JPH09179932A - Information reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce not only audio information, but also visual information of characters and video by using an FM radio or television set. SOLUTION: Functions which read code print information printed on a print medium SH by an optical read means 2 and store it in a memory means 3, and reproduce a voice information signal containing necessary auditory information and a video information signal containing necessary visual information and output them as a television signal are stored in a specific case and united. Further, the audio information signal and character information signal are outputted as an FM teletext broadcasting signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides FM information for auditory information such as voice information and visual information such as video information and text information.
The present invention relates to an information reproducing device which can be easily reproduced by using a radio, a television set or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in order to enjoy audio information and video information at home, it is common to reproduce various information recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape or an optical disc by using a predetermined reproduction apparatus. is there. Therefore, when enjoying karaoke at home, a magnetic tape or an optical disc on which karaoke information such as music, lyrics, and background video is recorded is set in a dedicated reproducing device, and desired karaoke information is displayed by a speaker and a CRT display device. Playing.

[0003]

However, when various kinds of information are reproduced at home, in a car, etc., in order to enjoy at a personal level, it is necessary to use a dedicated machine as described above in addition to taking up space. There are problems that the economic burden is heavy and the handling is not easy. In order to solve such a problem, for example, a wireless microphone type simplified karaoke device in which a small karaoke device is incorporated in a hand microphone is known, but the problem is that the utility value is low because only voice information is reproduced. have.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information reproducing apparatus which can reproduce not only audio information but also visual information of characters and images by utilizing an FM radio or television set. Especially.

[0005]

A feature of the invention of claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information reproducing apparatus for reproducing auditory information and visual information, and a block containing desired information. Optical reading means for reading the coded code printing information, memory means for storing the information read by the optical reading means, and information stored in the memory means for processing auditory information Information processing means for outputting an audio information signal and a video information signal having visual information, and a predetermined television having the audio information and the visual information in response to the audio information signal and the video information signal. A television signal transmitting section for outputting a television signal, wherein the optical reading means, the memory means, the information processing means and the television signal transmitting section are provided in a predetermined case. Lies in the fact that are integrated are paid.

The blocked code print information is printed on paper or another suitable print medium, the blocked code print information is read by an optical reading means integrated in the case, and the read information is appropriately read. Are stored in the memory means in the form of electrical signals. This information is processed by the information processing means to obtain an audio information signal containing the required auditory information and a video information signal containing the required visual information. The audio information signal and the video information signal are input to the television signal transmitting unit, and the television signal containing the audio information signal and the visual information signal is output.

Therefore, by receiving this television signal by a wired or wireless television set for receiving a general broadcast in a home or an automobile, the television set outputs necessary auditory information and visual information. be able to.

A second aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an information reproducing apparatus for reproducing auditory information and visual information, and reads blocked code print information containing desired information. Optical reading means, memory means for storing the information read by the optical reading means, and audio information signals and character information containing auditory information by processing the information stored in the memory means. And an FM character multiplex broadcast signal containing the voice information signal and the character information signal in response to the voice information signal and the character information signal. An FM text multiplex broadcast signal transmission unit for outputting is provided, and the optical reading unit, the memory unit, the information processing unit, and the FM text multiplex broadcast signal transmission unit are housed in a predetermined case. It lies in the fact that are integrated.

The blocked code print information is printed on paper or other appropriate print medium, the blocked code print information is read by an optical reading means integrated in the case, and the read information is appropriately read. Are stored in the memory means in the form of electrical signals. This information is processed by the information processing means to obtain a voice information signal containing the required auditory information and a character information signal containing the required character information. The voice information signal and the character information signal are input to the FM character multiplex broadcast signal transmission unit, and the FM character multiplex broadcast signal containing the voice information signal and the character information signal is output.

Therefore, the FM in the home or in the car
By receiving the FM character multiplex broadcast signal by wire or wirelessly by the FM radio for receiving the character multiplex broadcast, it is possible to output required voice information and character information from the FM radio.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an information reproducing apparatus when the invention of claim 1 is applied to an apparatus for reproducing karaoke data. The information reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a recording sheet prepared in advance with music score information for karaoke tones reproduced and outputted as auditory information, and background image information and lyrics (character) information which are visual information. (See FIG. 2) An image reading unit is provided which is an optical reading device for optically reading from.

Referring to FIG. 2, the recording sheet SH is a paper sheet on which music score information for karaoke, background image information and lyrics (character) information are printed as blocking code print information as described in detail below. There is. That is, the musical score information for karaoke, the background image information, and the lyrics (character) information are each binarized data, and these binarized data are divided into n blocks and are coded, respectively, and a block code Each data D ₁ , D ₂ , ...
.., Addresses AD ₁ , AD ₂ , ..., peculiar to D _n
Information blocks B _{1 to} B _n to which AD _n is added are printed on the recording sheet SH. In FIG. 2, each information block B _{1 to} B _n is schematically represented by a square, but in reality,
These code contents are printed in a form similar to a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode. In addition, in the example of FIG.
Although the information blocks B _{1 to} B _n are arranged in a horizontal row, they can be arranged two-dimensionally.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the actual print pattern of the information block. The information block B is composed of block-divided data D and an address A indicating position information of the block in the code. A mark M is provided between the blocks, and the mark M serves as a mark for detecting the range of the block. Since it is known that information is represented by such a blocking code, further detailed description of the information block will be omitted here.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a procedure of a method for creating and printing the required karaoke information as one or a plurality of information blocks shown in FIG. 2 will be described. It should be noted that, in the present specification, what is printed by representing required information as a plurality of information blocks as described above is referred to as blocked code print information. Enter the score data for score information Step 2
The code is input in step 2, and in step 23, information that the score is a delimited score is added at predetermined time intervals. The background image information is converted into an analog electric signal by the step 24 of inputting the video camera, converted into a corresponding digital background image signal in the step 25 of A / D (analog / digital) conversion, and separated by a predetermined time in step 26. Is added. On the other hand, the lyrics information is input as character code information in the keyboard input step 27, and in step 28, information that it is a delimiter character is added every predetermined time.

The breaks at predetermined time intervals in steps 23, 26, and 28 are for maintaining a synchronous relationship when the musical score information, the background video information, and the lyrics information are reproduced, for example, every one second or 0.5. Separated by time units of seconds. This point will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

In step 29, each piece of data created as described above is divided into blocks of a fixed length into n blocks, and a unique address is added to each block code (step 30).

When the information to be recorded is divided into blocks with a fixed length in this manner, and a set of data consisting of one or a plurality of blocks provided with an address indicating block position information in the code is prepared. A code is generated based on this set of data (step 31), and the code is printed on the sheet SH according to the generated code (step 32).

Returning to FIG. 1, in the information reproducing apparatus 1, the image pickup section 2 is placed on the recording sheet SH shown in FIG. 2, and the block code printing information printed on the image pickup section 2 is scanned so as to trace the information block. A manual scanning type reading method is adopted in which B _{1 to} B _n are read one after another as image data. Here, the scanning for reading the code by the imaging unit 2 is performed by the information blocks B ₁ , B ₂ , ..., B _n.
It is performed in the order of The input signal S ₁ thus read from the image pickup unit 2 is temporarily stored in the frame memory 3 as input image information data.

The input image information data thus stored in the frame memory 3 is processed in the data processing section 4 as follows, and the audio information signal U containing the musical tone information based on the musical score information contained in the input image information data. And the video information signal V including the background video information and the lyrics (character) information included in the input image information data are output.

The data processing unit 4 has a data extracting unit 41 for extracting data from the input image information data stored in the frame memory 3 by using the mark M contained therein as a clue. The data extracted by the unit 41 is stored in the memory 42. Reading unit 43
Reads the data stored in the memory 42, classifies the data into three types of data according to the information attached thereto, and outputs the data. That is, the score data D corresponding to the score information
X, background video data DY corresponding to background video information, and lyrics data DZ corresponding to lyrics (character) information.

The musical score data DX is expanded into a musical tone signal for karaoke according to the contents of the musical score in the musical score developing section 44 to become analog musical tone information, which is output as a voice information signal U. Here, the audio information signal U output from the musical score expanding section 44 is composed of a musical tone signal U _R for the right channel and a musical tone signal U _L for the left channel. In this embodiment, the stereo microphone (SM) 5 is connected to the outputs of both channels of the musical score developing section 44, and the vocal signal from the stereo microphone (SM) 5 is superimposed on the audio information signal U. Has become.

The background video data DY is input to the video decoder 45 and decoded, and the frame-based analog video signal VS is output to the video frame memory 46. On the other hand, the lyrics data DZ is directly stored in the video frame memory 46.
, Where the analog video signal V in frame units
Lyrics data D corresponding to S and this analog video signal VS
Z and Z are combined as one analog video signal and stored in the video frame memory 46. In this way, the analog video signal containing the background video with lyrics is output from the video frame memory 46 as the video information signal V in analog form.

FIG. 5 shows the lyrics (characters) in blocks.
A plurality of pieces of information, musical score information, and background video information are printed on a recording sheet SH in a time series, and these are sequentially read and reproduced to display lyrics by lyrics (character) information, musical notation performance by musical score information, and background video. A state in which the background image display by the information is performed in parallel is schematically shown.
That is, by sequentially reading the information blocks from the recording sheet SH, the lyrics information # 1, the musical score information # 1, the background video # 1, the lyrics information # 2, the musical score information # 2, and the background video, which are the contents of the read information blocks, are read. By reproducing # 2, ... As they are, the lyrics (characters) display, the musical notation performance, and the background image display are automatically executed in a predetermined synchronous relationship, and the required karaoke data is correctly reproduced.

Returning to FIG. 1, the audio information signal U and the video information signal V obtained as described above in the data processing unit 4 are input to the television signal transmitting unit 6. The television signal transmitting section 6 includes a first modulating section 61 for obtaining a first modulated signal MU according to the audio information signal U and a second modulating section 6 for obtaining a second modulated signal MV according to the video information signal V.
2 and a synthesizing unit 63 for synthesizing the first and second modulated signals MU and MV to output a television signal TV, an antenna as a transmission signal TX by superimposing the television signal TV on a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency. It has a known configuration including a transmission circuit 65 for outputting from 64.

FIG. 6 shows an external view of the information reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. The information reproducing apparatus 1 has a cylindrical main body case 7, a stereo microphone (SM) 5 is fixed to one end of the main body case 7, and an imaging unit 2 is attached to the other end of the main body case 7. . Body case 7
Although not shown, a frame memory 3, a data processing unit 4, and a television signal transmitting unit 6 are housed in the internal space of the housing, and an antenna 64 is pulled out from a part of the main body case 7. Although the power source is omitted in FIG. 1, the information reproducing apparatus 1 uses a battery as a power source,
The battery is also housed in the main body case 7. Reference numeral 8 denotes a power switch, which is attached to the main body case 7 by an appropriate known means.

Therefore, after turning on the power switch 8, holding the main body case 7 and tracing one or a plurality of information blocks printed on the recording sheet SH by the image pickup section 2 at the front end of the main body case 7 records on the recording sheet SH. The karaoke information thus obtained is read into the frame memory 3, and the television signal TV for karaoke based on the required karaoke information is output from the antenna 64 as a weak radio wave. Therefore, for example, if this is received by a television set at home, the musical tone, background image and lyrics can be reproduced by the television set, and if singing toward the stereo microphone (SM) 5, the singing voice is superimposed on the musical tone information. And is output from the speaker of the television set.

The connection between the information reproducing apparatus 1 and the television set does not necessarily need to be wireless, and for example, the transmission circuit 65 of the television signal transmitting unit 6 and the antenna of the television set may be formed by using an appropriate communication line. You may make it connect with a terminal.

Next, an embodiment of the invention of claim 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

The information reproducing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 7 has a musical score information and lyrics (characters) among various data for karaoke.
The information and the FM character multiplex broadcast signal are configured to be transmitted. Therefore, the image pickup unit 2 which optically reads the karaoke information recorded as the block code print information on the recording sheet SH shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and the input signal S ₁ read by the image pickup unit 2 is used as the frame memory 3 And the input image information data stored in the frame memory 3 are temporarily stored in the data processing unit 1.
The configuration of processing by 40 in the same procedure as in the data processing unit 4 of FIG. 1 is basically the same as that of the information reproducing apparatus 1. Therefore, the same parts as those of FIG. 1 among the parts of FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Since the information reproducing apparatus 100 does not use the background video information, the data processing section 140 has the reading section 4
Of the various data outputs from 3, the score data DX and the lyrics data DZ only are used. Therefore, the processing for the musical score data DX and the stereo microphone (SM)
The structure for obtaining the audio information signal U by adding the signal from the No. 5 is the same as the case of the data processing unit 4, but the lyrics data DZ obtained from the reading unit 43 is directly processed by the data processing unit 140.
1 is different from the case of the data processing unit 4 in FIG. 1 in that it is output as the only visual information.

Since the information reproducing apparatus 100 does not use background image information in this way, it is possible to separately prepare a recording sheet SH on which only score information and lyrics (character) information are recorded.

FM the voice information signal U and the lyrics data DZ
In order to output as a character multiplex broadcast signal, the audio information signal U and the lyrics data DZ are FM character multiplex broadcast signal transmission unit 1
60 has been entered. FM text multiplex broadcasting signal transmitter 1
Reference numeral 60 is a stereo signal generator 161 for generating a stereo signal based on the voice information signal U, and a stereo pilot signal PS, a voice information signal U, and lyrics data DZ from the stereo signal generator 161, in response to the lyrics information. L-MSK modulator 162 for multiplexing the audio signal as low bit rate data, stereo signal generator 161
And a signal from the FM modulator 164, which synthesizes the respective outputs of the L-MSK modulator 162, an FM modulator 164 which performs FM modulation with the character-multiplexed stereo audio signal from the synthesizer 163, It has a known configuration including a transmission circuit 165 for forming a transmission signal and an antenna 166 for transmitting the transmission signal from the transmission circuit 165.

This information reproducing apparatus 100 is also the same as the case of the information reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
In the same manner, it is incorporated with a battery and the like, and has the same appearance. Therefore, in the case of the information reproducing apparatus 100, after turning on the power switch 8, the main body case 7
When tracing one or a plurality of information blocks printed on the recording sheet SH by the image pickup unit 2 at the tip,
The karaoke information recorded on the recording sheet SH is read into the frame memory 3, and the FM character multiplex broadcast signal for karaoke based on the score information and the lyrics information is output from the antenna 166 as a weak radio wave. Therefore, for example, if this is received by an FM radio for receiving FM text multiplex broadcasting at home, musical tones are output from the speaker and the lyrics are displayed one after another on the display section. Is superimposed on the musical sound information and output from the FM radio speaker.

Note that the connection between the information reproducing apparatus 100 and the FM radio does not necessarily have to be wireless, and for example, the FM text multiplex broadcast signal transmitting section 160 may be formed by using an appropriate communication line.
It is also possible to connect the transmission circuit 165 and the antenna terminal of the FM radio.

Although an example of the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is limited only to the reproducing apparatus for reproducing karaoke using the TV broadcast or FM broadcast shown in the above embodiment. is not. For example, a playback device for a language learning system in which a block-shaped code including English sentences and pronunciation information of the English sentences is printed on a sheet-like object and the language is learned by tracing the codes. Can also be configured as. In this case, no microphone is needed. Alternatively, as a playback device for reading aloud, a block code having recorded information of text information of the book and audio information of the content is printed and the content of the book is displayed and read aloud by tracing the code. It can also be configured. No microphone is needed in this case either. In addition, when the same explanation needs to be repeated many times, the information (sound, character information) for the explanation is divided into blocks, coded and printed on a sheet, and each time the explanation is needed. It can also be configured as a reproducing device for various information guidance, which traces the code and displays together with the character display.

[0037]

According to the present invention, without using a dedicated device for reproducing and displaying the contents of the blocked code print information, the code is printed on the recording sheet by means for reading the code integrally provided in the case. Anyone can easily reproduce and display the television set by hand or by using the FM radio capable of receiving the character broadcast by simply tracing the generated code. Moreover, since the device is integrated, it is convenient to carry and has excellent operability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment in which the information reproducing apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 is configured as a reproducing apparatus for reproducing karaoke information.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a recording sheet in which karaoke information is recorded as blocked code print information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an actual print pattern of the information block shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a procedure of a method for printing karaoke information on a recording sheet as blocked code print information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view schematically showing how karaoke data is reproduced by reading an information block of a recording sheet.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the outer appearance of the information reproducing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment in which the information reproducing apparatus according to the invention of claim 2 is configured as a reproducing apparatus for reproducing karaoke information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 100 Information reproducing device 2 Imaging unit 3 Frame memory 4, 140 Data processing unit 6 Television signal transmitting unit 7 Main body case 160 FM text multiplex broadcasting signal transmitting unit SH recording sheet DX musical score data DY background image data DZ lyrics data U voice Information signal V Video information signal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing auditory information and visual information, comprising: an optical reading unit for reading blocked code print information containing desired information; and the optical reading unit. Memory means for storing the read information, and information processing means for processing the information stored in the memory means and outputting an audio information signal containing auditory information and a video information signal containing visual information And a television signal transmission unit for outputting a predetermined television signal containing the audio information and the visual information in response to the audio information signal and the video information signal, the optical reading An information reproducing apparatus characterized in that the means, the memory means, the information processing means, and the television signal transmitting section are housed and integrated in a predetermined case. 2. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing auditory information and visual information, comprising: an optical reading unit for reading blocked code print information containing desired information; and the optical reading unit. Memory means for storing the read information, and information processing means for processing the information stored in the memory means and outputting a voice information signal containing auditory information and a character information signal containing character information And in response to the voice information signal and the character information signal,
F containing the voice information signal and the character information signal
An FM character multiplex broadcast signal transmitting unit that outputs an M character multiplex broadcast signal is provided, and the optical reading unit, the memory unit, the information processing unit, and the FM character multiplex broadcast signal transmitting unit are housed in a predetermined case. An information reproducing device characterized by being integrated.