JPH01205781A - Accompanying music reproducing display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sing a song, which a singer memorizes uncertainly, easily and expressively in a fresh voice by synchronizing with the advance of music information classifying the color of characters to picture-display the output of a character information source composed of words in accordance with the musical interval of the song to be sung. CONSTITUTION:The music information of accompaniment, movie information of background, character information of the words and voice information set beforehand are written into an optical video disk 13, an information processing part 16 generates a mark signal to transmit the high and low of voice to the outside in accordance with the advance of the accompaniment in synchronism with the advance of the music information and generates a mark signal to transmit the timing of voice utterance to the outside in accordance with the advance of the accompaniment by synchronizing with the advance of the music information. Here, a background 21 is displayed on the whole screen of a display device 3. Words 22 are displayed on the lower side of the screen in a sentence with a length easy to see as a unit. Following the advance of the accompaniment, the position of the words 22 is displayed by a mark 24. This mark 24 classifies the inside of the character into two upper and lower colors, classifies the upside part to display the musical interval with colors and displays the advance of the accompaniment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to an accompaniment playback/display device that simultaneously reproduces audio information that is inseparable from music information as acoustic output, and particularly relates to an accompaniment playback/display device that reproduces audio information that is inseparable from music information, and particularly relates to an accompaniment playback/display device that reproduces audio information that is inseparable from music information. This is made into a visible mark and placed on an accompaniment playback display device that outputs the music information in synchronization with the progress of the music information.

In other words, the present invention provides music and audio information that are closely and inseparably related to each other, such as accompaniment music and songs, and video information, such as arbitrary background, lyrics, progression of accompaniment music, pitch of vocalization, strength of vocalization, etc. The present invention relates to a device that simultaneously reproduces and outputs music information, and particularly relates to an accompaniment music reproduction and display device that expresses vocalization information closely and inseparably associated with music information by converting it into marks, for example, video information.

(2) Prior Art A well-known example of such an accompaniment music reproduction/display device is a so-called karaoke device used by the general public.

Karaoke equipment was first used in professional fields such as broadcasting stations and feature film production studios, and was used as a commercial equipment for dubbing by some music professionals and voice actors. These devices were large devices installed in large professional studios, etc., and were operated by specialists called mixers at music cooperatives.

These days, along with the diversification of the lives of the general public and the diversification of their desires, personal hobbies that were previously taught by experts, such as chanting or folk songs, are now changing to popular songs. A so-called karaoke device has appeared that allows anyone to easily sing familiar or vaguely remembered songs and enjoy the exhilarating feeling of vocalizing them.

The first karaoke machines were simply tape recordings of accompaniment, with the lyrics compiled into a book. Therefore, poets would listen to the accompaniment and follow the lyrics from a book with their eyes. As a result, it was difficult to grasp the timing of the beginning of the song, and the general public, who only had a vague memory of the song, ended up unable to sing from the beginning, making it impossible to sing easily.

Conventionally, as seen in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-161589, the lyrics were displayed on the cathode ray tube display V2 position, and the subtraction numbers from the accompaniment prelude to the beginning of the song and the beginning of the song were displayed. Display methods have been proposed, such as displaying a clock-like picture.

However, this method cannot eliminate the lag in the timing of vocalization in which the lyrics progress in accordance with the progress of the accompaniment, and the timing of vocalization in the middle of the accompaniment cannot be determined for songs with fast tempos or conversely slow tempos.

Also, as seen in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-159080,
An underline symbol was placed directly below the projected lyrics, which progressed in accordance with the progress of the accompaniment.
As seen in No. 9081, proposals have been made in which the color of the lyrics to be sung changes sequentially as the accompaniment progresses, the display brightness of the characters is changed, and the size of the characters is changed. .

However, with this method, the underlined letters must be read while singing, so there is a lack of unity between the underline and the letters, causing severe eye fatigue when viewing, and the color, brightness, and size of the letters. It was difficult to sing out the emotion based on the relationship between the phrases before and after the lyrics, as it was difficult to read the changes in the lyrics.

Therefore, as seen in JP-A No. 60-151883, it is possible to not only simply display the lyrics on a cathode ray tube display device, but also display a combination of an arbitrary background related to the accompaniment music with the lyrics, and display the characters representing the lyrics. It has been proposed that only the color of the outline attached to the letters changes in accordance with the progress of the accompaniment, without making any changes to the letters themselves.

However, when a singer actually sings, he or she does not look at one point on the screen accurately, but only sees the approximate movements. This becomes particularly noticeable when the user concentrates on the displayed lyrics of a song that he or she only vaguely remembers. Therefore, while there is naturally an issue of reducing eye fatigue during visual inspection, the issue that is attracting more attention is how to capture the emotion of the lyrics in relation to the phrases before and after the lyrics.

(3) Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, according to the conventional proposals, singers listen to the accompaniment and not only display the lyrics on the cathode ray tube display device, but also listen to any music related to the accompaniment. The background of the song and the lyrics are displayed in a composite manner, and the text representing the lyrics remains consistent with the text, with only the color of the outline of the text changing as the accompaniment progresses. By doing so, singers do not have to visually follow the lyrics from a book, they can grasp the timing to start singing whether it is a fast-tempo song, a slow song, or a song that they only vaguely remember, and they can sing while reducing eye fatigue to some extent. I can.

However, all of these proposals only provide the minimum information necessary for a singer to sing a song, that is, the lyrics, the timing of the beginning of the song, and the timing of vocalization in the middle of the accompaniment. is simply a picture showing an arbitrary background, and even if you only have a vague memory of it, you can sing songs that the poet likes with emotion, or you can express the emotion entrusted to the words by looking at the relationship with the lyrics before and after. It was extremely difficult to get enough water.

As a result, all of the previous proposals satisfy the requirements for this type of device, namely, to easily sing songs that singers only vaguely remember, using expressive and exhilarating vocalizations. It wasn't enough.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and its purpose is to solve the problem of how to understand and sing the emotion of the lyrics based on the relationship between the phrases before and after the lyrics. It focuses on people's vocalizations, and how to mark information related to the poet's vocalizations and convey it to the poet.

This applies not only to ordinary citizens but also to professionals such as singers, and this is also included in the purpose of the present invention.

In other words, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that reproduces and outputs music information (accompaniment) and audio information (singing voice) in a closely related manner to each other, in particular, a plurality of vocalization information (high and low pitch, The object of the present invention is to provide an accompaniment music playback/display device that associates musical information with individual and simultaneous marks (for example, converts them into video information) and outputs them (for example, displays them simultaneously on a screen such as a cathode ray tube). .

(4) Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the music information consisting of the accompaniment of the song to be sung and the audio information consisting of the singing voice supplied from the outside are converted into analog and In an accompaniment music playback/display device that performs digital processing and simultaneously outputs both as audible sounds, a first signal source that stores text information consisting of lyrics of a song to be sung, and a first signal source that stores character information consisting of lyrics of a song to be sung, and a first signal source that stores text information consisting of lyrics of a song to be sung, and The apparatus is configured to include a first display means for displaying the output of the signal source as an image, and a means for color-coding the characters displayed in the image according to the pitch of the song to be sung.

(5) Effect With this configuration, by displaying the pitch of each letter of the lyrics in two colors, upper and lower, it is possible not only to recognize the lyrics as letters, but also to recognize and sing the pitch of the -word. becomes.

(6) Examples Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained by examples and according to the drawings.
Here, an accompaniment playback and display device using a well-known optical video disk as a recording medium will be explained as an example. In addition, among the terms used in this specification, "color" includes not only chromatic colors and achromatic colors, but also transparent colors, and "changing one color, color classification", etc. ,
This includes changing not only the hue but also the saturation and brightness.

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of an accompaniment playback and display device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a playback device for an optical video disc 13. On the optical video disc 13, accompaniment music information, background video information, lyrics text information, and preset vocal information are written. It is. Therefore, this optical video disc 13 stores first to fifth signal sources, that is, a first signal source that stores vocalization information representing preset pitches of vocalizations, and video information that is composed of arbitrary pictures. a second signal source that stores textual information consisting of lyrics related to accompaniment; a fourth signal source that stores utterance information representing preset utterance timing; A fifth signal source that stores vocalization information representing the set strength of vocalization is formed on one medium.

Reference numeral 14 included in the reproducing apparatus 1 is a mechanical section of the optical video disc 13, and 15 is an information reading section including a laser pickup.

Reference numeral 16 denotes an information processing section, which processes the various kinds of information read by the information reading section 15 from the optical video disc 13 in an analog or digital manner, and outputs accompaniment music information as an audio signal from the line 12; Further, from the line 11, the following video signals are outputted in synchronization with the progress of the music information.

The video signal outputted from the line 11 is formed by converting background video information, lyric text information, and preset voice information into video signals, and then synthesizing these.

Therefore, the preset utterance information uses a visual image as a mark that can be easily recognized by the singer.
Further, the information processing section 16 generates an image pattern based on an electric signal as a mark signal.

As a result, the information processing section 16 functions as a means for generating a mark signal that informs the outside of the pitch of the vocalization according to the progression of the accompaniment, in synchronization with the progression of the above-mentioned musical information, and also serves as a means for generating the mark signal that informs the outside of the pitch of the vocalization according to the progression of the accompaniment. It also works as a means to generate a mark signal that informs the outside of the timing in synchronization with the progress of music information.

The information processing section 16 also functions as means for generating mark signals representing the strength of vocalization in accordance with the progress of the accompaniment in synchronization with the progress of the above-mentioned musical information.

The video signal output from such a line 11 is supplied to the video signal drive circuit 2 at the next stage.

Therefore, this video signal drive circuit 2 receives a composite video signal of various image patterned information outputted from the line 11 of the reproduction device 1 and drives the display means 3 at the next stage.

The display means 3 is constituted by a display device using a cathode ray tube (hereinafter referred to as CRT). This display means 3 is
A video signal having a character pattern corresponding to the character information of the lyrics described above and a video signal having an image pattern corresponding to background video information are mainly displayed. Therefore, the display means 3 functions as a third display means that combines the image patterns displayed by the first display means for displaying the text information of the lyrics and the second display means for displaying the background video information.

In addition, the display means 3 displays a mark signal of an image pattern obtained by converting voice information into video information as a mark as shown in an example of an image pattern to be described later, by combining it with an image pattern of a video signal. is also working.

In other words, by displaying this composite image, the display means 3 acts as a first output means that outputs a mark signal to the outside as an easily recognizable mark that informs the outside of the pitch of the vocalization according to the progress of the accompaniment. is working. The display means 3 also functions as a second output means for outputting to the outside a mark signal that informs the outside of the timing of vocalization in accordance with the progress of the accompaniment as a mark in an easily recognizable form. Furthermore, the display means 3 also functions as a third output means for outputting a mark signal to the outside as an easily recognizable mark to inform the outside of the strength of the vocalization as the accompaniment progresses.

In Figure 1, 4 is a microphone for the singer to manually record his/her singing voice;
mixes an audio signal (accompaniment music signal) corresponding to the music information supplied from the line 12 of the playback device 1 and an audio signal of the audio information supplied from the line 4-1 of the microphone 4 using a well-known circuit. This is an audio signal mixing output circuit for amplification. Further, 6 is generated as an audio output in accordance with the display of the composite video signal mentioned above.

By the way, the mark displayed on the display means 35 is displayed as an image pattern on a screen as shown in FIG. 2, in combination with an image pattern of other information, for example.

In FIG. 2, the background 21 is first displayed on the entire screen of the display means 3. In FIG. Further, the lyrics 22 are displayed at the bottom of the screen of the display means 3 in sentences of easy-to-read length.

The displayed text, ie, the lyrics 22, is updated for each unit length as the accompaniment progresses.

The mark 23 indicating the pitch of the vocalization indicates the pitch (the pitch of the vocalization) of each character of the lyrics 22 by composing the lyrics 22 with white characters and color-coding the inside of each character into two colors (upper and lower). It's like that. By two colors, for example, the upper side of one character of the lyrics 22 is set to blue, and the lower side is set to red. This mark 23 is pre-recorded in the optical video disc 13 together with the lyrics 22.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the position of the lyrics 22 to be sung is further indicated by a mark 24 as the accompaniment progresses. The upper part of the mark 24 is designed to display the pitch by color-coding the inside of the letter into two colors, upper and lower, and is further color-coded to display the progress state of the accompaniment. If the upper side of each character of the lyrics 22 is set to blue and the lower side is set to red, the color coding for the mark 24 is set to green, for example.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the accompaniment progresses to "ka" in the lyrics 22, with the lower part of "ka" being displayed in red, the upper left side in green, and the upper right side in blue. The green part on the upper left side then moves to the right in the drawing. Note that the mark 24 is also recorded in advance in the optical video disc 13 together with the lyrics 22. Therefore, the optical video disc 13 is responsible for this upper and lower color separation.

In this way, by displaying the pitch of each letter of the lyrics 22 in two colors, upper and lower, it is possible to not only recognize the lyrics 22 as a letter, but also recognize the pitch of the -word and sing it. becomes.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the display means 3 showing another embodiment of the accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as in FIG. 1 or 2, and explanations thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the single character phrase of the lyrics 22 includes:
By changing the height of the letters, the pitch of each letter of the lyrics 22 is displayed. In other words, lyrics 22 with a low pitch
The character a is set so that the height of the character "ko" is low, and the lyrics 22b, which has a high pitch, is set so that the height of the character "ka" is high. The lyrics 22 set in this way are recorded in advance on the optical video disc 13 as characters of a predetermined height. Therefore, the means for controlling this change in height is here provided by the optical video disc 13.

In this way, by displaying the pitch by changing the height of each letter of the lyrics 22, it is possible to not only recognize the lyrics 22 as characters, but also recognize the pitch of the - word and sing. Become.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the display means 3 showing another embodiment of the accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as in FIG. 1 or 2, and explanations thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a band-shaped mark 25 is provided behind the lyrics 22. The mark 25 is color-coded into a mark 25a on the left and a mark 25b on the right, so that the boundary 25C represents the preset timing of utterance. In FIG. 4, there is a boundary portion 25c immediately before the lyrics 22 "Kaori", which indicates that the lyrics 22 to be sung next is "Kaori".

The boundary portion 25c then moves rightward in the drawing, with the mark 25a on the left becoming longer and the mark 25b on the right becoming shorter. Note that the mark 25 is also recorded in advance in the optical video disc 13 together with the lyrics 22. Therefore, the means for displaying this band-like image is provided by the optical video disc 13 here.

By providing the band-shaped mark 25 in this way, the lyrics 2
It becomes possible to display the progress of the song during the prelude and interlude, which could not be expressed simply by color-coding.

Further, by providing the band-shaped mark 25 behind the lyrics 22, it becomes possible to know the progress of the song without taking your eyes off the lyrics 22.

Although the present invention has been described above using examples, various modifications are possible according to the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the embodiments described above, the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 have been individually described, but it is also possible to combine these. For example, behind the lyrics 22 shown in FIG.
The band-shaped mark 25 described in FIG. 4 may also be provided. Further, the band-shaped mark 25 described in FIG. 4 may be provided behind the lyrics 22 shown in FIG. 3.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an optical video disk was used as an example of the medium, but the medium is not limited to this, and even if it is a conventional magnetic tape, for example, each information mark can be made different as described above. For example, it is possible to realize something equivalent to the embodiment. Further, this medium may be a magnetic disk, or may have a tape-like shape.

In addition, in the embodiment, the display means of the present invention is provided with CR as an example.
Although the T-display yA device has been mentioned, the present invention is not limited to this, and devices equivalent to this, such as liquid crystal displays and various projectors, may be used.

Furthermore, if the information processing section 16 is configured using a microcomputer or the like as a means for realizing these, control of various display changes such as color classification, height, and band shape can be performed without recording this information in advance on a disk. Processing by the processing unit 16 is also possible.

(7) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, not only the lyrics are displayed on the display means, but also any background related to the accompaniment music is displayed in combination with the lyrics, and the characters of the lyrics are also displayed. Since related vocalization information is displayed, singers can visually obtain vocalization information while listening to the accompaniment, allowing them to sing their favorite songs with emotion and listen to the lyrics before and after. We can fully grasp the emotion entrusted to the characters from the relationship with the characters.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is no need to visually follow the lyrics from a book, and it is easy to know the timing to start singing even if the song is only vaguely memorized, and there is no situation where the user cannot sing the song from the beginning. In addition, even in fast-tempo songs or slow-tempo songs, it is possible to time the vocalizations in the middle of the accompaniment, and because it is not only possible to read and recognize changes in the color, brightness, and size of the letters, it is also possible to adjust the timing before and after the lyrics. It becomes possible to fully sing the emotion based on the relationship with the phrase.

As a result, according to the present invention, it becomes possible for a singer to easily sing a song that the singer only vaguely remembers with expressive and exhilarating vocalization.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of an accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a front view of a display means 3 showing an embodiment of an accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention; 3 is a front view of the display means 3 showing another embodiment of the accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the display means 3 showing another embodiment of the accompaniment playback display device according to the present invention. It is a front view. 1... Generation means 2... Output means 3... Display means 13... Signal source 16... Information processing unit 21... Image representing background 22... Image representing lyrics 23...・Mark 24 representing pitch... Mark representing timing of vocalization Patent applicant
NEC Home Electronics Co., Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] (1) An accompaniment playback and display device that performs analog and/or digital processing on music information consisting of the accompaniment of a song to be sung and audio information consisting of externally supplied singing voices, and simultaneously outputs both as audible sounds. , a first storage unit storing character information consisting of lyrics of the song to be sung;
a signal source; a first display means for displaying an image of the output of the first signal source in synchronization with the progression of the music information; and color-coding the characters displayed in the image according to the pitch of the song to be sung. What is claimed is: 1. An accompaniment music playback and display device comprising means. (2) The accompaniment music playback and display device according to claim 1, further comprising a means for color-coding the characters displayed in the image upward and downward according to the pitch of the song to be sung. (3) The accompaniment music playback and display device according to claim 1, further comprising a control means for changing the height of the characters displayed as an image in accordance with the pitch of the song to be sung. (4) A second signal source that stores vocalization information representing preset timing of vocalization, and a second display means that displays an image of the output of the second signal source in synchronization with the progress of the music information. Claims 1 to 3 further include means for displaying the utterance information in a band-like manner in a background portion of the characters output by the first signal source storing the character information. Accompaniment music playback display device. (5) The scope of the claim characterized in that the information outputted from the first and second output means is composed of a video signal, and the first display means and the second output means are common means. An accompaniment music playback display device according to items 1 to 4. (6) Consisting of a first signal source that stores text information consisting of lyrics related to accompaniment, a second signal source that stores vocal information representing preset vocal timing, and an arbitrary picture. A recording medium for an accompaniment playback/display device in which a third signal source storing video information is written. (7) A recording medium for an accompaniment music playback/display device according to claim 6, wherein the recording medium is constituted by a magnetic or optical video disk. (8) A recording medium for an accompaniment music playback/display device according to claim 7, wherein the recording medium is composed of a magnetic tape.