JPH0553592A - Orchestral accompaniment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the orchestral accompaniment system which enables a singer to confirm whether or not music is specified music before singing. CONSTITUTION:This orchestral accompaniment system is equipped with music specifying means 8-k and 9-k for specifying desired orchestral accompaniment music, a reproducing means which reproduces the orchestral accompaniment music specified by the music specifying means 8-k and 9-k and images relating to the orchestral accompaniment music from a recording medium and outputs them as a musical sound signal and an image signal, a voice input means 12-k which converts a singing voice into an electric signal and outputs it as a singing signal, a mixing means 4 which mixes the singing signal and music signal and outputs their mixed signal, an acoustic output means 11-k which converts the mixed signal into a sound and outputs it, an image display means 6-k which displays the image signal as the images, and a control means 2 which reproduces the music and images for a specific time at the time of reproduction and then reproduces the music and images newly from the beginning.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke system, and more particularly to a karaoke system which can confirm whether or not the song is a song designated by the user before starting singing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional karaoke system in a store or the like, when a song to be sung is designated and input,
When the order of the songs was rotated, the title (song name) and the screen were suddenly displayed, and there was a format in which the performance of the song was started.

As another type of karaoke system, when the song number of a requested song is input, the autochanger searches for the song in the order requested, and when the search is completed and a playable state is reached, the tune is sent from the video source. There is a format in which the title of a song is displayed on a monitor TV as an image and the performance is started.

[0004]

However, in the conventional karaoke system as described above, since the performance is suddenly performed, preparation is insufficient and the beginning of the song is missed, or the song name is displayed even if the song is displayed as an image. I wasn't sure if it was a song that I specified.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke system which can confirm whether or not the song is a song designated by itself before starting singing.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a music designating means for designating a desired accompaniment music piece, an accompaniment music piece designated by the music designating means, and the accompaniment music. Reproduction means for reproducing an image related to a song from a recording medium and outputting it as a music signal and an image signal, and a voice for converting a voice sung in conformity with the specified accompaniment music song into an electric signal and outputting it as a singing voice signal. Input means, mixing means for mixing the singing voice signal and the music signal and outputting as a mixed signal, sound output means for converting the mixed signal into sound and outputting the sound, and image display means for displaying the image signal as an image When the specified accompaniment music piece and the related image are reproduced, the music piece and the image are reproduced for a predetermined time, and then the music piece and the image are controlled to be reproduced from the beginning again. Configured to include a control means.

[0007]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the music and image at the beginning of the song are reproduced for a predetermined time (for example, several seconds), so that the singer determines whether or not the song is the requested song. It can be judged immediately, and since the music is reproduced from the beginning after being reproduced for a predetermined time, the singer can prepare to sing during that time.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows an example of a karaoke system to which CCTV (Closed Circuit TV) which is a kind of CATV (Cable Televison) is applied. As shown in Figure 1,
This karaoke system 1 has a center controller 2
, Autochanger 3, frequency multiplex mixer 4, m
And a number of terminal 5 _-1 to 5 _-m. These terminals 5 _-1
~ 5- _m is provided for each banquet hall of the hotel, for example.
The frequency multiplex mixer 4 has a modulator that modulates each output of each autochanger 3 to a frequency of a specific channel, and also has a modulator and a demodulator for inputting / outputting with the center controller 2, and outputs these modulators. Is multiplexed and transmitted to the terminal 5, and a signal from the terminal 5 is received.

FIG. 3 shows an automatic changer 3._-iShows the configuration of
It is a figure. This auto changer 3 _-iThe LD disc
Rack 35 for storing_-iMultiple racks are provided for each rack 35.
_-iMultiple disks are lined up in. And two shi
Chaft 31_-i, 32_-iAnd this shaft shaft 3
1_-i, 32_-iVertical direction that can be freely moved in the vertical direction by
Directional movement device 33_-iIs provided for the vertical movement device 33._-i
This vertical movement device 33_-iHorizontally on top
Disc eject that can be moved to and eject the disc
Machine 34_-iIs provided. The desired disc is ejected
Then, the vertical movement device 33_-iBy auto changer
Disc player 36 provided at the top of the_-iPlace of
Disc player 36_-iDisc is
Is played and the song is played.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a more detailed diagram focusing on the k-th terminal 5- _k . As shown in FIG. 2, the auto changer 3 is composed of n auto changers 3 _{-1 to} 3 _-n . This is because it is possible to deal with the case where the same karaoke performance is simultaneously performed in each banquet hall.

The terminal 5- _k includes a monitor TV 6- _k for displaying an image, a mixing amplifier 7- _k for mixing and outputting karaoke accompaniment music and singing voice, and a microphone 12- _k . , A speaker 11 _-k , a wireless remote control input device 8 _-k or a key input device 9 _-k for specifying and inputting a karaoke piece, and a coin insertion device 10 _-k for inserting a fee. ing. A plurality of wireless remote control input devices 8- _k or key input devices 9- _k may be provided. Here, the wireless remote control input device 8- _k or the key input device 9- _k corresponds to the music designating means, and the center controller 2
Corresponds to control means, and the autochanger 3 corresponds to music reproducing means. The microphone 12 _-k corresponds to a voice input unit, the mixing amplifier 7 _-k corresponds to a mixing unit, and the speaker 11 _-k corresponds to a sound output unit.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. First, when the song number of a desired karaoke song is designated and input by the wireless remote control input device 8- _k or the key input device 9- _k , the terminal 5- _k modulates the data and transmits it to the center controller 2.
When the center controller 2 receives the song number notification data from the terminal 5- _k (step S4), the LD that stores the song number notification and the target song in the autochanger 3
(Laser Video Disk) Data for performing disk search is transmitted (step S5). Based on this search data, the autochanger 3 searches which shelf (rack), which disk, and which chapter in the autochanger, and which chapter the disk is prepared for. When the standby state is ready, the search for the center controller 2 is completed. Returns the song number response (step S6). In response to the music response, the center controller 2 _issues a reproduction start command request (start request) to the terminal 5- _k (step S7).
Here, the playback start command from the terminal 5 _-k (start command) is issued (step S8), and the terminal 5 _-k From this point
The karaoke channel is opened, and the center controller 2 sends a reproduction start command to the autochanger 3 (step S9). This causes the autochanger 3 to start playing the karaoke song, and the speaker 1
Music is output from 1- _k, and images are output from the monitor TV 6- _k . In this case, the center controller 2 is provided with a timer (not shown), and after a predetermined time t seconds (for example, within 10 seconds) has elapsed (step S10), the automatic changer 3 is notified of the song number again (step S1).
1). In this case, since the LD disc has already been set in the disc player in the autochanger, only the chapter search command is required this time. When the autochanger 3 receives this re-notification of the song number, it stops playback at that point, returns to the beginning position of the song, stands by, and completes the search (response of the song number) to the center controller 2
(Step S12). Center controller 2
When receiving this music number response, the command transmits a command to the autochanger 3 to start the music reproduction again from the beginning (step S13). When the reproduction of the karaoke piece is completed, the autochanger 3 sends a reproduction end notification to the center controller 2 (step S1).
4) Then, the center controller 2 closes the karaoke channel of the terminal 5- _k (step S1).
5).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the control operation of the center controller, of which step S1 is a step for checking the state (status) of the terminal 5- _k , which is normally performed only by turning on the power supply. State (idle). Steps S2, S3 monitors the terminal 5 _-k, checks whether coming some data from the terminal 5 _-k, a step of confirming the status of the data.

In the above embodiment, an example of a system having a plurality of TV terminals to which the CCTV system is applied has been described. However, this may be an autochanger or a single terminal, and an LD player may be used instead of the autochanger. The LD disc may be manually set and played.

Although the karaoke AV source has been described as an LD disc in the above embodiment, it may be a CD (Compact Disc) utilizing subcode graphic or another type of recording medium.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The singer or a third party can confirm whether or not the karaoke piece is requested by himself, and the preparation period before officially singing can be secured, which has the advantage that meaningful karaoke can be enjoyed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a more detailed configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an autochanger in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a system operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the center controller in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Karaoke system 2 ... Center controller 3, 3 _{-1 to} 3 _-n ... Auto changer 4 ... Frequency multiplex mixer 5 _{-1 to} 5 _-k ... Terminal 6 _-k ... Monitor TV 7 _-k ... Mixing amplifier 8 _-k ... Wireless Remote control input device 9 _-k ... Key input device 10 _-k ... Coin insertion device 11 _-k ... Speaker 12 _-k ... Microphone 31 _-i , 32- _i ... Shaft 33 _-i ... Vertical moving device 34 _-i ... Disc Take-out machine 35 _-i ... Disc rack 36 _-i ... Disc player

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A music designating means for designating a desired accompaniment music piece, an accompaniment music piece designated by the music piece designating means, and an image related to the accompaniment music piece are reproduced from a recording medium to produce a music signal and an image. A reproduction means for outputting as a signal, a voice input means for converting a voice sung in conformity with the designated accompaniment music song into an electric signal and outputting as an singing voice signal, and mixing the singing voice signal with the music signal. Mixing means for outputting as a mixed signal, sound output means for converting the mixed signal into sound and outputting the sound, image display means for displaying the image signal as an image, and reproduction of the designated accompaniment music piece and related image In this case, the control means for controlling the music and image to be reproduced for a predetermined time and then reproducing the music and image from the beginning again. System.