JPH08185194A - Electronic retrieval device for karaoke music - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a KARAOKE device to accept a reservation for plural pieces of music data in block, but not piece by piece, through a single operation in the case where a user retrieves pieces of music that the wants to sing and makes a reservation for plural pieces of music for the use of the KARAOKE device. CONSTITUTION: Many music data which can be reserved are stored in the KARAOKE music electronic retrieval device such as an at-a-glance electronic guide book and the user retrieves pieces of music by using singer's names, music titles, etc., as key words and selects desired music out of them (steps S1 to S5). Then when selecting operation for desired pieces of music is all completed and their reservation is done with a reservation key, etc., the reserved music data which are previously selected are transferred together to the KARAOKE device at a time (S6 to S8). Consequently, the trouble o reserve pieces of music, one by one, is eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention electronically searches for a song desired by a user from among playing songs provided in a karaoke apparatus, and further reserves the song obtained thereby. The present invention relates to a karaoke piece electronic search device having a function to perform.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to reserve a song in a karaoke machine, a user selects a song to be sung while turning over a printed matter (hereinafter referred to as a sample) having a list of song names and song numbers and using a remote controller. It was common to reserve the song number. However, the number of songs that can be sung by a karaoke device has been increasing in recent years, and some devices called online karaoke devices support more than 10,000 songs. When the number of selectable songs increases in this way, it is inefficient and time consuming to select the songs while turning over a printed sample.

As a technique for facilitating the selection of such music, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-273279 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-273279.
A device provided with an electronic karaoke piece search means as described in Japanese Patent No. 171498 has been proposed. According to this, the user can read out the desired song from the storage means and reserve it for the karaoke device by operating a predetermined key. In that case, when a plurality of songs are to be reserved, first the first song is determined by searching, and then the data of the first song is remote-controlled to the karaoke device by an operation unit such as a transfer key or a reservation key. Transfer by. Similarly, the second song to be sung is searched and selected as a reserved song, and the reserved song is transferred to the karaoke device by the above-mentioned operation unit. Therefore, for example, 5
When making a reservation for a piece of music, the data transfer (reservation execution) action is performed five times, and the operation is relatively troublesome.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to realize a function of more quickly selecting and reserving a plurality of songs from a large number of songs that can be played on a karaoke machine.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the following elements are provided. Performance music information storage means: Stores all or part of the performance music provided in the target karaoke apparatus. Karaoke song search means: Searches for the above-mentioned performance song. Reserving means: The karaoke piece searching means is provided with a reservation command section for making a karaoke device collectively reserve a plurality of performance songs selected and selected.

[0006] The reservation instructing section mainly has an operating section such as a key and a button for executing or transferring a reservation, which is a main operation body, and collectively stores data of a plurality of preselected reserved music pieces based on the operation. Then, it may include a control circuit, a program or the like for making a reservation for the karaoke apparatus.
It should be noted that "collective reservation" does not necessarily mean that data transmission is physically performed at the same time, and the data of a plurality of performance songs may be sequentially sent to the karaoke device by one reservation command. included.

Further, when performing a search by the karaoke song searching means, for example, singer name, song name or its keyword, release year, lyrics keyword (including singing portion), composer name, lyricist name, arranger Any one of these names or information obtained by combining these names can be used as a search command, and the karaoke piece search means has a search command section (operation section and execution program associated with this operation) for that purpose.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to reserve a song that the user wants to sing in the karaoke apparatus, first, the karaoke song searching means searches for a desired playing song, and the data of a plurality of playing songs to be reserved are stored. Then, the reservation command section of the reservation means reserves the plurality of pieces of performance music data in the karaoke apparatus at once.

Therefore, when a user reserves a plurality of songs, it is not necessary to make a reservation for each song to the karaoke device, and a plurality of performance songs can be reserved at the same time by a single reservation command. it can. Therefore, the process is easy and speedy, from searching for the song you want to sing to making a reservation.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a karaoke device including an electronic sample book 1 as a karaoke piece electronic search device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the case of a so-called communication karaoke device, a karaoke commander 4 which is the core part of the karaoke device is transmitted from the host computer 2 via the communication means 3 such as a public telephone line.
Karaoke data corresponding to each song is sent to. here,
A karaoke commander 4 sends a karaoke data to the karaoke commander 4 at any time according to a distribution request command from the karaoke commander 4, or a large number of karaoke data is stored in the karaoke commander 4 in advance from the host computer 2 and corresponds to a new song. Data may be delivered from the host computer 2 in the form of addition or update as needed. The karaoke commander 4 is connected to the communication means 3, the display monitor 7, the amplifier mixer 8 and the like, and the amplifier mixer 8 is connected to the microphone 5 and the speaker 6.

The electronic quick sample 1 stores a large number of song selection data corresponding to each song available to the user. The user uses this to search for a desired song and karaoke it. Make a reservation for Commander 4. The karaoke commander 4 and the electronic quick sample 1 may be connected by a cable or wirelessly.

The electrical configuration of such a karaoke system is shown in the block diagram of FIG. The karaoke commander 4 includes a karaoke control unit 10 which is an input / output control unit, and C
Built-in PU11, ROM12, RAM13, etc.
Controls the entire karaoke machine. Karaoke control unit 10
Is a modem 15 which communicates between the host computer 2 and the karaoke commander 4, and karaoke data (tone data, karaoke data of karaoke songs distributed from the host computer 2).
Karaoke data storage unit 16 for accumulating lyrics data, background data, etc., a tone synthesis unit 17 for synthesizing songs based on the tone data stored in the storage unit 16, the monitor control unit 1
8 and the input unit 19 are connected.

The karaoke data storage unit 16 stores a large number of each karaoke data in association with a song name and a song number. The tone data storage unit 24, the lyrics data storage unit 25,
The background data storage unit 26 is included. Musical sound data in karaoke data, such as MIDI (Musical Instrument Digit)
al interface) standard, and its information is stored in the musical tone data storage unit 24 including at least scale, tone strength, tone length, tone color, and the like. Lyrics data storage 2
5 stores the lyrics data corresponding to the lyrics of each karaoke song. The background data storage unit 26 stores background data of each background image corresponding to each song or several different background images that do not correspond to each song on a one-to-one basis. The tone synthesizer 17 is composed of, for example, a synthesizer,
It stores the performance sound data of various musical instruments, and serves as a sound source for synthesizing (generating) the performance sound signals of the respective musical instruments based on the musical sound data sent from the musical sound data storage section 24. The performance signal is sent to the amplifier mixer 8 and amplified, and is mixed with the user's singing voice input through the microphone 5 at an appropriate ratio and output from the speaker 6.

The monitor control unit 18 includes a lyrics data storage unit 2
5. The lyrics data sent from 5 is converted into a video signal corresponding to the lyrics telop that can be displayed on the monitor 7 such as a CRT, and the background data sent from the background data storage unit 26 is combined with the lyrics telop to the monitor 7. indicate. In addition, it plays the role of notifying the user of the corresponding singing part by sequentially reversing the lyrics telop in synchronization with the progress of the performance of the song. The input unit 19 reserves a song that the user wants to sing,
Equipped with operation keys for adjusting the pitch and speed of the performance song. The input unit 19 can also be configured to reserve a song, but as a device for searching for a song that the user wants to sing at a seat and making a reservation by remote control,
There is the electronic sample 1 mentioned above. In order to transmit information to and from the electronic quick sample 1, the karaoke commander 4 has a communication unit 35 which is assumed to be wireless, for example.

The electronic quick sample 1 includes a quick sample controller 40 as an input / output controller, a CPU 41, a ROM 42, and a RAM.
It is built in as including 43. This control unit 40
Is an input unit 45, a music selection data storage unit 46, a display control unit 4
7, and a display unit 48 such as a liquid crystal display is connected to the display control unit 47. The song selection data storage unit 46 stores song selection data such as song names, singer names, song numbers, etc. corresponding to the karaoke songs distributed by the host computer 2 to the karaoke commander 4. The song data does not necessarily have to correspond to all of the songs that the host computer 2 has, and may correspond to all or some of the karaoke songs that are stored in the karaoke commander 4. Good. In addition to the singer name, the song name (including a part thereof), the release date, the lyrics keyword (including the lyrics of the singing portion),
The composer name, lyricist name, arranger name, etc. can be stored in association with each song. The display control unit 47 displays the data retrieved from the music selection data storage unit 46 on the display unit 48.
To be displayed.

A search key 50 for inputting designation information such as a singer name, a song name, and a keyword when searching for a song to be sung, and a selection key for selecting a song to be reserved from the searched songs are input to the input section 45. 51, Cancel key 5 to cancel it
2, a reservation key 53 for transferring the data of the song selected for reservation to the karaoke commander 4, a scroll key 54 for scrolling the display contents of the display unit 48, and the like. Generally, a song number is used as the reserved song data, and the song number is changed from the electronic sample 1 to the karaoke commander 4.
And is stored in the reserved music recording section. The reserved music storage unit may be set in the RAM 13 of the karaoke commander 4, or a memory different from this may be used.

Data can be exchanged between the electronic quick sample 1 and the karaoke commander 4 wirelessly, for example. In this case, the electronic quick sample 1 is provided with a communication section 57, from which the data of the reserved song is sent to the communication section 35 of the karaoke commander 4. The communication unit 57 has, for example, a transmission unit, and the other communication unit 35 has a reception unit.
When the karaoke commander 4 sends predetermined information to the electronic quick sample 1, the karaoke commander 4 and the electronic quick sample 1 can communicate with each other. In that case, the communication unit 35 of the karaoke commander 4 and the communication unit 57 of the electronic sample book 1 each include an antenna, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. FIG. 3 shows such an example,
Data is transmitted between the antenna 61 of the electronic sample 1 and the antenna 62 of the karaoke commander 4. In this example, the electronic quick sample 1 can be charged by being set in the power adapter 63.

Further, instead of wireless communication, it is possible to transmit the data of the reserved music piece by an electric connection (transmission line). FIG. 4 shows such an example, and a mounting unit 64 to which the karaoke commander 4 and the electronic quick sample 1 are mounted.
And are connected by a cable 65 for data transmission.
The mounting unit 64 and the electronic quick sample 1 are formed with connector portions 66 and 67 that form electrical contacts.
The connector section 67 of the mounting unit 64 is connected to the karaoke commander 4 via a cable 65. With the electronic quick sample 1 mounted in the mounting unit 64, the connector parts 66 and 67 contact each other, and the data of the reserved song of the electronic quick sample 1 is sent to the karaoke commander 4 via the cable 65.

Next, a program routine is executed in which the user searches for a song to be sung using the electronic quick sample 1 and decides a song to be reserved, and then transfers it to the karaoke commander 4 to execute the reservation. A description will be given based on FIG. Note that such a program is stored as an execution program in the ROM 42 of the electronic sample book 1 in FIG. 2, and a control program for the entire karaoke system including acceptance of reserved songs is stored in the ROM 12 of the karaoke commander 4. .

In step S1 of FIG. 5 (hereinafter simply referred to as S1), in order to search for a song that the user wants to sing, a search word such as a keyword is used as the search key 50 (kana key or alphabet key) of the electronic sample book 1. , Number keys, etc.). As described above, for example, the singer name, song name, release date, lyrics keyword, composer name, lyricist name, arranger name, etc. can be specified as the search word.

Based on this search word, a search is performed from the music information stored in the music selection data storage section 46 of the electronic quick sample 1, and the result is displayed on the display section 4 of the electronic quick sample 1.
8 is displayed (S2, S3). For example, by inputting a singer name as a search word as shown in FIG. 6A, the song name corresponding to the singer name is displayed together with the song number or alone as shown in FIG. 6B. Become. Then, in S4, the song to be reserved is selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 6C, a song name is designated by a cursor or the like, and the song is selected by the selection key 51 or the like.

Information on the selected music piece, for example, the music piece number is temporarily stored in the RAM 43 of the electronic quick sample 1. Then, when the user next searches and selects a song that he / she wants to sing, the steps S1 to S5 described above are executed, and song numbers corresponding to the selected songs are sequentially selected and stored. In addition, a plurality of songs are displayed on the display unit 48.
When two or more of them are sequentially selected in the state of being displayed in step S6, the flow from S6 to S4 and S5 is performed, and the song numbers corresponding to a plurality of similarly searched songs are sequentially stored in the RAM 43 or the like.

When the user presses the reservation key 53 after the selection of the song to be sung is completed, the steps S7 through S8 are executed, and the information of the selected plurality of reserved songs, for example, the song numbers are collectively displayed. It is transferred to the karaoke commander 4 via the above-mentioned antenna or cable. That is, the song numbers of a plurality of songs (A song, B song, C song, D song, etc.) to be reserved are temporarily stored in the storage unit of the electronic sample book 1, and this is read from the storage unit when the reservation is made. All of them will be sent out and transferred to the karaoke commander 4. Therefore, for example, even when data of several reserved music pieces is transferred to make a reservation, the operation can be completed by one operation. This is 1
The operation is considerably simpler than the case of repeating the reservation operation for each song.

In the above embodiments, the electronic quick sample is taken as an example, but the electronic quick sample does not exist separately from the karaoke commander, but it seems that the electronic quick sample is built in the karaoke commander. It may be configured. In that case, the same batch reservation as in the case of the electronic quick sample can be made by operating the search operation section or the reservation operation section provided in the karaoke commander.

Even when the electronic quick sample is used as an electronic karaoke song electronic retrieval device, the song information to be searched and selected is stored in the storage unit on the karaoke commander side, and a karaoke command is issued from the electronic quick sample. It is also possible to access the storage section of the commander and thereby display the search information on the electronic quick copy. In that case, multiple pieces of song data selected for reservation are stored on the karaoke commander side instead of on the electronic quick sample, and based on the reservation execution command from the electronic quick sample, those data are collectively stored as reservation data. The configuration may be determined or the data may be collectively transferred to the reserved music storage unit. Further, in the example of FIG. 2, the selection key 51, the reservation key 53, and the like are present in the input unit 45 of the electronic quick sample 1, but these are configured by one enter key,
By sequentially operating one enter key on the basis of the guidance display on the display screen, it is possible to select the retrieved music data and execute the reservation thereof.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication karaoke device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a karaoke system including an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of wirelessly transferring reservation data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which reservation data is transferred using a cable.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a program routine for reserving a plurality of songs in a lump.

FIG. 6 is a display explanatory view corresponding to a part of the flowchart.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 electronic quick sample (electronic karaoke song search device) 4 karaoke commander 40 quick sample control unit 45 input unit 48 display unit 57 communication unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A performance music information storage means for storing information of all or a part of the performance music provided in a target karaoke apparatus, a karaoke music search means for searching the performance music, and a karaoke music search. Reservation means for making a reservation for the performance music searched by the means to the karaoke device, wherein the reservation means stores the plurality of performance music searched and selected by the karaoke music search means for the karaoke device. A karaoke piece electronic retrieval device characterized by comprising a reservation command section for making a collective reservation for the karaoke piece. 2. The karaoke song searching means searches by any one of a singer name, a song name or a keyword thereof, a release era, a lyrics keyword, a composer name, a lyricist name, an arranger name, or a combination thereof. The karaoke piece electronic search device according to claim 1, further comprising a search commanding unit.