JPH05265474A - Music reproducing device equipped with remote operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To know information on music without approaching an orchestral accompaniment player main body nor spoiling the atmosphere wherein an orchestral accompaniment is enjoyed by displaying the information on the played music on the display of the remote control unit. CONSTITUTION:A menu for the desired music information to be known is inputted with a key button 1 on the remote control unit 50, and then the menu code corresponding to the pressed key button 1 is transmitted from a remote control transmission part 5 to the orchestral accompaniment playing device 40. The orchestral accompaniment playing device 40 reads the music information data corresponding to the sent menu code out of a HDD 14 and sends it to the remote control unit 50. The music information data sent from the orchestral accompaniment device 40 is received by a remote control reception part 10 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music reproducing device equipped with a remote control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a music reproducing device such as a karaoke device, information relating to a music piece to be played, for example, the name of the music piece currently sung, the name of the person who reserved the music piece, the playing time, the time until the performance is stopped, the number of reservable music pieces, etc. Information was only displayed by a monitor TV connected to the karaoke apparatus main body or an LED or the like provided on the front panel of the karaoke apparatus main body.

[0003]

However, in general,
When the karaoke device as described above is used, the user is located away from the main body of the karaoke device because the remote control device is used when performing operations such as reservation, reproduction, and stop of the performance music. In many cases, in order to know various pieces of information about the above-mentioned karaoke playing piece at a position apart from the karaoke body, it is necessary to approach the body or ask surrounding people each time. In addition, doing such a thing may interfere with the atmosphere in which people around are enjoying karaoke.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by operating a remote control device, information relating to a music piece to be played can be obtained from the music playback device and provided in the remote control device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a music reproducing device provided with a remote control device capable of displaying on a display means.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a music player provided with a remote control device of the present invention is a music player provided with a remote control device capable of inputting an operation command by the remote control device. In the device, the remote control device includes an input unit for inputting a command for obtaining information regarding a musical composition, a transmitting unit for transmitting a code corresponding to the input command to the music reproducing device, and the music. The music playback device includes a receiving unit that receives information about the performance song output from the playback device, and a display unit that displays the received information about the performance song, and the music playback device stores information about a plurality of performance songs. Storage means, search means for extracting information corresponding to the code transmitted from the transmission means of the remote operation device from the information stored in the storage means, and its extraction means. The information and an output means for outputting to the remote control device.

[0006]

In the music reproducing device having the remote control device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the information regarding the musical piece to be played is obtained, the command is inputted by the input means of the remote control device. The transmitting means transmits the code corresponding to the input instruction to the music reproducing device. In the music reproducing device, the searching means extracts the information corresponding to the transmitted code from the storage means, and the output means outputs the extracted information to the remote control device. The receiving means of the remote control device receives the information output from the music reproducing device, and the display means displays the received information.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example in which the present invention is embodied in a known karaoke device and a remote control device for inputting a command regarding its operation will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configurations of the karaoke device and the remote control device of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. 1 and the external view shown in FIG. The remote control device 50 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a user can obtain information menus regarding music to be played, such as a key button 1 including a menu key for selecting the name of the music being played, a playing time, the number of reserved music, and various information. A liquid crystal display 2 for displaying is provided, and these are both connected to a remote control CPU 3 which controls the operation of the remote control device 50. The remote controller CPU 3 converts the data corresponding to the input from the key button 1 into a signal for transmission / reception with the karaoke device 40, and outputs the signal output from the karaoke device 40 in the remote controller 50. A signal conversion unit 4 for converting to data used for processing is connected. The signal conversion unit 4 includes a well-known remote control transmission unit 5 for outputting the signal converted by the signal conversion unit 4 as an infrared signal, and a remote control reception including a sensor for receiving the signal output from the karaoke device 40. The unit 10 is connected.

The remote controller CPU 3 has a program 13 for controlling the operation of the remote controller 50 and a menu code 12 corresponding to the menu key of the key button 1.
A ROM 8 storing the above information and a RAM 9 for storing the data received by the remote control receiving unit 10 and converted by the signal converting unit 4 are connected.

Further, the karaoke apparatus 40 is provided with a main body receiving section 6 composed of a sensor for receiving an infrared signal outputted from the transmitting section of the remote controller 50, and the main body receiving section 6 is usually provided with music. When a command for selecting, playing, stopping, etc. is input, an operation according to the command is performed, and when a command requesting information regarding a musical piece to be played is transmitted from the remote control device 50, an HDD (hard disk・
The main body C which retrieves and extracts necessary information from the information on various musical pieces stored in the drive 14
PU7 is connected. Further, the main body CPU 7 is connected to a well-known main body transmission unit 11 for converting the information regarding the musical composition extracted from the HDD 14 into an infrared signal and outputting the infrared signal.

Next, with the remote control device 50 and the karaoke device 40 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, the operation for obtaining the information regarding the musical composition will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the user is informed about the currently playing song, for example, the name of the playing song, the name of the person who reserved it, the playing time, the time until the end of the playing, the number of reserved songs at that time, and the reservable songs. By pressing the key button 1 on which a menu such as a number is displayed, the user inputs a menu of music information that the user wants to know. When the remote controller CPU3 detects that the key button 1 has been pressed (S1, YES), it reads the menu code 12 corresponding to the input from the ROM 8 (S2),
It is sent to the signal conversion unit 4. The menu code 12 sent to the signal conversion unit 4 is subjected to parallel-serial conversion and amplification processing, and is output as an infrared signal via the remote control transmission unit 5 (S3).

When this infrared signal is received by the main body receiver 6 of the karaoke device 40 (S7, YES), the main body CPU 7 of the main body of the karaoke device 40 decodes the data of the menu code 12 corresponding to the infrared signal. Further, the main body CPU 7 sends the song information data 13 corresponding to the menu code 12 to the HDD 1 connected to the main body CPU 7.
4 (S8), the song information data 13 is converted from parallel to serial, converted into an infrared signal and output from the main body transmitter 11 (S9). At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the output data is configured such that the menu code 12 is followed by the music piece information data 13.

The remote control receiving unit 10 includes a karaoke device 40.
When the infrared signal output from the main body transmission unit 11 of the main body is received (S4, YES), the signal conversion unit 4 converts the infrared signal into parallel music information data 13, and the converted music information data 13 is a remote controller. It is processed by the CPU 3 and stored in the pointer of the RAM 9 corresponding to the menu code of the pressed menu key (S5). The stored music information data 13 is read by the remote controller CPU 3 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 2 together with the menu data corresponding to the menu code 12 (S6). At this time,
As shown in FIG. 3, the display contents displayed on the liquid crystal display 2 are as follows.
If you enter the current number of reserved songs, "Reserved songs 3
"Song" is displayed and when the time until the performance is stopped is displayed, "38 seconds until the performance is stopped" is displayed.

Since the remote control device 50 and the karaoke device 40 are configured as described above, by pressing the key button 1 provided on the remote control device 50, the musical composition stored in the HDD 14 of the main body of the karaoke device 40 is related. The information can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 2 of the remote control device 50, and the information regarding the musical piece to be played can be obtained while being located away from the main body of the karaoke device 40.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the music reproducing device provided with the remote control device of the present invention, the information regarding the musical composition is obtained from the music reproducing device by operating the remote control device. Since the information can be displayed on the display means provided in the remote control device, it is not necessary to approach the music playback device to obtain the above information even if the remote control device is located away from the main body of the music playback device. It will not destroy the atmosphere.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote control device and a karaoke device embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a flow of operations when obtaining information regarding a musical piece performed by the remote control device and the karaoke device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a liquid crystal display and key buttons of the remote control device of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of music information data transmitted from the karaoke device main body to the remote control device in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Key Button 2 Liquid Crystal Display 3 Remote Control CPU 5 Remote Control Transmitter 6 Main Receiver 7 Main CPU 10 Remote Control Receiver 11 Main Transmitter

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A music reproducing device provided with a remote control device capable of inputting a command relating to an operation by a remote control device, wherein the remote control device inputs a command for obtaining information regarding a music piece to be played. A transmitting means for transmitting a code corresponding to the input instruction to the music reproducing device; a receiving means for receiving information on the performance music output from the music reproducing device; and a receiving means for the received music performance. Display means for displaying information, the music reproducing device stores the information about a plurality of performance songs, and the storage device stores information corresponding to the code transmitted from the transmitting means of the remote control device. And a means for outputting the extracted information to the remote control device. A music player equipped with a remote control device.