JPH086579A - Karaoke reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add such an amusement that a user himself or herself enjoys by practically using a video data base. CONSTITUTION:This KARAOKE reproducing device is equipped with a 1st control means which reads music data, text data, and tune genre identifier of a music number to be reproduced out of a music storage means 2 when the music number is specified as operation information, selects and reads video data having the same tune genre identifier as the tune genre identifier out of data in a video storage means 17 according to proper algorithm, and reproduces those music data, text data, and video data in synchronism a 2nd control means which reads music data and text data of the number out of the music storage means 2 when a video number is specified as operation information in addition to the music number, reads video data of the corresponding video number out of the video storage means 17, and reproduces those music data, text data, and video data in synchronism.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an appropriate background image on a video monitor (means moving image data unless otherwise specified).
The present invention relates to a karaoke reproducing apparatus that displays a song and superimposes lyrics along with the progress of music, and particularly relates to a karaoke reproducing apparatus in which music and video do not correspond one-to-one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For the purpose of reducing the burden of producing video software and reducing the size and cost of the playback device,
A karaoke reproducing apparatus of a system in which music and video do not correspond one-to-one has been developed and widely used. In this type of music / video separation type karaoke reproducing apparatus, a storage / reproduction system that stores and reproduces song data with lyrics data and a storage / reproduction system that accumulates and reproduces background image data. It's different. When playing a specified song, an image that matches the tone of the song is automatically selected and displayed on the video monitor. A video does not correspond to a particular song, but many videos are classified according to the musical genre such as enka, pop, and rock. For example, when reproducing a music piece classified into the "Enka" genre, one piece of image data appropriately selected from a plurality of images belonging to the "Enka" genre is reproduced. In other words, a considerably small number of video data is appropriately shared with respect to the number of music pieces, so that it is possible to easily deal with new music pieces produced one after another.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Viewing the image displayed in the background of lyrics is one of the joys of karaoke. In an expensive and very large karaoke reproducing apparatus that uses an optical disc in which music and video are recorded in a one-to-one correspondence, when a certain music is reproduced, a specific video produced in accordance with the music is always reproduced. It On the other hand, in the case of the music / video separation type karaoke reproducing apparatus, even if the same music is reproduced, different videos are reproduced at different times. The latter can enjoy various images for regular karaoke players, and this can be regarded as an advantage of the music / image separation type. However, in the conventional music / video separation type karaoke reproducing apparatus, when the music is selected, the video is automatically selected according to the set algorithm, so that the user cannot voluntarily select and enjoy the video.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a music / video separation type karaoke to which a new entertainment property is added in which a user proactively enjoys utilizing a video database. To provide a device.

[0005]

In the karaoke reproducing apparatus of the present invention, a music storage means for storing a large number of song data with lyrics data classified by song numbers, and song data and lyrics of a designated song number. Music reproducing means for reading data from the music storing means and outputting music sound from a speaker, displaying lyrics character strings on a video monitor in synchronization with the audio output, and video data for background display during music reproduction are provided. A large number of video storage means that are distinguished by the video number and stored, and video data of the specified video number that is read from the video storage means and displayed independently on the video monitor or as the background of the lyrics character string. It has a reproducing means and an input means for arbitrarily inputting various operation information including the music number and the video number.

Here, each musical piece to be handled is classified into a plurality of types according to its musical tone, and each musical piece data stored in the musical piece storage means is added with a musical tone genre identifier, which is a classification identifier, to be handled. The images are categorized from the viewpoint of what kind of tune the atmosphere is suitable for background display, and the tune genre identifier is added to each image data stored in the image storage means.

When only the song number to be reproduced is designated as the operation information, the song data of the corresponding song number, the lyrics data and the tone style genre identifier are read out from the song storage means and the song tone genre identifier is read. First control means for selecting and reading out video data having the same music style genre identifier according to an algorithm from the data of the video storage means, and reproducing the music data, the lyrics data and the video data in synchronization, and the operation. When the video number is specified as the information in addition to the song number, the song data and the lyrics data of the corresponding song number are read out from the song storage means, and the image data of the corresponding video number is read out from the image storage means. Second control means for reproducing the data, the lyrics data, and the video data in synchronization are provided.

In this karaoke reproducing apparatus, means for creating the latest reproduction history information of each video data in the video storage means is provided, and the algorithm in the first control means is based on the reproduction history information. It is possible to include a process of selecting video data that was rarely reproduced. Further, a first music style genre identifier and a second music style genre identifier are added to each music data of the music storage means, and when only the music number to be reproduced is designated as the operation information, the first music style genre identifier is added. The first control means reads out the music data of the corresponding music number, the lyrics data, and the first and second music style genre identifiers from the music storage means, and first, an image with the same music style genre identifier as the first music style genre identifier. A process of appropriately selecting data from the data in the video storage means according to an algorithm is performed, and if there is no suitable video data, the second data is selected.
The video data can be read out by performing the same selection processing according to the music tone genre identifier of, and the music data, the lyrics data, and the video data can be reproduced in synchronization.

Further, when only the video number is designated as the operation information and a reproduction command is given, the video data of the corresponding video number is read from the video storage means and reproduced regardless of the operation state of the music reproducing means. A third control means may be provided.

When a video number is specified as the operation information in addition to the music number, the second control means reads out the music data of the corresponding music number, the lyrics data, and the music genre identifier from the music storage means. At the same time, if the specified video number is valid, the video data of the corresponding video number is read from the video storage means, and if the specified video number is invalid, the first data is read according to the musical tone genre identifier attached to the musical piece data. The video data selected by the same processing as that of the control means may be read from the video storage means, and the music data, the lyrics data and the video data may be reproduced in synchronization with each other.

Further, the videos to be handled are classified in terms of what kind of video elements the contents are composed of, and each video data stored in the video storage means is a video genre identifier which is its classification identifier. If a video genre identifier is specified as the operation information in addition to the music number, the music data and the lyrics data of the corresponding music number is read from the music storage means, and the specified video genre identifier is used. There is provided a fourth control means for selecting video data having the same video genre identifier from the data of the video storage means according to an algorithm and reading the data, and reproducing the music data, the lyrics data and the video data in synchronization. it can. Also in this configuration, the algorithm in the fourth control means may include a process of selecting video data that has been rarely played recently based on the play history information.

When a video genre identifier is specified as the operation information in addition to the song number, the fourth control means provides the song data of the corresponding song number, the lyrics data and the tone genre identifier from the song storage means. With reading
If the specified video genre identifier is valid, the video data is read from the video storage means in accordance with the video genre identifier, and if the specified video genre identifier is invalid, the first data is read according to the musical tone genre identifier attached to the music data. The video data selected by the same processing as that of the first control means may be read out from the video storage means, and the music data, the lyrics data and the video data may be reproduced in synchronization.

Further, when only the video genre identifier is designated as the operation information and a reproduction command is given, the same video genre identifier as the designated video genre identifier is attached regardless of the operation state of the music reproducing means. Fifth control means for selecting and reproducing video data from the data of the video storage means according to an algorithm can be provided.

[0014]

By setting only the music number by the input means, when the corresponding music data is reproduced, the video data is automatically selected according to the music style genre identifier attached to the music data. Here, by adopting an algorithm for selecting video data that has been rarely played recently, and by additionally accommodating the first and second music style genre identifiers, the same video can be displayed to the same user. It is possible to avoid the situation of being reproduced.

When the music number and the video number are set as a pair by the input means, when the corresponding music data is reproduced,
The video with the set video number is played. For example, if you distribute a correspondence table (video program table) of video titles and video numbers that clearly shows the contents of each video data in the form of a booklet, the user can select the video arbitrarily in the same way as selecting songs. Can be played at. Even when a certain piece of music is being reproduced, the input means can be operated to forcibly switch to an arbitrary image. If the video number is invalid, the video is selected according to the musical style genre identifier attached to the musical piece data.

In addition to the function of individually specifying video data by video number, a video genre different from the musical genre (for example, classification of sports scenes, mountain scenery, flowers, port scenery, scenes with pets, etc.) is input. If you specify by means,
One of the videos belonging to the video genre is automatically selected and played.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 schematically shows the hardware structure of a karaoke reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The central control unit 1 is composed of a general personal computer, and the program is stored in the hard disk device 2. The hard disk device 2 is also the music storage means, and a large number of music data with lyrics data are stored by being distinguished by music numbers. The central control unit 1 is connected to the communication network via the modem 3,
Music information (song data with lyrics data) is received from the karaoke software providing center by communication and stored in the hard disk device 2.

A display unit 5, a keyboard 6 and a remote control input unit 7 are connected to the central control unit 1 via a user interface control unit 8 so that a karaoke user can use the keyboard 6 or the remote control input unit 7 to perform various operations such as song selection. Input is performed, and response information is displayed on the display device 5 in response to the operation content and the operation input.

The reproduction of music is performed on the following route under the control of the central control unit 1. The song data and the lyrics data of the designated song number are read from the hard disk device 2. MID
The music data including the I signal is sequentially input to the synthesizer 9, converted into an audio signal, and output from the speaker 11 via the audio amplifier 10. In synchronization with this audio output, the central control unit 1 sequentially converts the lyrics data into a character string and writes it in the video RAM 13, and
A process of coloring the lyric character string to indicate the progress of the song is performed.
The contents of the video RAM 13 are displayed on the video monitor 15 by the display controller 14. Of course audio amplifier 1
0 has a function of mixing with the output of the microphone 12.

The video reproducing device 17 is composed of two CD-ROM players, each of which is equipped with a disc change mechanism for selectively reproducing 10 discs, and each disc has a background for reproducing the music. A large number of video data for display are recorded by being distinguished by video numbers.
The video control unit 16 is composed of a microcomputer that operates in response to a command from the main control unit 1, performs a selection process of video data to be played back, and sets the selected and decided video data to the video playback device 1
The data is reproduced in 7, and the compressed reproduction data is restored and transferred to the display control unit 14. The display control unit 14 synthesizes the video signal from the video control unit 16 and the lyrics character string in the video RAM 13 and displays it on the video monitor 15.

Each music piece handled by this device is classified into a plurality of types according to its tone, and the hard disk device 2
A music style genre identifier, which is a classification identifier, is added to each piece of music data stored in. In particular, in this embodiment, two different musical tone genre identifiers are attached to one musical piece data. The one with the higher priority is called the first musical style genre identifier, and the other is called the second musical style genre identifier.

On the other hand, the videos to be handled are classified in terms of what kind of tune the atmosphere is suitable for as a background display, and the video data recorded in the CD-ROM of the video reproduction device 17 is described above. The musical composition genre identifier is added. At the same time, the videos to be handled are classified in terms of what kind of video elements the contents are composed of, and the CD-ROM of the video playback device 17 is classified.
A video genre identifier, which is the classification identifier, is also added to each of the video data recorded in.

Note that the musical style is, for example, enka
Rock, pops, folk songs, nursery rhymes, chanson, ballads, blues, etc., and video genres include, for example, sports scenes, mountain scenery, flowers, port scenery, pets, nudes, urban scenery, and rural scenery. It is a classification.

A booklet (list of songs) listing the song names and song numbers of the songs to be handled is prepared, and a commentary booklet (video program guide) of the videos to be handled is also prepared.
In the video program guide, a video number, a title that briefly shows the contents of each video, and the above-mentioned tune genre are described in correspondence. Video titles include, for example, the names of the talents who appear, the types of sports and athletes, the names of the places and seasons where the data were collected, dogs,
Give a title that allows you to understand the video content in more detail than the classification items of the video genre, such as the names of animals such as cats and sea otters.

The video control unit 16 reads the information in the index areas of all the CD-ROMs set in the video reproduction device 17 as an initial process, and creates the following video management table in the RAM in advance. The information format of one unit of the video management table is shown in FIG. The management information in this format is created for each video data, and the management information for all video data is created in the RAM of the video control unit 16 in the form of a table that is easy to search.

As shown in FIG. 2, the video management table is
Information (disc number / track number / sector number) indicating the recording location of one video data, the video number attached to the video data, the tune genre identifier, the video genre identifier, and the non-selection described in detail below. This is a list of count values. The non-selection count value is 99
Initialized to.

The user has a keyboard 6 and a remote control input device 7.
Operate to input song reservations and various operation commands (commands to stop playing, re-sing, etc.). The central control unit 1 interacts with the user interface control unit 8 to perform music reproduction processing, and also interacts with the video control unit 16 to give a basic command for video reproduction.

The apparatus of this embodiment has a mode in which only the song number is set when the song is reserved, a mode in which the song number and the video number are set, and a mode in which the song number and the video genre identifier are set.

The main controller 1 acquires the reservation information of the music piece to be reproduced next, and creates video selection command information to be given to the video controller 16 based on the reservation information as follows. The format of the image selection command information is illustrated in FIG. The reservation information shows which of the above modes is reserved. The determination result is set as the selection mode in the video selection command information in FIG. Also, the music piece data of the music piece number designated by the reservation information is reproduced from the hard disk device 2, and the above-mentioned first music piece genre identifier and second music piece genre identifier added to the data are respectively applied to the corresponding areas of the video selection command information. Set to. Further, although the video number is included in the mode reservation information, the video number is set in the corresponding area of the video selection command information. Also, although the mode reservation information includes the video genre identifier, the video genre identifier is set in the corresponding area of the video selection command information. Further, the counter minimum value Cmin (an appropriate value, for example, 30 is initially set) related to the non-selection count value is added to a predetermined area of the image selection command information.

The video selection command information (FIG. 3) in the above format together with the "wait after search" command is supplied to the video control unit 1.
Issue on 6. In response to this, the video control unit 16 operates as follows. The outline of the operation procedure is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

Upon receiving the image selection command information, the image control unit 16 first recognizes which of the above selection modes is selected. If it is the mode, the video data to be reproduced is selected in accordance with the given first musical tone genre identifier. That is, the above-mentioned video management table on the RAM (FIG. 2) is searched to select video data satisfying the following conditions. (1) The music style genre identifiers match.
(2) The count value of the number of times of non-selection is as large as possible at the counter minimum value of 30 or more. (3) The waiting time for reproduction is as short as possible. The condition (3) is not directly described because it is not directly related to the gist of the present invention.

When the corresponding video data is selected by the above algorithm in accordance with the first tune genre identifier, the recording location of the video data is picked up from the video management table and stored as the recording location of the video data to be reproduced next ( Steps 102 → 103 → 107). In the next step 108, the non-selection count value of the selected video data is set to zero in the video management table, and 1 is added to the non-selection count value of the other video data to update (the maximum value is 99). When the processing of the music being reproduced is completed, the video control unit 16 controls the video reproduction device 17 in synchronization with the main control unit 1 which starts the processing of the next reserved music, and as described above, the first music adjustment. The video data selected as described above according to the genre identifier is reproduced and output.

If the corresponding video data cannot be selected in the process of step 102, steps 103 to 104 are executed.
And the video data is selected by the same algorithm as described above according to the second tune-like genre identifier. Also in this case, if the corresponding video data could not be selected, the process proceeds to step 106, and the video data is selected by another algorithm (for example, the video data having the largest non-selection count value is randomly selected). The above-described steps 107 → 108 are performed on the video data selected in step 104 or 106.

When the selection mode of the video selection command information (FIG. 3) is, the video number set in the command information is picked up and the video management table (FIG. 2) having the same video number is selected. Search (step 109)
→ 110). If there is a designated video number, the process of steps 107 → 108 is performed for the video data. If there is no data of the specified video number, the process branches from step 111 to step 102, and the same processing as the above-mentioned mode is performed.

If the selection mode of the video selection command information (FIG. 3) is, the video data to be reproduced is selected according to the video genre identifier set in the command information (step 112 → 113). That is, the video management table (FIG. 2) is searched to select video data that satisfies the following conditions. (1) The video genre identifiers match. (2) The non-selection count count value is the counter minimum value 30.
It's as big as possible. (3) The waiting time for reproduction is as short as possible. The condition (3) will not be described. If you select the relevant video data here,
The process of steps 107 → 108 is performed on the video data. If there is no data of the corresponding video number, the process branches from step 114 to step 102, and the same processing as the above-mentioned mode is performed.

Even in the state where the video and the music selected as described above are being reproduced, the keyboard 6
Alternatively, when a playback command (video switching command) is input by designating a video number with the remote control input device 7, the command is transmitted from the central control unit 1 to the video control unit 16, and the video of the designated video number is played back and output. Similarly, when a video genre identifier is designated and a reproduction command (video switching command) is input, a video of the corresponding video genre is selected and reproduced and output by the same processing as step 113.

[0037]

According to the present invention, in the karaoke reproducing apparatus of the music / video separation type, in addition to the function of automatically selecting the video in accordance with the tone of the selected music, the user mainly plays the video. You can enjoy using the database.
In other words, the user can select and play the video that he or she thinks is suitable for the music, and a new entertainment function is added to enjoy by considering the combination of the music and the video.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration of a karaoke reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a format of a video management table in the same apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a format of video selection command information in the same apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of video selection processing in the same apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Control Unit 2 Hard Disk Device 11 Speaker 15 Video Monitor 16 Video Control Unit 17 Video Playback Device (Two CD-ROM Players)

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A music storage unit in which a large number of song data with lyrics data are distinguished and stored according to song numbers, and song data and lyrics data of a designated song number are read from the song storage unit to generate song sounds. Music output means that displays lyrics character strings on the video monitor in synchronization with the audio output from the speaker, and video data for background display during music playback, in which a large number of video data are stored by being distinguished by video number. Storage means, video reproduction means for reading out video data of a specified video number from the video storage means and displaying the video data independently on the video monitor or as a background of the lyrics character string, the song number and the video number. And an input means for arbitrarily inputting various operation information including, and each music to be handled is classified into a plurality of types according to the tone, Each piece of music data stored in the music storage means is added with a music style genre identifier, which is a classification identifier, and the videos to be handled are classified in terms of what kind of music style the atmosphere is suitable for as a background display. However, when the music style genre identifier is added to each video data stored in the video storage means and only the music number to be reproduced is specified as the operation information, the music storage means The song data of the song number, the lyrics data, and the tone style genre identifier are read out, and the image data having the same tone style genre identifier as the song tone genre identifier is selected and read from the data of the image storage means according to an algorithm as appropriate, and these songs are read. First control means for reproducing the data, the lyrics data, and the video data in synchronization; When the video number is specified in addition to the song number, the song data and the lyrics data of the corresponding song number are read from the song storage means, and the image data of the corresponding video number is read from the image storage means, and the song data The second to reproduce the lyrics data and the video data in synchronization
And a control means of the karaoke reproducing apparatus. 2. A means for creating recent reproduction history information of each video data of the video storage means, wherein the algorithm in the first control means is reproduced recently based on the reproduction history information. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a process of selecting video data having a small amount. 3. The first piece of music data in each of the music storage means
When the music piece genre identifier of No. 2 and the second music piece genre identifier are added and only the music piece number to be reproduced is specified as the operation information, the first control means stores the corresponding music piece number from the music piece storage means. Of the song data, the lyrics data, and the first and second song style genre identifiers are read out, and first, video data having the same song style genre identifier as the first song style genre identifier is selected from the data of the video storage means in accordance with an appropriate algorithm. Process
When there is no suitable video data, the same selection processing is performed according to the second music style genre identifier to read the video data, and the music data, the lyrics data and the video data are reproduced in synchronization. Item 2. The karaoke player according to item 2. 4. When only a video number is designated as the operation information and a reproduction command is given, the video data of the corresponding video number is read from the video storage means and reproduced regardless of the operation state of the music reproducing means. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a third control means for controlling. 5. When the video number is specified as the operation information in addition to the song number, the second control means reads the song data, the lyrics data, and the tone genre identifier of the song number from the song storage means. At the same time, if the specified video number is valid, the video data of the corresponding video number is read from the video storage means, and if the specified video number is invalid, the first data is read according to the musical tone genre identifier attached to the musical piece data. 2. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video data selected by the same processing as that of the control means is read out from the video storage means and the music data, the lyrics data and the video data are reproduced in synchronization with each other. 6. The videos to be handled are classified in terms of what kind of video elements the contents are composed of, and each video data stored in the video storage means is a video genre which is its classification identifier. When an identifier is added and a video genre identifier is specified as the operation information in addition to the music number, the music data and lyrics data of the corresponding music number is read from the music storage means, and the specified video genre identifier is also read. Video data having the same video genre identifier as the above is selected from the data of the video storage means according to an algorithm and read out, and fourth control means for reproducing these music data, lyrics data and video data in synchronization with each other is provided. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1. 7. A means for creating recent reproduction history information of each video data of said video storage means, wherein said algorithm in said fourth control means is reproduced recently based on said reproduction history information. 7. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a process of selecting video data having a small amount. 8. When the video genre identifier is specified as the operation information in addition to the music number, the fourth control means provides the music data of the corresponding music number, the lyrics data, and the music genre identifier from the music storage means. At the same time as reading, if the specified video genre identifier is valid, the video data is read from the video storage means according to the video genre identifier, and if the specified video genre identifier is invalid, the tune genre associated with the music data 7. The karaoke system according to claim 6, wherein the video data selected by the same process as the first control means according to the identifier is read out from the video storage means, and the music data, the lyrics data and the video data are reproduced in synchronization with each other. Playback device. 9. When only a video genre identifier is designated as the operation information and a reproduction command is given, the same video genre identifier as the designated video genre identifier is attached regardless of the operation state of the music reproducing means. 7. The karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising fifth control means for selecting and reproducing video data from the data of the video storage means according to an algorithm as appropriate.