JPH09292888A - Karaoke device and karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Karaoke system capable of distinguishing regular customers and providing special services for them by adding points to customers according to the degree of use of a Karaoke device. SOLUTION: A customer using a Karaoke device has a members card 7. This members card stores customer code, accumulation points or the like. This members card may be a magnetic members card or a PC card conforming to PCMCIA. When a Karaoke is requested in a Karaoke box or in a tavern, points are added to a members card 7 by means of a counter device 3 or a management device 5 upon the request. When Karaoke music is downloaded by means of a home Karaoke device 6, the points are added according to that download. And, when the points are a specified value or more, services such as discount of charge are available and services in which new items that are not distributed anywhere are specially available in home Karaoke device are available.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke device and a karaoke system for providing a special service to a customer depending on the usage of the karaoke device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Stores equipped with karaoke devices such as karaoke boxes and restaurants are increasing. In such stores, it is desired to secure so-called regular customers and increase the usage of karaoke equipment.

[0003]

However, in the conventional karaoke apparatus, since it is not possible to distinguish between the regular customer and the so-called single customer, both are treated in the same manner, and the regular customer is provided with a special service to discriminate. Could not be realized.

According to the present invention, a karaoke device and a karaoke device which can differentiate a regular customer by giving points to the customer according to the usage of the karaoke device and providing a special service based on the points. The purpose is to provide a system.

[0005]

According to the invention of claim 1 of this application, other than a normal karaoke performance operation for the customer based on the counting means for counting the usage of the customer and the count value of the counting means. The present invention is characterized by comprising service means for executing a service operation and subtraction means for subtracting a count value of the count means by a predetermined value according to the service content.

The invention according to claim 2 of this application is a karaoke system comprising a karaoke device for a store, a karaoke device for home use, and a portable storage medium detachable from the karaoke device for store and the karaoke device for home use. Then, the karaoke apparatus for stores is provided with a counting means for counting the usage of the customer and a writing means for writing the count value in the portable storage medium, and the karaoke apparatus for home use is provided in the portable storage medium. Service means for executing a service operation other than a normal karaoke performance operation based on the stored count value, and subtraction means for subtracting the count value by a predetermined value according to the service content of the service means are provided. And

In the present invention, the counting means counts the degree of use of the karaoke apparatus by the customer. The degree of use may be calculated based on, for example, the number of times the karaoke song is sung, the time the karaoke device is used, and the like, and may be given as points. When this point exceeds a certain value, a service different from the operation of a normal karaoke device is provided to the customer. As a service, it may be possible to perform a special operation as a function of the karaoke device itself, such as enabling singing of a special song or operating a stage effect device such as lighting, and an additional service such as a charge discount operation. May be executed. In the invention of claim 1, the karaoke device in the store executes this service, and in the invention of claim 2, the karaoke device for home uses executes this service. By enabling the service to be executed on a home karaoke device based on the points obtained at the karaoke store,
It is possible to improve the service by expanding the types of service provision.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication karaoke system to which the present invention is applied. The communication karaoke system is constructed by connecting karaoke devices 2, 4, 6 which are terminal devices and a distribution center 1 having karaoke music data files by a telephone line. The karaoke device has different functions depending on the installation location, and a karaoke device 2 for boxes installed in a so-called karaoke box, a karaoke device 4 for restaurants installed in restaurants such as bars and snacks, and a home device installed in homes. Karaoke device 6
There are different types. Further, each user (customer) who uses these karaoke devices has a user card 7, and the number of times each time the karaoke device is used (requesting a karaoke piece) is the user card 7 as a point.
Is stored.

The user card 7 has a structure as shown in FIG. The user card 7 is a so-called magnetic card, and has a magnetic stripe 70 and a bar code 71 formed thereon. In the magnetic stripe 70, a customer code storage area 70a, a name storage area 70b and a cumulative point storage area 70c of the user card holder are set. Further, the bar code 71 displays a customer code similar to that stored in the customer code storage area 70a. Although the user card 7 is formed of a magnetic card, it may be formed of a PC card conforming to the PCMCIA standard.

In FIG. 1, a box karaoke device 2
A counter device 3 is connected to the. Counter device 3
Is a device that manages each box of the karaoke box store, and is installed in the counter of the karaoke box store. When a customer comes in, the clerk assigns a box to this customer,
The box number is input to the counter device 3. At the same time, the customer's user card 7 is read by the counter device 3 and stored in association with the box number. The usage status (request status of karaoke piece) is input to the counter device 3 from the karaoke device of each box, and the customer's points are added according to the usage level. When the customer checks out, the staff member sets the user card 7 again on the counter device 3 and writes the added points.

At restaurants such as bars and snacks, miscellaneous customers sing karaoke songs by sequentially using one karaoke device. Therefore, by inputting the bar code 71 of the user card 7 together with the song number, Identify who the request is. A management device 5 is connected to the restaurant karaoke device 4. The management device 5 is equipped with a card reader, and reads a user card 7 of a customer when the customer visits the store and when the customer checks out to register and delete the visit. Further, the commander 4a attached to the karaoke apparatus 4 is equipped with a bar code reader as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and when requesting a karaoke piece, the bar code 70 of the user card 7 is read to read the piece number. Can be sent with. The karaoke device 4 receives this data, reserves the karaoke piece, and transmits it to the management device 5. The management device 5 adds the points of the customer identified by this customer code.

The home karaoke apparatus 6 is equipped with a card reader, and can be operated by setting the user card 7 in the card reader. The home karaoke device 6 does not have a built-in hard disk storage device,
Only one piece of karaoke piece data can be stored in M. When the user requests a song other than the song stored in the RAM, the home karaoke device 6 connects a telephone line to the distribution center 1, downloads this karaoke song (song data), and stores it in the RAM. To do. The points of the user card 7 are added by this download.

As described above, the box karaoke device 2,
No matter which of the restaurant karaoke device 4 and the home karaoke device 6 is used, points are added to the user card 7 according to the use, but when this point becomes a predetermined value or more, the customer receives this point. Can be used to receive special services. The points are commonly added to the box karaoke device 2, the restaurant karaoke device 4, and the home karaoke device 6, but the special service provided is the box karaoke device 2, the restaurant karaoke device 4, and the like. It differs depending on the home karaoke device 6. The home-use karaoke device 6 can receive a service in which a new song that has not been distributed to any terminal can be downloaded in advance. The box karaoke device 2 can receive a functional service such as a special effect device functioning at the time of singing a karaoke song or a service such as a discount of a charge. Further, the karaoke apparatus 4 for restaurants can receive services such as discount of request fee for karaoke.

Here, the structure of a general karaoke apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. CP that controls the operation of the entire device
U10 includes a ROM 11, a RAM 12, a hard disk storage device (HDD) 17, a communication control unit 1 via a bus.
6, an interface 18, a commander receiving unit 13, a display panel 14, a panel switch 15, a sound source 19, a voice data processing unit 20, a DSP 21, a character display unit 25, a display control unit 27 and the LD changer 26 are connected.

The ROM 11 stores a system program, an application program, a loader and font data. The system program is a program that controls the basic operation of the device and data transmission / reception with peripheral devices. The application program is a peripheral device control program, a sequence program, or the like. The sequence program is a program executed at the time of karaoke performance, and is a program for reading music data read out to the reserved music data storage area of the RAM 12 in accordance with the tempo clock to generate a musical tone and reproduce an image. The loader is a program for downloading music data from the center. The font data is for displaying lyrics, song titles, and the like, and stores fonts of a plurality of character types, such as Mincho and Gothic. Further, in the RAM 12, a reservation list for storing the song numbers and effect selection codes of the requested karaoke songs, and a reserved song reading area for reading the song data when playing the karaoke song are set. The HDD 17 is provided with a music data storage area for about 10,000 songs.

The communication control unit 16 communicates with the distribution center 1 to download music data and the like. Communication control unit 1
6 has a built-in DMA circuit and directly writes the downloaded music data to the HDD 17 without going through the CPU 10. Of the above-mentioned karaoke apparatuses, the home-use karaoke apparatus 6 does not have the HDD 17 built therein, and the downloaded song data is directly written in the reserved song data storage area of the RAM 12.

The interface 18 is connected to various peripheral devices that operate in conjunction with this karaoke apparatus.
In the case of the box karaoke device 2, the counter device 3 is connected to this interface 18, and in the case of the restaurant karaoke device 4, the management device 5 is connected to this interface 18. The home karaoke device 6 does not have this interface 18.

Further, the commander 32 attached to this karaoke apparatus is provided with various key switches such as a ten-key pad and a reservation key, and when these key switches are turned on, the code corresponding to the key switch is sent as an infrared signal. To send as. The commander 4a attached to the restaurant karaoke apparatus 4 is equipped with a bar code reader as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the bar code 7 of the user card of the customer.
Read 1 and send along with the song number. Commander 4a
Will be described in detail later.

The sound source 19 is the CPU 10 during karaoke performance.
A musical tone signal is formed based on the event data input from the. The voice data processing unit 20 forms a voice signal having a designated length and a designated pitch based on the voice data (ADPCM data) included in the music data. The sound data is a sound signal such as a back chorus that is hard to be generated electronically in the sound source 19 and is stored as sampling data of natural sound.

On the other hand, the singing voice signal input from the singing microphone 29 is amplified by the preamplifier 30 and converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 31, and then the DSP 21.
Is input to In addition to the singing voice signal, the DSP 21 includes a tone signal and voice data processing unit 20 formed by the sound source 19.
The audio signal reproduced by is input. The DSP 21 gives effects such as reverb and echo to the input voice signal and tone signal. The D / A converter 22 outputs the musical tone signal and the audio signal to which the effect is added by the DSP 21.
The signal is converted into an analog signal by the controller and input to the main amplifier. The main amplifier 23 amplifies this signal and outputs it to the speaker 24.

The character display unit 25 generates a character pattern such as a song title or lyrics based on character data input from a lyrics track or the like. In the case of the restaurant karaoke apparatus 4, the customer's name input from the management apparatus 5 is expanded into a character pattern. In addition, the LD changer 26 has
Five laser discs are built in, and background images of about 120 scenes can be reproduced. LD changer 2
Reference numeral 6 reproduces the background image of the corresponding LD based on the input image selection data (chapter number). The image selection data is determined based on the genre data of the karaoke piece. The genre data is written in the header of the music data, and the CPU starts when the karaoke performance starts.
Read by 10. The character pattern generated by the character display unit 25 and the video data reproduced by the LD changer 26 are input to the display control unit 27. The display controller 27 superimposes these data in superimposition and displays them on the monitor 28. The lyrics display can be turned on / off according to the setting of the singer.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of the counter device 3 connected to the box karaoke device 2 and the management device 5 connected to the restaurant karaoke device 4.
The control unit 35 is connected to the card reader 36, the storage unit 37, and the operation unit 38, and is also connected to the karaoke device via the interface 39. The control unit 35 is composed of a microcomputer and controls the operation of the entire apparatus. The card reader 36 reads the magnetic stripe 70 of the user card 7 of the customer and writes new accumulated points in the accumulated point storage area 70c of the magnetic stripe 70. The storage unit 37 is provided with storage areas such as a box management table (counter device 3) and a visitor table (management device 5) described later.

FIG. 4 is an external view of the commander 4a attached to the above-mentioned restaurant karaoke apparatus 4, and FIG. 5 is the same commander 4a.
It is a block diagram of. This commander 4a has a function of a bar code reader in addition to converting the keyed-in numerical value into a remote control code and transmitting it to the main body device 1. The bar code read from the user card 7 of the customer is converted into a remote control code to the karaoke device 4. It has a function to send. The commander 4a is provided with a ten-key pad 40 for inputting a song number, a reservation key 41 for transmitting a song number and a customer code to a karaoke machine, a cancel key 45 for canceling the entered numerical value, and a bar code. A bar code reading switch 43 which is turned on when reading is provided. The tip of the commander 4a is formed in a steeple shape, and a phototransistor 65 for reading a bar code is provided at the tip of the commander 4a. A high-intensity infrared LED 67 is provided which functions as an illuminator when transmitting a bar code and reading the bar code.

In FIG. 5, a control unit 60 composed of a microcomputer has a key switch group 61 composed of various keys and switches, a code ROM 62 storing remote control codes corresponding to the respective keys, and an input code. An LED driver 64 for turning on the high-intensity infrared LED 65 in response to a signal, a reading circuit 66 for shaping the received light signal of the phototransistor 67 into a 1/0 signal, and a song number and a phototransistor 67 input from the numeric keypad 40. Barcode 71 read by (customer code)
A register 63 for storing is connected.

When the numeric keypad 40 is turned on, the control unit 60
Writes the numerical value corresponding to the key into the register 63.
The bar code reading switch 43 is a push switch, and the bar code reading operation is continued while the switch is turned on. That is, while the bar code reading switch 43 is turned on, the control unit 60 analyzes the bar code from the input signal of the phototransistor 67 via the reading circuit 66 and writes the analyzed code in the register 63. continue. At this time, the control unit 60
Outputs a lighting signal of 100% duty to the LED driver 64 to continuously light the LED 65,
By illuminating the barcode, the reading accuracy is improved. When the cancel key 45 is turned on, the data stored in the register 63 is cleared. When the reservation key 41 is turned on, the numerical values (song number and customer code) stored in the register 63 are read out one by one, converted into codes by referring to the code ROM 62, and L
Output to the ED driver 64. The LED driver 64 modulates this remote control code by the PPM (pulse position modulation) system, amplifies the power, and drives the high brightness infrared LED 65.

Next, the operations of the counter device 3, the restaurant karaoke device 4, the management device 5, the commander 4a, and the home karaoke device 6 will be sequentially described.

Karaoke Box FIGS. 7A and 7B are flowcharts showing the operation of the counter device 3 of the karaoke box. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a box management table provided in the storage unit of the counter device 3.

When a customer visits the karaoke box, the clerk operates the operation unit of the counter device 3 to set the visit mode (s1). Then, an empty box is assigned to the customer, the box number is input to the counter device 3 (s2), and the user card 7 of the customer is inserted into the card reader (s3). The counter device 3 reads the data of the inserted user card 7 (s4), stores the customer code and (s5), and stores the accumulated points (s6) in the area corresponding to the box number of the box management table. Then, the user card 7 is ejected (s7). The discharged user card is returned to the customer.

After this, the customer enters the assigned box and requests the karaoke piece using the commander 2a. The karaoke device 2 executes a karaoke piece in response to this request. At this time, the karaoke device 2 transmits the point data for one song to the counter device 3 every time one karaoke song is played. The box number of the karaoke device 2 is also transmitted to the counter device 3 together with the point data.

In FIG. 3B, when the counter device 3 receives a box number and points for one song from the karaoke device 2 (s10, s11), the box management table is searched for a point area corresponding to the box number. The points for one song are added (s12).

The customer who finished singing a karaoke song goes to the counter to check out. At this time, the clerk performs processing of the counter device 3 as well as processing such as charge settlement. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the settlement processing operation of the counter device 3. The clerk sets the counter device to the settlement mode (s15) and inputs the box number (s16).
The counter device 3 calculates the cumulative points of the customer of this box number (s17). In the above example, the cumulative points are only points according to the number of requested songs, but if, for example, points are added according to the usage time or points are added according to the amount of food and drink, this process The calculation is done in. Then, when the clerk inserts the user card 7 received from the customer (s18), the card data (customer code) is read (s19), and it matches the customer code stored in the box management table in association with the box number. It is determined whether to do (s20). If they do not match, the user card is ejected (s21), and the process waits at s18 until the correct user card is inserted.
If the correct user card is inserted, the accumulated points calculated in s17 are written in the accumulated point storage area 7c of the user card 7 (s22), and a receipt is printed with the accumulated points and the like (s23). . Then, the user card 7 is discharged (s24), and the settlement operation is completed.

As described above, in the karaoke box, when the customer visits the store, points are added (counted) as the number of requests for karaoke songs as the degree of use of the karaoke device, and the points are stored in the user card 7.

Restaurant FIG. 9 (A) is a flow chart showing the operation of the management device 5 of the restaurant, and FIG. 9 (B) is a diagram showing a partial configuration of the visitor table set in the storage unit of the management device 5. Is. Further, FIG. 10 shows a commander 4a attached to the restaurant karaoke apparatus 4.
11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the restaurant karaoke apparatus 4.

In FIG. 9, when a customer visits a restaurant, the clerk receives the user card 7 of the customer and inserts it into the management device 5 (s30). The management device 5 reads the data of the user card (s31), retrieves the read customer code from the visitor table, and determines whether or not the visitor registration has been completed (s32). When the customer comes to the store and the user card is inserted, the customer code of the user card has not been registered in the visitor table yet, so the process proceeds to s33 in the determination of s32. In s33, this customer code is registered in the visitor table (s33), and the customer name and cumulative points read from the user card 7 corresponding to this customer code are stored in the corresponding area of the visitor table (s34). ).

On the other hand, if the customer card already inserted has been inserted by the customer for checking out, the customer code of the user card 7 has already been registered in the visitor table, so that the customer's card s32 to s36. The operation in this case will be described later.

Here, the operation of the commander 4a will be described with reference to FIG. In the restaurant, the commander 4a may be used by a clerk or may be used by the customer himself. In any of the usage methods, first, the bar code 71 of the user card 7 of the customer is read by scanning, After that, the song number to be requested is input from the ten keys 40 and the reservation key 41 is turned on. By doing this,
When the requested song starts playing, the name of the requesting customer is displayed and points are added to this customer.

In FIG. 10, the commander 4a scans the bar code 71 of the user card 7 (s5).
0), waiting for the song number to be input (s52). When the bar code 71 of the user card 7 is scanned (s50), the data represented by the bar code 71 is stored in the register 63 as a customer code (s51). On the other hand, when the song number is input (s52), that is, when the song number is input with the ten key 40 and the reservation key 41 is turned on, the song number is transmitted (s53) and the register 6
It is judged whether or not the customer code is stored in 3 (s
54). That is, it is determined whether or not the barcode is scanned prior to the input of the song number. When the customer code is stored in the register 63, this customer code is transmitted following the transmission of the song number (s55),
After that, the register 63 is cleared (s56).

Next, the operation of the restaurant karaoke apparatus 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the music number receiving operation of FIG. When the song number is received from the commander 4a in the operation of FIG. 10, the song number is registered in the reservation list (see FIG. 10C) and (s
60), it is determined whether or not the customer code is received together with this song number (s61). When the customer code is received, the customer code is stored in correspondence with the song number (s62).

Next, the karaoke performance processing operation of FIG. 11B will be described. The karaoke apparatus repeatedly executes this processing, and immediately after the performance of one karaoke piece is finished, the karaoke performance of the next piece is performed. First, it is determined whether a karaoke song is currently being played (s65) and whether there is a song reservation, that is, whether the song number of the reserved song is stored in the reservation list (s66). If the music is being played or there is no reservation for the music, the karaoke music start processing cannot be performed, and the operation ends.

If there is a reservation not playing the karaoke and there is a reservation, the first one of the music numbers reserved in the reservation list is read (s67), and the music data identified by this music number is read from the hard disk (s68). ). Then, it is judged whether or not the customer code is stored in the reservation list in correspondence with this song number (s69). When the customer code is stored, this customer code is transmitted to the management device 5 (s70), and the name of the customer is received (s71). Then, the customer name is displayed on the monitor (s72) prior to the start of the karaoke performance (s73). For example, "○○
Please! Is displayed. This prevents the singer from being confused even if the same song request is duplicated. After the karaoke performance is started (s73), that is, after the billing is established, the point data is transmitted to the management device 5 (s74). On the other hand, if the customer code corresponding to the song number is not stored in the reservation list, the karaoke performance is started directly (s75).

In the flowchart of the management device 5 of FIG. 9, when the customer code is received from the karaoke device 4 (s40), since the inquiry is about the name displayed on the monitor as described above, the customer table is searched for. The name corresponding to the code is searched (s41), and this is transmitted to the karaoke device 4 (s42). When point data is received from the karaoke device 4 (s43),
Following this, the customer code is received (s44), this customer code is retrieved from the visitor table (s45), and the points in the corresponding point storage area are added (s4).
6). As a result, the customer's points are added by playing the karaoke piece reserved by the customer.

On the other hand, if the customer visiting the store inserts the user card 7 when checking out, s32
Search this customer code from the visitor table at s36
Proceed to. In s36, the cumulative points of this customer are calculated. As described above, in this embodiment, the accumulated points are only points according to the number of requested music pieces, but for example, when points are added according to the amount of food and drink, the calculation is performed in this process. Then write this point on the inserted user card (s3
7) While ejecting the user card (s38), clear the data of this customer in the visitor table (s3).
9) Return.

Home Karaoke Device FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the home karaoke device 6. As described above, the home karaoke apparatus does not have a hard disk device and stores only one piece of music data in the reserved music data storage area of the RAM. Calls the distribution center 1 to download this music data and register it.

The user of the home karaoke device 6 first sets a user card in the karaoke device (s80). The karaoke device 6 becomes operable when this user card is set. Then, the music number is input from the commander or the panel switch (s81). It is determined whether or not this song number is a song currently stored in the reserved song data storage area (s82). If it is a stored song, this is read out and the karaoke performance is started (s83). If the song is not stored in the reserved song data storage area, a telephone line is connected to the distribution center 1 (s84), the entered song number is transmitted, and the song data of this karaoke song is downloaded (s85). . Then, the points of the set user card are added for one song (s86), and the karaoke performance is started (s87). Thus, in the home karaoke apparatus, points are added every time one piece of karaoke music data is downloaded from the distribution center 1.

Special Service As described above, points are added to the user card by using the karaoke device in the karaoke box, the restaurant, and the home, but the special service is received according to the accumulated points. You can FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a general operation when each device provides a special service to the user. After explaining this general operation, an application example in an individual device will be described.

The apparatus first accepts the user card (s90) and reads the card data (s91).
Next, the operation is set to the service mode by the operation of the user or the staff (s92). Then, the input of the content of the service to be provided is accepted (s93). When the content of the service is input, the number of points required for this service is calculated (s94). This point number may be read out from the point table by incorporating it, or may be inquired to the distribution center 1. The calculated points are compared with the points stored in the user card (s95), and if the points on the user card are insufficient, the operation is ended. If there are enough points on the user card, first subtract the points (s
96), execute the service (s97). Then, the number of points after the subtraction is printed or displayed on the receipt (s98). After this, if the device ejects the user card, eject the user card (s99). End the operation.

The above general operation is concretely applied to each device (counter device 3, management device 5, home karaoke device 6) which provides a service, as follows.

In the case of a karaoke box store, a counter device is provided at the time of check-in (between s6 and s7 in the flowchart of FIG. 7A) or at checkout (between s20 and s22 of the flowchart in FIG. 8). This operation can be performed by putting 3 into service mode. As services provided at check-in, there are functional services such as the ability to request a specific song from a box to be used in the future, or the functioning of a special effect device. In addition, as services provided at the time of check-out, there are services such as discounts on charges.

In the case of a restaurant, the above operation can be executed by setting the management device 5 in the service mode at the time of check-out (between s32 and s36 in the flowchart of FIG. 10A). . The services provided at this time include discounts on request charges and food and drink charges.

In the case of the home karaoke apparatus 6, the above operation can be executed by setting the karaoke apparatus 6 in the service mode before inputting the song number (s81 in the flowchart of FIG. 12). The service provided by the home karaoke apparatus 6 is such a service that a new song before being distributed to a box karaoke apparatus can be downloaded and sung.

The service provided is not limited to the above example.

Further, in the above embodiment, points are added according to the number of requested music pieces, but points can be added in addition to the above, by various factors such as usage amount and usage time.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention, points can be accumulated according to the use of the karaoke apparatus, and a special service can be provided according to the points.
The user can be encouraged to use the karaoke device, and the user (repeater customer) having a high degree of use can be differentiated from other customers.

Further, according to the present invention, since the service can be received at the home karaoke apparatus based on the points obtained by using the karaoke apparatus at the store, the range of services that the user can receive is wide. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication karaoke system to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a general karaoke device used in the communication karaoke system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a counter device and a management device of the communication karaoke system.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a commander used in a karaoke device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control unit of the commander.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a customer user card used in the communication karaoke system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counter device connected to the box karaoke device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the counter device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management device connected to the restaurant karaoke device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of a commander attached to the restaurant karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of the restaurant karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the home karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of each device when providing a service.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Distribution center, 2 ... Box karaoke device, 3 ... Counter device, 4 ... Restaurant karaoke device, 4a ... Commander, 5 ... Management device, 6 ... Home karaoke device, 7 ... User card, 70 ... Magnetic Stripes, 70a ... Customer code storage area, 70b ... Name storage area, 70c ... Point storage area, 71 ... Bar code (customer code)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A counting means for counting the usage of a customer, a service means for executing a service operation other than a normal karaoke performance operation for the customer based on the count value of the counting means, and a counting means for the counting means. A karaoke apparatus comprising: a subtraction unit that subtracts a count value by a predetermined value according to the service content. 2. A karaoke system comprising a store karaoke device, a home karaoke device, and a portable storage medium detachable from the store karaoke device and the home karaoke device. A count means for counting the usage of the customer, and a writing means for writing the count value in the portable storage medium, wherein the home karaoke device is based on the count value stored in the portable storage medium. A karaoke system comprising: a service means for performing a service operation other than a normal karaoke performance operation; and a subtraction means for subtracting the count value by a predetermined value according to the service content of the service means.