JP6257040B2 - Karaoke system, portable information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke device for enjoying a song, a karaoke system including a host device connected to the karaoke device via a network, and a program executable by a portable information processing device.

  Karaoke that enjoys singing along with accompaniment is widely enjoyed at night stores such as karaoke boxes and snacks. Conventionally, a karaoke apparatus for performing karaoke has been able to perform various operations such as music reservation by operating a dedicated remote controller. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the advancement of functions of portable information processing devices owned by individuals such as smartphones, the use of portable information processing devices as remote controllers for karaoke devices has been performed. In order to use the portable information processing device as a remote controller for the karaoke device, it is necessary to send a command transmitted from the portable information processing device to the karaoke device to be operated, and the portable information processing device and the operation in advance. The target karaoke device must be associated.

  Patent Document 1 discloses authority information indicating that the user has authority to use the karaoke device. The authority information that changes at predetermined time intervals is displayed on the display of the karaoke device or the music selection device with characters, bar codes, 2 It is disclosed to display as an image such as a dimension code or a watermark. The portable information processing apparatus acquires authority information displayed on the display by character input or image recognition operation, and transmits the authority information and identification information of the karaoke apparatus to the server apparatus. When it is determined that the server device has the authority to use the karaoke device corresponding to the identification information, the portable information processing device can be used as a remote control by associating the portable information processing device that has transmitted the authority information with the karaoke device. Yes.

  In Patent Document 2, the server device manages the expiration date data and the identification information of the karaoke device, and displays them on the display unit of the karaoke remote control device with a two-dimensional barcode or the like. The music selection management information (time limit data and identification information) and the music ID are transmitted to the server device via the ID, the time limit data included in the music selection management information is confirmed, and the received music ID is only received if the time limit has not expired. A technique of transferring to a karaoke apparatus is disclosed.

JP2013-037148A JP 2012-2112016 A

  In the prior art disclosed in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, the user visually observes the authority information displayed on the display, inputs characters and numbers from the portable information processing apparatus, or intentionally starts the camera application. When the barcode is read, it takes time for the user to acquire the authority information, and there is a problem that the users of the reservation service to the karaoke apparatus using the portable information processing apparatus are sluggish.

  The present invention is based on such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to use a portable information processing device possessed by a user as a remote control device for a karaoke device with a simple operation.

Therefore, the karaoke management system according to the present invention employs the following configuration.
A karaoke management system comprising a karaoke system including at least a karaoke device, and a host device capable of communicating with a portable information processing device and a plurality of karaoke devices via a communication line,
Karaoke system
An acoustic signal output process for outputting an acoustic signal including authentication information corresponding to a karaoke device from a speaker is executable.
The portable information processing device
An acquisition process for receiving an acoustic signal output from the karaoke system with a microphone and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
The authentication information acquired in the acquisition process and the command input from the input unit can be sent to the host device,
The host device
Generating authentication information associated with the identification information of the karaoke device, and transmitting the authentication information to the karaoke device; and
A karaoke device is specified based on the authentication information received from the portable information processing device, and a transfer process for transferring the command received from the portable information processing device to the specified karaoke device can be executed.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
The host device
When the authentication information is received from the portable information processing device, the identification information of the karaoke device is specified based on the received authentication information, the identification information of the specified karaoke device is associated with the user identification information, and the portable information processing device Send the associated user identification information,
When the transmission command information including the user identification information and the command is received from the portable information processing device, a transfer process for transferring the command to the karaoke device corresponding to the user identification information is executed,
The portable information processing device
The command input from the input unit and the transmission command information including the received user identification information are transmitted to the host device.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
The portable information processing device
Transmission command information including the command input from the input unit and the authentication information acquired in the acquisition process is transmitted to the host device.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
The karaoke system includes a remote control device associated with the karaoke device,
The acoustic signal output process is executed in a karaoke device or a remote control device.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
The host device
If the karaoke device cannot be identified based on the authentication information received from the portable information processing device, transfer error information is transmitted to the portable information processing device.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
When the host device receives the initialization request from the karaoke device, the host device deletes or updates the authentication information corresponding to the karaoke device.

Furthermore, in the karaoke management system according to the present invention,
In the acoustic signal output process, an acoustic signal is output from the speaker in response to execution of a login process for logging in the user in the karaoke system.

Moreover, the portable information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes:
A portable information processing device that identifies a karaoke device based on authentication information received from a portable information processing device and can communicate via a communication line with a host device that associates the portable information processing device with the karaoke device,
An acquisition process of receiving an acoustic signal including authentication information generated in association with the karaoke apparatus in the host device with a microphone, and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
The authentication information acquired in the acquisition process and the transmission process for transmitting the command input from the input unit to the host device can be executed.

Furthermore, the portable information processing apparatus according to the present invention is:
A sub-acoustic signal output process for outputting a sound signal including the authentication information acquired in the acquisition process from the speaker is made executable.

The program according to the present invention is
A program that can be executed in a portable information processing device that identifies a karaoke device based on authentication information received from the portable information processing device and can communicate with a host device that associates the portable information processing device with the karaoke device via a communication line Because
An acquisition process for receiving an acoustic signal output from the karaoke system with a microphone and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
The portable information processing apparatus is caused to execute authentication information acquired in the acquisition process and a transmission process for transmitting a command input from the input unit to the host device.

Furthermore, the program according to the present invention is:
A sub-acoustic signal output process for outputting a sound signal including the authentication information acquired in the acquisition process from the speaker is made executable.

  According to the karaoke management system according to the present invention, the portable information processing device possessed by the user receives an acoustic signal emitted from the karaoke system, thereby associating the portable information processing device with the karaoke device. Thus, the portable information processing device possessed by the user can function as a remote controller for the karaoke device. Therefore, the user can use the portable information processing apparatus possessed by the user as a remote controller for the karaoke apparatus only by a simple operation or by executing the program with the portable information processing apparatus.

Diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke system The figure which shows the constitution of the portable terminal Figure showing the top screen of the remote control device The figure which shows the music confirmation screen which is displayed on the portable terminal Flow chart showing authentication table update process in karaoke management system Flow chart showing terminal registration process, transfer process, etc. in karaoke management system Flow chart showing reset processing in karaoke management system Schematic diagram showing the authentication table update process in the karaoke management system Schematic diagram showing terminal registration processing in a karaoke management system (1) Schematic diagram showing the terminal registration process in the karaoke management system (2) Schematic diagram showing transfer processing in a karaoke management system Schematic diagram showing reset processing in a karaoke management system The figure which shows the state after reset processing in the karaoke management system The schematic diagram which shows the terminal registration process of the karaoke management system of other embodiment The schematic diagram which shows the terminal registration process of the karaoke management system of other embodiment

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The karaoke system in this embodiment includes a karaoke device 2 (commander) and a remote control device 1. The karaoke device 2 and the remote control device 1 are connected so as to form a network using the LAN 100 and the access point 110.

  The karaoke apparatus 2 installed in a store such as a karaoke box includes an acoustic control unit 25 as a playing means for playing music. Moreover, the karaoke apparatus 2 includes an operation unit 21 as input means on the karaoke apparatus 2 side, which includes switches that accept various inputs from the user. The karaoke apparatus 2 includes an operation processing unit 22 that interprets an input from the operation unit 21 and transmits the input to the control unit 30. The karaoke apparatus 2 includes an HDD 32 (hard disk) as karaoke apparatus side storage means for storing various information. The karaoke apparatus 2 includes a LAN communication unit 24 as karaoke apparatus side communication means for connecting to the LAN 100 and joining the network.

  Further, the karaoke apparatus 2 includes video reproduction means for displaying lyrics video and background video on the monitor 41. This video playback means includes a video playback unit 29 for playing back video based on video information, a video RAM 28 for temporarily storing the video to be played back, a lyrics telop superimposed on the played back video, and a video effect is added. A video control unit 31 is provided.

  Furthermore, in this karaoke apparatus 2, various information can be displayed on the touch panel monitor 33 in addition to the monitor 41 connected to the outside. The touch panel monitor 33 includes a display unit 33 a that displays video information input from the video control unit 31 and a touch panel 33 b that outputs a touch input position to the operation processing unit 22. Various operations on the karaoke apparatus 2 can also be performed via the operation unit 21 provided on the front panel of the karaoke apparatus 2 or the like.

  The touch panel monitor 33 of the present embodiment can also function as an operation unit similar to the touch panel monitor 11 that is an operation unit of the remote control device 1. The user can function as an operation means equivalent to the remote control device 1 such as selecting music from the touch panel monitor 33 and causing the karaoke device 2 to make a reservation directly.

  Furthermore, the karaoke apparatus 2 includes a control unit 30 constituted by a CPU and a memory 27 for temporarily storing information necessary for executing various programs as control means for controlling and controlling each component. I have.

  With such a configuration, the karaoke apparatus 2 performs various processes, but as a main function of the karaoke apparatus 2, a designation process, a reproduction process, and the like can be performed. The designation process is a process for designating and reserving music based on designation from the user, and is executed in cooperation with the remote control device 1. The reservation information transmitted from the remote control device 1 is registered in the reservation table stored in the memory 27. The reproduction process is a process for reproducing a reserved music piece, and the performance process and the lyrics reproduction process are executed in synchronization with each other.

  The performance process is a process for causing the sound control unit 25 to perform the performance data included in the music data. The music played by the acoustic control unit 25 is emitted from the speaker 42 together with the singing voice input from the singing microphones 44a and 44b. The lyrics reproduction process is a process for assisting the singing by displaying the lyrics data included in the music data on the monitor 41. A background video display process for superimposing a background video on the lyrics displayed in the lyrics reproduction process may be executed.

  On the other hand, the remote control device 1 transmits various instructions to the karaoke device 2 such as reservation information, and receives various information from the karaoke device 2 or the host device 5 connected on the Internet. In the present embodiment, an operation unit 17 such as a button and the touch panel monitor 11 are provided as user interfaces. The touch panel monitor 11 includes a display unit 11a and a touch panel 11b, displays various interfaces on the display unit 11a, and can accept a touch input from a user.

  Further, the remote control device 1 controls the memory 14 as a remote control side storage means for storing a database, various programs required for music search, and various information generated in accordance with the execution of the program, and these configurations. Remote control side control means. The remote control side control means includes a control unit 15 constituted by a CPU, a video control unit 13 for forming a video to be displayed on the display unit 11a, a video RAM 12 for temporarily storing video information to be displayed, and an operation unit 17. The operation processing unit 18 that interprets and transmits the input to the control unit 15 is included.

  The remote control device 1 is connected to a network constituted by the LAN 100 by being wirelessly connected to the access point 110 by the wireless LAN communication unit 16. Each remote control device 1 is associated with a specific karaoke device 2 in advance. Various commands output from the remote control device 1 are received by the associated karaoke device 2.

  The remote control device of this embodiment includes a sound output system having a sound control unit 81 and a speaker 82 for associating the mobile terminal 6 such as a smartphone possessed by the user with the karaoke device 2. Based on the control of the CPU 15, the acoustic control unit 81 can execute an acoustic signal output process in which an acoustic signal including authentication information received from the host device 5 by the karaoke apparatus 2 is output from the speaker 82.

  Next, the portable terminal 6 possessed by the user in the present invention (“portable information processing apparatus” in the present invention) will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the mobile terminal 6 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As the mobile terminal 6, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, or the like can be used. The portable terminal 6 can be used as a remote controller for the karaoke device 2 by installing the program (application) according to the present invention in the portable terminal 6 and executing the association process on the program.

  The mobile terminal 6 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit that includes a control unit 61, a RAM 62, a storage unit 63, an image processing unit 64, and an acoustic processing unit 66. The storage unit 63 can employ a nonvolatile storage unit such as a hard disk or an SSD. The storage unit 63 stores a program capable of executing the posting process in the present embodiment and various data used in the program.

  The control unit 61 is a unit that controls the entire portable terminal 6 such as a CPU, and executes various controls based on programs and data stored in the storage unit 63. The RAM 62 temporarily stores data generated under the control of the control unit 61.

  The sound processing unit 66 is a unit that performs input / output of sound related to the mobile terminal 6. This is means for causing the speaker 67a to emit sound under the control of the control unit 61. In addition, the acoustic processing unit 66 is connected to the microphone 67b and can capture surrounding sounds from the microphone 67b.

  The touch panel display unit 68 includes a display unit 68b for displaying an image and a touch panel 68a disposed on the front surface or the back surface of the display unit 68b. Various types of touch panel 68a that can recognize a user's touch position, such as a capacitance method, can be used. The control unit 61 can display on the display unit 68b and determine which part of the displayed image is touch-input by touch input from the touch panel 68a.

  The image processing unit 64 is a means for inputting and outputting image relations of the mobile terminal 6. The image processing unit 64 displays and outputs the image information formed by the control unit 61 on the display unit 68b. The image processing unit 64 has a function of capturing an image from the front camera 65F arranged on the front surface (touch panel display unit 68 side) of the mobile terminal 6 or the rear camera 65R arranged on the back surface of the mobile terminal 6.

  The communication unit 69 can perform wireless communication via a portable wireless network, and can perform communication or communication using the Internet by performing wireless communication with a wireless base station. The portable terminal 6 can download various programs (also referred to as “applications”) including a program that can execute a posting process from a server on the Internet. The program may be installed from the external memory EX connected to the external memory connection terminal 72 other than the form using the communication line. The communication unit 69 may be further provided with wireless LAN communication means or near field communication means such as near field communication means (infrared communication, Bluetooth (trademark), etc.).

  The portable terminal 6 of this embodiment is configured to include an input switch 70 in addition to the touch panel 68a as input means. The input switch 70 can be provided with various switches such as a power switch, a volume adjustment switch, and a switch whose input application is changed by a program to be executed.

  The mobile terminal 6 according to the present embodiment associates the mobile terminal 6 with the karaoke device 2 to be operated by installing and executing a program provided by the karaoke dealer, so that the music from the mobile terminal 6 to the karaoke device 2 is associated. It is possible to send various commands such as reservation commands.

  In the karaoke system installed in the karaoke store described with reference to FIG. 1, a user who visits the karaoke store causes the mobile terminal 6 possessed by the user to function as a remote controller for the karaoke device 2 to be used. Therefore, the karaoke system is supposed to execute the karaoke system sound signal output process. The acoustic signal output process is a process of emitting and outputting an acoustic signal including authentication information assigned to the karaoke system from a speaker of the karaoke system, and is executed to associate the mobile terminal 6 possessed by the user with the karaoke apparatus 2. It is processing. In the present embodiment, sound is output from the speaker 82 of the remote control device 1 during the karaoke system. Since the remote control device 1 is often used in a location that is relatively close to the user, the user can cause the mobile terminal 6 to listen to an acoustic signal by easily bringing the mobile terminal 6 that the user has to the remote control device 1. Is possible. In addition, since the distance between the remote control device 1 and the portable terminal 6 can be made close, the output sound of the acoustic signal can be suppressed to a low volume. The sound signal output processing is not limited to the form performed by the remote control device 1 as described above, but can also be performed by the karaoke device 2 and outputting sound from the speaker 42 connected to the karaoke device 2.

  Various processes for causing the portable terminal 6 to function as the remote controller of the karaoke apparatus 2 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing authentication table update processing in the karaoke management system. The karaoke management system according to the present invention includes a karaoke system (including at least the karaoke device 2) and the host device 5, and the portable terminal 6 possessed by the user is not included in the karaoke management system. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing authentication table update processing. In the present embodiment, authentication information generated by the host device 5 is used. When the karaoke device 2 determines that it is the timing of the authentication information request (S101: Yes), the host device 5 sends an authentication information request including the karaoke device ID individually assigned to the karaoke device 2 to the host device 5. The authentication information request process (S102) to be transmitted is executed.

  The timing of requesting authentication information may be executed based on an operation on the karaoke system (remote control device 1 or karaoke device 2). For example, in a karaoke box, an employee may perform an authentication information request operation for a karaoke system after a customer leaves the store. In such a form, since the authentication information is changed after the customer's use, the customer's portable terminal 6 that has been used before cannot use the remote control function. Therefore, it becomes possible to invalidate the remote control operation by the customer who has left the store and invalidate the inappropriate remote operation for the karaoke apparatus 2. The timing of requesting authentication information is not limited to the form by the user's operation as described above, but can adopt a form as appropriate, for example, automatically at predetermined time intervals.

  After receiving the authentication information request, the host device 5 generates authentication information corresponding to the karaoke device ID (karaoke device A) included in the authentication information request (S201). Then, the host device 5 updates the authentication table stored in the storage unit 51 based on the newly generated authentication information (S202). In the case of FIG. 8, the authentication information A1 was previously stored corresponding to the karaoke device A, but the host device 5 newly generates the authentication information A2 by this authentication information request and associates it with the karaoke device A. Remember.

  The host device 5 receives the newly generated authentication information (authentication information A2) with respect to the karaoke device 2 that has transmitted the authentication information request (S103). The karaoke system performs an acoustic signal output process (S104) based on the received authentication information. FIG. 9 schematically shows a part of the authentication table update process. The host device 5 transmits authentication information (authentication information A2) to the karaoke device 2 that has requested the authentication information. The karaoke device 2 that has received the authentication information transfers the authentication information to the remote control device 1 associated with the karaoke device 2. The remote control device 1 executes an acoustic signal output process (S104) based on the received authentication information. In the case of FIG. 9, the acoustic signal emitted by the remote control device 1 includes the authentication information (authentication information A2) received by the karaoke device 2.

  The acoustic signal emitted in the acoustic signal output processing (S104) is a signal obtained by modulating the authentication information assigned to the karaoke apparatus 2 into a sound wave, and is in a frequency band such as an ultrasonic wave that is not audible to humans or difficult to hear. It is preferable to set. By setting to such a frequency band, it does not become a noise source when using the karaoke apparatus 2 for the purpose of enjoying singing, and an acoustic signal can be easily obtained from ambient noise on the mobile terminal 6 side. It becomes possible to do.

  The acoustic signal output process (S104) can be executed at an appropriate timing. The acoustic signal output processing (S104) may be always executed by the remote control device 1, but as described above, noise may be generated depending on the frequency band in which the acoustic signal is used. Therefore, it is conceivable to execute the acoustic signal output process (S104) for a predetermined period triggered by various conditions. Examples of conditions for executing the acoustic signal output process (S104) are described below.

(1) When triggered by execution of a login process for logging in a member user.
In this embodiment, as long as the app is downloaded to the mobile terminal 6 without requiring the user to log in to the karaoke device or the mobile terminal app, that is, without requiring membership registration for the karaoke service, Even a non-member user (hereinafter referred to as a guest user) can associate the personal portable terminal 6 and the karaoke apparatus 2 with each other. There are also users (hereinafter referred to as member users). A member user usually logs in to use various member services (for example, use of eighteenth registered music). Therefore, the remote control device 1 receives the login request of the member user, and executes the acoustic signal output process (S104) triggered by the execution of the login process for logging in the member user. In this case, since the sound signal is output within a predetermined time at the timing when the member user logs in, the output period can be suppressed.

(2) When triggered by an operation that specifies acoustic signal output processing.
In the present embodiment, the user can perform various operations using the remote control device 1 that is associated with the karaoke device 2 in advance, but the sound signal output process (S104) is triggered by the operation on the remote control device 1. May be executed. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the remote control device 1 is labeled “Please bring the mobile terminal remote control mobile terminal closer”. A portion with this notation is an operable icon, and the acoustic signal output process (S104) is executed upon receipt of an operation for designating this icon. In this case, since the sound signal is output only at the timing desired by the guest user, the output period can be suppressed. (3) When triggered by the determination that the remote control device 1 is being operated.
In this embodiment, it is possible to perform various operations using the remote control device 1, but instead of always outputting an acoustic signal, the remote control device 1 accepts some operation such as a music selection operation. In response to this, the acoustic signal output process (S104) may be started. Therefore, the acoustic signal output process (S104) is stopped during the period when the remote control device 1 is not used, and the acoustic signal output period can be suppressed.

(4) When triggered by receiving the first operation of the remote control device 1.
In this embodiment, it is possible to perform various operations using the remote control device 1, and a user who enters the room of a karaoke store first picks up the remote control device 1 to select a song or perform various operations. You will browse the campaign information. Therefore, it is assumed that the remote control device 1 executes the acoustic signal output process (S104) triggered by the timing when the first operation is received. Here, “first operation” usually means that when one group ends the use of karaoke and leaves the karaoke store, the employee of the karaoke store performs the reset operation (S111) as shown in FIG. Therefore, after the reset operation is accepted, the next accepted operation is the “first operation”. Normally, the acceptance of this first operation corresponds to the operation when the next group enters the room. Therefore, since the sound signal is output for a predetermined period after entering the room, the output period can be suppressed. Become.

(5) When proximity of the portable terminal 6 is determined by the proximity sensor.
In the present embodiment, since an acoustic signal is output from the speaker 82 of the remote control device 1, the speaker 82 and the portable terminal 6 are preferably placed close to each other in order for the portable terminal 6 to listen to the acoustic signal. Therefore, an acoustic signal may be output when it is determined that the remote control device 1 and the mobile terminal 6 are close to each other. In such a form, it is possible to output the acoustic signal with the distance between the speaker 82 and the portable terminal 6 close to each other and to suppress the output period of the acoustic signal. Here, since the mobile terminal 6 generally uses metal parts, it is considered that the proximity sensor uses a metal sensor to determine the proximity of the mobile terminal 6 to the remote control device 1. . In addition, as a proximity sensor, it is good also as determining the proximity | contact of the portable terminal 6 by providing a camera in the remote control apparatus 1 and recognizing the image imaged with the camera.

In any case of (1) to (5), the acoustic signal output process (S104) is executed for a predetermined period, so that it is always compared with the case where the acoustic signal is emitted. It becomes possible to suppress the output period of the acoustic signal. Therefore, the power consumption of the remote control device 1 driven by a battery can be suppressed.

  FIG. 3 is an active user top screen and shows a state immediately after the user logs in. As shown in this screen, when a plurality of people are logged in, the logged-in user field 103 displays the logged-in images 103a to 103e (face portions in the present embodiment) of the logged-in user. In the logged-in user column 103, the user whose background is highlighted (white) on the right end is the active user 103e (Mr. A), and in the state shown in FIG. The service using the user information 103e is being executed. On this active user top screen, a search based on a singer name and a song name can be performed by selecting “Find a song”.

  A message for using the mobile terminal 6 as a remote controller of the karaoke device 2 is displayed on the upper right of the active user top screen of the present embodiment. A guest user who is not a member of the karaoke service activates a program (app) on the mobile terminal 6 and brings the mobile terminal 6 close to the remote control device 1, thereby generating an acoustic signal emitted from the speaker 82 of the remote control device 1. Received by the microphone 67b of the portable terminal 6 and obtains authentication information included in the acoustic signal. In the present embodiment, the acoustic signal output process (S104) is executed for a predetermined period when the member user logs in (form (1) described above). The execution timing of the acoustic signal output process (S104) can be changed to the forms (2) to (5) described above or can be used in combination. Or it is good also as always performing during the period when the karaoke system is starting.

  FIG. 6 shows processing of the mobile terminal 6 that has received the sound output signal. FIG. 9 schematically shows a part of the acoustic signal output process (S104). The acoustic signal emitted from the speaker 82 of the remote control device 1 is input to the microphone 67 b of the mobile terminal 6. The authentication information (authentication information A2) is included in the acoustic signal, and when the portable terminal 6 receives the acoustic signal (S301: Yes), the authentication information (authentication information A2) extracted by analyzing the acoustic signal is obtained. It memorize | stores in memory | storage means, such as RAM62 (S302). The portable terminal 6 transmits the stored authentication information to the host device 5 (S303).

  When the host device 5 receives the authentication information from the mobile terminal 6 (S211), the host device 5 generates a guest user ID (guest user A) (S212). The guest user ID is identification information assigned to each mobile terminal 6. Then, the host device 5 refers to the authentication table and determines the karaoke device ID (karaoke device A) corresponding to the authentication information (authentication information A2) received from the mobile terminal 6. Next, the host device 5 associates the guest user ID (guest user A) with the karaoke device ID (karaoke device A) and registers them in the association table stored in the storage unit 51 (S213). The host device 5 transmits the generated guest user ID (guest user A) to the mobile terminal 6 that has transmitted the authentication information (S213). The guest user ID may be uniquely assigned for each application installed in the mobile terminal 6 instead of for each mobile terminal 6. In this case, when the application is uninstalled from the mobile terminal 6 and installed again, another guest user ID is assigned.

  FIG. 10 schematically shows the state of the mobile terminal 6 that receives the guest user ID from the host device 5. The host device 5 transmits a guest user ID (guest user A) to the mobile terminal 6 that has transmitted the authentication information via the mobile phone network (S213). The portable terminal 6 receives the guest user ID (guest user A) transmitted from the host device 5 (S304) and stores it in the storage means such as the RAM 62 (S305). The association between the portable terminal 6 and the karaoke apparatus 2 is completed by the above processing. The host device 5 can determine the karaoke device A associated with the portable terminal 6 to which the guest user ID is assigned by referring to the association table, and is transmitted from the portable terminal 6. The various commands can be transferred to the karaoke apparatus 2 associated therewith.

  The host device 5 can identify the karaoke device 2 corresponding to the guest user ID based on this association table. After the association process is completed, the mobile terminal 5 can function as a remote controller for the associated karaoke device 2, as with the remote control device 1. FIG. 4 shows a music confirmation screen displayed on the touch panel display unit 68 of the mobile terminal 6. The music confirmation screen is a screen showing details of the music designated based on the music name, singer name, etc. designated by the user, and the user can reserve the music on the music confirmation screen. On the music confirmation screen, music setting information 602 such as key setting, music type setting, posting function setting and the like is displayed in addition to music related information 601 such as singer name, music title, singing, and thumbnail images related to music. The user can reserve the displayed music piece in the associated karaoke apparatus 2 by operating the reservation button 603.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a transfer process among the mobile terminal 6, the host device 5, and the karaoke device 2. A user possessing the mobile terminal 6 inputs a command by an action such as touching the reservation button 603 on the music confirmation screen. If it is determined that a command has been input (S306: Yes), the portable terminal 6 transmits transmission command information to the host device 5 (S307). The transmission command information includes a command corresponding to command input (command A) and a guest user ID (guest user A) stored in the mobile terminal 6.

  The host device 5 executes an authentication process based on the association table (S215). The authentication process is performed by determining whether or not the guest user ID (guest user A) in the transmission command information sent from the mobile terminal 6 exists on the association table. If there is a guest user ID in the transmission command information on the association table, it is a case where the authentication is successful (S216: Yes), and in this case, the host device 5 is directed to the karaoke device 2 to be transferred. Transfer command information is transmitted (S217). The transfer command information includes a command (command A) in the transmission command information and a karaoke device ID (karaoke device A) as a destination. The karaoke apparatus 2 (karaoke apparatus A) that has received the transfer command information executes processing according to the command included in the transfer information.

  On the other hand, if there is no guest user ID in the transmission command information on the association table, the authentication has failed (S216: No), and in this case, the portable terminal 6 that has transmitted the transmission command information Then, transfer error information indicating that the command cannot be transferred is transmitted (S217). When receiving the transfer error information (S308: Yes), the portable terminal 6 displays an error message on the touch panel display unit 68 and notifies the user that the command cannot be transferred (S309).

  The transfer process (S306 to S309) in the portable terminal 6 is repeatedly executed until the program being executed in the portable terminal 6 is terminated (S310: Yes), and is registered on the association table of the host device 5. The portable terminal 6 can function as a remote controller for the karaoke apparatus 2.

  Thus, in this embodiment, although the portable terminal 6 which a user possesses can be functioned as a remote control of the karaoke apparatus 2 installed in the karaoke store, the portable terminal 6 is connected via a mobile phone network. Since the communication connection is established with the host device 5, transmission command information can be transmitted to the karaoke device 2 through the host device 5 even after the user leaves the karaoke store. In such a case, when the transfer command information is transferred to the karaoke device 2 based on the transmission command information received by the host device 5, the karaoke device 2 can be remotely controlled from outside the karaoke store.

  In this embodiment, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, after the user leaves the store, the reset process is performed on the used karaoke system. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing reset processing in the karaoke management system. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing reset processing in the karaoke management system. In a karaoke store such as a karaoke box, the karaoke device 2 is reset after the user leaves the store. This reset operation can be performed by using the touch panel monitor 33 of the karaoke device 2 or the touch panel monitor 11 of the remote control device 1 or the like. It is preferable not to operate.

  When the reset operation is performed in the karaoke device 2 (S111: Yes), the karaoke device 2 transmits a reset request including its own karaoke device ID (karaoke device A) to the host device 5. After receiving the reset request (S221), the host device 5 cancels (deletes) the authentication information corresponding to the karaoke device ID included in the reset request on the authentication table (S112). Then, the karaoke device ID corresponding to the karaoke device ID included in the reset request is canceled (deleted) on the association table (S222). In the karaoke apparatus 2, the stored authentication information is deleted (S113) and the acoustic information output process is stopped (S114).

  FIG. 13 schematically shows a state of communication between the portable terminal 6 and the host device 5 after performing the reset process. When a command is input on the portable terminal 6 and transfer command information is transmitted (S307), the host device 5 executes an authentication process based on the transmission command information (S215). After performing the reset process, in the association table, since the karaoke device ID is released (deleted), the host device 5 determines that the authentication has failed (S216: No), and transfers the transfer error information to the mobile terminal 6. Send. Thus, in this embodiment, the remote operation of the karaoke apparatus 2 by the user who left the store is prevented by performing the reset process.

  Instead of performing this reset process, the authentication table update process described in FIG. 5 may be performed. At that time, in the authentication table update process, the authentication table is updated to new authentication information, and the karaoke device ID on the association table is canceled. By executing the authentication table update process after leaving the store, the karaoke system can start the acoustic signal output process, and can quickly respond to the customer who uses the karaoke system next time. The reset process reset request and the authentication table update process authentication information request described with reference to FIG. 5 initialize authentication information (delete or update previous authentication information), so both are initialized. It can be called a request.

  As mentioned above, according to the karaoke management system of this embodiment, authentication information is memorize | stored in the portable terminal 6 by simple operation of receiving the acoustic signal emitted from the karaoke system with the portable terminal 6 which a user possesses. The karaoke device 2 can be remotely operated. In the present embodiment, the acoustic signal output process is executed in the remote control device 1 in the karaoke system, but the acoustic signal output process can also be executed by another device.

  14 and 15 are diagrams showing association processing in the karaoke management system of another embodiment according to another embodiment, and are diagrams corresponding to the processing of FIG. 9 of the above-described embodiment. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the acoustic signal output process is executed in the karaoke apparatus 2 in the karaoke system. The karaoke apparatus 2 outputs a sound signal including authentication information (authentication information A2) from the speaker 42. The timing of the acoustic signal output processing is appropriately selected as in the above-described embodiment, such as the forms (1) to (4), or the period during which the karaoke apparatus 2 stores the authentication information. It is possible. The portable terminal 6 that has received the acoustic signal output from the speaker 42 transmits an authentication information request including the authentication information (authentication information A2) to the host device 5. Subsequent transfer processing, reset processing, and the like are the same as those in the above-described embodiment.

  The embodiment shown in FIG. 15 is a form in which the secondary acoustic signal output process is executed by the portable terminal 6a that has already been associated with the karaoke apparatus 2. The sub-acoustic signal output process is a process of emitting the same acoustic signal as the acoustic signal output process executed on the karaoke system side, such as the remote control device 1 or the like, but is separated from the acoustic signal output process on the karaoke system side. The letter “subordinate” is attached. The mobile terminal 6a is in a state in which a program (application) provided by a karaoke dealer is activated, and is associated with the karaoke device 2 by various association processes described in FIG. 9 or FIG. Sending is possible. Therefore, the portable terminal 6a receives and stores the authentication information (authentication information A2), and the portable terminal 6a executes the secondary acoustic signal output process, thereby performing an acoustic signal including the authentication information (authentication information A2). Is output from the speaker 67a. The mobile terminal 6b newly associated with the karaoke apparatus 2 receives the acoustic signal emitted from the mobile terminal 6a and transmits an authentication information request including authentication information (authentication information A2) to the host apparatus 5.

Below, the portable terminal 6a describes the example conditions which perform a subacoustic signal output process.
(1) When triggered by the fact that the mobile terminal 6a has received an acoustic signal and extracted authentication information.
When the mobile terminal 6a extracts the authentication information of FIG. 6 (S302), the process is performed in parallel with the process of transmitting the authentication information (S303) or after the completion of the authentication information transmission process for a predetermined time. An acoustic signal including authentication information is output in the acoustic signal output process. Accordingly, even a guest user who is difficult to acquire an acoustic signal from the karaoke system from the microphone can be easily acquired depending on the sitting position in the room of the karaoke store.
(2) When triggered by the fact that the portable terminal 6a has accepted the execution of the secondary acoustic signal processing.
When the mobile terminal 6a extracts authentication information (S302), a new “authentication information transmission” icon may be displayed on the touch panel display unit of the mobile terminal 6a in FIG. When the user of the mobile terminal 6a accepts contact with the icon, the mobile terminal 6a executes the secondary sound signal output process, thereby transmitting authentication information to an arbitrary user according to the user's intention of the mobile terminal 6a. Can do.
(3) When the mobile terminal 6a determines the proximity of the mobile terminal 6b by the proximity sensor.
After the mobile terminal 6a extracts the authentication information (S302), the acoustic signal output process may be executed when the mobile terminal 6b comes close within a predetermined range. Since the mobile terminal 6 generally uses metal parts, it is conceivable to use a metal sensor as a proximity sensor to determine the proximity of the mobile terminal 6b to the mobile terminal 6a. As a proximity sensor, in addition, a camera is provided in the remote control device 1, and the proximity of the portable terminal 6b is determined by recognizing an image captured by the camera. Thereby, recognition information can be acquired by the intention of the user of the portable terminal 6b who wants to use the karaoke system as a guest user.
(4) When the acceleration sensor of the mobile terminal 6a determines a predetermined acceleration value.
After the mobile terminal 6a extracts the authentication information (S302), when the acceleration sensor mounted in advance on the mobile terminal 6a detects the acceleration value of the mobile terminal itself, and the acceleration value exceeds a predetermined threshold, that is, When the mobile terminal 6a is determined to have been shaken by the user's intention, the secondary sound signal output process is executed. Thereby, authentication information can be transmitted to arbitrary users according to the user's intention of the portable terminal 6a.

  In such an embodiment, it becomes possible to transmit the authentication information registered in the karaoke system to the mobile terminal 6b possessed by another user using the mobile terminal 6a that has already undergone the association process. . Therefore, without using the karaoke system such as the remote control device 1 or the karaoke device 2, for example, the karaoke device 2 and the mobile terminal 6b owned by the user can be easily used by using the mobile terminal 6a of the user sitting next to the user. Correspondence can be performed. In addition, this time, it is possible to transmit authentication information to another portable terminal (for example, 6c) under the same situation using the same program even in the portable terminal 6b that has received the acoustic signal. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, authentication information can be transmitted in a chain between a plurality of portable terminals 6.

  In the various embodiments described above, the association table stored and managed by the host device 5 is used. However, an embodiment in which the association table is not used is also conceivable. In that case, the host device 5 does not need to generate a guest ID. The portable terminal 6 receives the authentication information included in the acoustic signal and stores it in a storage unit such as the RAM 62. Thereafter, when a command is input to the mobile terminal 6, the mobile terminal 6 transmits the command to the host apparatus 5 in association with the stored authentication information as transmission command information. The host device 5 refers to the authentication table, determines the karaoke device ID associated with the authentication information included in the received transmission command information, and transfers the transfer command information to the karaoke device 2 corresponding to the karaoke device ID. To do.

  In such an embodiment, authentication information is included in each transmission command information. It is conceivable that the authentication information has a large capacity when the authentication accuracy is improved. Therefore, when authentication information is included in each transmission command information, the communication capacity increases, and the host device 5 needs to execute an authentication process using the authentication information every time the transmission command information is received. Therefore, in order to reduce the communication capacity and the load on the host device 5, it is preferable to use a correspondence table.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a, 1b ... Remote control device 5 ... Host device 11 ... Touch panel monitor 51 ... Memory | storage device 11a ... Display part 6 ... Portable terminal (portable information processing apparatus)
11b ... Touch panel 61 ... Control unit 12 ... Video RAM 62 ... RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Video control part 63 ... Memory | storage part 14 ... Memory 64 ... Image control part 15 ... CPU 65F ... Front camera 16 ... Wireless LAN communication part 65R ... Rear camera 17 ... Operation part 66 ... Sound processing part 18 ... Operation processing part 67a ... Speaker 19 ... Infrared communication unit 67b ... Microphone 2 ... Karaoke device (commander) 68 ... Touch panel display unit 21 ... Operation unit 68a ... Touch panel 22 ... Operation processing unit 68b ... Display unit 23 ... Infrared communication unit 69 ... Communication unit 24 ... LAN communication Unit 70 ... Input switch 25 ... Sound control unit 71 ... External input terminal 27 ... Memory 41 ... Monitor 28 ... Video RAM 72 ... External memory connection terminal 29 ... Video playback unit 81 ... Sound control unit 30 ... Control unit 82 ... Speaker 31 ... Video controller 100 ... LAN
32 ... HDD (hard disk) 110 ... access point 42 ... speaker 120 ... router 44a, 44b ... microphone for singing (microphone)

Claims (11)

A karaoke management system comprising a karaoke system including at least a karaoke device, and a host device capable of communicating with a portable information processing device and a plurality of karaoke devices via a communication line,
Karaoke system
An acoustic signal output process for outputting an acoustic signal including authentication information corresponding to a karaoke device from a speaker is executable.
The portable information processing device
An acquisition process for receiving an acoustic signal output from the karaoke system with a microphone and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
The authentication information acquired in the acquisition process and the command input from the input unit can be sent to the host device,
The host device
Generating authentication information associated with the identification information of the karaoke device, and transmitting the authentication information to the karaoke device; and
A karaoke management system in which a karaoke device is specified based on authentication information received from a portable information processing device, and transfer processing for transferring a command received from the portable information processing device to the specified karaoke device can be executed. The host device
When the authentication information is received from the portable information processing device, the identification information of the karaoke device is specified based on the received authentication information, the identification information of the specified karaoke device is associated with the user identification information, and the portable information processing device Send the associated user identification information,
When the transmission command information including the user identification information and the command is received from the portable information processing device, a transfer process for transferring the command to the karaoke device corresponding to the user identification information is executed,
The portable information processing device
The karaoke management system according to claim 1, wherein the command input from the input unit and transmission command information including the received user identification information are transmitted to the host device. The portable information processing device
The karaoke management system according to claim 1, wherein the command input from the input unit and transmission command information including the authentication information acquired in the acquisition process are transmitted to the host device. The karaoke system includes a remote control device associated with the karaoke device,
The karaoke management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the acoustic signal output processing is executed in a karaoke device or a remote control device. The host device
The karaoke management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the karaoke device cannot be identified based on the authentication information received from the portable information processing device, transfer error information is transmitted to the portable information processing device. . The karaoke management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the host device deletes or updates the authentication information corresponding to the karaoke device when receiving the initialization request from the karaoke device. The karaoke management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the acoustic signal output process outputs an acoustic signal from a speaker in response to execution of a login process for logging a user in the karaoke system. A portable information processing device that identifies a karaoke device based on authentication information received from a portable information processing device and can communicate via a communication line with a host device that associates the portable information processing device with the karaoke device,
An acquisition process of receiving an acoustic signal including authentication information generated in association with the karaoke apparatus in the host device with a microphone, and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
A portable information processing apparatus capable of executing authentication information acquired by an acquisition process and a transmission process of transmitting a command input from an input unit to a host device. The portable information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a sub-acoustic signal output process for outputting a sound signal including authentication information acquired by the acquisition process from a speaker is executable. A program that can be executed in a portable information processing device that identifies a karaoke device based on authentication information received from the portable information processing device and can communicate with a host device that associates the portable information processing device with the karaoke device via a communication line Because
An acquisition process for receiving an acoustic signal output from the karaoke system with a microphone and acquiring authentication information included in the received acoustic signal;
A program for causing a portable information processing device to execute authentication information acquired in the acquisition processing and transmission processing for transmitting a command input from an input unit to a host device. The program according to claim 10, wherein a sub-acoustic signal output process for outputting a sound signal including authentication information acquired in the acquisition process from a speaker is executable.