JPH05224684A - 'karaoke' (recorded orchestral accompaniment) device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a background picture matching a performance number and enable effective stage production by selecting and displaying many short images according to image information which is stored by blocks of numbers and character codes of texts, and controlling lighting. CONSTITUTION:A storage and reproduction device 2 stores the numbers and texts in character codes and the image information which is classified by the blocks of character string units predetermined according to music. When the selected number is displayed, a controller 1 reads relative data on the specified number out of the storage and reproduction device 2 and outputs the image information in synchronism of a performance of the music. A background image storage device 7 stores many images of short scenes, and the images matching the image information are selectively read out in order by a background image selection controller 6 and displayed while stored temporarily in a frame memory 8. Further, a stage controller 9 outputs a signal for controlling the illumination of lighting fixtures 5 of a stage according to the image information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke playing device, and its purpose is to display images in accordance with the image of lyrics in sequence as a music piece progresses, and to provide a stage effect in accordance with the image of lyrics. It is in the provision of a karaoke performance device that can be directed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a karaoke performance apparatus used for business purposes, various measures have been conventionally made to enhance the performance effect. For example, in order to produce a stage effect, lighting control of spotlights and various lights on the stage is performed according to the image of a music piece to be played. This is done by selectively turning on a color light that matches the image of the music song, or turning on a lighting device that produces such an effect when a background image of rain is displayed on the display device. As such control means, an on / off signal for turning on and off the lighting equipment is provided on the recording medium by MIDI (music).
instrument digital interf
acs) signal is directly superimposed and stored, and this on
A mud system for controlling lighting of lighting equipment by an off signal and a simple mud system for controlling lighting of light by extracting period information from a voice signal have been mainly adopted. In addition, there is also one in which a predetermined background screen is embedded in a barcode or the like, and the background selection information is input and displayed at the same time as the song name.

[0003]

However, in the above-described mud system, it is extremely difficult to design the mud system with versatility because the size and number of lighting fixtures are different depending on the place where the karaoke playing device is installed. There was a problem that was. Further, even in the simple mud system, there is a problem that a sufficient stage effect cannot be obtained because the lighting is controlled so as to be irrelevant to the music piece to be played, that is, without any relation. Furthermore, with a device that pre-embeds the background screen with a barcode, you can select from the few background screens recorded in the barcode, so some patterns are repeated, and the user quickly gets tired. Sometimes did not match the music played.

Therefore, in the industry, it is possible to display an effective background screen according to the selected song with a structure that can be miniaturized with a small storage capacity, and to have a versatile and effective stage production. It was desired to create a karaoke performance device that can also be used.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a display device for displaying images and characters, a song name and lyrics are stored in a character code, and image information corresponding to this character code is stored for each block of the character code. And a music accompaniment device that reproduces and outputs a music song selected by the song selection means through an audio device, and a background image based on the image information output from the storage and playback device. A background image selection controller that selects a large number of short images stored in a storage device and displays the images on the display device via a frame memory;
The conventional problem is solved by providing a karaoke playing device characterized in that it is provided with a stage control device for controlling lighting of a stage spotlight or a lighting device according to image information output from the storage / playback device. Resolve.

[0006]

The image information stored for each block of the character code of the music piece is output from the storage / playback device, and an image of a short scene is selected from the background image storage device based on the image information and temporarily stored in the frame memory. ,
When switching between images, when the next image is selected, there is no interruption in the display screen so that the scenes can be switched smoothly and displayed, so that the images that match the lyrics image are displayed sequentially as the performance of a single music song progresses. Therefore, without using expensive music software such as laser disc karaoke (hereinafter abbreviated as LD), the user illusions that each music piece is an image created for each music piece. A background image like this can be displayed.

Moreover, the signal generated by the stage control device based on the image information is not a simple on / off signal for turning on / off the illumination unlike the conventional device.
In addition to controlling the lighting of spotlights and various lights in accordance with the image of a music piece, it can also be used to control the operation of lighting curtains, auction stages, cheering dolls, etc. depending on the location where the karaoke device is installed. Furthermore, when a tone color image conversion device is provided, the image information is converted to a tone color image to control the acoustic device, so that the echo is applied only at a specific part according to the image information, or the echo reverberation time is converted into a song image. It is also possible to adjust automatically in accordance with it, or to control so as to increase the gain of the amplifier when the volume is insufficient at a place where a large sing is required.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a karaoke playing device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. A control device (1) composed of a microprocessor controls the entire device according to a preset program. Hard disk, floppy disk, PROM or CDR
In the storage / playback device (2) composed of any of OM, the song name and the lyrics are stored by a character code such as a Kanji code as shown in JIS, and the character set in advance according to the music song is stored. In each block for each column, variously classified image information is stored.
For example, "bright, dark, light, heavy, stationary, vibrant,"
Image information such as song image information, sound image information such as "chord symbol and volume", word image information such as "city, countryside, mountain, river, sea, rain, crowd, one person", "red, blue, yellow,
Color image information such as "green" is stored. This image information controls the background image of the display device (4),
It is used for stage control and acoustic effect control.

First, when a music piece is selected and operated by the music piece selection display device (3), the music piece is read from the storage / reproduction device (2) by the control device (1) and displayed by the music piece selection display device (3). It is displayed in 4). Then, the control device (1) reads out the related data of the music piece of which the operation is instructed from the storage / reproduction device (2) and outputs variously classified image information in accordance with the performance of the music piece.
In order to control the background image of the display device (4), image information is sequentially read out from the memory reproducing device (2) in synchronization with the progress of the performance of the music piece, and the background image selection controller (6) is based on this image information. It controls the background image storage device (7) and the frame memory (8). The background image storage device (7) is composed of, for example, one LD player or one video tape recorder, and a large number of images of short scenes are recorded on one LD or one video tape. The background image selection controller (6) sequentially selects and reads out one of these images that matches the image information and displays it on the display device (4) while temporarily storing it in the frame memory (8). By temporarily storing the image in the frame memory (8) in this manner, the display screen is not interrupted when the next image at the time of switching the image is selected, and the scenes are smoothly switched. Therefore, the images matching the image of the lyrics are sequentially displayed as a single music piece progresses, so that the user can specialize for each music piece without using expensive music software such as LD. It is possible to display a background image that gives the illusion that it is an image created in.

Explaining the control of the stage, the stage control device (9) outputs a signal for controlling the lighting of the stage spotlight and lighting equipment in accordance with the image information sequentially read from the storage / reproduction device (2). .. Stage control device (9) based on this image information
The signal created by is not just an on / off signal that turns on and off the light like the conventional device, so a karaoke device is installed in addition to the spotlight and various lighting control according to the image of the music song. It has versatility that can be used to control the operation of lighting curtains, auction stages, or cheering dolls depending on the location.

Next, the control of the sound effect will be described. The music accompaniment apparatus (10) is a CD player or an LD.
It consists of a player, and only the information of various music pieces is recorded. When a song is selected and instructed by the song selection display device (3), the control device (1) instructs the music accompaniment device (10) through the storage and reproduction device (2) to reproduce a recorded sound to reproduce an amplifier, an echo, or the like. A speaker (13) together with the sound from the microphone (12) through the audio device (11)
Is output from.

At this time, the tone color image conversion device (14)
Controls the audio device (11) by converting the image information into a tone color image. That is, the tone image conversion device (1
In 4), the echo is applied only to a specific part according to the image information, or the echo reverberation time is automatically adjusted according to the music image. Generally, echo is effective when the sound lasts for a long time, but it is uncomfortable for uptempo songs, and since the echo is easy to operate, unpleasant phenomena such as howling easily occur, so in the past the user Although it was manually operated by itself, such a point can be solved by the automatic control of the audio device (10) described above.

Further, when the volume is insufficient at a place to be sung loud, the gain of the amplifier is controlled to be increased, and further, the bass and soprano of the pitch to be sung are controlled according to the characteristics such as singing. It can be automatically controlled to reduce the volume when the pitch of the person is out of range. Therefore, it is possible to cover the fact that karaoke lovers cannot freely control their own volume, and when singing in a loud voice with a pitch that is out of sync with the singing sound, the volume becomes low and it is possible to avoid being ashamed. Such control is performed by means of a reverb that adds reverberation to the original sound or a means that delays the original sound by an electronic circuit so that the delay time of the delay that gives the effect of echo or phasor is adjusted to the sound.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a display device for displaying images and characters, and image information in which song titles and lyrics are stored in a character code and each character code block is associated with the character code. Is stored, a music accompaniment device that reproduces and outputs the music song selected by the song selection means through the audio device, in which only the music song information is recorded, and the image information output from the storage and playback device. A background image selection controller for selecting a large number of short images stored in the background image storage device and displaying the same on the display device via a frame memory, and a spotlight or a lighting fixture on a stage according to image information output from the storage / playback device. And a stage control device for controlling lighting of the karaoke machine. It exhibits the following excellent effects by providing. In other words, as the performance of a single music song progresses, images that match the lyrics image can be sequentially displayed, and the user can create a dedicated song for each music song without using expensive music software such as LD. It is possible to display a background image that gives the illusion that it is a captured image. In addition, just like the conventional device, it simply turns on and off the light.
It can be used not only for turning off signals but also for controlling the lighting of spotlights and various lights according to the image of the music piece, and also for controlling the operation of lighting curtains, auction stages, and cheering dolls depending on the location where the karaoke device is installed. .. Furthermore, if the tone color image converter converts the image information into a tone color image to control the acoustic device, the echo can be applied only at specific parts according to the music song, or the echo reverberation time can be automatically adjusted according to the song image. It is also possible to adjust the gain, or to control the gain of the amplifier to be increased when the volume is insufficient at a place where the player should sing loudly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a karaoke playing device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 control device 2 memory reproduction device 3 song selection display device 4 display device 6 background image controller 7 background image storage device 8 frame memory 9 stage control device 10 music accompaniment device 11 acoustic device 14 tone color image conversion device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying images and characters, and a storage / reproduction device in which song titles and lyrics are stored in a character code and image information corresponding to each character code is stored for each block of the character code. A music accompaniment device which reproduces and outputs a music song selected by the song selection means through an audio device, and a short image stored in the background image storage device by the image information output from the storage / playback device. A background image selection controller for selecting a large number of images to be displayed on the display device via a frame memory, and a stage control device for controlling lighting of spotlights and lighting fixtures of the stage based on image information output from the storage / playback device. A karaoke playing device characterized by being provided. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a timbre image conversion device that creates timbre image information for controlling the sound device based on image information output from the storage / playback device.