JPH09127967A - Karaoke music selecting ic card, karaoke music selecting device with it and data writing device for music selection - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience for requesting the desired music when karaoke is utilized by sending only the prescribed music selecting data based on the history stored in a music selection history memory means to a karaoke music selecting device from a music selecting data memory means. SOLUTION: A list of selection items is displayed on a liquid crystal display panel 52 for each item such as 're-request' or 'music name retrieval'. When the display portion of the desired item on a touch panel 54 is pushed, the item is selected. After the item is selected, the music list display process is made. When 're-request' is selected, the prescribed music is selected and displayed based on the music selection history stored in the personal data base 13 among all music data bases 11 of an IC card 10. The music is selected, the music selection history is stored in the personal data base of the IC card 10. The music code in the selected music data is outputted to a karaoke device 30 via a communication section 78.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card for karaoke selection, which is used by being incorporated in a karaoke selection device for making a request to a karaoke device for performing a karaoke performance based on performance data of a designated song. That I
The present invention relates to a karaoke music selection device for making a request using a C card and a music selection data writing device for writing new music selection data into the IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a karaoke song selecting device does not store identification information itself for designating a song, and a user selects a song by directly inputting the identifying information, that is, a song selection number by operating a ten key or the like. Was going on.

In the case of inputting only the music selection number, the user selects music by referring to a so-called quick sample which is a correspondence table of music names and music selection numbers. If there are more than 10,000 songs that can be selected, even if they are arranged in the order of the Japanese syllabary, there is a considerable number of songs that start with the same initial letter (for example, "A"), and find the desired song from them. Will need some time. In addition, a new sample must be recreated each time a new song is registered, which leads to an increase in printing costs and a large consumption of paper resources.

In view of such a point, the music selection device stores the identification information for all the songs in advance, and the user searches the identification information list to find the desired song selection number.
It is considered that the music is selected by transferring it to a karaoke device.

[0005]

The music selection device is basically an accessory to the karaoke device main body, and normally, the number of music selection devices provided for one karaoke device main body is about 2 to 3. Therefore, each user must have one music selection device so that each user can make a request immediately when he / she wants.

However, for example, in a karaoke box or the like, since it is not known how many people will use one karaoke device, it is necessary to prepare a large number of music selection devices with a margin. Also, each user may carry it around individually, but since the music selection device must store identification information of, for example, 10,000 songs or more as described above, it requires a memory of a considerable capacity. Yes, since a list of identification information is displayed and one is selected from the list, a display unit with a certain area is required. Therefore, the size of the music selection device cannot be reduced so much, which is inconvenient for an individual to carry around.

[0007] Although the work of searching for the sample by himself is unnecessary, the operation of displaying a list of identification information on the display unit and selecting from the list is required, and every time more than 10,000 songs are selected. Will be selected from among the identification information. Therefore, even if they are arranged in the order of Japanese syllabary, there is a considerable number of songs that start with the same initial letter (for example, "A"), and it takes some time to find out the desired song while displaying them in order. Therefore, for example, even if you want to request the song you sang last time again, the same procedure, that is, select the initial letter from the identification information of 10,000 songs or more, and display a considerable number of songs starting with that initial letter in order. However, it is necessary to find a desired song.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to improve convenience when requesting a desired song when using karaoke.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a karaoke performing a karaoke performance based on performance data corresponding to designated music identification information. An IC card for karaoke song selection, which is used by incorporating it in a karaoke song selection device equipped with a transmission means capable of transmitting song identification information to a device, wherein song selection data including song identification information is stored. And a song selection history storage unit for storing a song selection history selected from the song selection data stored in the song selection data storage unit and transmitted from the karaoke song selection device to the karaoke device. Under the control of the karaoke music selection device, only the predetermined music selection data based on the history stored in the music selection history storage means is stored in the music selection data storage means. It is karaoke music selection for an IC card according to claim being delivered configured to be able to Raoke song selection device.

This karaoke music selection IC card is used by incorporating it in a karaoke music selection device, and the karaoke music selection device is used for a karaoke device that performs karaoke performance based on performance data corresponding to designated music identification information. And a transmission means capable of transmitting music identification information.

The music selection data storage means provided in the karaoke music selection IC card stores the music selection data including the identification information of the music, and the music selection history storage means stores the music selection stored in the music selection data storage means. The music selection history transmitted from the karaoke music selecting device to the karaoke device can be stored. Then, under the control of the karaoke music selecting device, only predetermined music selecting data based on the history stored in the music selecting history storage means can be sent from the music selecting data storage means to the karaoke music selecting device.

Further, as described in claim 2, the control program for the karaoke music selecting device to read only the predetermined music selection data based on the history stored in the music selection history storage means from the music selection data storage means is karaoke. The IC card for music selection may be stored. In this way, the karaoke music selecting device does not have to include the control program itself, and for example, a so-called electronic notebook having a transmitting means can be used as the karaoke music selecting device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke song selecting device which incorporates and uses the above-mentioned karaoke song selecting IC card. That is, the karaoke song selection I
A card incorporating section for incorporating a C card, and the song selecting data storage means of the karaoke song selecting IC card incorporated in the card incorporating section, the song selecting data, and the song selecting history storing means. Optional reading means for reading history information, display means for displaying the music selection data read from the music selection data storage means by the reading means, and music selection data displayed on the display means To a karaoke device for performing a karaoke performance based on performance data corresponding to the designated song identification information, the selection information for selecting the song selection information and the song identification information in the song selection data selected by the selection means. A karaoke music selecting device which is separate from the karaoke device, and which relates to the music selecting data selected by the selecting device. A song selection history writing unit that writes the song selection history to the song selection history storage unit of the karaoke song selection IC card, and a reading unit that reads only predetermined song selection data based on the song selection history information and displays it on the display unit. A display control means is provided.

When the above-mentioned karaoke music selection IC card is incorporated in the card incorporating portion of this karaoke music selection device, the reading means stores the music selection data from the music selection data storage means of the incorporated karaoke music selection IC card, The music selection history information is read from the music selection history storage means. Then, the music selection data read out from the music selection data storage means is displayed on the display means, and the selection means can select any data from the displayed music selection data. The song identification information in the song selection data selected by the selection unit is transmitted to the karaoke device by the transmission unit. The karaoke device can perform a karaoke performance based on the performance data corresponding to the transmitted music identification information.

Here, the music selection history writing means can write the music selection history relating to the music selection data selected by the selection means into the music selection history storage means of the karaoke music selection IC card. Then, the reading / display control means can read only the predetermined music selection data based on the music selection history information by the reading means and display it on the display means. For example, as described in claim 4, the read music selection data is
That is, the list is displayed on the display means in the descending order of selection frequency or in descending order of selection.

[0016] In this way, it is convenient to select a piece of music if the list is displayed in the descending order of the number of selections or the selection time. In other words, many selections are often songs that you are good at (so-called eighteenth song), and new selection times are songs that you are often singing recently, so you can quickly find the song you want to sing. It will be useful for

As a disadvantage of the conventional music selection device, the operation of requesting each time selects an initial letter from among the identification information of 10,000 songs or more, and displays a corresponding number of songs starting from the initial letter in order. Although it was a procedure to find the desired song, if you use the karaoke song selection device of the present invention, for example, if you list it in the order of the number of selections, you can quickly find your favorite song (so-called eighteenth number), In addition, if the list is displayed in order from the latest selection time, for example, the song sung during the previous use can be found immediately. In this way, it is very convenient because you can quickly find the songs you are good at and the songs you often sing recently.

Of course, in the case of the song requested for the first time, the operation is the same as that of the conventional one (therefore, the basic effect that the song can be requested without using the printed quick sample is exhibited). However, it is rare that only the requested song is sung for the first time, and even if that is the case, the song will be stored as song selection history information from the next time onward, so it is sufficient to select from a relatively small number of songs. In this way, when viewed as a whole, the time for selecting a song is shortened and the operation is simplified.

On the other hand, the invention described in claim 5 is the same as claim 1.
Alternatively, a built-in unit for incorporating the karaoke music selection IC card described in 2, a music selection data master storage unit storing the music selection data, and an I incorporated in the installation unit
Write-in data for newly writing predetermined song-selection data read from the song-selection data master storage means to the song-selection data storage means of the C card. It is a writing device.

The above-mentioned karaoke music selection IC card is incorporated in the built-in portion of the main music selection data writing device, and the writing means stores the music selection data in the IC card into the music selection data storage means.
The predetermined music selection data read from the music selection data master storage means can be newly written. Even under the current circumstances, as new karaoke songs are released in sequence, the karaoke device side performs maintenance such as newly storing performance data of the karaoke songs so that these karaoke songs can be played. for that reason,
You also need to be able to request these new karaoke songs.

Therefore, for a new song that can be played on the karaoke apparatus, the song selection data is additionally registered in the song selection data master storage means of the song selection data writing device. And each user has their own IC for karaoke
Using this song selection data writing device for the card,
It suffices to write predetermined music selection data including music selection data for new music. In this case, all the music selection data stored in the music selection data master storage means may be updated and registered instead of all the music selection data stored in the music selection data storage means of the IC card. By doing this, the latest data for selecting all songs can be stored.

For example, in a karaoke box or the like,
If one karaoke device and one music selection data writing device are provided in one room, and the user completes the update registration process before using the karaoke device,
You can request even the latest songs.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an IC card for karaoke selection according to the present embodiment (hereinafter, simply referred to as an IC card).
2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an electronic notebook as a karaoke song selecting device for making a karaoke request using the IC card, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the IC card and the electronic notebook.

The IC card 10 of this embodiment is an electronic notebook 5.
As shown in FIG. 1, it is used by being incorporated in 0, and a whole song database 11 as a song selection data storage means for storing song selection data including identification information of karaoke songs, and a control program for song selection. 12 and a personal database 13 as a song selection history storage means for storing a song selection history selected from the song selection data stored in the all song database 11 and transmitted from the electronic notebook 50 to the karaoke device 30 described later. And a data input / output unit 15 for inputting / outputting data to / from the memory unit 14.

Further, as shown in the external view of FIG. 2, the electronic notebook 50 is provided with a card mounting section 60 for mounting the IC card 10, and from the IC card 10 mounted in this card mounting section 60. It is designed to be able to read and write data. Electronic notebook 50
A liquid crystal display panel 5 as a display means is provided on one surface of the case portion of
2 and a touch panel 54 as a selection means by which the user can selectively input desired information by directly touching the displayed portion on the liquid crystal display panel 52 with a pen or the like. In addition, a communication unit 78 as a transmitting unit is provided near a predetermined corner of the electronic notebook 50.

The electrical structure of the electronic notebook 50 will be further described with reference to FIG. The electronic notebook 50 includes a CPU 70 as a control unit, a ROM 72 as a storage unit for storing programs used by the CPU 70, and a CPU.
A RAM 74 is provided as temporary storage means for temporarily storing various data used in 70, and these are connected to each other by a bus line 76. Further, a communication unit 78 capable of executing wireless communication with the communication control device 32 of the karaoke device 30 is connected to the bus line 76.

The touch panel 54 described above is connected to the CPU 70, and various commands and the like that are selectively input via the touch panel 54 can be input to the CPU 70. Further, the above-mentioned liquid crystal display panel 52 is connected to the liquid crystal driver 82, and the liquid crystal driver 82 can drive and display the liquid crystal display panel 52 according to a command and data sent from the CPU 70. Further, a read / write unit 55 for reading and writing data from the IC card 10 incorporated in the card incorporating unit 60 shown in FIG. 2 is also connected to the CPU 70.

Next, the karaoke device 30 which is a target for making a karaoke request using the electronic notebook will be described with reference to FIG. The karaoke device 30 is capable of various kinds of arithmetic processing, and is a central control device 31 as a control device for controlling each part of the karaoke device 30, and a communication device as a communication device for performing wireless communication with the outside of the karaoke device 30. The controller 32, a karaoke piece data, a hard disk 33 as a storage means for storing operation programs of the central controller 31, digital data read from the hard disk 33 by the central controller 31 and transferred, and analog performance. The performance sound reproduction circuit 34 for converting into a signal, the performance signal sent from the performance sound reproduction circuit 34 is electrically amplified and mixed with the voice input through the microphone 43 at an appropriate ratio, and the speaker 4
4, a mixer amplifier 35 to be output to 4, a screen display control device 36 for synthesizing the lyrics data included in the karaoke song data with the background image data for the background image to be displayed on the television monitor 45 as a display unit, and various instruction inputs to the karaoke device 30. A multipurpose input key 38 and the like as an input means for performing is provided.

On the hard disk 33, karaoke piece data of about several thousand pieces is stored in advance. The karaoke song data for one song is composed of song number data, which is identification information for identifying songs, and substance information. The substantive information in this is MIDI (Musi) which is information of accompaniment music.
cal instrument digital interface) standard performance data and lyrics data for displaying the lyrics in characters, and may include background video data that encodes video information corresponding to the music.

In the karaoke apparatus 30, the user operates the multipurpose input key 38 described above,
Although the requested song can be input, it can be requested via the electronic notebook 50 which is separate from the karaoke device 30. Next, the operation of making a request to the karaoke device 30 using the electronic notebook 50 using the IC card 10 of this embodiment will be described.

First, when the IC card 10 is incorporated in the card assembling unit 60 of the electronic notebook 50 and a predetermined operation is performed, the reading / writing unit 55 causes the data input / output unit 15 of the IC card 10.
The control program 12 in the memory unit 14 is read via the. Then, the CPU 70 of the electronic notebook 50 executes the next music selection process based on the control program 12.

This music selection processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the first step S10, a list of selection items is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 52. The displayed items include, for example, "request again", "search for song name", "search for singer name", "search for genre", and the like.

Then, the desired item can be selected by pressing the touch panel 54 on the portion where the desired item is displayed with a pen or the like. When an item is selected (S20: YES),
Then, the process proceeds to S30 to perform a music list display process. A supplementary explanation will be given regarding the display of the list of songs. The process of reaching this display differs depending on the item displayed in S10. For example, when "request again" is selected, a predetermined music piece based on the music selection history stored in the personal database 13 is selected from all the music database 11 of the IC card 10 and displayed. In the present embodiment, the songs selected in the past are displayed in a list in the order of the number of selected songs. Of course, if all cannot be displayed at once, they can be scrolled and displayed sequentially. The instruction content for scrolling is also displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 52, and can be realized by pressing the touch panel 54 on the display portion.

In the case of "song name search", "singer name search" and "genre search", a screen prompting the user to enter a search item is displayed. When a search item is entered there, the search result is selected for that item. The selected songs will be displayed in a list. For example, in the case of "song name search", a character is designated on the screen for designating the first character, and a list of songs starting with the designated character is displayed. In the case of "singer name search", a character is specified on the screen for specifying the first character, a list of singer names starting with the specified character is displayed, and a list of the songs of the specified singer is displayed. Is displayed. Further, in the case of "genre search", first, a list of genre candidates is displayed, and then a list of music pieces corresponding to the specified genre is displayed.

After the list of songs is displayed in S30 in this way, the process waits in S40 until one of the displayed songs is selected. And when selected S
In step 50, the music selection history is stored in the personal database of the IC card 10 as music selection history information. This music selection history is used as history information for displaying a list in descending order of the number of music selections when the "request again" is selected.

In the subsequent S60, the communication section 7 outputs the music code (that is, the data indicating the music number) in the selected music data.
8 to the karaoke device 30. With this, one process for selecting the music is completed, and it is determined in the subsequent S70 whether or not this process is completed. Specifically, two items of "continue" and "end" are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 52, and a display prompting selection of either is displayed. If it is desired to select a song again, "continue" may be selected, and if the process is to be ended once, "end" may be selected.

If "continue" is selected (S70:
If NO, the process returns to S10, but if "end" is selected (S70: YES), this process is once terminated. As described above, when a request is made using the electronic notebook 50 using the IC card 10 of this embodiment, the IC card 1
The song selection data can be read from the all song database 11 of 0 and transmitted to the karaoke device 30 to make a request. Here, the IC card 10 is also provided with a personal database, in which past song selection history can be stored.

Therefore, when requesting the same song next time, a normal search operation is performed using only the entire song database 11 (a first letter is designated to display a list of songs starting with, for example, "A", and those are sequentially displayed. Even if the “request again” is selected from the items displayed in S10 of FIG. 4, the predetermined selection based on the music selection history stored in the personal database 13 The song is selected and displayed. Therefore,
It can be found in a shorter time than searching the entire song database 11. Further, in the present embodiment, the songs selected in the past are displayed in a list in descending order of the number of times the songs have been selected. In other words, the fact that the number of selections is large means that it is often a song that I am good at (so-called eighteenth number), so it helps to find the song that I want to sing quickly.

In the above embodiment, the songs that have been selected in the past are sorted by the number of times the songs have been selected, but other than that, the list may be displayed in order of new selection. Since the selection time is new, it is a song that is often sung recently, so it helps to find the song you want to sing soon. Furthermore, the user may be allowed to select whether to sort by the number of past selections of music or the selection time.

Of course, in the case of a song to be requested for the first time, a request other than "request again" will be made and a predetermined search operation will be performed. In this case as well, a request for a song is made without using the printed sample. The basic effect of being able to do is demonstrated. In the above embodiment, the electronic notebook 5
Since the IC card 10 is premised to be installed in 0, it also stores the control program 12 itself for music selection. However, for example, in the case of a dedicated machine provided as an accessory of the karaoke device 30 for karaoke selection, the dedicated machine itself may store the control program 12 in advance. However, it has a function to be used for other purposes like the electronic notebook 50, and if one of the many functions can select a song in karaoke, it is convenient for each person to own. Is. In other words, it is easy to avoid carrying a special-purpose device for karaoke, but if the IC card 10 is a general-purpose electronic notebook, it is enough to use a karaoke one.
This is because it becomes easier to use. Of course, a large number of dedicated machines can be prepared as accessories for the karaoke machine, but it is not always possible to allocate one to one, and it is not economical to prepare for the maximum number of people. . From such a point of view, it is important for enjoying karaoke to be able to make a request at a desired timing as an individual possession.

By the way, in the case of karaoke, even in the present situation, as new karaoke songs are sequentially released, the karaoke device 30 side can play these karaoke songs by, for example, newly creating performance data of the karaoke songs. Maintenance such as storing in the memory is executed. Therefore, you need to be able to request these new karaoke songs as well.

Therefore, in order to write the music selection data into the IC card 10, a data writing device 90 as shown in FIG.
To propose. The data writing device 90 is used for the IC card 10
Is provided with a built-in unit for storing music selection data, and a music selection data master storage unit for storing music selection data, and a predetermined music selection database for all music database 11 of the memory unit 14 of the IC card 10. A writing means for newly writing data is provided. Then, the IC card 10 can be built in the built-in unit, and the predetermined song selection data read from the song selection data master storage unit can be newly written into the entire song database 11 of the IC card 10 by the writing unit.

Therefore, for a new song that can be played on the karaoke device 30, its identification information is additionally registered in the song selection data master storage means of the song selection data writing device. And each user has their own IC for karaoke
Using this song selection data writing device for the card,
It suffices to write predetermined music selection data including music selection data for new music. In this case, all the music selection data stored in the music selection data master storage means is stored in the IC.
It suffices to update and register all the music selection data stored in the all music database 11 of the card 10. By doing this, the latest data for selecting all songs can be stored.

The data writing device 90 is shown in FIG.
The centralized monitoring unit 100 may deliver the update data as shown in FIG. For example, in a karaoke box or the like, one karaoke device 30 and one data writing device 90 are provided in one room, and the update data is provided from one central monitoring unit 100 to a plurality of data writing devices 90. You can deliver it to. Therefore, if the user completes the update registration process using the data writing device 90 before using the karaoke device 30 and then shifts to the actual karaoke request, the latest song can be requested.

Although the present invention has been described above according to the embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to such embodiments and can be variously implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, although the touch panel 54 is used for the user to input various instructions in the above embodiment, the operation keys may be used, of course.

In the above embodiment, the communication between the electronic notebook 50 and the karaoke device 30 is wireless communication.
This may be wired communication. For example, the electronic notebook 50 may be provided with a connector portion and connected to the karaoke device 30 with a communication cord or the like. In wireless communication, radio waves, infrared rays, laser beams,
Any media such as ultrasound can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a karaoke song selection IC card and an electronic notebook according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an IC card for karaoke song selection and an electronic notebook according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke device of an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of making a request to a karaoke device by using an electronic notebook incorporating the IC card of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an external view of the data writing device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... IC card 11 ... All song database 12 ... Control program 13 ... Personal database 14 ... Memory part 15 ... Data input / output part 30 ... Karaoke device 31 ... Central control device 32 ... Communication control device 50 ... Electronic notebook 52 ... Liquid crystal display panel 54 ... touch panel 55 ... reading / writing unit 60 ... card embedding unit 70 ... CPU 74 ... ROM 78 ... communication unit 82 ... liquid crystal driver 90 ... data writing device

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Rie Okamoto 6-104, Sakurayama-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Xing Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke selecting device incorporated in a karaoke selecting device equipped with a transmitting means capable of transmitting the music identifying information to a karaoke device performing a karaoke performance based on performance data corresponding to specified song identifying information. An IC card, which is a music selection data storage means for storing music selection data including music identification information, and the karaoke music selection device selected from the music selection data stored in the music selection data storage means. A music selection history storage unit for storing the music selection history transmitted to the karaoke device, and by the control of the karaoke selection device,
An IC card for karaoke song selection, characterized in that only predetermined song selection data based on the history stored in the song selection history storage unit from the song selection data storage unit can be sent to the karaoke song selection device. . 2. A control program for causing the karaoke music selecting device to read only predetermined music selection data based on the history stored in the music selection history storage means from the music selection data storage means. The karaoke song selection IC card according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke song selection IC card is used. 3. A card assembling section for incorporating the karaoke song selecting IC card according to claim 1 or 2, and a karaoke song selecting IC card incorporating the karaoke song selecting IC data storage means incorporated in the card incorporating section. A reading means capable of reading the music selection data and music selection history information from the music selection history storage means; and a display means for displaying the music selection data read from the music selection data storage means by the reading means. A selection means for selecting any one of the music selection data displayed on the display means, and the music identification information in the music selection data selected by the selection means, the designated music identification information And a transmitting means for transmitting to a karaoke device performing a karaoke performance based on performance data corresponding to the karaoke device, the karaoke selecting device being separate from the karaoke device. A song selection history writing unit that writes a song selection history regarding the song selection data selected by the selection unit to a song selection history storage unit of the karaoke song selection IC card, and a predetermined song selection based on the song selection history information by the reading unit. A karaoke music selecting device, comprising: reading / display control means for reading only data for use and displaying it on the display means. 4. The karaoke music selecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the reading / display control means displays a list of the read music selection data on the display means in descending order of selection times or in descending order of selection time. A karaoke song selecting device, which is configured to perform. 5. A built-in unit for incorporating the karaoke music selection IC card according to claim 1 or 2, a music selection data master storage unit storing the music selection data, and a built-in unit. And a writing means for newly writing the predetermined music selection data read from the music selection data master storage means to the music selection data storage means of the IC card. Data writing device.