JPH0926794A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stop the output of advertisement video when there is no customer and improve the advertisement effect. SOLUTION: A CPU 4 in the karaoke device 1 makes an access to a playing music number storage region 25 of a hard disk 6 and judges whether the music number is stored in the disk 6 or not. When no music number is store in the disk 6 due to no request, and no new music number is stored after a prescribed time, it is judged that no user for the device 1 is, and the advertisement video display is stopped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some karaoke apparatuses output advertisement images when they are not used for karaoke performance, for example.

[0003]

However, in the conventional karaoke apparatus, since the advertising image is output under the condition that the karaoke performance is not being executed, the advertising image is output regardless of the presence or absence of the customer. . Even if the advertising image is output when there are no customers, the advertising effect does not increase, so it has been desired to further improve the advertising effect.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve the advertising effect of a karaoke device capable of outputting an advertising image.

[0005]

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 uses a request means for inputting a request song and karaoke performance information of the request song to perform a karaoke performance. Karaoke provided with a playing means for executing the above, an advertising video signal output means for outputting an advertising video signal, and an advertising video display means for displaying an advertising video based on the advertising video signal input from the advertising video signal output means. In the apparatus, when the karaoke performance ends, the advertisement start instruction means for instructing the advertisement video output means to output the advertisement video signal, and the karaoke of all request songs input at the time of performing the karaoke performance and up to that time. After the performance ends, the advertisement video output means is provided with an advertisement stop instruction means for instructing to stop the output of the advertisement video signal. To have.

A karaoke apparatus according to a second aspect is the karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect.
In the karaoke device described above, the advertisement stop instruction means, when the next request song is not input within a predetermined time after the karaoke performance of all the request songs input so far is finished, the advertisement image is displayed. The output means is instructed to stop the output of the advertising video signal.

A karaoke apparatus according to a third aspect is the karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect.
In the karaoke device described above, a request storage unit for storing the request song is provided, and the advertisement stop instruction unit is in a state where the request song for which the karaoke performance is not finished is not stored in the request storage unit for a predetermined time. When the above is continued, the advertisement video output means is instructed to stop the output of the advertisement video signal.

[0008]

In the karaoke apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, when the request music is input by the request means, the performance means executes the karaoke performance by using the karaoke music information of the request music. . Further, the advertising video signal output means outputs the advertising video signal, and the advertising video display means displays the advertising video based on the advertising video signal input from the advertising video signal output means.

The advertisement start instruction means instructs the advertisement image output means to output the advertisement image signal when the karaoke performance ends. The end of the karaoke performance means that at least the user of the karaoke apparatus was there at that time. In addition, there is a high possibility that there will be users at that place for some time after that. If the advertisement image is output at this time, the possibility that the user sees the image is extremely high, and the advertisement effect is improved.

The advertisement stop instruction means instructs the advertisement image output means to stop the output of the advertisement image signal at the time of executing the karaoke piece and after the karaoke pieces of all the requested songs inputted up to that point are finished. If the karaoke performances of all the requested songs input up to that point are completed, there is a high possibility that the usage will end there, and even if the advertising image is output after that, the advertising effect cannot be expected.

As described above, since the advertising image is output only when the karaoke performance of all the requested songs is not completed after the karaoke performance is finished, that is, the user usually exists, the advertising image is output. The advertising effect can be increased efficiently. In the karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, the advertisement stop instructing means advertises when the next requested song is not input within a predetermined time after the karaoke performance of all the requested songs input up to that point is completed. The video output means is instructed to stop the output of the advertising video signal.

Even if the karaoke performance of a series of requested songs is completed, the karaoke may be continuously enjoyed.
For example, the advertisement video is output within a predetermined time set in consideration of the time to consider the next request, etc., and if the request is not input even after that time, the use of the karaoke device is terminated. If the output of the advertising image is stopped without regard, the better advertising effect can be obtained.

In the karaoke apparatus according to claim 3,
The request storage means stores the requested song. The advertisement stop instruction means instructs the advertisement image output means to stop the output of the advertisement image signal when a state in which the requested song whose karaoke performance is not finished is not stored in the request storage means continues for a predetermined time or longer.

As long as there is a requested song for which the karaoke performance is not completed, there will be users of the karaoke device. Then, after there are no requested songs for which karaoke performance has not ended, for example, the advertisement video is output within the time set in consideration of the time to consider the next request, etc., and the request is not input even after that time has elapsed. In this case, if the use of the karaoke apparatus is considered to have ended and the output of the advertising image is stopped, a better advertising effect can be obtained.

[0015]

SPECIFIC EXAMPLE Next, a specific example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG. 1 which is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1 of the present specific example, the karaoke apparatus 1
The configuration of will be described.

The CPU 4 as the control means for controlling the entire karaoke apparatus, ie, the performance means, the advertisement start instruction means and the advertisement stop instruction means of the present invention, is provided with a memory 4a for temporarily storing the control program and data. And
Various controls can be executed according to the control program.

The CPU 4 is connected to an operation key 3 as a request means of the present invention for inputting a requested music piece. The operation key 3 is also an input means for inputting various instructions to the karaoke apparatus 1 in addition to the input of the requested song. The CPU 4 stores karaoke piece information, request pieces input by the operation keys 3, and the like.
A hard disk (HDD) 6 as a storage means is connected. The hard disk 6 has a plurality of data areas.

These data areas will be described with reference to FIG. The karaoke piece information storage area 21 is a data area for storing karaoke piece information, and includes a piece number for identifying a karaoke piece, performance information for generating a karaoke performance sound, lyrics information for displaying lyrics subtitles, and the like. Thousands of pieces of karaoke piece information for one piece of music are stored in advance.

The number information area 22 is provided with song numbers (S1 to S).
n), the song number area 23 and the advertising video number (C1 to
Cn) is stored in the advertising video number area 24, and the song number and the advertising video number are paired and stored. The standard for pairing the song number and the advertising video number is suitable for the song user who is estimated according to the genre of the song, such as the promotion of a product or service for the youth if the song is for the youth. The advertisement image that seems to be is selected. It should be noted that, as is clear from this, one advertising image may pair not only with one song but also with multiple songs.

The performance song number storage area 25 is an area for storing a song number, and the advertisement video number storage area 26 is an area for storing an advertisement video number. The storage processing in both areas will be described later. Returning to the description of FIG. 1, the timer 7 is connected to the CPU 4,
4 can read the time data output by the timer 7. Further, the CPU 4 is connected with a reproducing device 5 which functions as a performance means together with the CPU 4, a moving image reproducing player 10 as an advertising video signal output means of the present invention, and a video synthesizing device 9. Further, the video synthesizing device 9 is also connected to the video playback player 10, and the video synthesizing device 9 includes
The configuration is such that signals from both the CPU 4 and the moving image reproduction player 10 are input, and the output signal from the video synthesizing device 9 is sent to the CRT 11 as the advertising video display means of the present invention.

The CPU 4 can read the karaoke piece information from the hard disk 6, transfer the performance information therein to the reproducing apparatus 5, and transfer the lyrics information to the video synthesizing apparatus 9. The playback device 5 can generate a performance sound signal based on the performance information and output it to the amplifier 13. Amplifier 13
Mixes and amplifies the performance sound signal and the singing sound signal input from the microphone 12, and outputs the sound from the speaker 14. It should be noted that the amplifier 13 is used for the video player 1.
It is also connected to 0, so that the audio signal sent from the moving image reproducing player 10 can be amplified and output by the speaker 14.

The moving picture reproducing player 10 has a built-in video information carrier (not shown) carrying a large number of advertising video / audio information, and reproduces the advertising video / audio information corresponding to the advertising video number instructed by the CPU 4. , The advertising video signal is output to the video synthesizing device 9, and the advertising audio information is amplified by the amplifier 1.
3 can be output. Also, the video player 1
The video information carrier built in 0 also carries background video information different from the advertising video information.
0 can reproduce this background video information and output the background video signal to the video synthesizer 9.

The video synthesizing device 9 has the CPU 4 as described above.
When the lyrics information is sent from, the subtitle signal for displaying the lyrics subtitle is generated based on the lyrics information. Then, the subtitle signal and the advertisement video signal or the background video signal sent from the moving image reproduction player 10 are combined to form the CRT 11
Can be output to On the other hand, when the lyrics information is not sent from the CPU 4, the video synthesizing device 9 transfers the advertising video signal or the background video signal to the CRT 11 as it is.

The CRT 11 can display an image in which lyrics subtitles are combined with an advertisement image or a background image based on a signal sent from the image synthesizing device 9. Next, the operation of the karaoke apparatus 1 will be described according to the main process (see FIG. 3) and the interrupt process (see FIG. 4) executed by the CPU 4.

When the karaoke apparatus 1 is turned on, the CPU 4 starts the main processing shown in FIG. 3, but when a request for a karaoke piece is input by the operation keys 3, the CPU 4 is caused by this. The interrupt process shown in is executed. In this interrupt processing, the CPU 4 reads the music number input by the operation key 3 (step 201, hereinafter, the step is simply referred to as S), sends the read music number to the hard disk 6, and plays the music number. Storage area 25
Are stored in the input order (S202), and the process returns to the main process. In the hard disk 6, the music piece numbers sent from the CPU 4 are stored in the performance music piece number storage area 25 with the input order as the performance order.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the main process is started, the CPU 4 first accesses the performance music number storage area 25 of the hard disk 6 and determines whether the music number is stored (step 101). If the song number is stored in the performance song number storage area 25, the CPU 4 (S10).
1: YES), and the song number of the first rank among them is read (S102). Next, the CPU 4 instructs the hard disk 6 to delete the music numbers of the first rank stored in the performance music number storage area 25, and move up the music numbers of the second rank and lower by one rank ( S103).

Next, the CPU 4 accesses the number information area 22 of the hard disk 6, reads out the advertising video number corresponding to the song number read out in S102, and stores it in the advertising video number storage area 26 (S104). Then,
The CPU 4 instructs the moving image reproduction player 10 to stop the reproduction of the advertising video / audio information and the output of the advertising video signal and the advertising audio signal (S105).

Thereafter, the CPU 4 reads out the karaoke piece information of the piece number read out in S102 from the karaoke piece information storage area 21 of the hard disk 6, transfers the performance information to the reproducing device 5, transfers the lyrics information to the CRT 11, and the moving image. Instruct the reproduction player 10 to reproduce the background image information (S1)
06). The reproduction device 5 generates a performance sound signal based on the performance information, outputs it to the amplifier 13, and
Mixes the performance sound signal and the singing sound signal input from the microphone 12 and outputs the mixed sound signal to the speaker 14. From the speaker 14, a sound in which the karaoke performance and the singing voice of the user are mixed is output. The CRT 11 displays the lyrics subtitles according to the lyrics information sent from the CPU 4, and displays the background video based on the background video signal from the video playback player 10. The user of the karaoke device 1 can sing along with the karaoke performance while watching the lyrics subtitles.

Next, the CPU 4 waits for the end of the karaoke performance (S107: YES) and reads the time from the timer 7 (S108). Subsequently, the CPU 4 sends the advertisement video number read out in S104 and stored in the advertisement video number storage area 26 to the moving image reproduction player 10, and instructs the reproduction of the advertisement video / audio information of the advertisement video number (S109). The moving image reproducing player 10 reproduces the advertisement video / audio information instructed by the CPU 4, outputs the advertisement video signal to the CRT 11, and outputs the advertisement audio signal to the amplifier 13. CR
T11 displays the advertising video based on the advertising video signal.
Further, the speaker 14 outputs the advertisement sound in synchronization with the advertisement image.

The CPU 4 returns to S101 to determine whether or not the music number is stored in the performance music number storage area 25, and if the performance music number storage area 25 does not store the music number (S101: NO). The current time is read from the timer 7 and compared with the time read in S108 to determine whether a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed from the end of the karaoke performance (S110). If the predetermined time has not passed (S110: NO), the CPU 4 returns to S101, and if the predetermined time has passed (S110: YE).
S), the CPU 4 proceeds to S111, and the moving image reproduction player 1
0 is instructed to stop the reproduction of the advertisement video / audio information and the output of the advertisement video signal and the advertisement audio signal.

In this way, immediately after the karaoke performance ends, the display of the advertising image and the output of the advertising sound are started (S10).
9) If there is an unplayed request song (S101: YE
S) Then, the display of the advertising image and the output of the advertising sound are continued until just before the start of the next karaoke performance (S105). Therefore, C
Since the advertising image is displayed and the advertising sound is output at the timing when there is a high possibility that a person (user of the karaoke apparatus 1) watching the RT 11 is present, the advertising effect is significantly enhanced.

If there is no requested song for which the karaoke performance has not been executed (S101: NO), and a new request has not been input even after a predetermined time has elapsed from the end of the karaoke performance (S110: YES), no more. Since it is considered that the user of the karaoke device 1 has disappeared, the display of the advertising image and the output of the advertising sound are stopped (S111), so that the advertising image is displayed even if there is no one, and the inefficiency is low. Is avoided.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the specific examples, the present invention is not limited to the specific examples and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say. In the specific example, the start of the time-up is set as the end point of the karaoke performance, but, for example, the update of the order of the song numbers stored in the performance song number storage area 25 (S103) is set as the start-up point of the time-up. The timing can be set as the starting point.

Further, in the specific example, the moving image reproducing player is used for both reproduction of the advertising video / audio information and the reproduction of the background video information, but two players may be used according to their respective purposes. Alternatively, the background image information or the background image signal may be supplied from a central device or the like connected online.

[0035]

As described above, according to the karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect, since the advertisement image or the like is output when the user of the karaoke apparatus is highly likely to be on the spot,
It is very likely that the user will see the video, and the advertising effect will be improved.

According to the karaoke apparatus of the second aspect, after the karaoke performance of the requested song is completed, the advertising image is output within a predetermined time set in consideration of, for example, the time for considering the next request. However, if the request is not input even after the lapse of that time, the use of the karaoke device is considered to have ended, and the output of the advertising image can be stopped, so that a better advertising effect can be obtained.

According to the karaoke apparatus of the third aspect, the advertisement video is output within a time period set in consideration of, for example, the time to consider the next request after the request song for which the karaoke performance is not completed is exhausted. If the request is not input even after the lapse of the time, the use of the karaoke device is considered to have ended, and the output of the advertising image can be stopped, so that a better advertising effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a specific example karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a data area of a hard disk of a karaoke device of a specific example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a main process executed by a CPU of a specific example karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of interrupt processing executed by the CPU of the karaoke device of the specific example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke apparatus, 3 ... Operation key (request means), 4 ... CPU (performance means, advertisement start instruction means, advertisement stop instruction means), 5 ... Reproduction apparatus (performance means), 6 ... Hard disk, 7 ... Timer, 10 ... Video playback player (advertising video signal output means), 11 ... CRT (advertising video display means), 12 ... Microphone, 13 ... Amplifier, 14 ... Speaker, 21 ... Karaoke song information storage area, 22 ... Number information area, 23 ... Song number area, 24 ... Advertisement video number area, 25 ... Performance song number storage area , 26 ... Storage area for advertising video number.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A request means for inputting a request music, a performance means for executing a karaoke performance using the karaoke music information of the request music, an advertising video signal output means for outputting an advertising video signal, and the advertising video. In a karaoke device comprising a promotional video display means for displaying a promotional video based on the promotional video signal inputted from the signal output means, when the karaoke performance ends, the promotional video output means is instructed to output the promotional video signal. Advertising start instruction means, and an advertisement for instructing the advertising video output means to stop the output of the advertising video signal at the time of performing the karaoke performance and after the karaoke performance of all the requested songs input so far A karaoke device provided with stop instruction means. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement stop instruction means outputs the next requested song within a predetermined time after the karaoke performance of all the requested songs input up to that time is completed. A karaoke device characterized by instructing the advertising video output means to stop the output of the advertising video signal when no input is made. 3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising request storage means for storing the request music, and the advertisement stop instruction means stores the request music for which the karaoke performance is not completed in the request storage means. A karaoke device characterized by instructing the advertising video output means to stop the output of the advertising video signal when the unmemorized state continues for a predetermined time or more.