JPH1011081A - Karaoke system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the design of a KARAOKE (sing-along machine) and to use it to display service information such as an advertisement by taking the picture of a singer by a video camera and projecting the picture on a KARAOKE monitor. SOLUTION: The picture taken by a video camera is inserted to the backgroud picture of a KARAOKE monitor 12 and an inserted picture 32 is controlled to expand or to reduce its size. A window 12m is provided in the monitor screen to display service information including a publicity and an advertisement. The displaying picture of the window 12m is selected and transmitted from a service information storage means 50.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the control of an inlay screen imaged by an image pickup apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for displaying service information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a karaoke system in which a performance is played from a speaker and a song is sung in accordance with the performance. A song and a poem are displayed on the monitor together with a screen such as a moving image and a still image, and the user sings along with the performance while watching the song and the poem. In the communication type (communication karaoke), song data is transmitted together with the performance data from the transmitting station, and the data is received, the performance is played, and the song is displayed on the monitor. A screen is displayed on the monitor, which is extracted from a screen storage unit (LD) installed on the receiving side in advance and displayed.

[0003]

However, the singer simply sings along with the performance, but the moving picture and the still picture are simply displayed on the monitor screen, and the change is poor.
In particular, in the case of online karaoke, a screen that does not match the performance is also displayed, and there is a sense of incongruity and there is a drawback that the change is less.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and is to fit a screen of a singer or the like picked up by an image pickup device on a monitor screen and control the screen in various patterns. In addition, the monitor screen displays service information such as an advertisement medium so that the monitor screen can be effectively used.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a screen of a singer or the like captured by using an image pickup apparatus is fitted on a monitor screen of a karaoke system so that a song poem pattern in the monitor screen is not disturbed by the fitted screen. Set to. In this case, a window for displaying service information such as an advertisement is provided on the monitor screen.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a karaoke system according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a transmitting station, which transmits song and poetry data along with the performance data to the distribution station 6 via the line 4, and the performance control means 10 of the karaoke system main body 8 of the distribution station 6 controls the built-in speaker in the monitor 12. In addition, a song is played through the singing and poetry control unit 18, and the singing and verse 20 is displayed on the monitor 12. The screen control unit 14 displays a background image 22 such as a moving image or a still image extracted from the background screen storage unit 16. . Song poem 20 is background picture 2
2 is overwritten. Reference numeral 24 denotes an imaging device such as a CCD camera. The imaging device 24 captures an image of the singer 26 and displays the image on the screen of the monitor 12 via the video screen control means 30.
The fit screen 32 is fitted. In this case, song poem 20
Is overwritten on the inset screen 32 or at a position away from the inset screen 32 (inset screen 3
2 is displayed).

As shown in FIG. 2, the video screen control means 30 includes an enlargement / reduction control means 30a and a movement control means 3
0b, the copy erasure control means 30c, and the rotation control means 30
d, outer shape control means 30e, speed control means 30f,
It comprises a color tone control means 30g, a luminance control means 30h, and a shutter control means 30i. The enlargement / reduction control means 30a gradually enlarges or reduces the inset screen 32 as shown by arrows in the opposite direction as shown in FIG. The movement control means 30b displays the inset screen 32 as shown in FIG.
It moves along setting lines such as 6,38. As shown in FIG. 5, the copy erasure control means 30c
May be duplicated and displayed on the screen of the monitor 12 during the performance, or may be deleted after displaying the screen of the predetermined portion. The rotation control means 30d rotates the fit screen 32 in the right or left direction on the monitor screen plane as shown in FIG. 6, or rotates in the monitor screen plane during the performance, or as shown in FIGS. Or rotate (including reversal) in the direction perpendicular to the screen, the horizontal direction, or the vertical direction.

[0008] The outer shape control means 30e changes the outer shape of the fitted screen into various shapes such as from a trapezoid to a rectangle as shown in FIG. 9 or a heart shape as shown in FIG. The speed control unit 30f includes: a speed of enlargement / reduction of the inset screen by the enlargement / reduction control unit 30a; a movement speed by the movement control unit 30b;
c, the speed of rotation by the rotation control means 30d, and the speed of change of the outer shape by the outer shape control means 30e. The color tone control unit 30g changes the color tone of the fit screen 32. The brightness control means 30h changes the brightness of the inlaid screen 32. The shutter control means 30i covers the fitted screen 32 with the shutter 40 of the background screen as shown in FIG. 11, and gradually opens the shutter 40. The combining means 30j is a combination pattern setting means 30k
The data of the enlargement / reduction control means 30a to the shutter control means 30i is selectively taken in based on the instruction from the user, and the respective controls of enlargement / reduction, movement, duplication, rotation, and outer shape change of the fitting screen 32 are selected. The combination is performed simultaneously.

The performance state detecting means 30m is an inlaid screen combination pattern setting means. When signals A, B, C,... Indicating the combination are manually set, the combination pattern setting means 30k outputs a signal A. , B, C,... Are fetched in order, and the synthesizing unit 30j combines the data from the control units 30a to 30i in an order corresponding to the signals A, B, C,. Give instructions.

The synthesizing means 30j, for example, from the combination pattern setting means 30k, moves the inset screen 32 by curve movement.
When an instruction to enlarge and rotate is given, data from the enlargement / reduction control means 30a, movement control means 30b, and rotation control means 30d are taken in and synthesized, and the monitor is set to control the fit screen 32. Since the instruction is given to the control unit 12, the inset screen 32 is controlled as shown in FIG. In this case, the enlargement / reduction control unit 30a enlarges the inset screen 32 instead of reducing it.
0b is not a linear movement but a predetermined curve movement, and the rotation control means 30d is a right, plane rotation.
It is automatically set by detecting the signal of the combination pattern setting means 30k.

According to the above configuration, the performance state detecting means 3
.., Indicating the desired combination, are sequentially output, and the combination pattern setting means 30k is set. In the process of being superimposed and displayed on the image 22, the screen 32 can be variously fitted into the form according to this combination.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 50 denotes service information storage means for storing various kinds of service information such as an advertisement medium, time, weather forecast, etc., based on the operation of the selection switch 50m. The type of service information is selected. After the selected service information is processed by the karaoke system main body 8, the service information is displayed in a service information display window 12m which is set in advance, for example, at a corner of the monitor screen of the monitor 12. In FIG.
An example of the advertisement displayed in the service information display window 12 is shown.

According to such a configuration, various kinds of service information such as advertisements are stored in the service information storage means 50, and these are selected by the selection switch 50m and displayed on the service information display window 12. Thereby, various service information can be given to the viewer and the singer. In this case, when an advertisement is displayed in the service information display window 12, the service information display window 12 can be effectively used as an advertisement medium.

Although the service information display window 12 has been described as transmitting service information from the service information storage means 50, the present invention is not limited to this, and the service information is transmitted from the transmitting station 2 side. You may.

Embodiment 2 In this case, the performance control means 1
A performance state detecting means 30m for extracting the performance tempo based on the performance data from 0 and controlling the combination pattern setting means 30k is provided. As a result, the enlargement / reduction, movement, duplication, rotation, and outer shape control of the inset screen are combined in accordance with the tune of the performance of the karaoke system.

According to this, the speed control means 30f is controlled according to whether the tempo of the playing state is fast or slow, and the enlargement / reduction speed, the movement speed, the copy erasure speed, the rotation speed, the shutter speed of the inset screen 32 are performed. Change the speed, etc.
Brightness can be changed.

Embodiment 3 In this case, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the transmitting station 2 is provided with additional information superimposing means 2a for superimposing a pattern signal for controlling the capture screen control means 30 on the output data. An extraction means 8a is provided. According to this, the transmitting station 2
By transmitting the above-mentioned pattern signal from the additional information superimposing means 2a, the control of enlargement, reduction, movement, duplication, rotation, and outer shape change of the fit screen 32 is performed by the external transmitting station 2. Since the setting can be performed based on the additional information transmitted together with the data, the fitting screen 32 is automatically controlled in accordance with the tune, so that manual setting is not required. In the present invention, a video camera (imaging device) is additionally provided, and an image of another place such as a customer side is taken and displayed as a background screen.
2, or a plurality of inset screens 32 may be displayed corresponding to each video camera.

That is, according to the above, the following control is possible as an example. 1) It is gradually raised from the center and is set to the size of the entire screen. 2) Reduce to the center while rotating vertically. 3) Appears as a trapezoid of medium size from the left side, becomes a square at the center, pauses, and disappears to the right side with an inverted trapezoid. 4) Appears to fill the entire screen width from below, slightly shrinks, and rotates twice with left rotation. 5) It becomes a 4-screen multi. 6) It becomes 9 screen multi. 7) Appears from the lower right and fills the entire screen. 8) It becomes 16 screen multi. 9) The entire screen is laid in the direction of the screen with the lower line as an axis, becomes a small trapezoid, moves toward the center, and disappears as if absorbing. 10) From the left, appear as a trapezoid, stop once at the center, and disappear to the right side in the opposite direction. 11) Appears as a trapezoid from the left, stops when it appears on the left half of the screen, and approaches the full width of the screen on the left side. 12) The screen becomes a 9-screen multi-screen, and is displayed on the center screen. 13) It becomes a left and right two-screen multi, and rotates left with the center line as the width. 14) The left and right two-screen multi is up, the left screen is absorbed from the left side toward the center, and the right screen disappears from the right side to the center. 15) A (large) trapezoid appears on the left side and disappears on the left side. 16) Only the left side of the screen appears in multi-size around the center, and when facing the front, the right side screen appears in the front direction and is simultaneously drawn into the left side. 17) It becomes a 4-screen multi, slides to the left by a quarter screen, slides by a lower quarter screen, and slides by a quarter upward to the right side. 18) Appears over the entire screen, disappears from above, disappears from above, is reproduced from above, disappears from left to right, and appears from left to right. 19) Appearing toward the center while gradually rising from the upper left, temporarily stopping (medium size), rotating twice left at the center, and disappearing while shrinking to the lower right. 20) Magnify to the full screen while rotating clockwise from the upper left, reduce toward the center by rotating right, and magnify to full screen by rotating right. 21) From the right side, a trapezoid appears while moving in parallel. The trapezoid is turned upside down on the left half surface around the oblique line on the center side of the trapezoid, and a trapezoid of the same area appears on the right half surface. 22) The screen becomes full while gradually sliding from the lower left, the screen becomes a multi-screen, and the lower right screen is raised to the full screen. 23) Move to the lower right while rotating in a plane from the upper left, move in parallel to the upper right, move while rotating in a plane from lower right to the lower left, and move in parallel to the upper left. 24) The screen fills while gradually expanding from the upper left, and disappears while gradually shrinking to the upper right. 25) From the right side, a window full of the screen width appears, fills the screen, stops, tilts 30 degrees to the left, and disappears to the upper right while shrinking as it is. 26) Appears for the upper left quarter screen, and becomes a 4-screen multi in the order of lower left, lower right, and upper right. 27) Appears on the entire screen, falls on the lower line until it becomes trapezoidal, and is absorbed by the center. 28) Appears on the entire screen, reduces to the center while rotating clockwise, and conversely rotates to the right and expands to fill the screen when it becomes smaller. 29) Appears as a trapezoid from the left side, becomes a square at the center, pauses, disappears while becoming a trapezoid to the right side. 30) The screen slides from the lower right to the left to fill the screen. 31) A left half screen appears around a line connecting the upper and lower centers, and a right screen appears, and slides in parallel to the left. 32) A trapezoidal half screen appears from the right side, stops at the left center, is turned upside down at the center axis, a right half screen appears, and the left side is parallel-slided. 33) The screen gradually increases from the upper left and fills the screen. 34) It tilts 30 degrees to the left from the full screen and disappears while reducing to the right. 35) It becomes a 4-screen multi, slides by the left half screen, slides down by half screen, slides by half screen to the right, and slides by half screen. 36) The entire screen appears as it slides from the right side to the full vertical width. 37) A small window appears from the upper left and expands toward the center, expands, becomes a middle window at the center, pauses, rotates twice to the left at the center, and disappears while shrinking to the lower right. 38) A trapezoid appears on the left half screen and disappears to the left side. 39) A small window appears at the upper left, moves to the lower right while rotating on a plane, translates from the lower right to the upper right, moves from the upper right to the lower left, rotates and translates to the upper left. 40) It gradually becomes 9 screen multi. 41) Appear in a trapezoid from the left side toward the center, pause at the center, turn over at the center axis, and disappear to the right side in a trapezoid. 42) Appears over the entire screen, is erased downward along the horizontal axis from above, and is reproduced downward from above along the horizontal axis. 43) It is erased from the left toward the right along the horizontal axis, and reproduced from the left to the right. 44) It gradually shrinks to the right from the full screen and disappears. 45) From the upper left, the image is enlarged to the full screen while rotating on the plane right. 46) From the lower left, it gradually appears and fills the screen. 47) Appears while sliding in parallel from below. 48) It gradually becomes 16 screen multi. 49) The image is reduced while rotating toward the back about the center horizontal axis line, becomes smaller, and then gradually expands without rotation, filling the screen. 50) The screen is divided into two screens on the left and right. The screen is drawn toward the center axis from the left side of the left screen toward the center axis, and disappears. The screen is drawn toward the center axis from the right side of the right screen and disappears. 51) From the full screen, the screen is reduced to the upper left by a quarter screen to form a 4-screen multi, and the lower right screen is increased to fill the screen. 52) A trapezoid is formed from the left side, stops at the center line, and spreads to the right side to fill the screen. 53) The left and right two screens are slightly smaller, and rotate horizontally about a vertical line. 54) One screen is slightly smaller, and rotates horizontally about the center vertical line. 55) The screen becomes a 9-screen multi, the center is raised and the screen becomes full. 56) The screen gradually fills up by sliding from the lower left. 57) Appears with a parallel slide from the right side and becomes full. 58) It gradually becomes a 4-screen multi, and shifts from right to bottom → left → top by quarter screen. 59) From the full screen, the trapezoid is drawn down from the top line to the back with the bottom line as the axis, and it is drawn toward the center. 60) A small window appears at the center and gradually expands to fill the screen. 61) A medium window appears and rotates horizontally about the vertical center axis.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, service information such as an advertisement is displayed in a window separately provided on a monitor screen.
It can be effectively used as a transmission medium for service information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a karaoke system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining functions of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a main part of another embodiment of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a main part of another embodiment of the karaoke system of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a main part of one embodiment of a karaoke system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Transmitting station 2a Additional information superimposing means 4 Line 6 Distribution station 8 Karaoke system main body 8a Additional information extracting means 10 Performance control means 12 Monitor 14 Screen control means 16 Background screen storage means 18 Song poetry control means 20 Song poems 24 CCD camera 30 Video Screen control means 32 Inset screen 30m Performance state detecting means 30k Combination pattern setting means 50 Service information storage means 12m Service information display window

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke system in which a screen of a singer or the like captured by using an imaging device is fitted on a monitor screen of a karaoke system, and a singing poem pattern in the monitor screen is set so as not to be disturbed by the fitted screen. A karaoke system, wherein a service information display window is provided on the monitor screen, and the service information display window displays service information such as an advertisement included in the service information storage means. 2. A karaoke system in which a screen of a singer or the like captured by using an imaging device is fitted on a monitor screen of a karaoke system, and a singing poem pattern in the monitor screen is set so as not to be disturbed by the fitted screen. A karaoke system, wherein a service information display window is provided on the monitor screen, and the service information display window displays service information such as an advertisement transmitted from a karaoke information transmitting station. .