JP6242642B2 - Network karaoke system that controls pairing on a session basis - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a network karaoke system that facilitates pairing between a multi-function portable terminal used as a remote controller for karaoke and a karaoke apparatus even during karaoke performance.

Recent karaoke systems are becoming more and more functional and convenient, but the operation is becoming more complicated, and the remote control is also becoming more sophisticated.
In particular, the dedicated remote control installed in the karaoke room had problems such as many buttons and how to use it well. For this reason, if you are not used to it, it took a long time to operate the buttons, and there was a lot of time to sing.

  In addition, there is usually a small number of remote controllers in a normal karaoke room, and there is an inconvenience that the remote controller cannot be used while another person is selecting music.

  In addition, the remote control installed in the store was operated by various people, so it was not always clean.

  On the other hand, everyone is having an era of mobile phones, and with the spread of smart phones and the like, more and more people enjoy putting various software in these mobile phones. Smartphone software development environment has been enhanced, and the number of developers has increased.

  Therefore, there has been a demand for performing karaoke operations using his / her familiar multifunctional portable terminal. Also, the dedicated remote control for karaoke is expensive for business use, and even a karaoke store can save money if it is not necessary to install a dedicated remote control, and there is no management work such as theft prevention and maintenance of the remote control. Also pleased.

  Thus, in addition to proposals from various companies regarding a method of using a customer's multifunctional mobile terminal or the like as a remote controller for karaoke, the applicant has filed an application regarding the specific method. (See Non-Patent Document 1 and Patent Documents 1 and 2)

However, if the mobile terminal owned by the customer is used as a remote controller for karaoke by the short-range wireless method, the karaoke equipment that can be controlled by the customer's mobile phone will not be controlled. Need to be identified.
In addition, for example, when the mobile phone is operated from outside the store after the customer's usage time has ended, the karaoke device in the store may be controlled. (See Figure 3)

Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-226200 Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-188953

iPhone app “Denmok mini” (Daiichi Kosho) “DAM Connect” operation method

  Non-Patent Document 1 describes a pairing method for using a portable terminal as a remote controller for a karaoke apparatus. According to this, when a specific request number is reserved and input in the same manner as a music reservation with the karaoke device main body or a dedicated remote controller, information necessary for pairing is displayed on the display device connected to the karaoke device, Pairing is realized by reading with a functional portable terminal. If there are a plurality of reservations already, the reservation tunes will be displayed after being played, and pairing will not be realized during that time. Or, in order to display pairing information on the screen immediately, the karaoke that is currently being played is interrupted, and an interrupt reservation is made to display, and anyway, elements that impede the enjoyment of karaoke are included. It becomes.

  Patent Document 1 relates to a method for realizing pairing of a karaoke apparatus and a multifunctional mobile terminal in association with a session. According to this, although the reservation procedure is not followed to display the pairing information, the pairing information is displayed on the display device connected to the karaoke terminal in the same manner as in the case of Non-Patent Document 1, and further the pairing information. Is displayed immediately after the session is updated, and the reservation information reserved so far is also erased for display.

  Patent Literature 2 relates to a method for acquiring information necessary for pairing from a multi-function mobile terminal that has already been paired as a method for solving the problem in Patent Literature 1. Although it seems that the operational issues have been largely eliminated, it is actually assumed that the owner of the paired multi-function mobile terminal is singing, and the user intends to acquire pairing information. After all, it is necessary to wait for acquisition of pairing information until the end of singing.

Promote network management by making it possible to use pairing between a customer's multifunctional mobile terminal that operates as a remote controller for karaoke and a karaoke device in the unit of use (session unit) from the customer's entry to exit I tried, but karaoke users do not always gather at once, and some people may join later.
In particular, the pairing may be temporarily canceled due to some trouble in the multi-function mobile terminal. At that time, the pairing process must be executed again.

At that time, it is not preferable for karaoke room operation as a service industry to temporarily stop the karaoke performance, display the QR code (registered trademark) on the display device again, and execute the pairing process as needed.
In addition, even when pairing information is acquired from a multi-function mobile terminal that has already been paired, the owner of the multi-function mobile terminal that has already been paired has the trouble of displaying the information, and the corresponding person sings. If you are inside, you need to wait for this.
In view of these points, the present invention proposes a network karaoke system that allows a multifunctional mobile terminal of a participant on the way to be used as a remote controller for karaoke without disturbing karaoke performance even during karaoke performance. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, in the network karaoke system, a plurality of karaoke devices are connected via a network, and the karaoke devices and karaoke devices are operated via the network. A karaoke system including a karaoke device ID for identifying the karaoke device and a session ID valid at that time in the karaoke device, which is connected to an arbitrary number of remote control terminal devices and associated in a session for identifying a use unit. It has output means other than the display device connected to the video output terminal of the karaoke device that outputs the identification information, and the remote control terminal device that has already acquired the ID of the session.

In particular, in claim 1, the karaoke room information used by the output means, the information specifying the use start time and / or the use time limit of the karaoke room and the karaoke apparatus, and the karaoke identification information including the available session ID are output. It is what you do.

Further, in claim 2, the session ID and the karaoke identification information are output at least as a machine reading code, for example, a QR code (registered trademark).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the output means prints with a printer installed at the reception.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the output means is constituted by display means built in the karaoke apparatus main body.

  According to the present invention, even if some of the members who use karaoke enter the store late or perform pairing again, the pairing of the karaoke device with the multi-function mobile terminal carried by each person, By reading the pairing information displayed on the display means built in the karaoke device, not on the display device displaying lyrics etc. connected to the video output terminal, or printed on the karaoke room usage slip, The pairing process can be easily performed without interrupting karaoke performance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating network connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow which shows one Example of this invention. The conceptual explanatory drawing explaining the network by a short distance radio | wireless communication means. The reception counter explanatory drawing of the karaoke room which shows one Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the karaoke room utilization slip which shows one Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement flow which shows one Example of this invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by updating / issuing the session ID for permitting the control by the multi-function mobile terminal 4 serving as the remote controller of the karaoke device 1 in units of use, from the multi-function mobile terminal of the user having a different session Is unable to control the karaoke device.
The session ID can be updated after a certain period of time from the issue, or after the karaoke use end time, or by providing a session switching accepting means in the karaoke apparatus and manually at the end of use of the karaoke apparatus.

Next, the connection technology between the multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the network connection diagram of FIG.
In the store, there is a router 5 connected to a communication line from the center, and a wireless reception terminal device 2 and a karaoke device 1 in a karaoke room are connected to the router 5 via an access point 8. A multi-function mobile terminal 4 serving as a remote controller is connected to the router 5 via an access point 9.
When the customer starts using karaoke, the customer receives the karaoke identification information including the session ID and loads it into the multi-function mobile phone 4 that he / she owns. Then, the customer performs pairing between his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1, and the multifunctional portable terminal 4 becomes a remote controller dedicated to the karaoke apparatus 1 and controls the karaoke apparatus 1. become able to.
When the use of karaoke ends, the clerk operates the karaoke device 1 or the reception terminal device 2 in the karaoke room to update the session ID, and the pairing between the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke device 1 is reset. Therefore, the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 can no longer control the karaoke apparatus 1 in the store.

  In particular, in the present invention, a printing device 13 is provided as an output means connected to the reception terminal device 2, and is connected to the karaoke device 1 to be used from now on through a network, and the code information based on the session ID is represented by a QR code (registered trademark). It can be printed. The printed karaoke use slip 14 is printed with karaoke room information 21 to be used and karaoke room use unit information, for example, a use limit time 22 and a machine reading code 23 as karaoke identification information.

  When the karaoke use slip 14 is printed by the printing device 13 in this way, when the singing on the karaoke device has started, the remote control device (multi-function mobile terminal) that does not interfere with the singing and is not paired 4) can obtain pairing information from the karaoke usage slip 14 at any time.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the usage state of the karaoke apparatus 1 in the network karaoke system of the present invention will be described based on an explanatory diagram showing an operation flow.
(Step 51) When the karaoke store is opened, the karaoke apparatus 1 is turned on.
(Step 52) A session ID is generated, and an initial state for waiting for the customer to enter the store (step 53) is entered.
(Step 54) When the customer starts using the karaoke apparatus 1, the “session ID” [karaoke identification information] used by the customer is notified. This is displayed, for example, in the form of a QR code (registered trademark) on the display device 6 connected to the karaoke device 1.
(Step 55) The customer receives information of the karaoke apparatus 1 that uses the QR code (registered trademark) or the like by photographing the QR code (registered trademark) or the like with the camera function of his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4 or the like.
(Step 56) The customer performs pairing between the multifunctional portable terminal 4 and the karaoke apparatus 1 by operating his / her multifunctional portable terminal 4, and the karaoke apparatus 1 and the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 are associated with each other. .
(Step 57) When the pairing is completed, the customer's multifunctional portable terminal 4 can be used as a dedicated remote controller for the karaoke device 1 temporarily assigned, and the karaoke device 1 can be used.
(Step 58) The customer's use of the karaoke apparatus 1 ends and the user leaves the room.
(Steps 59, 62) When the store is closed, the karaoke apparatus 1 is turned off.
(Steps 59 and 61) If the store is not closed, the session ends (the session ID is invalidated), and at the same time, the pairing between the customer's multi-function mobile terminal 4 and the karaoke device 1 is canceled. The function portable terminal 4 cannot operate the karaoke apparatus 1, and a new session ID is generated, which is an initial state for waiting for the next customer entry (step 53).

  In the flow of FIG. 2, the karaoke identification information including the session ID is output as code information for machine reading to the display device 6 connected to the karaoke device 1 scheduled to be used. In the embodiment, the karaoke identification information is printed on the karaoke use slip 14 issued by the reception terminal device 2 via the network. As a result, the customer can read with various known barcode readers provided in advance in the multi-function portable terminal 4, and the flow will be described below with reference to FIG.

(Step 101) When the karaoke store is opened, the reception terminal device 2 is turned on.
(Step 102) The user's usage time is heard at the reception and the usage time is input.
(Step 103) The reception person in charge designates an empty karaoke room.
(Step 104) The session ID for the actual use of the karaoke apparatus 1 installed in the designated karaoke room 12 is received via the network.
(Step 105) A machine reading code 23 comprising a QR code (registered trademark) including karaoke room information 21, information 22 for specifying a use limit time, session ID and the like is printed by the printing device 13 connected to the receiving terminal device 2. A printed karaoke use slip 14 is issued.
(Step 106) When the reception is continued, the process returns to Step 102. When the process is to be completed, the store is closed through step 108.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information 22 for specifying the use limit time indicates “scheduled end time”, but may not be “scheduled end time” but may be “use start time”. For example, when the user reserves the karaoke room 12 for 2 hours and the “use start time” is displayed, the user can specify the use limit time 22 accordingly.

  Furthermore, the session ID by the switching reception means is generated on each karaoke device 1 side and shared while communicating between the reception terminal devices 2, but this session ID is generated on the reception terminal device 2, Needless to say, the karaoke apparatus 1 may be supplied.

The embodiment according to claim 4 of the present invention will be described. Normal karaoke is performed by displaying background video and lyrics on the large-screen display device 6 connected to the video output terminal of the karaoke device 1. Yes. Therefore, in order not to interfere with the karaoke performance, an output means composed of a small display means is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the karaoke apparatus 1 so that karaoke identification information including a valid session ID is output as needed. Good. By doing so, the pairing process between the karaoke apparatus 1 and the multifunctional portable terminal 4 can be easily performed at any time without disturbing the karaoke performance.

  When using karaoke, an individual session ID is issued for each usage unit of a specific karaoke device, and pairing is controlled, so that the device can be controlled reliably, and other than karaoke devices that should be connected incorrectly or intentionally The karaoke device is not controlled, and even if it is the target karaoke device, it cannot be controlled after the regular use unit ends, and security is reliably maintained. In particular, in the present invention, karaoke identification information including a session ID for pairing is provided by a printing device or a karaoke room use slip by a network karaoke system, or display means built in the karaoke device. The karaoke system with improved convenience for the user can be provided by easily performing pairing processing with the multi-function mobile terminal serving as a karaoke remote controller even after karaoke use (performance) has started.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke apparatus 2 ... Reception terminal apparatus 4 ... Multifunctional portable terminal 5 ... Router 6 ... Display apparatus 7 ... Hub 8 ... Access point 9 ... Access point 11 ... Store 12 ... Karaoke room 13 ... Printing apparatus 14 ... Karaoke use slip 21 ... Karaoke room information 22 ... Time limit 23 ... Machine reading code

Claims (4)

A plurality of karaoke devices each connected to a display device are connected by a network, and further, via the network, connect each karaoke device and an arbitrary number of remote control terminal devices that operate the karaoke device, It is a network karaoke system that is associated with a session that identifies usage units,
A display device connected to the video output terminal of the karaoke device for outputting karaoke identification information including a karaoke device ID for specifying the karaoke device and a session ID effective at that time in the karaoke device, and the session already It has output means other than the remote control terminal device that has acquired the ID,
This output means outputs the karaoke room information to be used, the information specifying the use start time and / or the limit time of use of the karaoke room and the karaoke apparatus, and the karaoke identification information. The network karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke identification information is output at least as a machine reading code. 3. The network karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the output means prints on a printer. 3. The network karaoke system according to claim 1, wherein the output means is display means built in a karaoke apparatus.

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