JPH09152878A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically display a title and introduce music at the time of its introduction so as to build an atmosphere up to a climax at the time of KARAOKE reproduction by providing a specific storage means, a specific selecting means, and a specific reproducing means. SOLUTION: A control part 1 supplies accompaniment music data 9C to a musical sound reproduction part 3, voice data 11 to a voice reproduction part 4, and video data 10 to a video reproduction part 12 respectively, and the supply timing of those data is controlled according to timing information 9b. For example, when the timing information 9b is so set that an introduction phrase for music introduction is reproduced at title display time, the voice data 11 begins to be supplied at nearly the same time with the supply of the video data 10. Thus, the voice data 11 of the introduction phrase for music introduction, etc., prepared in a storage device 2 can automatically be reproduced by the voice reproduction part 4 at the time of the title display or introduction. Therefore, the atmosphere can be built up to a climax by reproducing the voice introducing the music according to the music before singing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a karaoke apparatus, a karaoke laser disk or a karaoke video CD storing music data in which accompaniment music, background images, and lyrics images are in one-to-one correspondence.
There is a karaoke device (package type karaoke device) that uses software (package software) recorded on an optical disc such as.

On the other hand, there is a karaoke device (communications type karaoke device) in which karaoke software is transmitted through a communication line and an electronic device built in a karaoke terminal plays back music. In the communication type karaoke device, there is known a device in which a background image is prepared not for each song but for each genre information of the song in order to reduce the amount of data of the background image, and is appropriately selected and displayed. .

Further, as an example of a communication type karaoke apparatus, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-67381, music data and the like are transmitted from a host computer at a time when the use of the karaoke terminal is not concentrated in advance, for example, at night. It is transmitted via a telephone line or the like in a storage device installed in a karaoke terminal, stored as a database, and when the user selects a song, the song data of the selected song is searched from the storage device, There is known a communication type karaoke device which reproduces the music data by a music reproducing means installed in a karaoke terminal.

[0005]

In the conventional karaoke apparatus, when the user selects a song, both the package-type karaoke apparatus and the communication-type karaoke apparatus first display the title of the selected song and then the prelude of the song. The operation begins. Therefore, during the title display and the prelude, the singer and the listener wait for the singing section to start, but especially when the silent state continues for a long time during the title display, the atmosphere of the place does not rise. On the other hand, in order to raise the atmosphere of the venue during this period, it is conceivable that somebody of the singer or listener will introduce the song during the title display and prelude, but not everyone can introduce the song well.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke device capable of automatically introducing a song or the like at the time of title display or prelude in order to enhance the atmosphere of the venue during karaoke reproduction.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided storage means for storing voice data of a preceding phrase such as song introduction prepared for each music, and the voice data to be played. It is characterized in that it further comprises a selecting means for selecting and selecting, and a reproducing means for reproducing the selected audio data.

As a result, the voice data prepared in advance in the storage means is searched by the selection means according to the tune and automatically reproduced by the reproduction means.

Further, since the voice data is prepared separately from the data of the song to be played, it is possible to prevent the voice data from being reproduced by the user's selection.

Further, according to the present invention, a storage means for storing voice data of an introduction phrase such as a song introduction prepared for each genre of music and a selection for selecting the voice data according to the genre of the music to be played. Means and means for reproducing the selected audio data may be provided.

With this configuration, since the voice data is prepared for each genre, the total number can be reduced. In other words, even if the audio data file is compressed using the audio compression technology, its capacity tends to be large, and if the audio data is prepared for each song, a large-capacity storage means is required. However, the cost will increase accordingly. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of the voice data by preparing a plurality of the voice data for each genre, not for each tune, and sharing the voice data among the songs included in the same genre. The capacity is small, and the cost is reduced accordingly.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a configuration in which the karaoke apparatus of the present invention is applied to a communication type karaoke apparatus.

As shown in the figure, the storage device 2 has a database 6 in which music data 9 is stored and a database 7 in which image data 10 suitable for a music to be played is stored.
And a database 8 that stores voice data 11 that is a data representation of a previous phrase such as a title display of a song to be played and a song introduction to be played at the time of the prelude. A plurality of image data 10 and audio data 11 are prepared for each genre.

Further, the music data 9 reproduces the genre information 9a which is code information for searching the image data 10 and the audio data 11, and the audio data 11 according to the title display of each music and the time of the prelude. Information 9b which is the timing information and accompaniment music data (MIDI: Musical Ins) which is the data of the music to be played.
TRUMENTAL DIGITAL INTERFA
ce) 9c.

At least the music data 9 is transmitted from the host computer of the communication karaoke system via the communication line 5 and stored in the storage device 2. Further, the image data 10 and the audio data 11 are loaded and stored in the storage device 2 from a dedicated disk in which these data are stored. Of course, the image data 10 and the audio data 11 may be transmitted from the host computer via the communication line 5 and stored in the storage device 2. Further, the image data 10 may be taken in from an external video reproducing device such as a widely used VTR or LD.

The control unit 1 controls the entire karaoke apparatus, reads out the data necessary for the performance of karaoke from the storage device 2, and stores the respective data in the music reproducing unit 3, the audio reproducing unit 4, and the video reproducing unit 12. While sending, it controls the operation of each playback unit.

The music reproducing unit 3 reproduces the accompaniment music data 9c, which is the data of the music selected by the user and transmitted from the control unit 1, and outputs it to the mixer 19.

The audio reproduction unit 4 reproduces the audio data 11 transmitted from the control unit 1 and outputs it to the mixer 19.

The mixer 19 synthesizes the singing voice signal of the singer taken from the microphone, the signal input from the music reproducing section 3 and the signal input from the audio reproducing section 4 to synthesize a speaker (not shown). Output from.

The video reproducing unit 12 reproduces the image data 10 which is the data of the karaoke video suitable for the music to be played, synthesizes it with the character video data of the lyrics of the music to be played, and outputs it to a monitor (not shown).

Next, the operation of this karaoke apparatus will be described.

When the user selects a song by inputting the song number of the song to be played by the remote controller of the karaoke device, for example,
The selection unit 1a of the control unit 1 searches the database 6 in the storage device 2 for the music data 9 based on the information of the music number, selects this, and selects the genre information 9a and the timing information 9b in the music data 9. Accompaniment data 9c is obtained. Further, the selection unit 1a of the control unit 1 uses the genre information 9
Based on a, image data 10 suitable for the music to be played is selected from the database 7, and audio data 11 is selected from the database 8.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the contents of the audio data 11 when prepared for each genre. For example, when the song selected by the user is an enka, the control unit 1 obtains the genre information 9a called enka and controls the selection means 1a to prepare a voice such as "enka 1" or "enka 2". From the data, the voice data 11 suitable for the song to be played is randomly selected.

The control unit 1 supplies the accompaniment music data 9c to the music reproducing unit 3, the audio data 11 to the audio reproducing unit 4, and the video data 10 to the video reproducing unit 12, respectively.
The timing of this data supply is the timing information 9 described above.
Control based on b. For example, when the timing information 9b is set so that the preceding phrase such as song introduction is played in the title display, the video data 10
The audio data 11 is started to be supplied at substantially the same time as the supply of (the first part of the video data is the title image), and the timing information 9b is set so that the preamble phrase flows after a predetermined time from the start of the prelude. When is set, the supply of the audio data 11 is started after a predetermined time has passed since the supply of the accompaniment music data 9c was started.

Then, the accompaniment music data 9c is reproduced by the music reproducing unit 3, the voice data 11 is reproduced by the voice reproducing unit 4, and each is synthesized by the mixer 19, and when the singer starts singing, The singing voice is the mixer 19
Are combined and output from a speaker (not shown).
On the other hand, the video data 10 is reproduced by the video reproduction unit 12 and is combined with the character video data of the music to be played, and the background image and the lyrics characters are displayed on the monitor (not shown).

According to the above configuration, the voice data 11 of the preamble phrase such as song introduction prepared in advance in the storage device 2 can be automatically reproduced by the voice reproducing section 4 at the time of title display or prelude. . In other words, you can make the atmosphere of the venue liven up by inserting a song introduction sound according to the song before singing.

The voice data 11 is prepared for each genre, and the total number of voice data 11 to be prepared can be reduced. That is, even if the file of the audio data 11 is compressed by using the audio compression technique, its capacity tends to be large, and if the audio data 11 is prepared for each song, the capacity of the storage device 2 becomes large. The cost will increase. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of audio data 11 by preparing a plurality of audio data 11 for each genre, not for each music, and sharing the audio data 11 among music included in the same genre. Therefore,
Since the capacity of the storage device 2 for storing the audio data 11 is small, the cost can be reduced accordingly.

Further, the voice data 11 is the music data 9
Since it is prepared separately from the above, it is possible to prevent the audio data 11 from being reproduced by the user's selection.

(Second Embodiment) The karaoke apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of the configuration of the karaoke apparatus of the present invention applied to a package-type karaoke apparatus.

As shown in the figure, the karaoke apparatus 13 stores a packaged software reproducing means 18 which is a means for reproducing packaged software, a control unit 1, and a database 15 which stores audio data 17 and timing information 16. And a storage device 2a that operates. The control unit 1 includes a storage device 2a and an audio reproducing unit 1 for reproducing the audio data 17.
4 and the package software reproducing means 18 are connected. Also, the audio data 17 and the timing information 16 are
It is prepared for each music stored in the package software, and when the user selects a music, the control unit 1 and the package software reproducing means 18 receive the music number information for specifying the selected music, and the control unit The selector 1a retrieves the audio data 17 and the timing information 16 based on the music number information, and obtains these information.

Next, the operation of the karaoke apparatus 13 will be described.

When the user inputs the song number of the song to be played by the remote controller of the karaoke device 13, for example, this song number information is input to the package software reproducing means 18 and the control section 1. The music piece number information is input and the packaged software reproducing means 18 sets the packaged software in which the music piece to be played is stored. At the same time, the control unit 1 causes the selection unit 1a to store the storage device 2 based on the music number information.
The voice data 17 and the timing information 16 are retrieved from the database 15 in a and obtained.

Thereafter, the package software reproducing means 18 starts reproducing the music corresponding to the music number. At this time, the control unit 1 uses the timing information 16 to reproduce the sound.
4 is controlled so that the audio data 17 is reproduced at the time of the title display of the song to be played and the prelude.

As a result, the voice data 17 which is the voice data of the preceding phrase such as song introduction is automatically reproduced at the time of title display and prelude, so that the atmosphere of the venue can be raised.

Since the audio data 17 is prepared separately from the package software reproducing means 18, it is possible to prevent the audio data 17 from being reproduced by the user's selection. Further, since the package type karaoke device is now widely used, many users own many packaged software, but according to this embodiment, the audio data 17 can be obtained by using the conventional packaged software. Since it can be reproduced, even users who already have many packaged software do not have to waste the packaged software.

In the case of the above embodiment, the music data and the audio data 1 stored in the package software are recorded.
7 and the timing information 16 correspond to each other on a one-to-one basis, a plurality of audio data 17 may be prepared for each genre and shared by songs of the same genre. In this case, the user can input the information that specifies the genre of the song to be played by using the remote controller of the karaoke device or the like. Further, since the amount of the timing information 16 is relatively small, it may be prepared for each song. As a result, even when the present invention is applied to a package-type karaoke device, the total number of audio data 17 to be prepared can be reduced and the storage device 2a can have a small capacity, so that the cost can be reduced accordingly. .

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
For example, there is an effect that a music introduction can be automatically performed at the time of title display and prelude.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a configuration when a karaoke device of the present invention is applied to a communication type karaoke device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying the content of audio data when music introduction data is prepared for each genre.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a configuration example when the karaoke device of the present invention is applied to a package-type karaoke device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 control section 1a selecting means 2 storage apparatus 3 music reproducing section 4 audio reproducing section 5 communication line 6 database of music data 7 database of image data 8 database of audio data 9 music data 9a genre information 9b timing information 9c accompaniment data 10 images Data 11 Audio data 12 Video reproduction unit 13 Karaoke device 14 Audio reproduction unit 15 Database of audio reproduction data 16 Timing information 17 Audio data 18 Packaged software reproduction means 19 Mixer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing voice data of an introduction phrase such as a song introduction prepared for each music piece, a selection means for selecting the voice data according to a music piece to be played, and the selected voice. A karaoke device comprising: a reproducing unit that reproduces data. 2. A storage unit for storing voice data of a preceding phrase such as song introduction prepared for each genre of music, a selection unit for selecting the voice data according to the genre of the song to be played, A karaoke device comprising: a reproducing unit that reproduces selected audio data.