JPH07334178A - Music reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the music reproducing device which can display a text telop that is easy for a user to read. CONSTITUTION:A control unit 10 reads musical performance data 12a out of a music information storage means 12 and a MIDI multiple sound source unit 20 reproduces and outputs an accompaniment sound based upon the musical performance data 12d. A video reproducing device 14, on the other hand, reads basic data on a text telop out of a musical sound information storage means 12 and reproduces and displays the text telop on a monitor 28; and the size of characters of the displayed text can be set through an input device 29 and the monitor 28 displays the text telop based upon the character size set through the input device 29.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music reproducing device such as a karaoke device for reproducing music based on musical tone information,
In particular, the present invention relates to a music reproducing device capable of reproducing and displaying a lyrics telop along with an accompaniment sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a video karaoke system, a video disc or the like in which music performance information including video information, contents of a lyrics telop, and musical tone information is stored for each music is reproduced. Then, while the musical sound information is reproduced and accompanied, the image display of the lyrics telop is performed with the video information as the background. The lyrics telop is displayed at a time by a predetermined group of lyrics divided by appropriate breaks in the lyrics so that the user can easily sing the song, and the displayed lyrics are displayed according to the accompaniment sound. The colors are changing,
Such a display method is widely used. Further, instead of storing the music performance information and the background video information like a laser disc, the video information is stored separately from the music performance information, and the video information is read out as a background image when the music is played. Although some are displayed, the display of the lyrics telop is the same as in the above case in this case as well.

Regarding the display of the lyrics telop, it is needless to say that an appropriate break of the lyrics is taken into consideration as the break displayed on the screen of the lyrics telop, as described above. The maximum number of characters is determined, and under the condition that the maximum number of characters is
I have decided the appropriate breaks in the lyrics. Regarding the maximum number of characters, it is difficult to see if the displayed characters are too small, so the character size is set so that one character does not become too small. Although the character size also changes according to the size of the monitor screen, for example, the character size is set so that one character displayed does not become too small based on the size of the monitor screen that is generally used. .

[0004]

However, as described above, the maximum number of characters to be displayed on one screen is fixed,
Under the condition that the number of characters is within the maximum, the appropriate breaks in the lyrics are determined, so that there are the following inconveniences.

For example, there are some users, such as seniors, who have difficulty in reading when displayed in a general character size. However, if you set a large font size in consideration of such users from the beginning, the background image will be largely hidden by the lyrics display area, which is not necessary (that is, the standard font size is sufficient). It may also be a factor that diminishes interest to the person.

Since the lyrics telop switching timing is ultimately based on the musical tone information, the switching time interval becomes short in the case of a song having a high performance speed, that is, a song having an up tempo. Therefore, the content of the lyrics cannot be fully recognized, and the effect of singing while watching the lyrics telop is diminished.

These are about the display of the lyrics telop,
This occurs because the character size and the maximum number of characters to be displayed on one screen are fixed. Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a music reproducing device capable of displaying a lyrics telop that is easy for a user to read.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention as set forth in claim 1 is, as illustrated in FIG. 9A, a musical tone information storing means for storing musical tone information of a musical composition. And accompaniment sound reproduction for reproducing the accompaniment sound based on the music information and reading out the music information stored in the music information reproduction means sound information storage means and the lyrics information storage means for storing the lyrics telop information corresponding to the music. And a lyrics display means for reading the lyrics telop information stored in the lyrics information storage means and reproducing and displaying the lyrics telop, wherein the character size of the displayed lyrics is set. A music playback device comprising character size setting means, wherein the lyrics display means displays the lyrics telop based on the character size set by the character size setting means. It is a device.

In the invention according to claim 2, the character size setting means can set at least two kinds of standard size and enlarged size, and when the enlarged size is set, the lyrics display means is set. Is a music reproduction device according to claim 1, wherein the characters of the lyrics telop are displayed in double-height.

The invention according to claim 3 is, as illustrated in FIG. 9B, a musical tone information storage means for storing musical tone information of a musical composition, and lyrics information storage for storing lyrics telop information corresponding to the musical composition. Means, the musical tone information stored in the musical tone information storage means, and the accompaniment sound reproducing means for reproducing and outputting the accompaniment sound based on the musical tone information, and the lyrics telop information stored in the lyrics information storage means, and the lyrics. And a lyrics display means for reproducing and displaying a telop, and a tempo judging means for judging whether or not the music is a predetermined up-tempo music based on the tempo information of the music to be reproduced. When the tempo determining means determines that the tempo is up, the lyrics display means,
The music reproducing device is characterized by increasing the number of characters displayed at one time.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, the lyrics display means sets the number of characters to be displayed at one time by setting the character size of the displayed lyrics to half-width when it is determined that the up tempo has been reached. The music reproducing device according to claim 3, wherein

[0012]

According to the music reproducing apparatus of the first aspect, the accompaniment sound reproducing means reads out the music sound information stored in the music sound information storing means and reproduces and outputs the accompaniment sound based on the music sound information. On the other hand, the lyrics display means reads the lyrics telop information stored in the lyrics information storage means and reproduces and displays the lyrics telop. The character size of the lyrics displayed by the character size setting means is set. The lyrics display means displays the lyrics telop based on the character size set by the character size setting means.

The character size setting means is capable of setting at least two types of standard size and enlarged size, as described in claim 2, and the lyrics display means is set when the enlarged size is set. , It is possible to display the lyrics telop characters in double-height.

As described above, since the character size of the displayed lyrics can be set by the character size setting means, it is difficult for a user, such as an elderly person, who has difficulty in reading in a standard character size. It is convenient to increase the displayed character size so that it can be read easily. Also, for users who do not need it and can use standard text size, leaving the text size as standard, for example, when superimposing the lyrics telop on the background image, the lyrics will be The background image is less likely to be hidden by the display portion, and the decline in interest is prevented.

Further, since the lyrics telop is generally displayed horizontally, when the enlarged size is displayed as in claim 2, the lyrics telop characters are displayed in double-height and displayed on one screen. The number of characters displayed can be the same as in standard size. this is,
For example, if you set the character size to double size vertically and horizontally,
The number of characters displayed on one screen is reduced, and in that case, the lyrics are switched quickly. Therefore, the content of the lyrics is not recognized well, and the next lyrics are displayed, which is not preferable for the convenience of use. Therefore, it is preferable to increase only the character size without changing the number of characters displayed on one screen.

On the other hand, according to the music reproducing apparatus of the third aspect, the accompaniment sound reproducing means reproduces and outputs the accompaniment sound based on the musical sound information, and the lyrics display means, similarly to the first aspect. The telop is played back and displayed, but the tempo judging means, based on the tempo information of the played music,
The lyrics display means increases the number of characters to be displayed at one time when it is judged by the tempo judging means that the music is a predetermined uptempo music.

With respect to the increase in the number of characters, it is conceivable to increase the number of characters displayed at one time by setting the character size of the lyrics to be displayed to half-width as described in claim 4, for example. As described above, the switching timing of the lyrics telop cannot be fully recognized because the time interval for switching the song is fast in the case of a song with a high performance speed, that is, an up-tempo song, and the lyrics telop cannot be recognized. There was a problem that the effect of singing diminished. On the other hand, in the case of the present invention, in the case of up tempo, the number of characters displayed at one time can be increased, so that the time interval for switching the lyrics telop can be lengthened. Therefore, the displayed lyrics telop can be seen for a long time, and the content of the lyrics can be sufficiently recognized. Therefore, the effect of singing while watching the lyrics telop can be fully achieved.

For example, in the case of claim 4, since the character size is half-width, the number of characters displayed at one time is approximately doubled. In reality, the lyrics telop which has been displayed in two times until then is displayed. It can be displayed once, and the displayed lyrics telop can be seen twice as long.

Regarding the increase in the number of characters, when the lyrics telop is normally displayed in one horizontal line, it is possible to increase the number of characters displayed at one time by setting it to two or more lines. Conceivable. However, in the case where it is originally displayed in two horizontal lines, if the character size is reduced to half-width and the number of displayed characters is increased as in claim 4, for example, a lyrics telop is superimposed on the background image. When applied to a karaoke device or the like as described above, the area where the background image is hidden by the lyrics display portion is the same as before, which is also preferable in terms of preventing a decrease in interest in viewing the background image.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration when the music reproducing device according to the present invention is applied to a karaoke system.

The control device 10, which is the central control unit of the present device, has a tone information storage means 12 and a video information storage means 14a.
Is connected to the video reproduction device 14. The musical tone information storage means 12 stores the performance data 12a and the lyrics display instruction data 12 for instructing the switching timing of the lyrics telop display.
b is included as MIDI information. The performance data 12a also stores tempo information for each song.
In this embodiment, this tempo information is either "standard tempo" or "up tempo". Further, the musical tone information storage means 12 stores basic data of a lyrics telop (only referred to as lyrics data in FIG. 1) 12c for displaying a lyrics telop. Video information storage means 14a
The background image data is stored in.

The control device 10 also includes program memories 16 and 3 in which operation programs of the control device 10 are stored.
Types of character generators CG1 and C
G2, CG3, input device 29 for inputting various instructions
Are connected. The input device 29 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a desired music number, a setting switch as a character size setting means for setting the size of a display character, and a start key for instructing the start of a music (all are not shown). No) is provided. In the present embodiment, the setting switch can be set by selecting two kinds of the standard mode and the enlargement mode. On the other hand, the three types of character generators CG1, CG2, and CG3 will be described. CG1 is used to display characters in a standard character size, and CG2 is used to display characters in a vertical double-width size. Is a character whose character size is doubled only in the vertical direction. CG3 is for displaying characters in half-width size, and is a character in which the standard character size is reduced to half only in the horizontal direction.

Further, a MIDI multi tone generator unit 20 is connected to the control device 10 via a MIDI interface board 18. The control device 10 sends the musical tone information read from the musical tone information storage means 12 to the MIDI interface board 18, and the MIDI interface board 18 discriminates the musical tone information from various control information and sends it to the MIDI multi tone generator unit 20. To do.

This MIDI multi tone generator unit 20 is
For example, MIDI synthesizer
Based on the performance data sent from the interface board 18, the electronic music signals of various musical instrument sounds are amplified by the amplifier 22.
Is supplied to the speaker 24 via the control device 10, the MIDI interface board 18, and the MID.
I multi tone generator unit 20, amplifier 22 and speaker 2
The accompaniment sound reproducing means is constituted by 2. In addition, a microphone 2 for inputting a singer's song is input to the amplifier 22.
6 is connected.

On the other hand, a monitor 28 for displaying the background image and the lyrics telop is connected to the video reproducing apparatus 14 which constitutes the lyrics displaying means together with the control device 10.
The control device 10 reads the background image data from the video information storage means 14a and the basic data of the lyrics telop from the musical sound information storage means 12, respectively, and displays them on the monitor 28 according to the processing described later.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the musical tone information stored in the musical tone information storage means 12. FIG. 2A is the MIDI data 30 which is the original performance information, and FIG. 2B is the lyrics. The synchronization data 32 as the display instruction data and the end data 34 indicating the end of the musical tone information of the music are shown in FIG. Data type blocks 30a, 32a, 34a for indicating the type of each data are recorded at the beginning of each data block 30, 32, 34.

Next to the data type block 30a of the MIDI data 30, a timing block 30b which is timing control data for reading each data is recorded, and various sound data blocks 30c are recorded thereafter. The synchronization data 32 has a telop display flag block 32b, and this telop display flag 32b is included.
Is recorded with data for instructing display of lyrics for one screen of telop, color change of lyrics characters, and erasure of telop display. That is, the synchronization data 32 is appropriately stored between the MIDI data 30, and in particular, the synchronization data for instructing the color change of the lyric character is stored immediately after the data producing the sound of the main melody.

Finally, the end data 34 stored
Is data indicating the end of the reproduction of the music, and the reproduction operation is ended by this. Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, it is judged whether or not the music selection is completed (step 100. The step will be simply referred to as S hereinafter). As described above, the karaoke user can use the input device 29 to input the desired song number. When the selection of the requested song is completed, it is similarly determined whether or not the start key of the input device 29 has been turned on (S110).
Then, the processing shifts to 20, and the tone data is read.
Control device 10 from MIDI interface board 18
Is interrupted, the control device 10 reads the musical tone information from the musical tone information storage means 12. That is, one block of musical tone data composed of each data as shown in FIG. 2 is read.

Then, it is judged whether or not the read data type is the end data 34 (S130), and if this data is the end data 34 (S130: YE).
S), after performing the reproduction stop operation for ending the performance (S
140), and this process is once terminated.

On the other hand, when the read data type is not the end data 34 (S130: NO), it is determined whether the data type is the synchronous data 32 (S15).
0), if it is not synchronous data here (S150: N
O), and it is further determined whether the data type is MIDI data 30 (S160). And MID
If it is I data (S160: YES), the control device 10 sends each data of the timing block 30b and the sound data block 30c to the MIDI interface board 18 (S170). Then, the transmitted data is further transmitted to the MIDI multi tone generator unit 20, and the musical sound is reproduced. Then, after a predetermined time, the control device 10 is interrupted and the next data is read.

On the other hand, in S160, the data type is M
If it is determined that it is not the IDI data 30 (S1
60: NO), the operation returns to S120, and S12 is executed again.
The processing after 0 is repeated. If it is determined in S150 that the read data type is the synchronous data 32 (S150: YES), S180 in FIG.
, And the telop display flag 3 of the synchronization data 32
It is determined whether or not 2b is a lyrics display instruction flag.
If it is the lyrics display instruction flag (S18
0: YES), it is determined whether or not the standard mode is set (S220). This determination is made based on whether the setting switch of the input device 29 is set to the standard mode or the expansion mode. The user can select and set the standard mode or the enlargement mode as described above.

When it is determined in S220 that the mode is the standard mode, lyrics for one screen are displayed based on the character generator CG1 having the standard character size (S23).
0). In the operation related to the lyrics display, the control device 10 reads the basic data 12c of the lyrics telop necessary for displaying the lyrics telop for one screen from the tone information storage means 12 and displays the image on the monitor 28 in the standard character size. To control. An example of the lyrics telop displayed in this way is shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the monitor 2
In the vicinity of the lower end of the display area of 8, the lyrics telop is displayed in one horizontal line, and the maximum number of display characters in one line is set to 7 in this case.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S220 that the standard mode is not set, the character generator C of the enlarged character size is used.
One screen of lyrics is displayed based on G2 (S2
40). The operation related to the lyrics display is performed by the control device 10,
The basic data 12c of the lyrics telop necessary for displaying the lyrics telop for one screen is read from the musical tone information storage means 12,
The display is controlled to be displayed on the monitor 28 in the enlarged character size. An example of the lyrics telop displayed in this way is shown in FIG. In this case, since it is double-height,
The number of characters displayed on one line is seven, which is the same as in the case of the standard character size, and the size of each character is enlarged in the vertical direction only. After the process of S230 or S240 is executed, the process returns to S120 (see FIG. 3).

In the process of S180, when it is determined that the telop display flag 32b is not the lyrics display instruction flag (S180: NO), it is further determined whether the telop display flag 32b is the lyrics deletion instruction flag. (S190). When it is determined that the flag is a lyrics deletion instruction flag (S190: YES), the currently displayed one screen of lyrics display is deleted (S25).
0), and returns to S120. This operation is to erase the lyrics display from the monitor 28 by the control signal of the control device 10 as described above.

If it is determined in S190 that the flag 32b is not the lyrics deletion instruction flag (S19).
0: NO), it is determined whether the telop display flag 32b is a lyrics color change instruction flag (S200). If it is determined that it is the lyrics color change instruction flag (S200:
YES), the operation of changing the color of one character of the currently displayed lyrics is performed (S210), and the process returns to S120. S20
With 0. If it is determined that the flag is not the lyrics color change instruction flag, the process directly returns to S120. The color changing operation is also performed under the control of the control device 10.

Since the color changing operation of one character of the lyrics in S210 is performed only when one screen of lyrics is displayed, the synchronization data of the lyrics display instruction flag and the lyrics deletion instruction flag are displayed. It is incorporated as data between the synchronization data and the data. Then, every time the synchronization data 32 including the color change indicating flag is read, the operation of changing the color of the character is performed sequentially. That is, when there is no character whose color is currently changed, the color change control is sequentially performed so that the color of the first character displayed on the screen is changed and then the color of the second character is changed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the musical tone information stored in the musical tone information storage means 12 is read and the accompaniment tone is reproduced and output based on the musical tone information. on the other hand,
The lyrics telop for one screen is read out from the video information storage means 14a as the lyrics information storage means, and the lyrics telop is reproduced and displayed.
You can set the size of the lyrics that are displayed,
The lyrics telop is displayed based on the set character size.

In the first embodiment, at least either the standard size mode or the enlarged size mode can be set. In the standard mode, the standard character size character generator CG1 is used. One screen of lyrics is displayed (S230). In the case of the enlarged mode, one screen of lyrics is displayed based on the enlarged character size character generator CG2 (S240).

Since the size of the characters of the lyrics to be displayed can be set in this way, the character size to be displayed is displayed for a user who is difficult to read with a standard character size display, such as an elderly person. If you increase
Easy to read and convenient. Also, in this case, because the lyrics telop is superimposed on the background image,
For users who do not need this, if the standard size is left unchanged, the background image is less likely to be hidden by the lyrics display portion than in the case of the enlarged size, and the decline in interest is prevented.

Since the lyrics telops are displayed horizontally, the number of characters displayed on one screen is the same as the standard size by displaying the characters of the lyrics telops in double-width characters when enlarged. Can be This is because, for example, if the character size is doubled vertically and horizontally, the number of characters displayed on one screen may decrease, and in that case, the lyrics will switch quickly and the content of the lyrics will be improved. The next lyrics will be displayed before it can be recognized, which is not preferable for convenience of use. Therefore, it is preferable to increase only the character size without changing the number of characters displayed on one screen.

In the first embodiment, S12
0 to S170 correspond to the processing as accompaniment sound reproduction means,
S180 and S220 to S240 correspond to the processing as the lyrics display means. Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The description of the same processes as those in the first embodiment will be omitted or simplified.

As shown in FIG. 6, first, it is judged whether or not the music selection is completed (S300). If the selection of the requested music is completed, the flag F = 0 is set (S301), and the tempo information is read. From (S305), it is determined whether the start key is turned on (S310). When the start key is turned on, the process shifts to S320 to read the musical sound data. Since the processing of S320 to S370 is the same as the processing of S120 to S170 in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the process of S380 to be executed when it is determined in S350 that the read data type is the synchronous data 32 will be described. S380-S
The processing of 410 is also S180 to S2 in the first embodiment.
This is the same as the processing of 10. If it is the lyrics display instruction flag (S380: YES), it is determined whether the tempo is standard (S420). This determination is made based on the tempo information for each song in the performance data 12a stored in the musical tone information storage means 12. As described above, since the tempo information is either “standard tempo” or “up tempo” in the present embodiment, when it is determined in S420 that the tempo is the standard tempo, the character generator CG1 having the standard character size is used. Based on, the lyrics for one screen are displayed (S430). The operation relating to the lyrics display is performed by the control device 10 from the musical sound information storage means 12 and the basic data 12c of the lyrics telop necessary for displaying the lyrics telop for one screen.
Is read out and is controlled to display an image on the monitor 28 in the standard character size. An example of the lyrics telop displayed in this way is shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S420 that the tempo is not the standard tempo, it means that the tempo is the uptempo. Therefore, the process proceeds to S440, it is determined whether the flag F is "0", and if F = 0. , The lyrics for two screens are displayed based on the reduced character size character generator CG3 (S450). In the operation related to the lyrics display, the control device 10 reads the basic data 12c of the lyrics telop necessary for displaying the lyrics telop for two screens from the musical tone information storage means 12 and displays the image on the monitor 28 in a reduced character size. To control.

An example of the lyrics telop displayed in this way is shown in FIG. 8 (b). In this case, the standard character size is a half-width character that is reduced only to the horizontal direction, so the height of the character does not change, but the number of characters that can be displayed on one line is twice the standard character size. Become. In addition, after the processing of S430 or S450 is executed, and when the negative determination is made in S440, that is, F = 1, S320 (FIG. 6).
(Refer to).

Next, the process in the case of affirmative determination in S390, that is, when it is determined to be the lyrics deletion instruction flag will be described. In this case, first, in S460, it is determined whether or not the tempo is standard, and in the case of the standard tempo, the lyrics display for one screen currently displayed is erased (S47
0), and returns to S320. The operation of S470 is the same as the processing of S250 of the first embodiment.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S460 that the tempo is not the standard tempo, it means that it is the up tempo. Therefore, the flow shifts to S480, it is determined whether the flag F is "0", and if F = 0. (S480: YE
After setting S) and F = 1 (S490), the process returns to S320. If F = 0 (S480: NO), the currently displayed lyrics for one screen is erased (S5).
00), after setting F = 0 (S510), S320
Return to.

Thus, in the case of the standard tempo (S4
20: YES, S460: YES), the lyrics display in S430 and the lyrics deletion in S470 are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. On the other hand, in the case of up tempo (S4
20: NO, S460: NO) Judgment of flag F (S44)
0, S480) changes the processing.

This processing will be described in chronological order. First,
If there is a lyrics display instruction (S380: YES), the tempo is up (S420: NO), and the flag F = 0 (S440: YES), 2 based on the reduced character size character generator CG3. The lyrics for the screen are displayed (S450). Then, there is a lyrics deletion instruction (S
390: YES), if the tempo is up (S460: N)
O), the flag F remains 0, so that an affirmative decision is made in S480, and only F = 1 is set in S490 and the lyrics are not erased and the process returns to S320. Then, in the next determination in S480, since F = 1, a negative determination is made, and the lyrics are erased in S500.

This is because the lyrics for two screens are displayed in S450, so that once the lyrics are displayed, they are controlled according to the flags F 0 and 1 so as not to be displayed at the next display timing. Thus, according to the second embodiment,
Similar to the first embodiment, the accompaniment sound is reproduced and output, and the lyrics telop is reproduced and displayed. Whether the tempo is the standard tempo or the up tempo is determined based on the tempo information of the music to be reproduced. If it is determined that it is the up tempo, the number of characters displayed at one time is increased. Second
In the embodiment, the number of characters displayed at one time is doubled by making the character size of the displayed lyrics half-width (S450).

As for the switching timing of the lyrics telop, in the case of a song having a high performance speed, that is, an uptempo song, the switching time interval becomes short, so that the content of the lyrics cannot be fully recognized, and the song is sung while observing the lyrics telop. There was a problem that the effect diminished. In contrast, the second book
In the case of the embodiment, since the lyrics for two screens are displayed at once at the up tempo, the time interval for switching the lyrics telop can be extended. Therefore, the displayed lyrics telop can be seen for a long time, and the content of the lyrics can be sufficiently recognized. Therefore, the effect of singing while watching the lyrics telop can be fully achieved. When setting tempo information, it is not necessary to set it uniformly based on musical performance speed information.
For example, it is not necessary to set uptempo even if it is classified as uptempo in terms of musical performance speed but does not need to display two screens at a time because the lyrics are few. On the contrary, even if the tempo is classified into the standard tempo based on the musical performance speed, the tempo may be set to the up tempo if there are many lyrics and the lyrics telops change quickly. The setting may be appropriately adjusted for each song.

In the second embodiment, S42
0, S460 corresponds to the process as the tempo determining means. In the second embodiment, the character size is half-width as one means for increasing the number of characters to be displayed at one time. For example, in the case where the normal lyrics telop is displayed in one horizontal writing, it is set to two or more steps. It is possible to increase the number of characters displayed at one time by setting. However, if the number of lines is two or more, there is a disadvantage that the background image is hidden by that amount. In addition, if the background image is originally displayed in two lines horizontally, the character size is changed to one-byte as in the above embodiment. If the number of displayed characters is increased, the area where the background image is hidden by the lyrics display portion is the same as before, and this is also preferable in terms of preventing a decrease in interest in viewing the background image.

[0054]

As described above, according to the invention described in claims 1 to 4, it is possible to display the lyrics telop which is easy for the user to read. According to the invention of claim 1, the size of the characters of the displayed lyrics can be set, so for users who are difficult to read with a standard character size display, such as seniors, It is convenient to increase the size of the characters to be displayed because it is easier to read. For users who do not need it, if you leave it at the standard size, for example, when you superimpose the lyrics telop on the background image, the background image is hidden by the lyrics display part compared to the enlarged size. It is less likely to be lost, and it prevents the decline of interest.

Further, since the lyrics telops are generally displayed horizontally, when the enlarged size is displayed as in claim 2, the lyrics telops are displayed in double-height characters on one screen. The number of characters displayed can be the same as in standard size.

On the other hand, according to the third aspect of the invention, when the tempo is up, the number of characters to be displayed at one time can be increased, so that the time interval for switching the lyrics telop is extended and displayed. You can see the lyrics telop for a long time and fully understand the content of the lyrics.
Therefore, the effect of singing while watching the lyrics telop can be fully achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration when a music reproducing device according to the present invention is applied to a karaoke system.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of three types of musical sound data according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the first half of the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a lyrics display example according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the first half of the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a lyrics display example according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the basic configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Control device 12 ... Tone information storage means 12a ... Performance data 12b ... Lyrics display instruction data 12c ... Basic data (lyric data) of lyrics telop 14 ... Video playback device 14a ... Video information storage means 16 ... Program memory 18 ... MIDI interface Board 20 ... MIDI multi tone generator unit 22 ... Amplifier 24 ... Speaker 26 ... Microphone 28 ... Monitor 29 ... Input device 30 ... MIDI data, 32 ... Synchronization data 34 ... End data CG1 to CG3 ... Character generator

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Music tone information storage means for storing music tone information of music, lyrics information storage means for storing lyrics telop information corresponding to the music, and music information stored in the tone reproduction device sound information storage means. Music reproduction including accompaniment sound reproduction means for reading out and reproducing and outputting accompaniment sound based on musical sound information, and lyrics display means for reading out lyrics telop information stored in the lyrics information storage means and reproducing and displaying the lyrics telop. The device is provided with a character size setting means for setting the size of the characters of the displayed lyrics, and the lyrics display means displays the lyrics telop based on the character size set by the character size setting means. A music reproducing device characterized by the above. 2. The character size setting means is capable of setting at least two types of standard size and enlarged size, and when the enlarged size is set, the lyrics display means makes the characters of the lyrics telop double-height. The music reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein the music reproducing device is displayed as. 3. A musical tone information storage means for storing musical tone information of a music piece, a lyrics information storage means for storing lyrics telop information corresponding to the musical piece, and musical tone information stored in the musical tone information storage means for reading a musical tone. An accompaniment sound reproduction means for reproducing and outputting accompaniment sound based on information, and a lyrics display means for reading the lyrics telop information stored in the lyrics information storage means and reproducing and displaying the lyrics telop. Based on the tempo information of the reproduced music, the tempo judging means judges whether the music is a predetermined uptempo music, and the lyrics when the tempo judging means judges that the music is uptempo The music reproducing device, wherein the display means increases the number of characters displayed at one time. 4. The lyrics display means increases the number of characters to be displayed at one time by setting the character size of the lyrics to be displayed to half-width when it is determined that the up tempo has been reached. The music reproducing device according to claim 3.