JPH0561403A - Text displaying method of orchestral accompaniment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the quality of a lesson by superimposing know-how information regarding a way of singing on a monitor screen. CONSTITUTION:A text to be sung is read out of a recording medium and displayed on the monitor screen as the image plane of the text, and the know-how information regarding the way of singing the text is also recorded on the recording medium; and the know-how information is read out when necessary and displayed as the image plane of the know-how information over the image plane on the monitor screen or not displayed. Namely, know-how information on music to be sung for the 1st time is displayed on the manor screen together with text information of a professional singer and a practice is made; and the singer selects the display according to his or her progress.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reads at least lyrics to be sung from a recording medium (multimedia) such as a CD-ROM or CD-I and displays them on a monitor screen as an image plane of lyrics. The present invention relates to a karaoke system that can be performed, and more specifically to a lyrics display method for displaying an image plane of lyrics on a monitor screen in the karaoke system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional karaoke system using multimedia, a method of displaying a lyrics telop on a background image reproduced on a monitor screen and changing the color of the lyrics telop according to a song. Is widely used.
Also, as the LD (laser disc) karaoke lesson function, the method described below, such as the sound multi-balance function displayed in the catalog of LKS-500 manufactured by Hitachi, Ltd., is widely used.

That is, a song of a professional singer serving as a model is recorded on a back orchestra in one of the left and right voice channels of a recording medium and is practiced while listening to the song of the professional singer during a karaoke lesson. , In production, the sound of one audio channel on which a professional song is recorded is squeezed by the left / right volume balance VR provided in the playback device to make it difficult to hear, or the SW provided in the playback device.
It is a method that can be sung only by the back orchestra by completely turning it off with the (switch).

[0004]

In the above-mentioned karaoke lesson using the prior art, only the professional singing voice relies on me, and I cannot receive more detailed advice, so it is easy to fall into the ego style and to improve myself. Naturally, there was a limit. Also, it took a lot of time to improve.

The present invention can selectively provide not only audio information but also video and character information as information for a karaoke lesson as know-how information on a singing method, if desired, thereby providing quality of the lesson. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lyrics display method in a karaoke system that can further improve the.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, in the present invention, the know-how information image plane for displaying the know-how information necessary for a karaoke lesson as an image plane is recorded on a recording medium and at the same time. The display of the image plane on the monitor screen or the non-display of the image plane can be selected.

[0007]

In the karaoke system in which at least the lyrics to be sung are read from the recording medium and can be displayed on the monitor screen as an image plane of the lyrics, know-how information about the singing method of the lyrics is also recorded in the recording medium, If desired, the know-how information is read from the recording medium, and is displayed as an image plane of the know-how information on the monitor screen with or without being overlaid on the lyrics image plane.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a lyrics display method in a karaoke system according to the present invention. (A) is an example of a monitor screen when the lesson function is OFF, and (b) is a lesson function O.
It is explanatory drawing which each shows the example of a monitor screen at N time. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a lesson image plane. In these figures, 1 is a background image and 2 is a lyrics telop.

In the karaoke system according to the present invention, a karaoke lesson know-how has a CD-I disc in which an image plane (for example, FIG. 2) is recorded and is reproduced by a CD-I player having an image plane selecting means. The screen example shown in 1) or 2) is displayed on the monitor screen.

Here, the outline of the CD-I will be briefly described. CD-I is an audio system proposed by Philips.
The specifications for recording and reproducing natural images, characters, and data are specified in a specification called the Green Book. The CD-I allows a user to select a program interactively, the reproducing device has a selection operation means, and a recording medium has a selection branch for enabling selection in addition to various information. And have a selection program.

As described above, (a) in FIG.
The screen when the lesson function is turned off (the image in which the background image 1 and the lyrics telop 2 described in the section of the prior art are reproduced) is shown. FIG. 1B shows an image when the lesson function is turned on and the karaoke know-how is repeatedly reproduced. That is, by superimposing the image plane shown in FIG. 2 on the plane shown in FIG. 1A, the screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main part related to the present invention in the karaoke system. In the figure, 11 is a pointing device (instruction operation means), 12 is a monitor screen, 13 is a speaker, 14 is a reproducing device, 41 is a disk reproducing section, and 42 is a control section.
FIG. 4 shows an actual CD-I player (disc reproducing unit 4).
5 is a chart showing a selection procedure (operation flow of the control unit 42) when karaoke is performed using.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. When the karaoke system is turned on, the initial screen is displayed on the monitor screen 12. Therefore, a pointing device (mouse, etc.) 11
When "Karaoke" is selected on the monitor screen 12 via the control unit 42, the control unit 42 causes the disc reproducing unit 41 to read "song titles" one after another and display them on the monitor screen 12. Therefore, the title of the karaoke song is selected from the pointing device 11 via the control unit 42.

After that, in addition to the conventional selection of the presence or absence of a singing voice of a professional singer, the presence or absence of display of lesson know-how is combined, and a selection branch A displayed on the monitor screen 12 as shown in FIG. , B, C or D is selected using the pointing device 11 and the control unit 42 is instructed.

For the song to be sung for the first time, the selection branch A is selected, and the information of both the singing voice of the professional singer and the lesson know-how is used (that is, the singing voice of the professional singer is output to the speaker 13, and the lesson know-how is shown in FIG. It is possible to practice (displaying a screen as shown in (b)) on the monitor screen 12 and change the selection branches B, C and D according to the user's progress.

The above is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied by using a CD-I. However, even if a CD-ROM is used,
You can do exactly the same thing.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, not only the singing voice of a professional singer can be obtained as voice information at the time of a karaoke lesson, but also detailed know-how of singing can be obtained through a monitor screen to display characters and image information. As a result, because you can get it, you can greatly improve the songs you have, and you can greatly increase the repertoire. Further, since the information used at the time of the lesson can be hidden in the live performance of karaoke, it is possible to secretly practice and perform the improved song to surprise and attract the audience.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a lyrics display method in a karaoke system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a lesson image plane.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main part related to the present invention in a karaoke system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a selection procedure when karaoke is performed using a CD-I player.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing some selection branches that can be realized by the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Background image, 2 ... Lyrics telop, 11 ... Pointing device, 12 ... Monitor screen, 13 ... Speaker, 14 ...
Playback device, 41 ... Disk playback unit, 42 ... Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke system capable of reading at least lyrics to be sung from a recording medium and displaying the lyrics on a monitor screen as an image plane of the lyrics, and also recording know-how information on how to sing the lyrics in the recording medium. If necessary, the know-how information is read out from the recording medium, and is displayed as an image plane of the know-how information on the monitor screen with or without being overlaid on the image plane of the lyrics. Display method.