therefore, the initial selection menu screen 50 has a performance recording button 50a and a karaoke singing button 50b that can be selected by operating the up and down keys and the enter key of the operation unit 19 of the apparatus main body or the remote control device 12, and these buttons. Is selected by a user operation, the fact that the button has been selected is transmitted to the CPU 11a, and processing corresponding to the selected button content proceeds.

  When the performance recording button 50a is selected on the initial selection menu screen 50, a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen) is displayed next, and the user can select a karaoke song for performance. The music selection operation will be performed. In this case, when the karaoke terminal device 11 receives the user's music selection operation, the karaoke server 2 transmits music specification information including a music ID for identifying the karaoke music related to the music selection to the karaoke server 2, and the karaoke server 2 receives the music specification information. Then, karaoke data corresponding to the song ID included in the song designation information is extracted from the karaoke DB 5 and transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 11 (the karaoke terminal device 11 stores the received karaoke data in the RAM 11c, Read when there is a user start operation).

  FIG. 11B shows a state in which the instrument part selection screen 51 is displayed. The instrument part selection screen 51 is displayed after the performance recording button 50a is selected on the initial selection menu screen 50 and the selection of karaoke music is completed on the karaoke music selection screen displayed thereafter. The instrument part selection screen 51 is provided with a song title arrangement space 51a in which the song title of the selected karaoke song for performance is arranged in the upper stage, and the song title text corresponding to the song selection is arranged in the song title arrangement space 51a. (In FIG. 11B, the song name "Goodbye of September" is arranged). The musical instrument part selection screen 51 is provided with a musical instrument table 51b having a movable cursor 51c below the song title arrangement space 51a. Each column of the musical instrument table 51b contains received karaoke data. The instrument parts and instrument names constituting the property information (see FIG. 4) of the included karaoke music are sequentially arranged.

  The example shown in FIG. 11B shows a state in which the property information of the instrument part shown in FIG. 4 is arranged in each column of the performance instrument table 51b. Each instrument code and instrument name of the arranged property information can be selected by operating the cursor 51c by operating the operation unit 19 of the apparatus main body or the up / down key of the remote control device 12, and in the state of being selected. When the enter key of the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12 is operated, the musical instrument having the name of the musical instrument where the cursor 51c is located is selected by the user, and this is notified to the CPU 11a.

  FIG. 12A shows a solo phrase designation screen 52. The solo phrase designation screen 52 is used for designating a phrase that the user wants to perform creatively when playing the selected karaoke piece. The instrument selection is performed on the instrument part selection screen 51 of FIG. 11B described above. This is a screen that is displayed after a break. Similar to the instrument part selection screen 51, the solo phrase designation screen 52 is provided with a song title arrangement space 52a in the upper stage, and the song title text is arranged in the song title arrangement space 52a.

  The solo phrase designation screen 52 has a solo phrase number display field 52b, a numerical value change button 52c, a decision button 52d, and a none button 52e below the song title arrangement space 52a. The solo phrase number display field 52b is used for designating the number of phrases that the user desires to solo from among a plurality of phrases constituting the selected karaoke piece. By default, “1” is displayed. ing. The numerical value in the solo phrase number display field 52b can be changed by operating the up / down / right / left keys and the enter key of the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12 with the up / down arrow of the adjacent value change button 52c. The value increases, and the value decreases each time the down arrow is selected.

  The decision button 52d is a button that is selected when the user desires the numerical value shown in the above-described solo phrase number display field 52b as a solo phrase, and is selected by an operation on the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12. The numerical value indicated in the solo phrase number display field 52b is transmitted to the CPU 11a as solo specification information, and the CPU 11a performs processing for temporarily storing the transmitted solo specification information in the RAM 11c. The none button 52e is a button that is selected when the user does not desire a solo phrase. When the user selects the none button 52e by operating the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12, the CPU 11a indicates that the none button 52e has been selected. I tell you.

  FIG. 12B shows a state in which the start screen 53 is displayed. The start screen 53 is a screen that is displayed next when either the determination button 52d or the none button 52e is operated on the solo phrase designation screen 52 described above. Similarly to the instrument part selection screen 51 and the like, the start screen 53 also has a song title arrangement space 53a in the upper stage. A start button 53b is provided below the song title arrangement space 53a. When the start button 53b is selected by the operation of the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12, the karaoke data stored in the RAM 11c is read out, and the karaoke song Playback and karaoke image display are started.

  When reproducing the karaoke music, the CPU 11a controls to play the karaoke music by muting the instrument part selected on the instrument part selection screen 51 in FIG. Thereby, the user who records the performance sound of the musical instrument can play the musical instrument without being disturbed by the musical instrument part sound of the same musical instrument as the musical instrument to be performed included in the karaoke music. When the karaoke music piece reproduction process is started, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 collects the musical instrument performance sound of the user with the microphone 16 and stores the collected musical instrument performance sound as digital data in the RAM 11c as needed. Imaging of a moving image is started by the imaging device 11h, and an image of the figure performed by the user is thereby stored in the RAM 11c as moving image digital data.

  FIG. 13A shows a state in which the recording confirmation screen 54 is displayed. The recording confirmation screen 54 is a screen for confirming whether or not performance data can be uploaded (posted) to the user who has finished playing the musical instrument, and includes an upload button 54a and a redo button 54b. When the upload button 54a is selected by an operation on the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12, the karaoke terminal device 11 uses the musical instrument performance sound and the player image stored in the RAM 11c as performance data, as shown in FIG. It transmits to the karaoke server 11 in a format as shown in b). When the redo button is selected, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 returns to the stage of displaying the start screen 53 in FIG. 12B so that the performance recording can be performed again.

  FIG. 13B shows a mode selection screen 60. This mode selection screen 60 is a screen that is displayed after the karaoke singing button 50b is selected on the initial selection menu screen 50 of FIG. The mode selection screen 60 has a normal mode button 60a and a performance mode button 60b, and the normal mode is a mode in which the user sings by reproducing karaoke data as in the conventional case. The performance mode is a mode in which karaoke data is reproduced while muting any instrument part, and an uploaded instrument performance sound is assigned to the muted instrument part for reproduction.

  Therefore, when the normal mode button 60a is selected, a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen) is displayed, and the karaoke terminal device 11 is accompanied by a user's karaoke song selection operation. Transmits to the karaoke server 2 music designation information for designating the karaoke music related to the music selection. When the karaoke server 2 receives the music designation information, the karaoke terminal extracts the karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information from the karaoke DB 5. The data is transmitted to the device 11 and then the karaoke terminal device 11 starts to reproduce the karaoke data. On the other hand, when the performance mode button 60b is selected, the search menu screen 61 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 14A shows a state where the search menu screen 61 is displayed. The search menu screen 61 is a screen for the user to select a method for searching for musical instrument performance sounds of uploaded performance data in the performance mode, and includes a random search button 61a and a condition search button 61b. The random search button 61a is selected when the user desires to randomly search for musical instrument performance sounds uploaded for karaoke music pieces designated by the user. On the other hand, the condition search button 61b is selected when searching for a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to a condition from among uploaded karaoke pieces specified by the user.

  When the random search button 61a is selected, a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen) is displayed, and the user performs a song selection operation for singing karaoke songs. When the karaoke terminal device 11 receives the user's music selection operation, the karaoke server 2 receives the music designation information including the music ID for identifying the karaoke music related to the music selection, the performance mode flag, and the user ID of the user who sings the karaoke music. Will be sent to. When the karaoke server 2 receives such music designation information, the karaoke server 2 sends the karaoke data and the musical instrument performance sound and player image corresponding to the search to the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 according to the processing procedure shown in the second flowchart of FIG. The karaoke terminal device 11 stores the received karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and performer image in the RAM 11c, and reads them when the user performs a start operation (the mode selection start screen 63 in FIG. 15A). See).

  When the condition search button 61b is selected, the search condition selection screen 62 shown in FIG. 14B is then displayed. In this search condition selection screen, the user selects six types of search conditions. The items that can be selected as the search conditions include the number of reproductions 62a, friends 62b, evaluation 62c, birthplace 62d, residence 62e, and age 62f. Any one of these search conditions can be selected by moving the cursor 62f by operating the up / down key s and by operating the enter key. When the number of times of reproduction 62a is selected, the screen is then switched to a screen for setting the number of times of reproduction used for the search condition (not shown). As in the case of the selection, the karaoke music selection screen is displayed, and the music designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 in accordance with the user's music selection operation. However, in this case, in addition to the song ID, performance mode flag, user ID, and the like, the music designation information includes information such as “number of reproductions: set numerical value (for example, 10)” as a search condition.

  When friends 62b is selected as a search condition, a karaoke song selection screen is displayed (not shown), and song designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 in accordance with the user's song selection operation. In this case, the music designation information includes information “friends” as a search condition in addition to the music ID, performance mode flag, user ID, and the like. Further, when the evaluation 62c is selected as a search condition, the screen is switched to a screen for setting the score used for the search condition (not shown), and the score is set on the screen. Similarly, the karaoke music selection screen is displayed, and the music designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 in accordance with the user's music selection operation. In this case, the music designation information includes information such as “evaluation: set score (for example, 6.5)” as a search condition, in addition to the music ID, performance mode flag, user ID, and the like.

  Furthermore, when the birthplace 62d is selected as the search condition, the screen is changed to a screen for selecting either “same as the user” or “all different” as the birthplace used for the search condition (not shown). When any one is selected on the screen, the karaoke music selection screen is displayed and the music designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 in accordance with the user's music selection operation. It will be. In this case, in addition to the song ID, performance mode flag, user ID, and the like, the music designation information includes information on a search condition of “Birthplace: Same” or “Birthplace: Different” according to the user's selection contents. It is. Note that when the residence 62e is selected as the search condition, the flow is the same as in the case of the birthplace 62d described above, and the music designation information includes the search condition “residence: same” or “residence: different”. Contains information.

  Then, when age 62f is selected as a search condition, the screen next switches to a screen for setting a numerical value of age used for the search condition (not shown). As in the case of the number of times 62a, a karaoke song selection screen is displayed, and song designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 in accordance with the user's song selection operation. In this case, in addition to the song ID, performance mode flag, user ID, and the like, the music designation information includes information such as “age: set numerical value (for example, 20s or 20-30s)” as a search condition. .

  In addition, when the music designation information is transmitted to the karaoke server 2 through the setting of the search conditions described above, the karaoke is performed according to the processing procedure shown in the second flowchart of FIG. 9 in the same manner as when the random search button 61a is selected. The server 2 transmits to the karaoke terminal device 11 the karaoke data and the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search and the player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound (performer image having the same performance data ID as the corresponding musical instrument performance sound). The karaoke terminal device 11 stores the received karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and performer image in the RAM 11c, and reads them when the user performs a start operation (see the mode selection start screen 63 in FIG. 15A).

  FIG. 15A shows a state where the mode selection start screen 63 is displayed. The mode selection start screen 6 is displayed when the user's music selection operation is completed on the above-described karaoke music selection screen. The mode selection start screen 63 has a song title arrangement space 63a in which the song title of the selected singing karaoke song is arranged, and a performance mode start button 63b and a co-star mode start button 63c are provided below the song title arrangement space 63a. ing.

  When the performance mode start button 63c is selected, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 reads karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and player image from the RAM 11c, mutes the musical instrument part related to the read musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke music of karaoke data. , The musical instrument performance sound is also reproduced, and further, the read player image is displayed so as to be superimposed on the karaoke image (see FIG. 16). On the other hand, when the co-star mode start button 63c is selected, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 captures a user who sings karaoke music with the imaging device 11h in addition to the processing when the performance mode start button 63c is selected. Then, the captured singer image is displayed side by side with the performer image and displayed on the karaoke image (see FIG. 17).

  FIG. 15B shows a performance evaluation screen 64 that is displayed when the reproduction of the karaoke music is completed. The performance evaluation screen 64 allows the user who listened to the musical instrument performance sound (the user who performed the karaoke song) to evaluate the musical instrument performance sound related to the performance data in 10 stages. The performance evaluation screen 64 is provided with a song title arrangement space 64a in which the titles of reproduced karaoke songs are arranged in the upper stage, and has a score list 64b having a cursor 64c and a non-evaluated button 64d below. In the score list 64b, each point from 1 to 10 can be selected by moving the cursor 64c. With the cursor 64c positioned at any point, the enter key of the operation unit 19 or the remote control device 12 is selected. Is operated, the point where the cursor 64c is located and the song ID of the karaoke song are transmitted from the karaoke terminal device 11 to the karaoke server 2. When the button 64d not to be evaluated is selected, the above-described processing related to the screen display is temporarily ended.

  Next, the processing content prescribed | regulated by the karaoke program 14 of the karaoke terminal device 11 shown by FIG. 10 is explained in full detail. The karaoke program 14 corresponds to a computer program because the karaoke terminal device 11 is configured as a kind of computer. As a basic process defined by the karaoke program 14 (a process existing in the past), the karaoke data is received from the karaoke server according to the music selection process of the karaoke music that the user desires to sing, and received. There is a process for reproducing karaoke music included in karaoke data and displaying music lyrics and the like. Further, processing contents relating to recording / uploading (posting) of performance data (instrument performance sound and player image) and processing related to reproduction of instrument performance sound and display of player image, which are features of the present invention defined by the karaoke program 14 Will be described based on the third to fifth flowcharts of FIGS.

  The third flowchart of FIG. 18 shows a processing procedure (recording procedure corresponding to a part of the karaoke playback display method) relating to recording / uploading (posting) of performance data, and the initial selection menu screen 50 of FIG. The process from the state where the performance recording button 50a is selected and the music selection screen for karaoke music is displayed is shown. In the third flowchart, the CPU 11a of the karaoke terminal device 11 first accepts a song selection of a karaoke song played by the user (S30), and then sends song designation information including the song ID of the karaoke song related to the song selection to the karaoke server. 2 is controlled (S31).

  Next, the CPU 11a determines whether or not the karaoke data sent from the karaoke server 2 is received by transmitting the music designation information (S32). If the karaoke data is not received (S32: NO), Waiting for reception. When the karaoke data is received (S32: YES), the CPU 11a stores the received karaoke data in the RAM 11c and displays the instrument part selection screen 51 shown in FIG. 11 (b) to select the instrument part from the user. Accept (S33).

  Then, the CPU 11a displays the solo phrase designation screen 52 of FIG. 12A, and determines whether or not the user designates a solo phrase (S34). When a solo phrase is designated (S34: YES), the number of phrases of the designated solo phrase is stored in the RAM 11c as solo designation information (S35). After the process of step S35, or when a solo phrase is not selected (S34: NO), the CPU 11a displays the start screen 53 of FIG. 12B and determines whether or not the start button 53b is selected. Is determined (S36).

  When the start button 53b is not selected (S36: NO), the selection of the start button 53b is awaited. When the start button 53b is selected (S36: YES), the CPU 11a reads the karaoke data stored in the RAM 11c, reproduces the karaoke music, displays the karaoke image and the music lyrics, and also plays the musical instrument by the user. A performance recording process is performed (S37). In step S37, the reproduction of the karaoke music is controlled so that the musical instrument part selected in step S33 is muted and the karaoke music is reproduced. As for the recording process, the CPU 11a stores the audio data collected by the microphone 16 as a musical instrument performance sound in the RAM 11c as needed, and stores the moving image content captured by the imaging device 11h as a performer image in the RAM 11c as needed. Control. Such processing in step S37 is continued until the reproduction of karaoke data (karaoke music) is completed by the CPU 11a.

  When the reproduction (recording process) of the karaoke data is completed, the CPU 11a displays the recording confirmation screen 54 of FIG. 13A, and determines which of the upload button 54a and the redo button 54b is selected by the user. (S38). When the redo button 54b is selected (S38: Redo), the process returns to the step S36 to display the start screen 53 of FIG. 12B again. On the other hand, when the upload button 54a is selected (S38: upload), the CPU 11a stores the performance data including the musical instrument performance sound and the player image stored in the RAM 11c as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). The data is transmitted to the karaoke server 11 in a format (a format including the song ID of the karaoke song performed by the user, the instrument code of the musical instrument played by the user, the user ID of the user performing the performance, solo specification information, etc.) (S39).

  The karaoke program 14 can upload musical instrument performance sounds that can be understood by the user performing the performance by defining the processing of the third flowchart of FIG. 18 described above.

  The fourth flowchart shown in FIG. 19 shows a processing procedure (processing procedure corresponding to a part of the karaoke playback display method) when the user desires a karaoke song for singing, and the initial selection in FIG. The process from the state where the karaoke singing button 50b is selected on the menu screen 50 and the mode selection screen 60 of FIG. 13B is displayed is shown. The CPU 11a determines which mode related to the normal mode button 60a or the performance mode button 60b is selected on the mode selection screen 60 (S40).

  When the communication mode is selected by operating the normal mode button 60a (S40: normal mode), the CPU 11a performs control to display a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen). Then, the selection of karaoke music by the user is accepted (S41). And CPU11a performs control which transmits the music designation | designated information containing the music ID of the karaoke music which concerns on music selection, the user ID of the user who sings a karaoke music, etc. to the karaoke server 2 (S42).

  On the other hand, when the performance mode is selected by operating the performance mode button 60b on the mode selection screen 60 of FIG. 13B (S40: performance mode), the CPU 11a next displays the search menu screen of FIG. 61 is controlled to determine which button of the random search button 61a or the condition search button 61b has been selected by the user (S43). When the random search button 61a is selected (S43: random search), the CPU 11a performs control to display a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen), and allows the user to select a karaoke song. A song selection is accepted (S44). And CPU11a performs control which transmits the music designation | designated information containing the music ID of the karaoke music which concerns on music selection, a performance mode flag, the user ID of the user who sings a karaoke music, etc. to the karaoke server 2 (S45).

  Further, when the condition search button 61b is selected on the search menu screen 61 in FIG. 14A (S43: condition search), the CPU 11a next displays the search condition selection screen 62 in FIG. 14B. The selection of search conditions is accepted from the number of reproductions 62a, friends 62b, evaluation 62c, birthplace 62d, residence 62e, and age 62 (S46). When the CPU 11a accepts selection of the number of times of reproduction 62a, evaluation 62c, or age 62 as a search condition, the CPU 11a also accepts a numerical value related to the search condition. When the selection of the residence 62e is received, the condition “same” or “different” is further received for the birthplace 62d or the residence 62e.

  Then, the CPU 11a performs control to display a karaoke song selection screen (similar to the conventional karaoke song selection screen), and accepts karaoke song selection by the user (S47). And CPU11a performs control which transmits the music designation | designated information containing the music ID of the karaoke music which concerns on music selection, a performance mode flag, the set search conditions, the user ID of the user who sings a karaoke music, etc. to the karaoke server 2. (S48).

  The karaoke program 14 can transmit to the karaoke server 2 music specifying information including information instructing that the user can perform karaoke singing in a state desired by the user by defining the process of the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19 described above. I have to.

  The fifth flowchart shown in FIG. 20 is a case where the performance mode button 60b is selected on the mode selection screen 60 in the step S40 of the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19, and the music designation information is transmitted in the step S45 or S48. The processing procedure (processing procedure corresponding to a part of the karaoke reproduction display method) regarding the karaoke data, the musical instrument performance sound, and the performer image is shown. Note that when the normal mode button 60a is selected on the mode selection screen 60 in the step S40 of the fourth flowchart, it is not different from the conventional reproduction of karaoke data, so the description of the processing procedure in this case is omitted.

  In the fifth flowchart, the CPU 11a first determines whether or not karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and player image sent from the karaoke server 2 have been received (S50). When not receiving (S50: NO), it will be in the state of waiting for reception. If received (S50: YES), the CPU 11a temporarily stores the received karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and performer image in the RAM 11c, and displays the mode selection start screen 63 of FIG. 15A. In accordance with the selection of the performance mode start button 63b or the co-star mode start button 63c by the user, it is determined in which mode to start (S51).

  When the performance mode start button 63b is selected (S51: performance mode), the CPU 11a reads karaoke data, musical instrument performance sound, and player image from the RAM 11c, and reproduces karaoke music and musical instrument performance sound, karaoke image and music. Display processing of lyrics and player images is performed (S52). In the playback process, the CPU 11a controls to play the karaoke music of the karaoke data by muting the instrument part related to the instrument performance sound, and to play back the musical instrument performance sound together. In the display process, the karaoke image And a control is performed so that the player image is displayed over the karaoke image.

  FIG. 16A is an example of a display screen on the display panel 18a of the display device 18 in the stage of S52, and is a display during playback of karaoke music when there is a musical instrument performance sound by the user for one musical instrument part (guitar part). The contents are shown. In this screen, a player image 71 (image of a user who plays the guitar) is displayed in addition to the karaoke image 70a and the song lyrics 70b of the karaoke data. Specifically, the karaoke image 70a is displayed. The song lyrics 70b are displayed in full screen on the screen 18a, and are displayed superimposed on the karaoke image 70b below the display panel 18a. The performer image 71 is displayed so as to overlap the karaoke image 70a. With such a display, a user who sings karaoke can view the performer image 71 while allowing the user to check the lyrics of the karaoke music with the music lyrics 70b, and is different from normal karaoke music playback. It is possible to grasp that it is a performance mode.

  FIG. 16B is another display example of the stage of S52, and the display contents at the time of karaoke music reproduction when there are instrument sounds by two users for two instrument parts (guitar part and drum part) are shown. Show. In this screen, the player image 71 (image of the first user who plays the guitar) corresponding to the first instrument performance sound (guitar performance sound) and the second instrument performance sound (drum performance sound) corresponding to the first instrument performance sound (guitar performance sound). The player image 72 (the image of the second user who plays the drum) is displayed side by side, and the player image 71 and the player image 72 are superimposed on the karaoke image 70a.

  Since the user who performs karaoke singing sings while seeing the contents shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B displayed on the display panel 18a of the display device 18, the player image 71, By 72, it is possible to enjoy an atmosphere as if singing before the musical instrument performance is performed in accordance with the reproduction of the uploaded musical instrument performance sound. Moreover, since the song lyrics 70b are not hidden by the player images 71 and 72, the contents of the lyrics to be sung can be confirmed in the same manner as in the past. When performance data for three instrument parts (for example, guitar part, drum part, bass part) is sent from the karaoke server 2, a total of three player images are displayed side by side. Even if performance data for the musical instrument parts is sent, the player images are displayed side by side.

  In the reproduction / display processing in the stage of S52, a plurality of patterns are generated depending on the musical instrument performance sound and the number of player images sent as a result of the search in the karaoke server 2 and information on the contents thereof. Examples of these patterns are shown in the time charts of FIGS.

  FIG. 21A shows a case where only one instrument performance sound (for example, guitar performance sound of a guitar part) corresponds to the search in the karaoke server 2 (the solo instrument phrase is included in the corresponding instrument performance sound). Is not attached). In this case, from the start to the end of the karaoke music, the CPU 11a “(1) mute the guitar part and play the karaoke music”, “(2) play the guitar performance sound corresponding to the search”, “(3) music” Controls related to (1) to (4), such as “display lyrics etc. (music lyrics and karaoke images)” and “(4) display guitar performer images according to the guitar performance sound corresponding to the search”. The screen content as shown in FIG. 16A is displayed on the display panel 18 a of the display device 18.

  In FIG. 21B, only one musical instrument performance sound (for example, performance data of the guitar part) corresponds to the search in the karaoke server 2, and the solo performance phrase designation (single performance designation) is applied to the musical instrument performance sound. Information) is incidental. In this case, if the 30th phrase (30th phrase) is designated as a solo phrase in the solo designation information, the CPU 11a, except for the 30th phrase, determines “(1) Play the karaoke music by muting the guitar part "," (2) Play the uploaded guitar performance "," (3) Display the song lyrics ", and" (4) Upload the guitar player image Control relating to (1) to (4), which is “display”, is performed.

  Then, in the 30th phrase, the CPU 11a performs control to mute and reproduce all instrument parts of the karaoke music for the above (1), and performs the same control for the above (2) to (4). . Thereby, in the 30th phrase, only the guitar performance sound of the uploaded guitar part is played back, and the karaoke music can be sung with contents including the solo performance of the guitar part. Note that the content displayed on the display panel 18a of the display device 18 is always the screen content as shown in FIG. 16A, and this is the same as the case of the pattern shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, FIG. 21C shows two musical instrument performance sounds (for example, guitar performance sound of the guitar part and drum performance parts) with different musical instrument parts (for example, guitar part and drum part) for the search in the karaoke server 2. (Drum performance sound) is shown (in the case where a solo phrase is not specified for each applicable musical instrument performance sound). In this case, from the start to the end of the karaoke song, the CPU 11a “(1) mute the guitar part and drum part to play the karaoke song”, “(2) the guitar that is the first instrument performance sound corresponding to the search. In addition to “Play performance sound”, “(3) Display song lyrics, etc.”, “(4) Display guitar player image corresponding to the first instrument performance sound corresponding to search”, “(5) Search (1) to (6) “reproduce drum performance sound corresponding to the second musical instrument performance sound” and “(6) display drum performer image corresponding to the second musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search”. Control related to Then, the screen content as shown in FIG. 16B is displayed on the display panel 18 a of the display device 18. In addition, when the specification of the solo phrase is attached to the corresponding instrument performance sound (for example, the specification that the 30th phrase is solo is attached to the instrument performance sound of the guitar part), only the instrument performance sound (guitar performance sound) is included. It is played with the specified solo phrase, and other instrument performance sounds (drum performance sounds) are muted (of course, all instrument parts are muted for karaoke music).

  Furthermore, FIG. 21D shows a case where a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds (for example, guitar performance sounds of a guitar part) correspond to the search in the karaoke server 2 (the relevant instrument performance sounds include If solo phrase setting is not included). In this case, as a certain period of the karaoke music, for each phrase, the musical instrument performance sound to be reproduced is switched from among the plural musical instrument performance sounds, and the player corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound to be reproduced is selected from the plurality of player images. The player image to be displayed is also switched to the image. Specifically, the CPU 11a uses the first phrase "(1) mute the guitar part and play the karaoke music", "(2) play the first instrument performance sound (first guitar performance sound) that was found by the search" , "(3) Display music lyrics, etc." and "(4) Display guitar player image corresponding to the first instrument performance sound corresponding to the search" are performed on (1) to (4). In 2 phrases, (1) and (3) perform the same control as above, but with respect to (2), “reproduces the second instrument performance sound (second guitar performance sound) that was found in the search”, and (4) The musical instrument performance sound is switched from the first musical instrument performance sound to the second musical instrument performance sound, such as “display guitar performer image corresponding to second musical instrument performance sound corresponding to search”, and the performer image is adjusted accordingly. The system also switches from the first player image to the second player image. It is carried out.

  Even after the third phrase, (1) and (3) perform the same control as above for each phrase, but for (2), “3rd musical instrument performance sound (third guitar performance sound corresponding to the search) ) "To" Play the nth instrument performance sound (nth guitar performance sound) corresponding to the search (where n is a natural number greater than 3) ". Control is performed to sequentially switch from “Display guitar player image according to performance sound of three musical instruments” to “Display guitar player image according to nth musical instrument performance sound corresponding to search (n is a natural number greater than 3)”. . The display content of the display panel 18a of the display device 18 in this case is the screen content as shown in FIG. 16A, but the contents of the player image 71 are switched for each phrase. By such control, a user who sings karaoke music can sing while enjoying many uploaded musical instrument performance sounds and player images as needed. In addition, the fixed period concerning switching is not limited to a phrase, You may make it the specification which switches every predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds or 20 seconds).

  If there is a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds that are specified in the search and a solo phrase is specified, the CPU 11a performs the control as described in FIG. 21B for the solo phrase. It will be. Also, there are a plurality of instrument performance sounds (for example, guitar performance sound of the guitar part and drum performance sound of the drum part) for each of the different instrument parts (for example, the guitar part and the drum part) with respect to the search in the karaoke server 2. If this is the case, the CPU 11a performs the control with the content combining FIG. 21 (c) and FIG. 21 (d).

  Returning to the fifth flowchart of FIG. 20, the description will be continued. When the co-star mode start button 63c is selected on the mode selection start screen 63 of FIG. 15A (S51: co-star mode), the CPU 11a reads the karaoke data from the RAM 11c. The musical instrument performance sound and the player image are read out, the karaoke musical piece and the musical instrument performance sound are reproduced, the karaoke image and the player image are displayed, and the captured image (singing the karaoke musical piece is sung by the imaging device 11h). The display process of a user's singer image is performed (S53). Regarding this reproduction / display processing, the control processing performed by the CPU 11a is the same as that in S52 described above, but in S53, imaging of the user who performs the singing and processing of displaying the captured image (singer image) are performed. It has been added.

  FIG. 17A is a display example at the stage of S53, and shows a display screen at the time of playing karaoke music when there is a musical instrument performance sound by the user for one musical instrument part (guitar part). On this screen, a karaoke image 70a, a song lyrics 70b, a performer image 71 (image of a user who plays the guitar) and a captured image 80 (user singer image) are displayed. A player image 71 and a captured image 80 are displayed over the image 70a (other points are the same as those in FIG. 16B).

  FIG. 17B is another display example at the stage of S53, and shows a display screen at the time of karaoke music reproduction when there are instrument sounds by two users for two instrument parts (guitar part and drum part). Show. On this screen, a player image 71 (image of a first user who plays the guitar) corresponding to the first musical instrument performance sound, a player image 72 (second drum which plays the drum) corresponding to the second musical instrument performance sound. And the captured image 80 (user's singer image) are displayed side by side, and the first performer image 71, the second performer image 72, and the captured image 80 are displayed. It is superimposed on the karaoke image 70a.

  The user who performs the karaoke singing sings while watching the contents as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B displayed on the display panel 18a of the display device 18, so that the player image 71 and the like. In addition, the presence of the picked-up image 80 makes it possible to enjoy an image of the performer and himself performing together. In addition, also when the musical instrument performance sound and player image about three or more musical instrument parts are sent from the karaoke server 2, those player images are displayed side by side.

  Further, in the time charts of FIGS. 22A to 22D, the reproduction process in the step S53 causes a plurality of patterns to be generated depending on the musical instrument performance sound and the player image sent as a result of the search in the karaoke server 2. Is shown. Since the time charts of FIGS. 22A to 22D correspond to the time charts of FIGS. 21A to 21D described above, detailed description thereof will be omitted. "Display" is added.

  Referring back to the fifth flowchart of FIG. 20 again, the description will be continued. Next to the step S52 or S53, the CPU 11a determines whether or not the reproduction of the karaoke music has ended (S54), and the reproduction ends. If not (S54: NO), the processing at the stage of S52 or S53 will be continued, and if the reproduction has been completed (S54: YES), the CPU 11a controls to display the performance evaluation screen 64 of FIG. (S55).

  The CPU 11a determines whether or not the performance data has been evaluated on the performance evaluation screen 64 (S56). When the evaluation has been performed (S56: there is an evaluation), the score related to the evaluation is given to the karaoke server 2. To transmit to (S57). If the evaluation has not been performed (S56: not evaluated), the CPU 11a temporarily ends the series of processes without performing any particular process.

  The contents according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be applied. For example, in addition to using the karaoke terminal device 11 or the like for uploading performance data, such a computer can be installed by installing a program equivalent to the karaoke program 14 described above on a computer having a recording function and an imaging function. May be used for uploading.

  In addition, when simplifying the specification, it is possible to omit the setting of solo phrases, the setting of search conditions, etc., and when further simplifying the specification, imaging of the user's singer image is also omitted. May be. The player image does not use a moving image imaged by the imaging device 11h, but includes a still image obtained by imaging a player who plays a musical instrument, an illustration image representing the player (including an avatar image indicating the player). ), Or an icon image representing the user, or the like, and various player images in such an example may be used in advance as image files.

  In addition, when using an image file that exists in advance as an image file, in addition to uploading it to the karaoke server 2 as described above, the information registered at the time of user registration or user registration is used. When changing, it is also possible to register the performer image in the user DB 6 and upload the performance data including the musical instrument performance sound later.

  FIG. 23 shows a user DB 6 ′ used in such a modification, and this user DB 6 ′ is characterized in that a user image is added as compared to the user DB 6 shown in FIG. . This user image is image data corresponding to a player image, and as its contents, a still image, an illustration image, an icon image, or the like is used in addition to a moving image of a user who plays a musical instrument as described above. Is possible. Further, such a user image (image file) is transmitted to the server by designating an image file related to the performer image on a well-known user registration screen (a screen provided by the karaoke server 2 or the server that performs the registration process). It is uploaded and stored in the user DB 6.

  FIGS. 24A and 24B show performance data 89 and 89 'used in such a modification, and these performance data 89 and 89' are shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B. Compared with the performance data 9 and 9 'shown, the player image is not included. In order to generate the performance data 89 and 89 ′ of such a modification, the CPU 11a of the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 collects sound with the microphone 16 in the recording process in the step S37 in the third flowchart of FIG. Only control for storing audio data as instrument performance sounds in the RAM 11c as needed is performed, and moving image imaging is not performed by the imaging device 11h. In the step S39, performance data 89 in the format shown in FIGS. , 89 '. As a result, there is an advantage that the processing load of the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 and the user's imaging load are reduced in that no moving image is captured, and the amount of performance data to be transmitted can be reduced.

  Further, FIG. 25 shows an upload DB 7 ′ generated by the karaoke server 2 in such a modification, and this upload DB 7 ′ stores a player image as compared with the upload DB 7 shown in FIG. 6. The feature is not. In order to generate the upload DB 7 ′ of such a modification, the karaoke server 2 checks the performance data at the stage S2 in the first flowchart of FIG. 8 even if the player image is not included in the performance data. It is determined that there is no problem in the check result (S3: YES), and musical instrument performance sounds and the like included in the performance data are stored and accumulated in the upload DB 7 ′. As a result, even if the karaoke server 2 receives the performance data, the process of sequentially storing the “performer image” is omitted, so that the processing load on the karaoke server 2 can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the karaoke server 2 performs a search in order to transmit the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search and the player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound together with the karaoke data in step S19 of the second flowchart of FIG. Based on the result, the user ID associated with the musical instrument performance sound to be transmitted is specified from the upload DB 7 'of FIG. 25, and the player image (user image) associated with the specified user ID is shown in FIG. Is extracted from the user DB 6 'and processed for transmission.

  In addition, through such processing, the musical instrument performance sound and the player image are transmitted from the karaoke server 2 to the karaoke terminal device 11 together with the karaoke data, and the karaoke terminal device 11 with respect to these transmitted ones. The processing is the same as above. In the above modification, the player image (user image) is stored in the user DB 6 'in advance, so that various processes can be omitted, and the user's imaging burden is reduced. It is possible to enjoy the musical instrument performance.

  Further, as a further modification, it is possible to combine the above-described modification in which the performer image is not included in the performance data and the embodiment in which the performer image is included in the performance data. In this further modification, a user who plays a musical instrument registers a performer image (user image) in advance as in a user DB 7 'shown in FIG. When the performance data is uploaded, whether or not to include the performer image in the performance data is left to the user's own selection. Therefore, the contents of the uploaded player data may be in the format shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B (including a player image), or in FIGS. 24A and 24B. It may be in the format shown (when the player image is not included).

  FIG. 26 shows an upload DB 7 ″ generated by the karaoke server 2 as a further modification example, and this upload DB 7 ″ is different from the upload DB 7 shown in FIG. 6 and the upload DB 7 ′ shown in FIG. It is characterized in that there is a player image stored for each performance data ID and a player image stored for each performance data ID. That is, when performance data 9 and 9 'having a format as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B is stored, a player image is also stored, while FIGS. 24A and 24B are stored. When the performance data 89 and 89 'in the format shown are stored, the performer image is not included in the performance data 89 and 89', and therefore is not stored in the upload DB 7 ".

  In this further modification, the karaoke server 2 obtains the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search and the player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound together with the karaoke data in step S19 of the second flowchart of FIG. When transmitting, it is determined whether or not a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search is stored in the upload DB 7 ″, and if stored, the stored player image is transmitted. In addition, when the performer image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search is not stored in the upload DB 7 ″, as in the above-described modification, the user DB 6 ′ adds the string by the user ID. The player image (user image) is extracted and set as a transmission target. In such a further modification, it is possible to flexibly respond to the user's desire whether to use a captured image as a player image to be displayed or to use a pre-registered user image in the user DB 6 '. There is.

  Moreover, it is of course possible to change the order of the processing procedures according to the third and fourth flowcharts shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 as appropriate according to the specifications. For example, in the above-described example, the solo phrase designation screen 52 in FIG. 12A is displayed when the selected karaoke piece is played (before the performance), but may be designated after the performance is completed. Good. In this way, the specification in which the solo phrase can be specified after the performance is finished is preferable because the phrase that the performer himself / herself was able to perform well can be pointed out as the solo phrase after the performance. Note that the specification of designating a solo phrase before the performance is suitable when the performer has previously decided a phrase to be a solo phrase.

  A sixth flowchart shown in FIG. 27 shows a processing procedure in the case of a modification in which a solo phrase is designated after the performance is completed, and can be used instead of the above-described third flowchart of FIG. Steps S60 to S63 in the sixth flowchart in FIG. 27 are the same as steps S30 to S33 in the third flowchart in FIG. In the sixth flowchart, after step S63, the CPU 11a displays the start screen 53 of FIG. 12B and determines whether or not the start button 53b has been selected (S64).

  When the start button 53b is not selected (S64: NO), the selection of the start button 53b is awaited. When the start button 53b is selected (S64: YES), the CPU 11a stores the karaoke data stored in the RAM 11c. Is read, karaoke music is reproduced, karaoke images and music lyrics are displayed, and instrument performance is recorded by the user (S65). Note that the processing in S64 and S65 is the same as the processing in S36 and 37 in the third flowchart of FIG.

  When the reproduction (recording process) of the karaoke data is completed, the CPU 11a displays the recording confirmation screen 65 of the modified example of FIG. 28A, and any of the upload button 65a, the redo button 65b, and the preview button 65c is the user. Is selected (S66). Note that when the upload button 65a or the redo button 65a is selected, the processing is the same as that of the third flowchart in FIG.

  When the preview button 65c is selected (S66: preview), the CPU 11a reproduces the karaoke music and the recorded musical instrument performance sound, and specifies the solo phrase of the modified example shown in FIG. 28B during the reproduction. The screen 66 is displayed on the display panel 18a (S67). At this time, the karaoke music piece is also muted (muted) according to the musical instrument performance sound played together.

  The solo phrase specification screen 66 in FIG. 28B includes a selectable solo phrase specification button 66a. When the solo phrase specification button 66a is selected during playback by preview, the solo phrase specification button 66a is played back. Assuming that the phrase of the karaoke piece being played is designated as a solo phrase, the CPU 11a performs control processing for storing the number of phrases in the RAM 11c as solo designation information (S68). Note that the solo phrase designation screen 66 in FIG. 28B allows the solo phrase button 66a to be selected any number of times as long as the preview is being played back, so that the solo phrase can be easily designated at a plurality of locations. I am doing so.

  When the solo phrase is designated and preview reproduction is completed, the process returns to the stage where the recording confirmation screen 65 shown in FIG. 28A is displayed again (S66). When the upload button 65a is selected after designating the solo phrase (S66: upload), as in the case of the third flowchart of FIG. 18, the CPU 11a performs the performance including the stored musical instrument performance sound and the player image. The data is transmitted to the karaoke server 11 in a format as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B (S69). When a solo phrase is specified at a plurality of locations, a plurality of phrases are set in the item “single phrase” in the format shown in FIGS.

  Furthermore, the processing order can be changed for the processing procedure in the fourth flowchart of FIG. That is, in the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19, after selecting the performance mode in step S40, the search method is selected in step S43, and then the karaoke piece is selected in step S44 or 47. It is also possible to select a karaoke song as a reservation after selection and then select a search method. Furthermore, after selecting a karaoke song first, a mode selection and a search method selection are sequentially performed thereafter. It is also possible to do so.

  The seventh flowchart shown in FIG. 29 shows a processing procedure of a modified example used in place of the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19, and a process of selecting a karaoke piece after mode selection and then selecting a search method. It is a procedure. In the seventh flowchart, the normal mode is selected in the first stage of S70 (S70: normal mode), and the subsequent processing to S71 and 72 is the same as S40 to 42 in the fourth flowchart of FIG. . On the other hand, when the performance mode is selected in the first stage of S70 (S70: performance mode), the CPU 11a performs control to display a song selection screen for karaoke songs and accepts song selection of karaoke songs by the user (S73). Control is performed to transmit music designation information for designating the accepted karaoke music to the karaoke server 2 (S74). When the karaoke server 2 receives the song designation information, the karaoke server 2 transmits to the karaoke terminal device 11 the song information of the karaoke song corresponding to the song designation information (the song title of the karaoke song, the lyric text indicating the singer's name, singing, etc.). Therefore, when the karaoke terminal device 11 receives such music information, it has reserved the karaoke music for which the music selection has been accepted, and the music reservation screen 67 shown in FIG. 18a (S75 in the seventh flowchart of FIG. 29).

  The music reservation screen 67 has a selectable random search button 67a and a condition search button 67b. When the random search button 67a is selected, the process proceeds from step S76 in the seventh flowchart of FIG. 29 toward the random search. When the condition search button 67b is selected (S76: Conditional search), the process proceeds from the stage of S76 to the condition search (S76: Conditional search).

  When the process proceeds to the random search (S76: random search), the CPU 11a stores the song designation information including the song ID of the karaoke song related to the reservation, the performance mode flag, the user ID of the user who sings the karaoke song, and the like. Control to transmit to the karaoke server 2 is performed (S77). Further, when the process proceeds to the condition search (S76: condition search), the CPU 11a displays the search condition selection screen 62 in FIG. 14B as in the case of the step S46 in the fourth flowchart of FIG. Control is performed and selection of search conditions is accepted (S78), and then song designation including the song ID of the karaoke song related to the reservation, the performance mode flag, the set search condition, and the user ID of the user who sings the karaoke song Control to transmit information to the karaoke server 2 is performed (S79).

  Further, the eighth flowchart shown in FIG. 31 shows a processing procedure of another modified example used in place of the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19. This is a processing procedure for sequentially selecting methods. That is, first, the CPU 11a receives a song selection of karaoke music by the user (S80), performs control to transmit the music specification information specifying the received karaoke music to the karaoke server 2 (S81), and transmits the music specification information. The karaoke terminal device 11 receives the music information (music information of the karaoke music corresponding to the music designation information) transmitted from the karaoke server 2 and reserves the karaoke music for which the music selection has been accepted. And the karaoke terminal device 11 displays the music reservation screen 68 shown in FIG.30 (b) on the display panel 18a with reservation (S82).

  The music reservation screen 68 has a selectable normal mode button 68a and a performance mode button 68b. When the normal mode button 68a is selected, the normal mode is shifted from the step S83 in the eighth flowchart of FIG. 31 to the normal mode. If the performance mode button 68b is selected (S83: performance mode), the process proceeds from the step S83 to the performance mode (S83: performance mode).

  When proceeding to the normal mode (S83: normal mode), the CPU 11a performs control to transmit to the karaoke server 2 music designation information including the song ID of the karaoke song related to the reservation and the user ID of the user who sings the karaoke song. Perform (S84). When the performance mode has been entered (S83: performance mode), the CPU 11a next displays the music reservation screen 67 of FIG. 30A on the display panel 18a (S85), and the processing contents of S86 to 88 thereafter. Is the same as S77 to S79 in the seventh flowchart of FIG. 29 described above. As described above, the processing procedure of the fourth flowchart of FIG. 19 can be changed to the processing procedures shown in the seventh and eighth flowcharts of FIGS. 29 and 31, so that the present invention can perform processing according to various specifications. Can adapt to the procedure.

  In addition to the form shown in FIG. 16 (a), the screen content for displaying the player image during playback of karaoke music also displays a player image 71 (image of the user who plays the guitar) as shown in FIG. The music lyrics 70b may be displayed on the panel 18a in a full screen and superimposed on the performer image 71 below the display panel 18a. In the form shown in FIG. 32, since the karaoke image (ordinary karaoke background image) is not displayed, the karaoke server 2 omits the transmission of the karaoke image when the player image 71 is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device 11. Thus, the amount of data required for transmission may be reduced to reduce the processing load. Note that the transmission of karaoke images can also be applied when displaying a plurality of player images, as shown in FIGS. 16B, 17A, and 17B. The periphery of each player image is displayed in white or black.

  Furthermore, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 corresponds to a so-called multi-display. For example, as shown in FIG. 33, the karaoke terminal apparatus 11 includes a video output device 11g ′ of a modified example, and the video output device 11g ′ A variety of display modes can be realized as long as the specification enables the connection between the first display device 18 'and the second display device 19' and the output of different contents to the display devices 18 'and 19'. it can.

  Specifically, it is possible to provide a form in which a player image is displayed on the first display device 18 ′ and a karaoke image and song lyrics are displayed on the second display device 19 ′. In addition, the display contents of the first display device 18 ′ and the second display device 19 ′ are the same, the player image is displayed on the first display device 18 ′, and the second display device 19 ′. It is also possible to display the singer image on the screen (the display content can be reversed, of course). Furthermore, in accordance with the progress of the karaoke music, the player image is displayed on the first display device 18 'except during the prelude, the interlude, and the follower, and the second display device 19' sings. If the player image is displayed and the playback changes during singing, the display contents of the display devices 18 'and 19' are switched, the singer image is displayed on the first display device 18 ', and the second display device 19' is displayed. A player image may be displayed.

  Furthermore, when there are a plurality of player images to be displayed and the musical instrument part to be mainly played is switched appropriately for each phrase in the phrase of the karaoke piece, it relates to the main performance in the phrase being played back. The performer image is displayed on the first display device 18 ', the remaining performer images are displayed on the second display device 19', and each time the instrument part related to the main performance changes, the first display device 18 ' Display control may be performed so that the display content is appropriately switched to a player image related to the main performance.

  The first display device 18 'and the second display device 19' described above can have different screen sizes. If the screen sizes are different, the smaller display size is used for the second display device. It is used as 19 '. Further, when a screen having a smaller screen size is used as the second display device 19 ', a touch panel display device attached to the main body of the karaoke terminal device 11 can be used as the second display device 19'. Such a touch panel type display device can receive various operations from the user like a remote control device, and can also display karaoke images and song lyrics so that various contents can be confirmed at the user's hand. is there.

  Furthermore, about the reproduction | regeneration of the karaoke music in the Example, the modification, etc. which were mentioned above, the karaoke terminal device 11 demonstrated the content which makes a minus one function work and mute (mute) a predetermined music part. You may control so that the volume of the predetermined music part used as the object may fall below the volume of other musical instrument parts (it is equivalent to a minus one function).

  That is, the karaoke terminal device 11 is a target when the volume (volume) of each instrument part included in the karaoke music is normally output at a level of “8” in 10 levels (reference volume). Instead of muting the volume of the music part, it may be output at a level of “1” to “3” that is lower than the reference volume. If the sound is output at such a small volume, the instrumental sound of the regular instrument part can be heard faintly, which is preferable because it can be used as a guiding instrumental sound during recording. And this minus one function works (the volume is lower than the standard volume without muting) when playing karaoke music when recording instrument performance sound, playing karaoke music in the performance mode. In some cases, a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds correspond to a search, and each of those musical instrument performance sounds is reproduced, or a karaoke piece is reproduced with a solo phrase.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be suitably used when a musical instrument performance sound by a user who enjoys musical instrument performance is incorporated into karaoke music and singing karaoke music.

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Claims (11)

A karaoke server storing a plurality of karaoke data having karaoke music pieces including a plurality of instrument parts and song lyrics related to the karaoke music pieces, and sending the music designation information indicating that the karaoke music pieces are designated to the karaoke server. In a karaoke system comprising a karaoke terminal device that receives karaoke data corresponding to specified information from the karaoke server and reproduces karaoke music and displays music lyrics,
The karaoke server
A musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part among a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music piece and a player image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound are stored.
When receiving the music designation information transmitted from the karaoke terminal device, search means for searching from storing the presence or absence of the musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke music designated by the music designation information;
Data transmitting means for transmitting to the karaoke terminal device karaoke data corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke designation information when there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search; ,
Means for transmitting karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to the karaoke terminal device when there is no musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search ;
The karaoke terminal device
Means for receiving musical instrument performance sounds, performer images, and karaoke data transmitted from the karaoke server;
Among a plurality of instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the received karaoke data, the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound is muted, or the volume of the instrument part related to the received instrument performance sound is reduced compared to other instrument parts. And reproducing means for reproducing the musical instrument performance sound in accordance with the reproduction of the karaoke music,
A karaoke system comprising: display means for displaying the song lyrics of the karaoke data and the received player image in accordance with the reproduction of the reproduction means. The karaoke server
A means for receiving uploaded instrument performance sounds and performer images;
The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the received musical instrument performance sound and player image are stored. The karaoke server
It stores a user database that stores information related to karaoke users,
A player image is stored in advance in the user database,
It has a means to receive uploaded instrument performances,
The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the received musical instrument performance sound is stored. The karaoke terminal device includes an imaging means,
The karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display unit displays a captured image captured by the imaging unit together with the music lyrics and the performer image. When there are a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to the search, the data transmission means transmits a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds and a plurality of player images corresponding to the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds,
The reproduction means is configured to sequentially switch the musical instrument performance sound to be reproduced from the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds for each predetermined period of karaoke music,
2. The display unit sequentially switches a player image to be displayed from the plurality of player images to a player image corresponding to a musical instrument performance sound reproduced by the reproduction unit. The karaoke system of any one of thru | or 4. When there are musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to the search in different musical instrument parts, the data transmission means transmits a plurality of musical instrument performance sounds of the corresponding different musical instrument parts and a plurality of performer images corresponding to the plurality of musical instrument performance sounds. And
The reproducing means is configured to mute different musical instrument parts corresponding to the musical instrument performance sounds among the plural musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke data, or to set the volume of the different musical instrument parts from other musical instrument parts. The karaoke music is played back at a reduced rate, and the musical instrument performance sounds are played back in accordance with the playback of the karaoke music.
6. The karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein music lyrics included in karaoke data and the plurality of player images are displayed in accordance with reproduction by the reproduction unit. The instrument performance sound is accompanied by solo specification information that specifies at least one period of karaoke music as a solo,
The playback means mute all instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke music specified by the solo specification information, or reduce the volume of all the instrument parts below a reference volume. The karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the musical instrument performance sound is reproduced. The karaoke terminal device
A receiving means for receiving search conditions;
Means for transmitting the search condition received by the receiving means to the karaoke server,
The karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the search means is configured to search for musical instrument performance sounds corresponding to a search condition transmitted to the karaoke server. By transmitting song designation information indicating that the karaoke terminal device designates a karaoke song to a karaoke server that stores a plurality of karaoke data having karaoke songs including a plurality of instrument parts and song lyrics related to the karaoke song, the song In a karaoke playback display method for receiving karaoke data corresponding to specified information from the karaoke server and displaying karaoke music and displaying song lyrics,
The karaoke server
Storing a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part of a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music piece and a player image relating to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound;
When receiving the music designation information transmitted from the karaoke terminal device, the step of searching from storing the presence or absence of the musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke music designated by the music designation information;
If there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, transmitting the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to the karaoke terminal device ;
When there is no musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, the karaoke data according to the music designation information is transmitted to the karaoke terminal device ,
The karaoke terminal device
Receiving musical instrument performance sounds, performer images, and karaoke data transmitted from the karaoke server;
Among a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music included in the karaoke data, the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound is muted or the volume of the musical instrument part related to the received musical instrument performance sound is reduced compared to other musical instrument parts. Replaying the karaoke music and replaying the received musical instrument performance sound along with the karaoke music replay;
A karaoke playback display method comprising: displaying the song lyrics of the karaoke data and the received player image in accordance with the playback. By means of storing a plurality of karaoke data having a karaoke song including a plurality of instrument parts and song lyrics related to the karaoke song, and receiving song designation information for designating a karaoke song transmitted from an external terminal In the karaoke server configured to transmit karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music designation information,
A musical instrument performance sound corresponding to one musical instrument part among a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke music piece and a player image related to the performer who performed the musical instrument performance sound are stored.
When receiving the music designation information transmitted from the external terminal, search means for searching from storing the presence or absence of the instrument performance sound related to the karaoke music designated by the music designation information;
If there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke data corresponding to the music specification information are sent to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music specification information Data transmission means for transmitting to ,
A karaoke server comprising: means for transmitting karaoke data corresponding to the music designation information to an external terminal that is a transmission source of the music designation information when there is no musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search . A musical instrument performance corresponding to one musical instrument part among a plurality of musical instrument parts included in the karaoke musical piece, storing karaoke data having a karaoke musical composition including a communication device and a plurality of musical instrument parts, and music lyrics related to the karaoke musical composition Receiving music designation information for designating a karaoke song transmitted from an external terminal to a computer having a storage device for storing a player image relating to the player who played the sound and the musical instrument performance sound through the communication device In the computer program for causing the karaoke data according to the music designation information to be transmitted through the communication device to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music designation information,
The computer,
Means for performing a process of searching from storing the presence / absence of musical instrument performance sound related to the karaoke song designated by the song designation information when the song designation information transmitted from the external terminal is received;
If there is a musical instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, the corresponding musical instrument performance sound, a player image corresponding to the musical instrument performance sound, and karaoke data corresponding to the music specification information are sent to the external terminal that is the transmission source of the music specification information Means for performing processing to transmit to the communication device ;
If there is no instrument performance sound corresponding to the search, the karaoke data corresponding to the music specification information, a process of transmitting to the transmission source of the external terminals of the track designation information, be made to function as a means for performing through the communication device A computer program characterized by the above.

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