JPH07191683A - Karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the music number retrieval and registration of one KARAOKE device which increases in the number of music numbers and to grasp the reservation state in real time. CONSTITUTION:A KARAOKE system has an area wherein music numbers, visit frequencies, singing flags of the day, and singing frequencies are recorded on a data medium, reads recorded music data out by a reservation remote controller with a reader writer, and selects music in the music data on the remote controller and sends it to a playing machine driving unit 2, which sends its music code to a playing equipment main body 3, so that the corresponding music is played on the playing equipment main body 3. An IC card is provided with a music list that the customer desires, and then the customer can easily finds desired music without retrieving a large music code index table many times and deletes undesired music although the music is registered, so that songs that the customer sings frequently can preferentially be stored on the IC card.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke system having a remote control device for reservation, which stores a music code, etc., which has been selected once in a data medium, and uses the data of the data medium so as to be able to repeatedly reserve a song. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method has been used in which a song sung by a customer at a karaoke house is searched for in a dedicated index book, the code is entered through a remote controller, and some songs are reserved.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to this method, an index book is searched each time for a song that one wishes to sing.
Not only is it troublesome, but index books can be searched by song name, singer can be searched, and it is easy to select songs that you want to sing, but it takes time to remember and in the end you can not select songs There was something that happened.

The object of the present invention is to easily play a tune that has been searched and played in an index book in karaoke without changing the date and the like and repeating the search from the index book. Searching for and making reservations for the performance of songs speedily.

[0005]

The structure of the present invention for attaining the above-mentioned object is for reservation of selecting a performance device main body and desired performance data from performance data stored in the performance device main body. In a karaoke device having a remote control device, the remote control device for reservation has a reading means for reading the desired performance song data in a data medium into which the desired performance song data is input. It is a karaoke system.

Further, for reservation purposes, means for displaying the desired performance song data read from the data medium and input means for selecting and reserving a specific desired song from the read desired performance song data It is a karaoke system having a remote control device.

Further, the music piece data being played is stored in a data medium mounted on the reservation remote control device as a desired music piece data.
It is a karaoke system having a remote control device for reservation having a receiving means for capturing as a data.

The data medium has at least an area for recording the song number, the number of visits, the singing flag for the day, and the number of singing, and means for calculating the recorded data.
This is a karaoke system having a reservation remote controller having means for recording the calculation result and having a procedure for deleting the data in the data medium according to the recorded calculation result.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show a karaoke system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the entire system configuration is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 is a host computer, which is capable of registering members and issuing membership cards. Two
Is a drive unit installed in each room, which is connected to the host computer 1 and transmits / receives name data, total song data, and the like. A musical instrument body 3 is connected to the drive unit 2 and selects and plays a song corresponding to the song data sent from the drive unit 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a reservation remote controller, which is equipped with an IC card 5 described later, and is equipped with a reader / writer for reading data from the IC card 5 described later or writing data to the IC card 5 described later. Then, data such as song code data, customer data, and reservation status data can be wirelessly communicated with the drive unit 2. A data medium 5 is an IC card in this embodiment, and has a rewritable non-volatile memory composed of an EEPROM. Further, the reservation remote controller 4 is equipped with a display section 41 for displaying data in the IC card 5 and a music data input section 42, and has a reservation status confirmation screen 43 and a reservation music code input screen 44.
Is displayed and the data in the card can be registered and edited.

In the karaoke system thus constructed, when the IC card 5 is mounted on the reservation remote controller 4, the music registered in the IC card 5 is displayed on the display section 41 on the display section of the remote controller 4. , The data input unit 4
Operate 2 to select a song to reserve from them. The reservation remote controller 4 transmits a reservation command, a music code, and customer code data to the drive unit 2. The drive unit 2 sends the music piece code to the musical instrument main body 3 and the customer code to the host computer 1. Then, the name data of the corresponding customer is sent from the host computer 1 to the drive unit 2. On the other hand, the musical instrument main body 3 receives the song code and selects and plays the corresponding song. When the data transmission to the musical instrument main body 3 and the reception of the customer name data from the host computer 1 are completed, the drive unit 2 transmits the customer name data and the reservation completion response to the reservation remote controller 4. The reservation remote controller 4 confirms that the reservation has been surely made by receiving the reservation remote controller 4 and the reservation music code input screen 44 is displayed on the display unit 41.

When confirming the reservation status, a command is transmitted from the reservation remote controller 4 to the drive unit 2 by pressing the corresponding button of the data input section 42 of the reservation remote controller 4, and the drive unit 2 makes the present reservation. The status data is received and the reservation information confirmation screen is displayed on the display unit 41.

When the music currently being played is taken into the IC card 5, a command is transmitted from the reservation remote controller 4 to the drive unit 2 by pressing the corresponding button of the data input section 42 of the reservation remote controller 4, and the drive unit 2 outputs the command. The music code currently being played is received and recorded in the inserted IC card 5. IC card 5 is the IC that reserved the song currently playing.
It does not have to be the card 5 itself.

FIG. 3 is a memory map of the IC card 5. IC card 5 is system area 30 and personal area 4
Data is recorded by being divided into 0s. System area 3
In 0, a system code 31 for preventing cards of other systems from being mixed and a store code 32 for store identification are recorded. In the personal area 40, customer code, prepaid data, point data, recent visit date and personal song data 41, etc. are recorded.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a record of the music data 41 of FIG. 3 recorded in the IC card 5. In the record of the song data 41 of FIG. 3, both a song code unique to the song such as a disc number and a song number and individual data regarding the song such as the number of visits to the store, a singing flag on the day, and the number of singing are recorded.

The operation of the data shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flow chart when the IC card 5 is attached to the reservation remote controller 4. Reserved remote control 4 is IC card 5
3 is read, the system code of FIG. 3 recorded in the IC card 5 is read, and it is verified in step S11 whether or not the card is a system card. The IC card 5 of the other system is discharged in step S13 and access is denied. When it is determined that the card is the card in step S11, the visit date data of FIG. 3 recorded in the IC card 5 is read in step S12. Next, in step S14, the date of visit to the store is compared with today's date, and if they match, the process goes to step 19 and ends. In case of non-match, IC card 5
All song data of FIG. 3 registered in step S15 are read in step S16, the number of store visits of all song data records shown in FIG. 4 is incremented and registered in step S16, and the song flag of that day is turned on in step S17. Since he sang on the previous day when he came to the store, the number of singing times shown in FIG. 4 is incremented and registered in step 18, and step 1
After 9, the process ends.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart when a performance reservation is made using the reservation remote controller 4. When the reservation remote controller 4 receives the performance reservation from the operation of the data input unit 42 or the like, transmits the reservation data to the driving unit 2 in step S21, waits for a response from the driving unit 2 in step S22, and when there is no failure response or response Indicates to the display unit 41 in step S23, and the processing relating to the performance reservation is completed.
The reservation is completed normally, and the reservation remote controller 4 is set in step S24.
If there is no IC card 5 in it, the process ends. If the IC card 5 is present in the remote controller 4 and the song reserved for performance in step S25 is already registered in the IC card 5, the same-day singing flag of the corresponding record shown in FIG. It is turned on, and in step 30, the fact that the song was sung on this day is registered, and the process ends. If the music reserved for performance is not yet registered in the IC card 5, the process proceeds to step S26, and if the IC card 5 has an empty area, it is newly registered in the empty area in step S29, and the process ends. If there is no free space in the IC card 5, the ratio of the number of singing times shown in FIG.
Calculate each as an importance degree. Then step S2
In step 8, the song which has not been sung on the day and has the lowest frequency is deleted, and the song reserved this time is registered therein in step S29, and the process ends. The importance level is expressed by a value obtained by dividing the number of singing times by the number of visits to the store after registering the song, and indicates the probability that the customer will sing the song when visiting the store.

FIG. 7 illustrates the operation of the reservation remote controller 4 when the IC card 5 is inserted or not inserted in each mode. If the IC card 5 is inserted into the remote controller 4 when making a song reservation, the IC will be displayed on the display of the reservation remote controller 4.
The song data registered in the card 5 is displayed, and the selected song code and customer code are transmitted to the drive unit 2,
The song code is registered in the IC card 5 according to the flowchart of FIG. If the IC card 5 is not inserted in the reservation remote controller 4, the data input section 4 of the reservation remote controller 4
The music code input from 2 is transmitted to the drive unit 2.

When IC card 5 is inserted in reserved remote controller 4 at the time of registering the current performance music on the card, reserved remote controller 4 transmits a music code request command to drive unit 2 and then the drive unit. Receive the song code data from 2 and register the code in IC card 5. IC
When the card 5 is not inserted, the received music code is displayed on the display unit 41 of the reservation remote controller 4.

When confirming the reservation status, the reservation remote controller 4 sends a reservation status request command to the drive unit 2,
Then, the reservation status data is received from the drive unit 2 and the data is displayed on the display unit 41. At this time, only when the IC card 5 is inserted in the reservation remote controller 4, the music data reserved by the holder of the IC card inserted for easy viewing is highlighted.

For editing work such as deleting / changing / adding music data in the card, the IC card 5 is set in the reservation remote controller 4.
Can be executed from the data input section of the remote control only when is inserted.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the drive unit 2 and the musical instrument main body 3 are separate bodies, but they may be constructed as one control instrument. Further, although the drive unit 2 and the musical instrument main body 3 are connected by wire in the embodiment, they may be wirelessly communicated with each other in order to increase the degree of freedom of location.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the karaoke apparatus, by providing the customer's own music list in the IC card, the customer can select a huge song code index table for each song. Not only can you easily find the song you want to sing without having to search again, but because you can delete the songs that you have registered once but are out of your liking, you can give priority to the songs you often sing. Can be stored in the card. Thus, it is possible to provide a system free from the troubles of song index and song performance reservation, which are the biggest problems in karaoke.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sequel to FIG. 1 showing the configuration of a karaoke system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a memory map of an IC card for explaining an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a memory map of registered music record data of an IC card for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart when a card is set in a reservation remote controller for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a preferred embodiment of the present invention when a music piece is reserved by a reservation remote controller.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an operation of the reservation remote controller in each mode when a card is inserted and when the card is not inserted, for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke device comprising a performance equipment main body and a reservation remote control device for selecting desired performance data from performance data stored in the performance equipment main body, wherein the reservation remote control device is provided. A karaoke system comprising a reading means for reading the desired performance music data in a data medium to which the desired performance music data is input. 2. Reservation means comprising means for displaying desired music piece data read from the data medium and input means for selecting and reserving a specific desired music piece from the read desired music piece data. The karaoke system according to claim 1, further comprising a remote control device. 3. A remote control device for reservation having a receiving means for taking in, as data of a desired performance music, a data medium mounted on the remote control device for reservation as the music data of a music being played. Karaoke system. 4. The data medium has an area for recording at least the song number, the number of visits, the singing flag for the day, and the number of singing, and has means for calculating the recorded data and means for recording the calculation result. 2. The karaoke system according to claim 1, further comprising a reservation remote controller having a procedure for deleting data in the data medium according to the recorded calculation result.