JP6937675B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a karaoke device.

When karaoke singing is performed by a plurality of users, another user may try to select a song related to the song being sung by one user in order to enhance the atmosphere of the place. At this time, if the other user does not know the song being sung, it is difficult to select the related song.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for facilitating a search for a song related to a song being sung by displaying attribute information such as a singer name, a genre, and an age related to the song being sung on a remote controller. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-212476

By the way, there are cases where users of different ages sing karaoke, such as a boss and a subordinate of a company. In such a case, the age of the song that is often sung and the age of the song that is known (hereinafter, "singing age") differ depending on the user.

Therefore, for example, when a younger user sings a song of his / her own singing age without hesitation, the atmosphere of the place may be impaired.

On the other hand, when the singing ages are different, it is difficult for the younger user to select a song related to the song sung by the older user. Further, at this time, even if it becomes possible to search for a song related to the song sung by an older user by using the technique described in Patent Document 1, since the singing age is different in the first place, the year There is a possibility that only songs that the user below cannot sing (songs that you do not know) will be selected by the search. In this case, the younger user cannot decide which song to sing, which makes smooth singing difficult. As a result, the atmosphere of the place is spoiled.

An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke device capable of presenting a song that is easy for a younger user to sing karaoke when singing karaoke between users having different ages.

The main invention for achieving the above object is a karaoke device for singing karaoke by a plurality of users, and links the identification information of the cover song with the age when the original song of the cover song was announced. By comparing the ages of the users with the cover music storage unit that is stored in the store, the specific unit that identifies the oldest person and the age of the music that the specified oldest person often sings or the music that is known A discriminating unit for determining the singing age indicating the age, an extraction unit for extracting the cover music with the determined singing age as the announcement age of the original song by referring to the cover music storage unit, and a unit other than the oldest person. It is a karaoke device having a presentation unit for presenting information indicating the extracted cover music to other users.
Other features of the present invention will be clarified by the description of the description and drawings described later.

According to the present invention, when karaoke singing is performed between users having different ages, it is possible to present a song that is easy for younger users to sing karaoke.

It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration example of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the software configuration example of the apparatus main body which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of data stored in the cover music storage part which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which showed the example of the singing history of the user which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of data stored in the cover music storage part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which showed the example of the singing history of the user which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
The karaoke device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

== Karaoke device ==
The karaoke device 1 is a device for performing karaoke performance of a song selected by a user and for the user (one or more) to sing karaoke. As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke device 1 includes a karaoke body 10, a speaker 20, a display device 30, a microphone 40, and a remote control device 50.

The speaker 20 is configured to emit sound based on the sound emitted signal from the karaoke main body 10. The display device 30 is configured to display an image or an image on the screen based on the signal from the karaoke main body 10. The microphone 40 is configured to convert the user's singing voice (input voice from the microphone 40) into an analog singing voice signal and input it to the karaoke main body 10.

(Karaoke hardware)
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke main body 10 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, a storage unit 13, an acoustic processing unit 14, a display processing unit 15, and an operation unit 16. Each configuration is connected to bus B via an interface (not shown).

The karaoke body 10 performs various controls related to karaoke singing, such as karaoke performance control of selected songs, display control of lyrics and background images, and processing of singing voice signals input through a microphone 40.

The control unit 11 includes a CPU 11a and a memory 11b. The CPU 11a realizes various control functions by executing an operation program stored in the memory 11b. The memory 11b is a storage device that stores a program to be executed in the CPU 11a and temporarily stores various information when the program is executed.

The communication unit 12 provides an interface for connecting the karaoke body 10 to the communication line via a router (not shown).

The storage unit 13 is a large-capacity storage device that stores various types of data, such as a hard disk drive. The storage unit 13 stores a plurality of music data for performing karaoke performance by the karaoke device 1.

Identification information (music ID) for identifying each karaoke music is added to the music data. The music data includes accompaniment data, reference data, background image data, lyrics data, and attribute information. The accompaniment data is MIDI format data that is the source of the karaoke performance sound. The reference data is data used as a reference when scoring a karaoke song by a user. The reference data includes pitch (pitch) data, sound length data, timing data, and the like. The background image data is data corresponding to the background image displayed on the display device 30 or the like at the time of karaoke performance. The lyrics data is data related to lyrics (lyric telop) to be displayed on the display device 30 or the like. The attribute information is information about the music such as the music name, the singer name, the lyrics / composer name, the age when the music was announced, and the genre. Here, the year when the music was announced may be one year, for example, the year when the CD was released or the year when it was uploaded on the Internet, or the 1970s (1970 to 1979), 2000. It may be a predetermined period such as the age (2000 to 2009).

Based on the control of the control unit 11, the sound processing unit 14 controls the performance of the music and processes the singing voice signal input through the microphone 40. The sound processing unit 14 includes, for example, a MIDI sound source, a mixer, and an amplifier (none of which are shown). The control unit 11 sequentially reads out the accompaniment data of the reserved music based on the tempo clock signal and inputs it to the MIDI sound source. The MIDI sound source generates a musical tone signal based on the accompaniment data. The mixer mixes the musical tone signal and the singing voice signal output from the microphone 40 at an appropriate ratio and outputs the mixture to the amplifier. The amplifier amplifies the mixing signal from the mixer and outputs it to the speaker 20 as a sound emission signal. As a result, the karaoke performance sound based on the sound emission signal and the singing sound from the microphone 40 are emitted from the speaker 20.

The display processing unit 15 performs processing related to various displays in the display device 30 based on the control of the control unit 11. For example, the display processing unit 15 controls the display device 30 to display an image in which lyrics and various icons are superimposed on a background image during a karaoke performance.

The operation unit 16 includes a panel switch, a remote control reception circuit, and the like, and sends operation signals such as a music selection signal and a performance stop signal to the control unit 11 according to the operation of the panel switch of the karaoke device 1 or the remote control device 50 by the user. Output. The control unit 11 detects the operation signal from the operation unit 16 and executes the corresponding process.

The remote control device 50 is a device for performing various operations on the karaoke main body 10. The user can use the remote control device 50 to select (reserve) a karaoke song that he / she wants to sing.

(Karaoke main unit software)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the karaoke main body 10. The karaoke body 10 includes a cover music storage unit 100, a specific unit 200, a discrimination unit 300, an extraction unit 400, and a presentation unit 500. The cover music storage unit 100 is provided as a part of the storage area of the storage unit 13. The identification unit 200, the determination unit 300, the extraction unit 400, and the presentation unit 500 are realized by the CPU 11a executing a program stored in the memory 11b.

[Cover music storage]
The cover music storage unit 100 stores the identification information of the cover music and the date when the original music of the cover music was announced in association with each other.

A cover song is a song (original song) released by one singer sung by another singer. In general, cover songs are often released about 10 years or more after the release of the original song. This is because the cover song is usually created for the original song that was a big hit, so if not many years have passed since the release of the original song, the image of the singer of the original song is strong, and other singers This is because it is difficult to cover.

The cover music storage unit 100 according to the present embodiment stores the identification information of the cover music based on the age when the original music was announced. FIG. 3 shows an example of data stored in the cover music storage unit 100. In the example of FIG. 3, the music ID of the cover music is stored as table format data associated with each year when the music (original music) is announced. In the example of FIG. 3, there are 15 cover songs of ID8001 to ID8015 corresponding to all the songs released in 1980. Here, for example, the cover song of ID8001 exists for the original song X1, the cover song of ID8002 exists for the original song X2, the cover song of ID8003 exists for the original song X3, and so on. As described above, there may be one cover song for one original song, or there may be a plurality of cover songs for a popular original song. In any case, the cover music of the music released in 1980 is stored in association with the relevant age.

[Specific part]
The identification unit 200 identifies the oldest person by comparing the ages of the users.

The age comparison between users is performed based on, for example, the age information included in the registration information of each user. The registration information is, for example, information such as a name, an address, an age, and a genre of a favorite music input via the karaoke device 1 or a dedicated website. The registration information is stored in the storage unit 13 or a server (not shown) in association with a unique ID (user ID) together with the singing history of the user.

For example, when a plurality of users use the karaoke device 1, each user logs in to the karaoke device 1 with his / her own user ID. The specific unit 200 reads out the age information from the registered information of the logged-in user and compares it. As an example, it is assumed that user A (boss: age 57 years old) and user B (subordinates: age 27 years old) log in. In this case, the specifying unit 200 identifies the user A as the oldest person by comparing the ages of the user A and the user B. If there are three or more users, the oldest person is determined by comparing the age information of each person.

Even when a plurality of users use the karaoke device 1, the singing ages do not differ significantly as long as the age difference between the users is small, such as when the company or school is synchronized. Therefore, the specifying unit 200 may compare the ages of the users and specify the oldest person when there is an age difference of a predetermined value or more. The predetermined value can be set to an arbitrary value (for example, ± 5 years old) in consideration of the difference in singing age and the like.

[Discrimination unit]
The discriminating unit 300 determines the singing age indicating the age of the music that the specified oldest person often sings or the age of the music that he / she knows.

The singing age may be one year or a predetermined period (for example, 1975 to 1980). The singing age can be determined by, for example, the following two methods.

As a first method, the discriminating unit 300 discriminates the singing age based on the singing history of the oldest person.

For example, suppose user A is identified as the oldest person. In this case, the discriminating unit 300 refers to the singing history of the user A, identifies the age when the music was announced from the attribute information of the music sung by the user A in the past, and sings based on the specified age. Determine the age. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the singing history of the user A. According to FIG. 4, User A has sung a song released between 1975 and 1985. Here, when there is a range in the singing history as shown in FIG. 4, an arbitrary value may be set in advance as to which age is to be the singing age, or it may be set each time. For example, suppose that a year in which the frequency of singing is 20 or more is set as the singing age. In this case, the discriminating unit 300 discriminates between 1979 and 1981, which have a frequency of 20 or more, as the singing age of the user A.

The singing age can be set in various ways. For example, the mode of 1980 may be the singing age, or the entire 1975 to 1985 with a singing history may be the singing age. Further, when determining a predetermined period as the singing age, a certain period (for example, two years before and after the mode) may be set in advance for each karaoke device 1, or an arbitrary period may be set each time. good. In addition, depending on the user, the ages at which the songs are frequently sung may be discontinuous, such as 1979, 1982, and 1985. In this case, each age may be the singing age, or the most frequent year may be the singing age.

As a second method, the discriminating unit 300 determines the singing age based on the age when the song reserved by the oldest person was announced or the age when the song being sung by the oldest person was announced.

For example, suppose user A is identified as the oldest person. In this case, the discriminating unit 300 identifies the music reserved by the user A or the music being sung by referring to the reservation queue. By referring to the attribute information of the specified music, the determination unit 300 determines the announcement age included in the attribute information as the singing age.

When there are a plurality of songs reserved by the user A, the discriminating unit 300 can determine the age at which a specific song (for example, the most recently reserved song) was announced as the singing age. Alternatively, the discriminating unit 300 may discriminate the period in which the announced ages of all the songs are combined as the singing age, or may discriminate only the overlapping announcement ages as the singing age. For example, it is assumed that the user A reserves the music X1 released in 1990, the music X2 and X3 released in 1991, and the music X4 released in 1992. In this case, the discriminating unit 300 may discriminate between 1990 and 1992 as the singing age, or may discriminate 1991 as the singing age.

[Extractor]
The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts a cover music having the determined singing age as the announcement age of the original music.

For example, in the above example, it is assumed that the singing age of the oldest user A is determined to be 1980. In this case, the extraction unit 400 extracts the music IDs 8001 to 8015 of the cover music corresponding to the music announced in 1980 from the table data (FIG. 3) stored in the cover music storage unit 100.

[Presentation section]
The presentation unit 500 presents information indicating the extracted cover music to users other than the oldest.

Other users are users other than the oldest among the users (logged-in users) who use one karaoke device. In the above example, user B corresponds to another user. The information indicating the cover music is information that can identify the cover music, such as a music ID, a music name, and a singer name. Various methods are possible for presenting information. For example, the presentation unit 500 can display information indicating the cover music on the display screen of the remote controller device 50. Alternatively, the presentation unit 500 can transmit information indicating the cover music to a mobile terminal owned by another user and indirectly present the information using the dedicated application software installed on the mobile terminal.

== About the operation of the karaoke device 1 ==
Next, a specific example of the operation of the karaoke device 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the karaoke device 1. In this example, it is assumed that the user A and the user B sing karaoke on the karaoke device 1. Further, it is assumed that the user A is the oldest person.

User A and user B log in to the karaoke device 1 with their own user ID (user login. Step 10). The identification unit 200 identifies the oldest person (user A) by reading out the age information from the registered information of the user A and the user B and comparing them (identification of the oldest person. Step 11).

The determination unit 300 determines the singing age of the user A based on the singing history of the user A specified in step 11 (determination of the singing age. Step 12).

The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts a cover music having the singing age determined in step 12 as the announcement age of the original music (extraction of the cover music, step 13).

The presentation unit 500 presents to the user B information indicating the cover music extracted in step 13 (presentation of the cover music. Step 14).

As is clear from the above, the karaoke device 1 according to the present embodiment is a karaoke device for performing karaoke singing by a plurality of users, and is a cover music storage unit 100, a specific unit 200, a discrimination unit 300, and an extraction unit. The 400 and the presentation unit 500 are included. The cover music storage unit 100 stores the identification information of the cover music and the date when the original music of the cover music was announced in association with each other. The identification unit 200 identifies the oldest person by comparing the ages of the users. The discriminating unit 300 determines the singing age indicating the age of the music that the specified oldest person often sings or the age of the music that he / she knows. The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts a cover music having the determined singing age as the announcement age of the original music. The presentation unit 500 presents information indicating the extracted cover music to users other than the oldest.

According to such a karaoke device 1, a cover song corresponding to a song released in the singing age of the oldest person can be presented to a younger user. The cover song presented is a song released in the oldest singing age by another singer, so the lyrics and melody are almost the same. Therefore, the oldest person who listens to the karaoke singing of the cover song can immediately think of the original song, and can enjoy the karaoke singing of the younger user. On the other hand, even younger users who do not know the original song can sing karaoke songs as long as they are familiar cover songs, so problems such as not being able to decide which song to reserve are unlikely to occur. That is, according to the karaoke device 1 according to the present embodiment, when singing karaoke between users having different ages, it is possible to present a song that is easy for younger users to sing karaoke. Therefore, the atmosphere of the karaoke singing place is not spoiled.

In addition, the discrimination unit 300 determines the singing age based on the singing history of the oldest person. Alternatively, the discriminating unit 300 determines the singing age based on the age when the song reserved by the oldest person was announced or the age when the song being sung by the oldest person was announced.

By determining the singing age by using the past singing history, the actually reserved music, and the like in this way, the singing age of the oldest person can be accurately determined.

Furthermore, when the users are close in age, the singing age is also close, so it is unlikely that the atmosphere of the place will be spoiled by karaoke singing of unknown songs. Therefore, the specifying unit 200 may compare the ages of the users and specify the oldest person when there is an age difference of a predetermined value or more.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, the karaoke device 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. In this embodiment, an example of presenting a cover song in consideration of the singing age of another user will be described. A detailed description of the configuration similar to that of the first embodiment will be omitted.

[Cover music storage]
The cover music storage unit 100 according to the present embodiment stores the identification information of the cover music, the age when the original music of the cover music was announced, and the age when the cover music was announced.

The cover music storage unit 100 according to the present embodiment stores the identification information of the cover music and the age when the cover music was announced, based on the age when the original music was announced. FIG. 6 shows an example of data stored in the cover music storage unit 100. In the example of FIG. 6, each year when the music (original music) is announced, the music ID of the cover music and the year when each cover music is announced are stored as data in a table format associated with each other. In the example of FIG. 6, there are 15 cover songs of ID8001 to ID8015 corresponding to all the songs released in 1980. The 15 cover songs are songs released in different years. For example, the cover song of song ID 8001 was announced in 1995, the cover song of song ID 8002 was announced in 1998, ... The cover song of song ID 8014 was announced in 2008, and the cover song of song ID 8015 was in 2015. Has been announced in.

[Discrimination unit]
The discriminating unit 300 according to the present embodiment discriminates not only the singing age of the specified oldest person but also the singing age of another user. For the determination of the singing age of another user, the same method as the method for determining the singing age of the user A described in the first embodiment can be used (however, in the age when the song being sung is announced). Except for based examples).

For example, it is assumed that among the user A and the user B who have logged in to the karaoke device 1, the user A is identified as the oldest person. In this case, the determination unit 300 determines the singing age by referring to the singing history of the user B (another user). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the singing history of the user B. According to FIG. 7, user B has sung a song released between 2005 and 2015. Here, for example, it is assumed that a year in which the frequency of singing is 20 or more is set as the singing age. In this case, the discriminating unit 300 discriminates from 2007 to 2010, which has a frequency of 20 or more, as the singing age of the user B.

[Extractor]
The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts the cover music released in the singing age of another user from the cover music having the singing age of the oldest person as the announcement age of the original song.

For example, in the example of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the singing age of the oldest user A is determined to be 1980. On the other hand, in the example of FIG. 7, it is assumed that the singing age of the younger user B is determined to be 2007 to 2010. In this case, the extraction unit 400 announces the cover music corresponding to the music released in 1980 from the table data (FIG. 6) stored in the cover music storage unit 100 from 2007 to 2010. The music ID of the cover music (for example, music ID 8014) is extracted. On the other hand, even if the cover music corresponds to the music released in 1980, if it is not the cover music released in 2007 to 2010, the extraction unit 400 may cover the cover music (for example, music IDs 8001 and 8002). Music) is not extracted.

== About the operation of the karaoke device 1 ==
Next, a specific example of the operation of the karaoke device 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the karaoke device 1. In this example, it is assumed that the user A and the user B sing karaoke on the karaoke device 1. Further, it is assumed that the user A is the oldest person.

User A and user B log in to the karaoke device 1 with their own user ID (user login. Step 20). The identification unit 200 identifies the oldest person (user A) by reading out the age information from the registered information of the user A and the user B and comparing them (identification of the oldest person. Step 21).

The determination unit 300 determines the singing age of the user A based on the singing history of the user A specified in step 21 (determination of the singing age of the oldest person, step 22). Further, the determination unit 300 determines the singing age of the user B based on the singing history of the user B other than the oldest user (determination of the singing age of the other user, step 23).

The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and specifies a cover music having the singing age determined in step 22 as the announcement age of the original song (identification of the cover music corresponding to the singing age of the oldest person). Step 24).

Further, the extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts the cover music announced in the singing age determined in step 23 from the cover music specified in step 24 (songs of other users). Extraction of cover songs corresponding to the age. Step 25).

The presentation unit 500 presents to the user B information indicating the cover music extracted in step 25 (presentation of the cover music, step 26).

As is clear from the above, the cover music storage unit 100 according to the present embodiment further associates and stores the date when the cover music was announced with the identification information of the cover music. In addition, the determination unit 300 determines the singing age of another user. The extraction unit 400 refers to the cover music storage unit 100, and extracts the cover music released in the singing age of another user from the cover music having the singing age of the oldest person as the announcement age of the original song.

In this way, by extracting the cover music in consideration of the singing age of other users, it is possible to reduce the possibility of not knowing the extracted cover music itself. Therefore, problems such as undecided songs to be reserved for karaoke singing are less likely to occur. That is, according to the karaoke device 1 according to the present embodiment, when singing karaoke between users having different ages, it is possible to more reliably present a song that is easier for younger users to sing karaoke. Therefore, the atmosphere of the karaoke singing place is not spoiled.

<Others>
The above embodiment is presented as an example and does not limit the scope of the invention. The above configurations can be implemented in appropriate combinations, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. The above-described embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, as well as in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 Karaoke device 100 Cover music storage unit 200 Specific unit 300 Discrimination unit 400 Extraction unit 500 Presentation unit

Claims (5)

It is a karaoke device for multiple users to sing karaoke.
A cover song storage unit that stores the identification information of the cover song and the date when the original song of the cover song was announced.
By comparing the ages of the users, the specific department that identifies the oldest person and the specific department
A discriminator that determines the age of a song that the oldest person has identified often sings or the age of a song that he or she knows, and a discriminator that determines the age of the song.
With reference to the cover music storage unit, an extraction unit that extracts a cover music having the determined singing age as the release age of the original song, and an extraction unit.
A presentation unit that presents information indicating the extracted cover music to users other than the oldest person.
Karaoke device with. The karaoke device according to claim 1, wherein the discriminating unit determines the singing age based on the singing history of the oldest person. Claim 1 is characterized in that the discriminating unit determines the singing age based on the age when the music reserved by the oldest person is announced or the age when the music being sung by the oldest person is announced. The karaoke device described. The cover music storage unit further associates and stores the date when the cover music was announced with the identification information of the cover music.
The discriminating unit discriminates the singing age of the other user, and determines the singing age of the other user.
The extraction unit refers to the cover music storage unit, and extracts the cover music released in the singing age of the other user from the cover music having the singing age of the oldest person as the announcement age of the original song. The karaoke device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the karaoke device is characterized. The specific unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the specific unit compares the ages of the users and identifies the oldest person when there is an age difference of a predetermined value or more. Karaoke device.

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