JPH07272462A - Searching system for music number, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To search a music number from a tape, a compact disc, a laser disc, etc., and play it easily even if the title of the number and the name of the singer are not known and, further, facilitate the establishment of a data base containing the speciality songs of a user, etc. CONSTITUTION:An arbitrary item selected among items at least atached to a music number, i.e., the code, the title of the number, the start of the song, the name of the singer and the personal information of a customer is inputted by a keyboard 1. Music numbers which correspond to the inputted item are extracted from a memory means 6 by a control means 5 and displayed on a monitor 4. Then the desired number is selected among the numbers displayed on the monitor 4 by a keyboard 1 and the number is automatically played by an autochanger 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music or the like retrieval system that allows easy retrieval of music from all recording media such as magnetic tapes, compact discs, laser discs, etc. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a so-called karaoke (empty orchestra) unit, when a user (customer) inputs a code number of a desired song, an autochanger automatically selects a disc on which the song is recorded. , And is played back by a playback device. At this time, the reproduced music flows from a predetermined speaker, and the lyrics are displayed on a monitor such as a CRT. Magnetic recording media such as magnetic tapes, compact discs (memory), and laser discs are used as recording media for music, but recently, laser discs are widely used.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional music searching system as described above, the user selects the music by looking at the music or singer's name and inputting the code. Therefore, for example, if a drunkard or the like forgets or cannot remember the song name or singer, he / she cannot enter the code and cannot search for the song.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above problems, and even if the song title or singer's name is unknown, it is possible to easily retrieve the song by the lyrics or the personal information of the user. Moreover, it aims at providing the music etc. search system which can create the database of a user's song etc.

[0005]

The music retrieval system according to the present invention is constructed as follows.

(1) At least a code attached to a music piece,
Input means for inputting any one or a plurality of items of the title of the music, the beginning of lyrics, the singer's name, the customer's individual name, or the unique code attached to the individual, and the input means. A control means for extracting a music title from a pre-stored storage means and displaying it on a monitor, and a selection means for selecting a specific music from the displayed music titles are provided, and the selected music is automatically I tried to play it.

(2) In the search system of (1) above, the control means, when an individual name or an item of a unique code attached to the individual is input, at least all music pieces registered for the individual. The name is displayed on the monitor.

(3) In the search system of (1) or (2), the music accompaniment unit is equipped with a reproducing device for automatically reproducing music corresponding to an input item and a monitor for displaying lyrics of the music. I did it.

[0009]

In the music retrieval system of the present invention, any one of the code attached to the music, the title of the music, the beginning of the lyrics, the singer's name, and the personal information of the customer is input by an input means such as a keyboard. Then, the music title corresponding to the input item is displayed on the monitor, and the music selected from them is played.

When the personal information is input, the control means displays all the music titles registered for the individual.

[0011]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a music retrieval system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a keyboard used in personal computers, etc., at least the code attached to the music, the title of the music (including reading), the beginning of the lyrics and words with high frequency,
The input means 2 is provided for inputting any one or a plurality of items of the name of a professional singer singing the song, the personal name of the user (customer), or each item of the unique code attached to the individual. Other items such as the number of laser disk, the name of another model, and the number can be input for music search. The keyboard 1 also constitutes selection means 3 for selecting a specific song from the song names displayed on the screen of the monitor 4 having a CRT.

Reference numeral 5 is a control means composed of a CPU or the like for extracting a music title corresponding to the input item from the storage means 6 stored in advance and displaying it on the monitor 4, and each music displayed on the monitor 4 is the above-mentioned. The keyboard 1 is used to select.
Further, the storage means 6 has an EMS memory 7 for searching, extracting, identifying music, and recording new data, and a hard disk 8. The data in the hard disk 8 is read into the memory 7.

Reference numeral 9 is an autochanger for automatically playing the selected music piece, and a signal from the control means 5 is inputted through the interface 10. 11 is a video board for RF conversion or VTR output, C
An image corresponding to the music specified by the control means 5 is displayed on a general monitor 12 having an RT.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the general search operation in the search system configured as described above. First, the above-mentioned items are input using the keyboard 1 (step S1). At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to search over all the above-mentioned items. For example, you can input hiragana as “Nagaikami no Shojo” as a reading, or use an asterisk (*) if all the input is troublesome and enter “Nagai * jo” or “Nagai *”. Then, the song with the title "Nagai" is extracted at the beginning before the asterisk (step S).
2). Then, a list of candidates with the word "Nagai" at the beginning is displayed on the monitor 1 to several songs (step S
3) If there is a desired song in it (step S4), select the song name with the function key (step S4).
5) You can play it. It takes about 1 to 2 seconds from the appearance of the candidate of the piece of music to the identification of the piece of music.

Further, in the case of retrieving by the song number instead of inputting the above reading, the number is, for example, "245A1".
Just type in 3 ”. It is possible to select a single song. At this time, if the A and B (front surface, back surface) of the disk are not known, use the asterisk key to display, for example, "245 * 1.
When "3" is entered, candidates for A and B songs are displayed, so that one of the songs can be specified by the function key.

In the system of this embodiment, as described above, all items shown in FIG. 3 can be searched,
You can enter the number of the autochanger, the original number of the disc (DISC), the registered disc number of the sub model, etc., but the registration number of the disc should be registered according to the model owned by the user.

As described above, in the present system, it is possible to easily search for a music piece by using the title of the music piece, the name of the singer, the lyrics, the user's personal information, and the like. Therefore, it is possible to search even if the song name or singer name is unknown.

When the music is specified, the number of the tape, CD (compact disk) and LD (laser disk) on hand of the same music can be displayed as a list on one screen of the monitor 4. Furthermore, you can display a memo field by pressing another function key, and if you fill in the customer's name etc. there, when you search by the customer's name, a song list for each customer will be completed, A database of users' songs etc. is created. This is very useful for those who have a large number of customers and do not need to remember the enormous hobbies of customers, and can make an accurate database with a little effort. .

Since FIGS. 4 and 5 show specific examples of retrieving music, FIG. 4 shows a case of retrieving by the title of a song, and FIG. 5 shows a case of retrieving by an individual name in the memo field.

When searching by the title shown in FIG. 4, the user is first prompted to enter a search word on the monitor screen. For example, if "Nagasaki *" is entered with the initials and asterisks of the song, as shown in the figure. A search screen appears. At this time, all the songs searched up and down and left and right and the reading, song title, singer name, disc number, etc. are all displayed. If the reading letters cannot be displayed, change the cell width of the display column. You can also

[0021] Then, the function key can be used to highlight a desired song column and the like, and the return key can be used to display the song card.

If the singers' names are sorted in the same manner as described above, the list of songs owned by the singers can be easily searched.

Further, when searching by the personal name of FIG. 5,
Similarly, a search screen for a personal song list as shown in the figure appears. Then, similarly, a desired song column or the like can be highlighted by the function key, and the song card can be displayed by the return key.

In this case, when the individual name or the item of the unique code attached to the individual is input by the control means 5 of FIG. 1, all the song names registered for the individual are displayed on the monitor screen. It

FIGS. 6 and 7 schematically show an actual mode in this embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an example in which a single search device 13 having the keyboard 1, the monitor 4, the control means 5, the storage means 6 and the interface 10 of FIG. 1 is used and is connected to the autochanger 9.
In the figure, 14 is a reproducing device for automatically reproducing a music piece corresponding to the above-mentioned input item.

In FIG. 7, the monitor 4 of FIG. 1 is shared with the monitor 12 used by the singer, and the monitor 4 and the reproducing device 14 are used.
It shows an example in which it is incorporated in a music accompaniment unit (karaoke unit) provided with a search device 1 having a keyboard 1, a control means 5, a storage means 6 and an interface 10.
3 is connected to the autochanger 9 and the monitor 12.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. In the present invention, it is possible to search by various items as shown in FIG. 3 as described above, and one recording medium such as a cassette, a CD or an LD can be used. A list can be displayed for each song. In addition, the input of the CD and LD machines can be directly driven by directly inputting music through the interface 10. Furthermore,
Since a sorted list such as a list of songs and numbers for each singer can be displayed in a list, you can see what you searched for at a glance.
Even if one song is selected from 00, it only needs a few seconds.

Further, although the keyboard 1 is used for inputting items, even if the keyboard 1 is not completely usable, it is possible to easily search with a wild card. That is, the names of the main singers can be registered in the dictionary of this software, and the singer names can be entered with initials and asterisks, so even a person who is not accustomed to operating the keyboard 1 will be able to do so. You can use it in practice, and if you use a user-specific dictionary, it will be easier if you enter the customer's name. Then, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a wild card search can be performed with an asterisk, and the item extracted with the wild card can be specified by the keyboard 1 while looking at the display on the monitor 4.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the chord attached to the music, the title of the music, the beginning of the lyrics, the singer's name,
Since any item of the customer's personal information is entered by an input means such as a keyboard, a song name corresponding to the entered item is displayed on the monitor, and a song selected from among them is played, the song name and singer are played. Even if the name is unknown, there is an effect that the song can be easily searched by the lyrics and the user's personal information, and a database of the song owned by the user can be created.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a search operation according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing search items.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of searching by song name.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of searching by an individual name.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing an actual mode.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing an actual mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 keyboard 2 input means 3 selection means 4 monitor 5 control means 6 storage means 12 monitor 13 search device 14 playback device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. At least one of a code attached to a music piece, a title of a music piece, a beginning of lyrics, a singer name, a customer's individual name, or a unique code attached to the individual, or a plurality of items. Input means for inputting, a control means for extracting a music name corresponding to the input item from a pre-stored storage means and displaying it on a monitor, and selecting a specific music from the displayed music names. A music retrieval system, comprising a selection means, so that the selected music is automatically played. 2. The control means, when an individual name or an item of a unique code attached to the individual is input, displays at least all song names registered for the individual on a monitor. The music retrieval system according to claim 1. 3. A music piece according to claim 1, wherein the music piece is incorporated in a music accompaniment unit equipped with a reproduction device for automatically reproducing music pieces according to input items and a monitor for displaying lyrics of the music pieces. Etc. search system.