JP6148958B2 - A communication karaoke system that allows remote control of lighting using a portable terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a communication karaoke system in which a karaoke device at a karaoke base, a mobile terminal of a user outside the base, and a server are communicably connected, and the karaoke base lighting device can be remotely operated by the mobile terminal. About.

  In karaoke singing, lighting is an effective means for raising the atmosphere of the venue, so full-scale stage lighting that matches karaoke performance is required. For this reason, there is a karaoke room equipped with a lighting control console so that the accompanying person can control the lighting. There is also a karaoke room in which a variety of stage lights are automatically performed by controlling a moving head, which is a type of lighting device, with a lighting control sequence (DMX data) synchronized with karaoke performance data (MIDI data). In addition, a variety of stage lighting can be automatically performed automatically using a sound-active lighting device that automatically and randomly reacts to the sound emitted from the playback device (singing sound or karaoke performance sound). it can.

  In addition, a technique for performing stage lighting according to the movement of the singer has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a lighting device such as a spotlight in a karaoke room, recognizes the position of a singer using an infrared sensor, and automatically illuminates the illumination direction of the illuminating device according to the movement of the singer. A technique for controlling with the above is disclosed.

JP-A-8-292774

  When there are no attendees in the karaoke room and the singer sings alone, it is difficult to operate the lighting control console while singing. In this case, there is no choice but to rely on stage lighting by automatic control, resulting in a so-called “relying” lighting effect.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, The objective is to enable remote control of the illuminating device of a karaoke base, and to raise the interest of karaoke singing.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a communication karaoke system in which a karaoke device installed at a karaoke base, one or a plurality of portable terminals, and a server are communicably connected via a transmission path, Song design means for designating karaoke music to be played from a plurality of karaoke songs at the karaoke base, Performance means for playing the karaoke music designated by the music designation means at the karaoke base, and singing at the karaoke base A sound collecting means for collecting the singing sound sung by the person, a mixed signal obtained by mixing the karaoke performance signal played by the performance means and the singing sound signal collected by the sound collecting means, A transmission means for transmitting to the server, a lighting device installed at the karaoke base for producing a lighting effect, and controlling the lighting device Lighting control means, remote control means for transmitting a control signal for remotely operating the lighting control means from the portable terminal to the karaoke base via the transmission path, and a predetermined portable terminal user The singer announces the karaoke song to be sung, recruiting means for recruiting operators of the remote control means, and the mixed signal transmitted from the karaoke base owned by the user according to the recruitment Delivery means for delivering a stream from the server via the transmission path to the portable terminal is provided.

  According to the present invention, the lighting control means is remotely operated by the remote operation means, and the mixed signal is transmitted to the portable terminal of the user according to the recruitment. Using a portable terminal from outside, it is possible to remotely control the lighting device in the karaoke base while listening to the karaoke song. Thereby, a sense of unity is born between the singer in the karaoke base and the user of the portable terminal, and the interest of karaoke singing can be enhanced.

  In the above-mentioned communication karaoke system, the remote operation means is configured to include application software that operates on the mobile terminal and remotely operates the illumination control means via the transmission path, and is used according to the recruitment. It is preferable to provide supply means for supplying, from the server, the application software for operating the lighting device at the karaoke base for the portable terminal owned by the user. In this configuration, the application software is supplied to the mobile terminal owned by the user according to the recruitment, so that it is possible to supply the application software having a specification adapted to the karaoke song to be sung.

  The communication karaoke system further includes an integration unit that receives and integrates individual control signals from the plurality of mobile terminals and generates the control signal, and the supply unit includes a plurality of users according to the recruitment. The lighting control means is supplied to each of the mobile terminals owned by a plurality of users, the application software for sharing and controlling the lighting control means among a plurality of users. The operation means preferably transmits the control signal generated by the integration means to the karaoke apparatus installed at the karaoke base via the transmission path. In this configuration, since roles are shared among users, a variety of lighting effects can be performed, and the interest of karaoke singing can be further enhanced.

  In the above-described communication karaoke system, the predetermined mobile terminal user is preferably a user registered as a group user together with the singer. Moreover, it is preferable that the said predetermined | prescribed portable terminal user is the past attendant extracted from the singing history of the said singer. In this configuration, the users who can perform remote operation are limited to specific users who are acquainted with the singers at the karaoke base, so it is possible to suppress mischief or the like caused by strangers.

  In the above-mentioned communication karaoke system, the singing video of the singer at the karaoke base is photographed as a moving image with sound, and further includes a moving image transmitting means for transmitting the moving image to a server via the transmission path, the distribution means, It is preferable to stream the moving image instead of the mixed signal. In this configuration, not only karaoke singing but also video can be visually recognized on the mobile terminal, so that it is possible to remotely control the illumination while checking the state of the stage.

  According to the present invention, since the lighting device in the karaoke base can be remotely operated while listening to the karaoke song using a portable terminal from the outside of the karaoke base, the interest of the karaoke song can be enhanced.

It is a figure explaining schematic structure of a communication karaoke system. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a host apparatus. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a karaoke apparatus. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a karaoke main body. It is a conceptual diagram explaining illumination control data. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a portable terminal. It is a figure explaining the user interface displayed with the display unit of a portable terminal. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the state to which the host apparatus, the karaoke apparatus, and the portable terminal were connected so that communication was possible via the transmission line. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of a karaoke apparatus, a host apparatus, and a portable terminal. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the flow of information at the time of recruitment of operators and at the time of application. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the flow of the information at the time of karaoke singing. It is a conceptual diagram explaining embodiment which carries out stream delivery of a moving image. It is a conceptual diagram explaining embodiment which carries out the stream delivery of the reproduction | regeneration moving image.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. First, the configuration of the online karaoke system will be described. The communication karaoke system shown in FIG. 1 has a host device 1, a karaoke device 2, and a mobile terminal 3. And these are connected via the transmission line 4 so that communication is possible. The karaoke apparatus 2 is installed in each karaoke room RM of the karaoke store KB, for example. This karaoke room RM corresponds to a karaoke base where the karaoke apparatus 2 is installed.

  The host device 1 functions as a server and accumulates and manages various information such as customer information. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the host device 1 includes a host-side control unit 11, a host-side communication unit 12, and a host-side storage unit 13. The host-side control unit 11 is a central part of control in the host device 1 and includes a CPU 11a and a memory 11b. The CPU 11a executes various controls according to the operation program stored in the memory 11b. The memory 11b is a storage element that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 11a and temporarily stores various types of information when the program is executed. The host-side communication unit 12 provides an interface for connecting the host device 1 to the transmission path 4.

  The host-side storage unit 13 is a storage device that stores a large amount of information, and includes a hard disk drive or the like. A partial area of the host-side storage unit 13 is used as a customer information storage area and an application storage area.

  In the customer information storage area, personal information of the user (customer), various history information, and the like are stored in a state associated with the user ID for identifying the user. In this embodiment, personal information, group information, store visit history information, and singing history information are stored.

  Personal information is information such as name, address, and age. The group information is information indicating a group constituted by a plurality of users, and is constituted by a group ID for identifying the group to which the user belongs. Here, the group is, for example, a friend or family, and a group ID is set by an application from each user. The store visit history information is information when the user has visited the store in the past, such as store store, store visit date / time, room number used, and accompanying user. The singing history information is information indicating the karaoke music sung by the user in the past, and the music ID indicating the karaoke music is stored in a state associated with the date information indicating the singing date. Moreover, when other users who sang together, such as duet singing, are specified, the user ID of the user is also stored.

  In the application storage area, application programs installed in the mobile terminal 3 are stored. As will be described in detail later, this application program is used to remotely control an illumination control unit 38 (see FIG. 4) of the karaoke main body 21, thereby illuminating device 26 (LED moving heads 26a to 26c) installed in the karaoke room RM. , Refer to FIG. 3) from outside the karaoke room RM.

  In the present embodiment, the host device 1 is configured to supply the application program stored in the application storage area to the mobile terminal 3 of the terminal user according to the recruitment. In addition, this application program is configured to allow each terminal user to share the control of the lighting device 26 when there are a plurality of terminal users who are recruited. For example, a different lighting device 26 can be assigned to each terminal user. Further, the swinging operation of the illumination device 26 and the setting of the illumination color and effect can be assigned separately.

  Next, the karaoke apparatus 2 will be described. The karaoke apparatus 2 performs karaoke performance and voice recording and video recording at the time of singing karaoke. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a karaoke main body 21, a speaker 22, a monitor 23, and a singing microphone 24 are provided. A video camera 25, a lighting device 26, and a remote control device 27.

  The karaoke main body 21 performs the performance control of the karaoke music designated by the user, the display control of the lyrics and the background video, the processing of the microphone signal generated by the singing microphone 24, the control of the lighting device 26, and the transmission path 4. It is a part which performs various control regarding karaoke singing, such as transmission / reception of the signal etc. performed. And each part of the remote control device 27 from the speaker 22 is connected to the karaoke main body 21 by wire or wireless. The karaoke main body 21 will be described in detail later.

  The speaker 22 outputs sound based on the sound emission signal output from the karaoke main body 21. For example, a mixed sound of a singer's voice and karaoke performance sound is output. The monitor 23 displays a video on the screen based on the video signal from the karaoke main body 21. For example, the lyrics and background video of a karaoke song being sung are displayed. The singing microphone 24 collects the voice of the user (singer), converts it into a microphone signal, and inputs it to the karaoke main body 21. Therefore, the group of the singing microphone 24 and the karaoke main body 21 corresponds to sound collecting means for collecting the singing sound sung by the singer in the karaoke room RM. The microphone signal is appropriately adjusted by the karaoke main body 21 and then mixed with the karaoke performance sound or the like and input to the speaker 22 as a sound output signal.

  The video camera 25 generates a video signal by shooting the karaoke room RM. The generated video signal is input to the karaoke main body 21. Then, the karaoke main body 21 displays a video based on the input video signal on the monitor 23, transmits the input video signal to the host device 1 through the transmission path 4, or converts the video signal to singing recording data. Or generate.

  The lighting device 26 produces lighting effects such as stage lighting, and is installed in the karaoke room RM. In this embodiment, a plurality of LED moving heads 26a to 26c are used (for convenience, three are shown in FIG. 3). The operation of each LED moving head 26a to 26c is controlled by illumination control data (control signal) described later. The illumination control data of this embodiment is composed of DMX protocol data. For this reason, each LED moving head 26a-26c is daisy chain-connected with the karaoke main body 21. Each of the LED moving heads 26a to 26c can pan and tilt in accordance with the illumination control data, and can apply an effect such as a change in illumination color or a strobe.

  The remote control device 27 includes a short-range wireless communication unit capable of bidirectional communication for transmitting and receiving information to and from the karaoke main body 21 and is operated when a karaoke song is reserved. For this reason, the remote control device 27 corresponds to a music designating means for designating a karaoke music piece to be played from a plurality of karaoke music pieces in the karaoke room RM (karaoke base). When reserving a karaoke song, the remote control device 27 transmits an operation signal including a song ID for identifying a song to be played. And the karaoke main body 21 manages the karaoke music which the room user selected in the queue.

  The remote controller 27 is used when authenticating a room user who uses the karaoke room RM, or when recruiting an operator who remotely operates the lighting device 26 from outside users. . At this time, operation information corresponding to the operation by the room user is transmitted to the host device 1. In this case, an operation signal is transmitted to the host device 1 via the neighboring router device RT1 and the transmission path 4. The remote control device 27 that performs such an operation corresponds to an operation information transmitting unit.

  Next, the karaoke main body 21 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 4, the karaoke main body 21 includes a main body side control unit 31, a main body side communication unit 32, a main body side storage unit 33, a sound source unit 34, an acoustic processing unit 35, a display processing unit 36, A video input unit 37, an illumination control unit 38, and an operation unit 39 are provided. These units are connected to a communicable state via the bus BS1.

  The main body side control unit 31 is a central part of control in the karaoke main body 21, and includes a CPU 31a and a memory 31b. The CPU 31a executes various controls according to the operation program stored in the memory 31b. For example, an operation input process for receiving an operation from the operation unit 39 or a sequencer process that operates as a sequencer is performed. The memory 31b is a storage element that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 31a and temporarily stores various types of information when the program is executed. The memory 31b also stores karaoke songs reserved (designated) by the remote control device 27 in a queue.

  The main body side communication unit 32 provides an interface for connecting the karaoke main body 21 to the transmission path 4 via the router device RT1. For this reason, the main body side communication unit 32 transmits and receives information to and from the router device RT1. The operation of the main body side communication unit 32 is controlled by the main body side control unit 31.

  The main body side storage unit 33 is a large-capacity storage device that stores various types of data, and includes, for example, a hard disk drive. The main body side storage unit 33 includes, for example, a music data storage area, a background video data storage area, a song recording data storage area, a video recording data storage area, and a lighting control data storage area.

  The music data storage area stores music data for playing the karaoke music specified by the remote control device 27, and the background video data storage area stores the background video data for displaying the background video on the monitor 23. Is done.

  The music data includes MIDI data and lyrics data. MIDI data is music performance information (performance data) by an electronic musical instrument, and is composed of time-series note information. The note information is composed of various commands that control, for example, the timing of sound generation and mute, key pressing force, volume and sound quality, and playback tempo (pitch). The lyrics data is data for displaying the lyrics telop in the karaoke music on the monitor 23. The MIDI data and the lyrics data are stored in a state in which each karaoke piece that can be played by the karaoke apparatus 2 is associated with the song ID.

  The song recording data storage area stores song recording data recorded during karaoke singing, and the video recording data storage area stores video recording data shot during karaoke singing. Then, the song recording data and the video recording data are uploaded from the karaoke device 2 to the host device 1 in response to a request from the user of the karaoke room RM.

  In the illumination control data storage area, illumination control data for controlling the operation of the illumination device 26 is stored. Since the illumination control data is set for each karaoke song, it is stored in a state associated with the song ID. The illumination control data is, for example, DMX protocol data, and is configured as, for example, a 512-channel data group. Thereby, 512 channels can be controlled. One channel is composed of 1-byte data, and a numerical value from “0” to “255” can be set.

  The illumination control data shown in FIG. 5 is composed of a 512-channel data group corresponding to the performance progress time (Tick). In the time base shown in the figure, TPQN (number of ticks per quarter note) is 96. Thus, since the DMX signal has a data structure very similar to MIDI data which is karaoke performance control data, the lighting device 26 can be controlled while easily synchronizing the tempo with the karaoke performance. In addition, since the illumination control data is simple, the load on the transmission path is light and the delay is not a concern.

  In addition, the operation of each LED moving head 26a to 26c which is a lamp is assigned to each channel. For example, pan data, tilt data, red LED luminance data, green LED luminance data, blue LED luminance data, and effect data for the first LED moving head 26a are allocated to channels 0 to 5, respectively. It is. Further, channels 6 to 11 (channels 6 to 8 are shown in FIG. 5) include pan data, tilt data, red LED luminance data, green LED luminance data for the second LED moving head 26b, Blue LED brightness data and effect data are allocated.

  Similarly, the operations of other LED moving heads 26c and the like are assigned to the subsequent channels. For this reason, according to the numerical value set to each channel, the illumination angle and color of illumination by each LED moving head 26a-26c, the cycle of strobe light emission, and the like are defined.

  The sound source unit 34 shown in FIG. 4 is a part that generates a karaoke performance sound signal based on MIDI data, and includes a CPU 34a, a memory 34b, and a waveform memory 34c. The CPU 34a executes various controls according to the operation program stored in the memory 34b. The memory 34b is a storage element that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 34a and temporarily stores various types of information when the program is executed. The waveform memory 34c is a storage element that stores waveform data of various sounds played by the target musical instrument in a readable manner. When the main body side control unit 31 performs sequencer processing, the sound source unit 34 processes waveform data according to MIDI data and outputs the processed musical sound signal to the acoustic processing unit 35.

  The acoustic processing unit 35 is a part that performs processing of the karaoke performance sound signal and processing of the microphone signal generated by the singing microphone 24. For example, in performance control of karaoke music, the sound processing unit 35 performs analog conversion on the musical sound signal output from the sound source unit 34 to generate a karaoke performance sound signal. Further, when a microphone signal from the singing microphone 24 is input, an audio signal is generated by appropriately adjusting. This sound signal is mixed with the karaoke performance sound signal and output to the speaker 22 as a sound emission signal. When recording a karaoke song, the sound processing unit 35 converts the generated audio signal into digital song recording data and stores the digital song recording data in the main body storage unit 33.

  As can be seen from this description, the set of the karaoke main body 21 and the speaker 22 corresponds to a performance means for playing the karaoke music designated by the remote control device 27 (music designation means).

  The display processing unit 36 performs control such as display of a background video during karaoke performance. At the time of karaoke performance, background video data is input to the display processing unit 36, and the background video data is decoded. Then, the display processing unit 36 combines the lyrics telop with the video signal of the background video generated by the decoding, and outputs the combined video signal to the monitor 23. At that time, the display processing unit 36 synthesizes the lyrics telop based on the lyrics data output by the sequencer processing in the main body side control unit 31. Also, the display color of the lyrics telop is changed according to the color change command output by the sequencer processing. As a result, the monitor 23 displays a video in which the lyrics telop is superimposed on the background video, and the display color of the lyrics telop is changed according to the progress of the karaoke music.

  The video input unit 37 is a part that captures a video signal from the video camera 25, and is configured by, for example, an interface circuit. At the time of video recording of a karaoke song, the video camera 25 outputs a video signal of a user who is singing. Then, the video input unit 37 outputs the input video signal to the display processing unit 36. Thereby, the video of the room user is displayed on the monitor 23. Further, when streaming the video of the karaoke song, the main body side communication unit 32 transmits the video signal input to the video input unit 37 to the host device 1 via the transmission path 4. Furthermore, when recording a singing video at the time of karaoke singing, the video input unit 37 converts the input video signal into digital video recording data and stores it in the main body storage unit 33.

  The illumination control unit 38 is a part that reads out the above-described illumination control data from the main body storage unit 33 and transmits it to the illumination device 26, and corresponds to illumination control means. Since the control of the lighting device 26 is performed in synchronization with the progress of the karaoke music, the lighting control unit 38 reads and transmits the lighting control data in conjunction with the sequencer processing by the main body side control unit 31. In the remote control described later, the illumination control unit 38 transmits a control signal (illumination control data) received via the transmission path 4 to the illumination device 26. Thereby, the illumination device 26 is operated by an external user of the portable terminal 3.

  The operation unit 39 includes a panel switch, a remote control receiving circuit, and the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the panel switch and the remote control device 27 to the main body side control unit 31. The main body side control unit 31 detects an operation signal by performing an operation input process, and executes a corresponding process. Note that the panel switch and the remote control device 27 include various key switches (not shown) for selecting an operation.

  Next, the mobile terminal 3 will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 3 is, for example, a smartphone 3 </ b> A or a mobile phone 3 </ b> B, and is held by a user registered in the customer information storage area of the host-side storage unit 13.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 3 includes a terminal-side control unit 41, a terminal-side communication unit 42, a terminal-side storage unit 43, an input operation unit 44, a voice control unit 45, and a display control unit 46. These are connected in a communicable state via the bus BS2. In addition, a microphone unit 47 and a speaker unit 48 are connected to the audio control unit 45, and a display unit 49 is connected to the display control unit 46.

  The terminal-side control unit 41 is a central part of control in the mobile terminal 3 and includes a CPU 41a and a memory 41b. The CPU 41a executes various controls according to the operation program stored in the memory 41b. The memory 41b is a storage element that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 41a and temporarily stores various types of information when the program is executed.

  The terminal side communication unit 42 provides an interface for communicably connecting to the base station BTS and the router device RT2. The operation of the terminal side communication unit 42 is controlled by the terminal side control unit 41, performs wireless communication using a telecommunication carrier's line to the base station BTS, and performs short-range wireless communication to the router device RT2. Perform wired communication. The portable terminal 3 is connected to the transmission line 4 via the base station BTS and the router device RT2, and transmits and receives various data and various signals to and from the host device 1 and the karaoke device 2.

  The terminal-side storage unit 43 is a storage device that stores information used in the mobile terminal 3, and a partial area thereof is used as an application storage area. The application storage area is an area where an application program supplied from the host device 1 is installed. This application program is for causing the mobile terminal 3 to function as a remote controller for remotely operating the lighting device 26 in the karaoke room RM. As described above, in this embodiment, the application program supplied from the host device 1 is installed.

  The input operation unit 44 is a part that is input by a user of the mobile terminal 3, and is configured by a touch panel, for example. An operation signal corresponding to an input operation to the input operation unit 44 is output to the terminal side control unit 41. Based on this operation signal, the terminal-side control unit 41 recognizes an input operation of the terminal user. For example, operation information for the lighting device 26 is recognized. The sound control unit 45 is a part that performs control related to sound such as input / output of sound signals. For example, a microphone signal converted by the microphone unit 47 is taken in, or a sound emission signal is output to the speaker unit 48.

  The display control unit 46 is a part that performs display-related control such as control for the display unit 49. For example, a user interface for remotely operating the lighting device 26 is displayed on the display unit 49. Here, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a user interface displayed on the display unit 49.

  In the user interface shown in the figure, an image display area 49a, a pan / tilt instruction area 49b, an illumination color setting area 49c, and an effect instruction area 49d are provided. Images such as characters and videos are displayed in the image display area 49a. A message for the user of the portable terminal 3 is displayed in the image display area 49a.

  The pan / tilt instruction area 49b is an area for instructing a swing direction with respect to the illumination device 26, and in this embodiment, a radar image and a pointer are displayed. The pointer indicates the swinging direction of the lighting device 26 and is displayed at the center position which is the reference direction in the initial state. In addition, a reference direction is a direction which aims at the center of the stage where it is estimated that the singer will normally stand from the illumination device 26.

  When the finger is slid while touching the pointer, the pointer moves with the finger, and the lighting device 26 swings in accordance with the movement locus of the pointer. In the example of FIG. 7, the illumination device 26 changes the angle so as to draw an arc in the left direction after slightly turning to the lower right from the reference direction.

  The illumination color setting area 49c is an area for setting the illumination color of the illumination device 26. In the example of FIG. 7, three slider images are displayed, which are red (R), green (G), and blue (B), respectively. Therefore, the luminance of each color can be changed by simply moving the respective sliders in the left-right direction, and an arbitrary illumination color and brightness can be set.

  The effect instruction area 49d is an area for instructing an illumination effect. In the example of FIG. 7, images of three radio buttons are displayed side by side in the vertical direction. The upper radio button indicates lighting, the middle radio button indicates a high-speed strobe, and the lower radio button indicates a low-speed strobe. When any one of the radio buttons is selected, the lighting device 26 performs a corresponding lighting operation. I do.

  By adopting such an interface screen, it is possible to easily perform a remote operation on the lighting device 26, and the terminal user can participate in karaoke as if it were a game. You can also participate in karaoke without making a sound or voice.

  Next, the operation of the communication karaoke system having the above configuration will be described. This karaoke system is characterized by remote operation of the lighting device 26 by the portable terminal 3. For this reason, it demonstrates centering around the remote control of the illuminating device 26. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in this communication karaoke system, the host device 1, the karaoke device 2, and the mobile terminal 3 are connected via a transmission path 4 in a state where they can communicate with each other. In the example of FIG. 8, for convenience, one karaoke device 2 and three portable terminals 3 are illustrated, but actually, a large number of karaoke devices 2 and user terminals are connected via a transmission path 4. .

  In this communication karaoke system, the user of the karaoke room RM (karaoke base) is a terminal user (operator of the remote control means) who remotely operates the lighting device 26 with respect to the host device 1 (server) by operating the remote control device 27. ) Can be recruited. Then, the host device 1 (recruitment means) informs the user of the predetermined portable terminal 3 of the karaoke song that the singer is scheduled to sing and recruits the operator of the remote operation means.

  The host device 1 (supply means) reads out the application software of the specification suitable for the karaoke room RM of the recruited user from the host-side storage unit 13 for the mobile terminal 3 owned by the terminal user according to the recruitment, Supply via the transmission path 4. The portable terminal 3 installs and executes application software in the terminal-side storage unit 43. Thereby, the set of the portable terminal 3 and the host device 1 functions as a remote control means, and a control signal for remotely operating the illumination control unit 38 from the portable terminal 3 is installed in the karaoke room RM via the transmission path 4. Is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 2.

  Thereafter, when the karaoke performance is started, the karaoke apparatus 2 (transmission means) transmits a mixed signal obtained by mixing the karaoke performance signal and the singing sound signal to the host apparatus 1 via the transmission path 4. The host device 1 (distribution means) distributes the transmitted mixed signal as a stream via the transmission path 4 to the mobile terminal 3 owned by the terminal user.

  Thereby, the terminal user according to the recruitment can remotely operate the lighting device 26 of the karaoke room RM while listening to the karaoke song using the mobile terminal 3 from the outside of the karaoke room RM. Thereby, a sense of unity is born between the singer in the karaoke room RM and the terminal user, and the interest of karaoke singing can be enhanced.

  Hereinafter, the above control will be described in detail. Here, FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of each device in karaoke singing to which the remote operation of the lighting device 26 is applied.

  First, a user authentication process for the karaoke room RM is performed. That is, the user (singer) operates the remote control device 27 and performs login processing (S1). In this login process, a user ID and a password are input. Then, the host device 1 performs the user authentication process (S2). In this authentication process, it is determined whether or not the combination of the entered user ID and password is correct, and if it is correct, the user is specified.

  Next, in the karaoke device 2, the user operates the remote controller 27 to select a karaoke piece to be sung and make a reservation (S3). When a reservation is made, the selected karaoke piece is managed in a queue. Subsequently, the user requests the host device 1 to recruit terminal users who operate the remote control device 27 to remotely operate the lighting device 26 (S4). In response to this request, the recruitment command is transmitted to the host device 1 through the transmission path 4 as shown in FIG.

  The host device 1 that has received the recruitment command performs candidate extraction processing (S5). In this extraction process, the host device 1 refers to group information, singing history information, and the like stored in the customer information storage area of the host-side storage unit 13, and extracts a terminal user suitable for the user who requested the recruitment. For example, the host device 1 extracts, as candidates, users registered as group users belonging to the same group as the user (singer) who requested the recruitment. In addition, the host device 1 extracts past attendees extracted from the singing history of the user who requested the recruitment as candidates. By extracting such terminal users as candidates, users who can perform remote operation of the lighting device 26 are limited to specific users who are acquainted with a singer at a karaoke base. As a result, the singer who requested the recruitment can perform karaoke singing with peace of mind. In addition, mischief and the like by strangers can be suppressed.

  If the candidate terminal user is extracted, the host device 1 (recruitment means) notifies the extracted terminal user's portable terminal 3 that the remote operator of the lighting device 26 is being recruited. To do. Thereby, as shown also in FIG. 10, the host apparatus 1 transmits a recruitment notification (S6). This recruitment notification is, for example, a content that announces a nickname of a user who is recruiting or a karaoke song to be sung. This recruitment notification is received by the mobile terminal 3 (S7). Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the user of the mobile terminal 3 who is interested in recruitment operates the mobile terminal 3 to transmit an application notification (S8). For example, as an application notice, an application command indicating the intention of application is transmitted together with the user ID of the terminal user. This application notification is received by the host device 1 (S9).

  The host device 1 accepts an application notification until a predetermined condition is satisfied (S10). Here, the predetermined condition is, for example, until a predetermined period elapses or until the number of terminal users who have applied reaches the specified number (when the number of applications by the terminal user and the number of lighting devices become equal). . If the condition is satisfied, the host device 1 determines the sharing of the lighting device 26 to be assigned to the applicant (S11).

  Suppose that three terminal users have applied. In this case, the first applicant is in charge of remote operation of the first LED moving head 26a, and the second applicant is in charge of remote operation of the second LED moving head 26b. The sharing is determined so that the remote control of the third LED moving head 26c is performed.

  In this case, it is preferable that the LED moving heads 26a to 26c are preliminarily given ranks in the order of high lighting effects, and the terminal users are allocated to the LED moving heads 26a to 26c having high lighting effects in the order of application. . This can provide incentives for application.

  Note that the sharing is not limited to this example and can be arbitrarily determined. For example, the first applicant is in charge of the remote operation of panning and tilting the first LED moving head 26a, and the second applicant is in charge of the remote operation of the illumination color of the first LED moving head 26a. A third applicant may be in charge of remote control of the effect on the first LED moving head 26a.

  If the sharing is determined, the host device 1 transmits a determination notification (S12). This determination notification is received by each of the karaoke apparatus 2 used by the user who has requested the recruitment and the mobile terminal 3 owned by the terminal user who applied for the recruitment (S13, S14). Subsequently, the host device 1 (supply means) distributes (supplies) an application program corresponding to the role to the target mobile terminal 3 (S15). The mobile terminal 3 receives the application program and installs it in the terminal-side storage unit 43 (S16). When the installed application program is executed, the user interface described with reference to FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 49, and the portable terminal 3 shifts to a standby state for a mixed signal distributed from the host device 1.

  Thereafter, when the user sings karaoke in the karaoke room RM (S17), as shown in FIG. 11, the karaoke apparatus 2 (transmission means) hosts a mixed signal obtained by mixing the karaoke performance signal and the singing sound signal. Transmit to device 1. The host device 1 (distributing means) distributes the transmitted mixed signal as a stream via the transmission path 4 to the mobile terminal 3 of the terminal user according to the recruitment (S18). Thereby, the terminal user can listen to a karaoke song via the portable terminal 3 (S19). And a terminal user performs control operation of the illuminating device 26 via a user interface (S20). Thereby, control information (individual control signal) is transmitted from each portable terminal 3 to the host device 1.

  The host device 1 (integration means) integrates the control information transmitted from each portable terminal 3, generates illumination control data (control signal) reflecting the operation from each terminal user, and transmits it to the karaoke device 2 (S21). In the karaoke device 2, the illumination control unit 38 controls the operation of the illumination device 26 based on the received illumination control data (S22). As a result, remote operation of the lighting device 26 by each terminal user is realized. The stream distribution of the mixed signal and the control of the lighting device 26 by the lighting control data generated by the integration are performed until the performance of the karaoke music is finished (S23-S25). Then, when the performance of the karaoke music is completed, the application program installed in the portable terminal 3 is deleted (S26).

  In the communication karaoke system which performs such an operation, since the lighting device 26 in the karaoke base can be remotely controlled while listening to the karaoke song using the portable terminal 3, the user and the terminal user who are singing in the karaoke room RM. A sense of unity is born between and karaoke singing. Compared to recruitment between karaoke rooms RM (karaoke bases), mobile terminal users can expect a quick application.

  In addition, since the application program is supplied from the host device 1 to the mobile terminal 3 owned by the terminal user according to the recruitment, it is suitable for the lighting device installed in the karaoke room RM or the karaoke song to be sung. Specification application software can be supplied to the portable terminal 3. Furthermore, it can easily handle multiple applicants.

  Moreover, since the control information transmitted from the plurality of portable terminals 3 is integrated by the host device 1 to generate the illumination control data and transmitted to the karaoke device 2, the roles are shared among the terminal users. A wide variety of lighting effects can be performed. Thereby, the interest of karaoke singing can be further enhanced.

  The above description of the embodiment is for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof. For example, you may comprise as follows.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mixed signal is stream-distributed to each mobile terminal 3, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a moving image may be streamed. In this case, the karaoke apparatus 2 functions as a moving image transmitting means, and based on the video signal from the video camera 25, the karaoke performance signal, and the singing sound signal, the singing video of the singer is photographed as a moving image with sound. The moving image is transmitted to the host device 1. Then, the host device 1 (distribution means) streams the moving image with sound instead of the mixed signal in the above-described embodiment. In this embodiment, since not only karaoke singing but also images can be visually recognized on the mobile terminal 3, it is possible to remotely control the illumination while checking the state of the stage.

  Further, the singing moving image data (a set of singing recording data and video recording data) is generated by the karaoke device 2 by photographing and recording the state of the karaoke singing of the first embodiment, and the generated singing moving image as shown in FIG. While uploading data to the host device 1, a playback moving image of the song moving image data may be stream-distributed to each mobile terminal 3. In this embodiment, it can be enjoyed by viewing the playback video even after the end of the karaoke song.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the remote operation is performed with the three mobile terminals 3 is described as an example, but the number of the mobile terminals 3 that perform the remote operation is not limited to three. Two may be sufficient and four or more may be sufficient. Furthermore, the number may be one. And when performing remote operation with one portable terminal 3, you may transmit illumination control data (control signal) directly to the karaoke apparatus 2 not via the host apparatus 1 (server).

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the application program is supplied from the host device 1 to the mobile terminal 3 of the terminal user each time an application is made. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, an application program supplied (installed) in advance from another server to the mobile terminal 3 may be operated by a command transmitted from the host device 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Host apparatus, 2 ... Karaoke apparatus, 3 ... Portable terminal, 3A ... Smartphone, 3B ... Mobile phone, 4 ... Transmission path, 11 ... Host side control part, 11a ... CPU, 11b ... Memory, 12 ... Host side communication part , 13 ... Host side storage unit, 21 ... Karaoke main body, 22 ... Speaker, 23 ... Monitor, 24 ... Singing microphone, 25 ... Video camera, 26 ... Illumination device, 26a ... First LED moving head, 26b ... 2 units LED moving head of eyes, 26c ... third LED moving head, 27 ... remote control device, 31 ... main body side control unit, 31a ... CPU, 31b ... memory, 32 ... main body side communication unit, 33 ... main body side storage unit, 34 ... Sound source unit, 34a ... CPU, 34b ... Memory, 34c ... Waveform memory, 35 ... Sound processing unit, 36 ... Display processing unit, 37 ... Video input unit, 38 ... Lighting control 39, operation unit, 41 ... terminal side control unit, 41a ... CPU, 41b ... memory, 42 ... terminal side communication unit, 43 ... terminal side storage unit, 44 ... input operation unit, 45 ... voice control unit, 46 ... Display control unit 47... Microphone unit 48. Speaker unit 49 49 Display unit 49 a Image display area 49 b Pan / tilt instruction area 49 c Illumination color setting area 49 d Effect instruction area KB KB Karaoke store RM ... Karaoke room BS1 ... Bus BS2 ... Bus RT1 ... Router device RT2 Router device BTS ... Base station

Claims (6)

A communication karaoke system in which a karaoke device installed at a karaoke base, one or more portable terminals, and a server are communicably connected via a transmission line,
Music designation means for designating a karaoke song to be played from a plurality of karaoke songs at the karaoke base,
Performance means for playing the karaoke music designated by the music designation means at the karaoke base,
Sound collecting means for collecting the singing sound sung by the singer at the karaoke base,
Transmitting means for transmitting a mixed signal obtained by mixing the karaoke performance signal played by the performance means and the singing sound signal collected by the sound collecting means to the server via the transmission path;
A lighting device installed at the karaoke base and producing a lighting effect;
Illumination control means for controlling the illumination device;
Remote operation means for transmitting a control signal for remotely operating the illumination control means from the portable terminal to the karaoke base via the transmission path;
Recruitment means for announcing the karaoke song that the singer is scheduled to sing to a predetermined mobile terminal user and recruiting operators of the remote control means;
A delivery means for delivering the mixed signal transmitted from the karaoke base to the mobile terminal owned by the user according to the recruitment from the server via the transmission path; Online karaoke system. The remote operation means is configured to include application software that operates on the portable terminal and remotely operates the illumination control means via the transmission path.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a supply unit configured to supply the application software for operating the lighting device at the karaoke base to the portable terminal owned by the user according to the recruitment from the server. The online karaoke system described in 1. Receiving and integrating individual control signals from a plurality of portable terminals, further comprising an integration means for generating the control signals;
When the supply means has a plurality of users according to the recruitment, the application software for remotely operating the lighting control means by sharing the lighting control means among a plurality of users is owned by a plurality of users. Supply to each of the mobile terminals,
The communication remote karaoke according to claim 2, wherein the remote control means transmits the control signal generated by the integration means to the karaoke apparatus installed at the karaoke base via the transmission path. system.   The communication karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined mobile terminal user is a user registered as a group user together with the singer.   The communication karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined portable terminal user is a past attendant extracted from the singing history of the singer. The karaoke base further includes a video transmission means for shooting a singer's singing video as a video with sound and transmitting the video to a server via the transmission path
The communication karaoke system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the distribution unit performs stream distribution of the moving image instead of the mixed signal.

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