JPH06165033A - Telop device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and surely display a telop at prescribed timing corresponding to the play of music. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a manipulator 14 for telop preparation for preparing telop data showing the telop to be displayed, telop data storage part 12 for storing the telop data prepared by the manipulator 14 for telop preparation, MIDI data read part 18 for successively reading MIDI data recording telop data read timing data outputted from an external output device, and telop data read control part 20 for successively reading and controlling the telop data from the telop data storage part 12 according to the telop data read timing data recorded in the MIDI data read out by the MIDI data read part 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telop device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a telop device capable of superimposing (overlapping) a title, lyrics, etc. as a telop on a video image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a telop device capable of superimposing a title, lyrics, etc. on a video image as a telop has been widely known.

In such a conventional telop device,
When displaying a telop in accordance with the music performance that is played in the background of the video image, the operator manually operates the controls at a predetermined timing while listening to the music performance, and the predetermined timing in accordance with the music performance is displayed. Was displaying a telop.

When a singer sings a song of lyrics in a foreign language at a concert, the song is sung by superimposing it on the image displayed on the image display device installed at the concert venue to enhance the stage effect. The translations of the lyrics of the foreign language may be displayed according to the singing of the person. Even in such a case, the telop device is used, and similarly to the above, the operator manually operates the operator at a predetermined timing while listening to the singer's singing, so that the translation telops at a predetermined timing according to the singing. Was displayed as.

[0005]

In the conventional telop device described above, in order to display the telop in accordance with the music performance or singing, as described above, the operator makes a predetermined operation while listening to the music performance or singing. It was necessary to manually operate the controls at this timing. Therefore, the operation for displaying the telop becomes extremely complicated, and in order to display the telop at a predetermined timing, it is necessary to be skilled in the operation of the telop device, the music being played, or the song being sung. It was necessary to be familiar with the lyrics.
As a result, there has been a problem that only the operator who is familiar with the operation of the telop device and the music being played can operate the telop device sufficiently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to automatically and surely display a telop at a predetermined timing in accordance with music performance. In addition to eliminating the complexity of operation of the telop device by making it possible to display, it also eliminates the need for the operator conventionally required to display the telop according to the music performance. , Is intended to provide a telop device that is labor-saving.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a telop device according to the present invention displays a telop such as a preset character or figure by superimposing it on an image in accordance with the performance of music. A telop device, operating means for creating telop data indicating a telop to be displayed, storage means for storing telop data created by the operating means, and telop data output from an external output device. The telop data is read from the storage means in accordance with the performance data reading means for sequentially reading the performance data recorded with the read timing data and the telop data read timing data recorded in the performance data read by the performance data reading means. , Telop data read control means for sequentially reading It is obtained by configured with.

[0008]

First, telop data indicating a telop such as a character or figure to be displayed is sequentially stored in the storage means by operating the operation means in advance.

Also, in the performance data output in advance from the external output device, telop data read timing data for instructing the reading of the telop data is stored in the storage area corresponding to the portion where the telop is to be displayed during the performance. , Are stored sequentially.

After the above operation, the telop data read timing
The performance data storing the data will be sequentially read out.

When the performance data reading means reads the telop data read timing data, the telop data read timing data is read.
In synchronization with the data read timing, the telop data read control means sequentially reads the telop data from the storage means.

Therefore, the telop data can be automatically and surely read out at a predetermined timing, and the telop can be displayed by superimposing it on the image in accordance with the music performance.

[0013]

Embodiments of the telop device according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telop device according to the present invention. The telop device 10 is designed to control the entire operation thereof by using a microcomputer. Is configured. Further, in the present embodiment, MIDI data is used as the performance data, and undefined program change in the MIDI data is used as the telop data read timing data for instructing the timing to display the telop. ing. When a program change recorded as telop data read timing data in a predetermined area of MIDI data in which music performance data is stored in advance is read by the central processing unit (CPU) of the microcomputer. , Based on the reading of this program change,
It is set so that the data is sequentially read out, the music is played based on the performance data, and the telop is displayed by superimposing it on an image such as a video.

This telop device 10 is equipped with a telop data storage section 12, and a telop creation operator 14 is provided.
The telop data indicating a telop such as a title or lyrics created based on the operation of is sequentially stored in the telop data storage unit 12. Since the telop data creation process and storage process are similar to those of a known telop device, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, an automatic performance device (sequencer) 16 is used as an external output device for outputting MIDI data as performance data to the telop device 10. The MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16 is read as MIDI data. The data is sequentially read by the unit 18 and output to the telop / data read control unit 20.

The telop / data read control unit 20 is
In the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16,
When the program change stored as the telop data read timing data is read, the telop data stored in the telop data storage unit 12 is sequentially read and output to the display unit 22.

Therefore, a predetermined telop is displayed on the display unit 22 in synchronization with the read timing of the program change stored as the telop data read timing data. The display unit 22
Is configured by being arbitrarily selected from a liquid crystal display device, a CRT and the like, and is capable of superimposing and displaying a telop on a video image or the like.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing, in a block diagram, a state in which the telop device 10 according to the present invention is connected to each peripheral device and is actually used.

That is, an automatic performance device 16 is connected to the telop device 10, and the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16 is input.

A video tape recorder (VTR) 24 is connected to the telop device 10, and video data indicating an image in which the telop is superimposed is input from the VTR 24.

Further, the telop device 10 has a display section 22.
Is connected, the telop device 10 mixes the video data input from the VTR 24 and the telop data and outputs the mixed data to the display unit 22. The display unit 22 superimposes and displays the telop indicated by the telop data on the image indicated by the image data.

On the other hand, the automatic performance device 16 includes a sound source device 26.
Is connected to the speaker 30 via the amplifier 28, and the musical sound is emitted from the speaker 30 into the space based on the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16. The music performance indicated by the MIDI data is realized.

With the above structure, the telop device 10 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
Shall explain the action of.

Note that the telop creation operator 14 is operated in advance to create telop data, the telop data is stored in the telop data storage unit 12, and the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16 is converted into MIDI data. Also, the program change for the telop data read timing data is stored at the timing when the telop is desired to be displayed during music performance. When the MIDI data is output from the automatic performance device 16 to the telop device 10 after the above preparations are completed, the display unit 2 is operated based on the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.
The telop will be displayed in 2.

First, in step S302, MI
The DI data reading section 18 sequentially reads the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16.

When the program change as the telop data read timing data is read from the MIDI data thus read, the telop data reading section 20 synchronizes with the program change timing. The telop data is sequentially read from the telop data storage unit 12 (step S304).

The telop data read in step S304 is mixed with the video data output from the VTR 24 and output to the display unit 22 (step S306).

The display unit 22 which mixes and outputs the telop data and the video data is separately provided in accordance with the music performance generated by the system of the automatic performance device 16 → sound source device 26 → amplifier 28 → speaker 30. A telop based on the telop data is displayed so as to superimpose on the image based on the image data (step S
308). Thus, the telop can be automatically and surely displayed at the preset telop display timing in the music performance.

Although the video based on the video data is not particularly synchronized with the MIDI data, a predetermined video may be displayed in synchronization with the MIDI data.

Next, FIG. 4 shows another connection relationship between the telop device 10 and peripheral devices. That is, this FIG.
In the above, the input terminal of the telop device 10 and the output terminal of the automatic performance device 16 are connected, and the output terminal of the telop device 10 and the input terminal of the automatic performance device 16 are connected to each other, and the telop device 10 and the automatic performance device 16 are connected. Between
It is configured to be able to input / output IDI data.

In such a connection relation, when the MIDI data in which the telop data read timing data is recorded is output from the automatic performance device 16 to the telop device 10 at a predetermined timing, the telop device 10 creates it in advance. The lyrics can be stored in the MIDI data as a telop at a predetermined timing of the MIDI data output from the automatic performance device 16. If the MIDI data including the music performance and the lyrics thus generated is output from the telop device 10 to the automatic performance device 16 and recorded on a recording medium such as the floppy disk 32, the music data for karaoke can be easily obtained. Is something that can be created.

Further, in the above embodiment, since MIDI data is used as the performance data and the program change in the MIDI data is used as the timing data for reading the telop data, even if the tempo of the music performance changes, It is possible to always display the telop at a predetermined timing during music performance, and even if the telop is displayed in accordance with the music performance, the display timing does not shift and the operation is easy.

In the above embodiment, the program change in the MIDI data is used as the telop data read timing data, but the present invention is not limited to this.
On / note off or exclusive,
It can be appropriately selected and used according to the music to be played.

Further, in the above embodiment, MIDI data is used as performance data, but the present invention is not limited to this, and system-specific data composed of a telop device and peripheral devices may be used as appropriate. Of course good things.

[0036]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

A telop device for displaying a telop such as a preset character or figure by superimposing it on the image in accordance with the performance of music, and an operation for creating telop data indicating the telop to be displayed. Means, a storage means for storing the telop data created by the operating means, a performance data reading means for sequentially reading the performance data recording the telop data read timing data output from the external output device, and the performance data The telop data read control means for sequentially reading and controlling the telop data from the storage means in accordance with the telop data read timing data recorded in the performance data read by the reading means is configured to be operated in advance. Displayed in storage means by operating the means The telop data indicating the telop such as a desired character or figure is stored, and the telop data is also stored in advance in the storage area corresponding to the portion of the performance data output from the external output device during the performance. By storing the telop data read timing data for instructing the reading of data, when the performance data storing the telop data read timing data is sequentially read by the performance data reading means, When the telop data read timing data is read, the telop data read timing data is read in synchronization with the telop data read timing data read timing.
The telop data is sequentially read from the storage means by the data read control means.

Therefore, the telop data can be automatically and surely read out at a predetermined timing, and the telop can be displayed by superimposing it on the image in accordance with the music performance.

Therefore, according to the telop device of the present invention, it is possible to automatically and surely display the telop at a predetermined timing in accordance with the music performance.
Not only does the complexity of operating the telop device be eliminated, but further, the need for an operator, which was conventionally required to display the telop according to the music performance, is eliminated, and labor can be saved. become able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing, by a block configuration diagram, a connection relationship between a telop device according to the present invention and peripheral devices.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the telop device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another connection relationship between the telop device and the peripheral device according to the present invention by a block configuration diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 telop device 12 telop data storage unit 14 telop creation operator 16 automatic performance device 18 MIDI data reading unit 20 telop data reading control unit 22 display unit 24 VTR 26 sound source device 28 amplifier 30 speaker 32 floppy disk

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation for creating telop data indicating a telop to be displayed in a telop device that displays a telop such as a preset character or figure by superimposing the telop on an image according to music performance. Means, storage means for storing the telop data created by the operating means, performance data reading means for sequentially reading performance data recording telop data read timing data output from an external output device, According to the telop data read timing data recorded in the performance data read by the performance data reading means, the telop data is read from the storage means.
A telop device having a telop / data read control means for sequentially reading and controlling data.