JPH10171481A - Musical sound reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more improve the pleasure of singing a duet song by reading and displaying a stored singer's image. SOLUTION: A DVD recorder 59 encodes a singing voice through an MPEG audio compression system, further, encodes the singer's image photographed by a video camera 19 through an MPEG video compression system, records these encoded singing voice data and singer's image data in a DVD RAM and reproduces them from the DVD-RAM. When a user is to sing a duet song, the singer's image showing the figure of the singing party of duet and the singing voice showing the singing voice of the party are read out of the DVD- RAM and reproduced by the DVD recorder 59, any preferent singer's image is displayed on monitors 12 and 14 and any preferent singing voice is reproduced by speakers 11 and 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical sound reproducing apparatus for reproducing music information indicating a music, and it is possible to enjoy a duet atmosphere even when a single person sings duet music. The present invention relates to a device suitable for the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as the above-mentioned karaoke apparatus, when singing a duet song by itself, a karaoke apparatus which electrically produces a voice of a duet partner from a voice sung by oneself and gives an atmosphere of duet. Are known.

[0003]

By the way, when a duet song is sung, it becomes fun only when there is a partner to sing with. However, in the above, there is a problem that the voice of the duet partner is only produced and the singing of the duet song is lacking because the partner does not exist.

Accordingly, the present invention stores a singer image indicating a person singing through a microphone, and reads out and displays the stored singer image when singing a duet song alone. It is an object of the present invention to realize a musical sound reproducing device capable of increasing the enjoyment of singing duet music.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical sound reproducing apparatus capable of outputting a singing voice of a singer input through a microphone and a musical sound reproduced by reproducing means. Photographing means for photographing a singer through a microphone, storage means capable of storing at least the singer image indicating the singer photographed by the photographing means, and at least the singer image stored in the storage means Reading means for reading, and image display means capable of displaying the singer image read by the reading means and a singer image indicating the singer who is currently photographed by the photographing means. Adopt the technical means that

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the storage means includes a singer image indicating the singer photographed by the photographing means, and the singer image. By the singer indicated by
The singing voice input from the microphone is stored, and the reading unit reads the singing voice stored in the storage unit when reading the singer image stored in the storage unit. The reading means employs technical means for reproducing the singing voice input to the microphone, music information indicating music, and the singing voice read by the reading means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, a desired singer image is selected from the singer images stored in the storage means. A singer image selection means is provided, and the reading means adopts a technical means of reading a desired singer image selected by the singer image selection means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the singer image stored in the storage means is a male singer. A male singer image showing a female singer image showing a woman singing, and a gender discriminating means for discriminating the gender of the person singing through the microphone based on at least the frequency of the voice input from the microphone. The reading means employs technical means for reading the singer's image of a gender different from the gender indicated by the gender determination means from the storage means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the storage means determines a singer image currently photographed by the photographing means based on a result of the discrimination by the gender discriminating means. The technical means of storing for each gender indicated is adopted.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the image display means includes a singer image read by the reading means and A technical means that can be displayed by synthesizing the singer image currently photographed by the photographing means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the musical sound reproducing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the image display means displays a lyric image and a background image corresponding to the music information. A technical means that is capable of being displayed, and includes, as an image displayed by the image display means, an image switching means for selecting at least one of the singer image, the lyrics image, and the background image. adopt.

[0012]

According to the first to seventh aspects of the present invention, a person who sings through a microphone is photographed by photographing means, and at least a singer image showing the singer photographed by photographing means is stored. Stored by the means. Further, at least the singer image stored in the storage means is read by the reading means, and the singer image read by the reading means and the singer image showing the singer who is currently photographed by the photographing means Is displayed by the video display means.

That is, when singing through the microphone, the singer's image stored in the storage means can be read and displayed. Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, a singer's image is stored by a DVD recorder serving as a storage means, and when a duet song is singed alone, the singer's image is reproduced by the DVD recorder. Then, the image can be displayed on the monitor television as the image display means. Thus, even when a duet song is singed alone, the user can sing while watching the duet partner displayed on the monitor television, so that the duet song can be enjoyed.

[0014] In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a singer image taken by the photographing means and showing the singer, and a singer input from the microphone by the singer indicated by the singer image. The voice is stored by the storage unit, and the singing voice stored in the storage unit is read when the reading unit reads the singer's image stored in the storage unit. Then, the singing voice input to the microphone, the music information indicating the music, and the singing voice read by the reading means are reproduced by the reproducing means.
That is, when singing through the microphone, the singer image stored in the storage means and the person indicated by the singer image read out the singing voice input and stored from the microphone, and the read singer image is read. Is displayed, and the singing voice can be reproduced.

Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, a singer's image and a singer's voice are stored by a DVD recorder as storage means,
When a duet song is singed alone, a singer's image and a singer's voice are reproduced by a DVD recorder, the singer's image is displayed on a monitor television as a video display means, and an amplifier and a speaker are used as a singer's voice reproducing means. Can be played. As a result, even when singing a duet song alone, the user can sing while watching the duet partner's appearance displayed on the monitor TV and listening to the singing voice of the other party. I can sing happily.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a singer image selecting means for selecting a desired singer image from singer images stored in the storage means. The desired singer image selected by the means is read by the reading means. That is, when singing through the microphone, the singer's image displayed on the image display means can be selected. Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, when singing a duet song alone, a favorite duet partner can be displayed on the monitor television, and a duet partner can be changed. You can sing duet songs even more fun without getting bored.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, the singer image stored in the storage means is a male singer image showing a male singer and a female singer image showing a female singer. The gender of the person singing through the microphone is determined by the gender determining means based on at least the frequency of the voice input from the microphone, and the singer image of a gender different from the gender indicated by the determination result is read out. Is read from the storage means. That is, since the gender of the duet partner is determined based on at least the frequency of the voice input from the microphone, there is no need to perform the operation of setting the gender of the duet partner.

Further, in the invention according to claim 5, the storage means stores the singer's image currently photographed by the photographing means for each gender indicated by the gender discriminating result. When the reading means reads the singer image and the singer voice from the storage means, it can be read for each gender. Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described below, when singing a song due to gender, males, female singer video and singer voice, female, male singer video and The singer's voice can be read.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, the singer image read by the reading means and the singer image currently photographed by the photographing means can be combined and displayed by the image display means. In other words, the duet partner's figure and his / her figure can be combined and displayed. Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, when singing a duet song by one person, the screen of the monitor TV is divided vertically into two parts, and the figure of the duet partner is placed on the left half. Can be displayed in the right half, so that an atmosphere of a duet by two people can be displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, a lyric image and a background image corresponding to the music information can be displayed by the image display means, and the images displayed by the image display means include a singer image, At least one of the lyrics image and the background image can be selected by the image switching means. Therefore, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, when a duet song is sung, it is possible to display the duet partner's figure on a monitor television, or display a lyric image and a background image.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a tone reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. In the following embodiment, a so-called communication karaoke apparatus, in which music is provided using a communication line, will be described as a representative music reproduction apparatus. First, the main configuration of the communication karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a karaoke apparatus 10 has a microphone 1 for inputting a voice sung by a singer.
7, 18 and a video camera 19 for shooting the singer
And a singer image showing the singer's image captured by the video camera 19, a lyric image showing the lyrics of the song, a background image displayed on the background of the lyric image, and used when duet music control described later is executed. A monitor television (hereinafter abbreviated as monitor) 12 for displaying a message image or the like showing a message to be conveyed to a singer, and a monitor 14 for a singer
And are provided.

The karaoke apparatus 10 controls the duet music, scores the singers' singing ability, selects music, receives music data as music information via the LAN line 53, reserves music, and plays music. A control device 20 is provided for performing various controls such as pitch control (key control) of a karaoke song, switching of images displayed on the monitors 12 and 14, synthesis, and division. Further, the microphones 17, 1
Mixing of the singing voice input from 8 with the karaoke song, amplification of the mixing signal, control of high and low sounds (tone control), volume balance of singing voice and karaoke song, echo adjustment of singing voice, delay adjustment, etc. 16 and the amplifier 16
A set of speakers 11 and 11 of a floor type for reproducing amplified signals output from the apparatus as sound, a set of speakers 13 and 13 for a ceiling, and a transmitter 70 for remotely controlling the control device 20 are provided. I have.

As shown in FIG. 2 showing the appearance of the microphone 17, the microphone 17 is provided with a switch 17a for activating the microphone 17 and a directivity switch 17b for switching the directivity of the microphone 17. ing. The microphone 18
Has the same configuration as the microphone 17. Note that the amplifier 16, the control device 20, the speakers 11, 11, and the speakers 13, 13 correspond to a reproducing unit of the present invention.

Next, the configuration and functions of the control device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 (A)
Is an explanatory view of a front panel of the control device 20, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a rear panel of the control device 20.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of music data, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a main internal configuration of the control device 20 by blocks. As shown in FIG. 3A, the front panel of the control device 20 is provided with 0 to input the number of the music to be selected.
9 and a music selection button 22 for enabling the control device 20 to select a music and for confirming the music selection. The number of the selected music is displayed on the numeric keypad 21. A music selection number display section 23 that displays an LED with six digits is provided.

On the left side of the music selection number display section 23, there is provided a reserved music number display 24 for displaying the number of music pieces for which performance is reserved by LED, and below that, the reservation is canceled. Button 25, a performance stop button 26 for stopping the performance, a re-song button 27 for singing again from the beginning while singing, and an interrupt button 28 for interrupting and reserving between the reserved songs. Is provided. Further, a light receiving unit 38 for receiving an optical signal transmitted from the transmitter 70 is provided at the upper left of the front panel, and a power button 39 for turning on / off the power of the control device 20 is provided at the lower left. ing.

On the right side of the numeric keypad 21, there are provided a flat key 29 for lowering the key of the music to be played, a standard key 30 for standardizing the key, and a sharp key 31 for raising the key. There is a vocal button 32 below which sets the volume of the vocal melody line.
And a two-chorus button 33 ending with two choruses and a trailing cut button 34 for cutting the trailing part of the song. Below that, a service button 35 for switching the display on the monitors 12 and 14 to the display of service information provided by the karaoke shop, and data input via the LAN line 53 are used to convert music data into BGM and cable broadcast data. ,
An input switch button 36 for switching to a television broadcast or the like and a karaoke button 37 for returning to a karaoke mode are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3B, a communication terminal 40 for receiving music data distributed from a server 52 shown in FIG. Is provided. This communication terminal 40
On the right side of the figure, an audio output terminal 41 connected to an audio input terminal (not shown) of the amplifier 16, an audio input terminal 42 connected to an audio output terminal (not shown) of the amplifier 16, and a video camera 19 A video input terminal 51 connected to a video output terminal (not shown); a video output terminal 43 connected to a video input terminal (not shown) of the monitor 12;
And a video output terminal 44 connected to the video input terminal (not shown).

Here, the structure of the music data will be described with reference to FIG. The song data 100 includes identification data D1 for identifying whether the song indicated by the song data 100 is a song sung in a duet or a song sung in a solo, song selection number data 101 indicating a song selection number of the selected song, and a performance portion of the song. MI shown
It is composed of DI data 102 and lyrics video data 103 indicating the lyrics of a song. For example, when the identification data D1 is "1", the song is a song sung in a duet,
In the case of "0", the song is sung in a solo.

Next, the main internal configuration of the control device 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The control device 20 includes a transmission control of a request signal indicating a transmission request of the music data 100 to the server 52, a duet music control indicating a control in reproducing a duet music, a voice control, a video control, a reservation of a music playing order, and the like. Is executed according to a program. The CPU 45 has a RAM 4 for temporarily storing music selection number data 101 and the like.
6, a ROM 47 storing a control program executed by the CPU 45 to perform the above-described respective controls, and the like.
A RAM 48 for temporarily storing a calculation result by the PU 45 is connected.

The CPU 45 has a LAN board 54 for receiving the music data 100 transmitted from the server 52 via the LAN line 53 and the communication terminal 40,
The music data 100 received by the LAN board 54
And a video RAM 50 in which the monitor 12 and 14 store message video data indicating various messages, which will be described later, and the like.

Further, the CPU 45 has a frequency analysis circuit 65 as a gender discriminating means for analyzing the frequency of the singing voice input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18 through the amplifier 16 via the voice input terminal 42.
A sequencer 56 for controlling to write the MIDI data 102 read from the RAM 49 to the MIDI tone generator 57 in accordance with the count of the timer 58;
A sound control circuit 55 for inputting a sound source signal generated from 7 and converting it to a sound signal that can be amplified by the amplifier 16 is connected.

By the way, the karaoke apparatus 10 is characterized in that when there is no partner who sings duet music together, it substitutes for the partner. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the controller 20 records a singer's image indicating that the duet partner sings and a singing voice indicating the singing voice of the partner on a DVD (Degital Video Disc) -RAM, DV read from the DVD-RAM and reproduced
When the user sings a duet tune, a D recorder 59 is built-in so that the favorite singer's image is displayed on the monitors 12 and 14 and the singing voice can be reproduced by the speakers 11 and 11 and the speakers 13 and 13. It has become. The DVD-RAM is an MPEG (Moving Pict
ure Experts Group) means a disk on which video data and audio data digitized by the video compression method and the MPEG audio compression method are rewritably recorded.

The DVD recorder 59 encodes the singing voice by the MPEG audio compression system, records singing voice data indicating the encoded singing voice in the built-in DVD-RAM,
The singing voice data recorded in the D-RAM is reproduced. Further, the DVD recorder 59 encodes the singer image captured by the video camera 19 by the MPEG video compression system, and records the singer image data indicating the encoded singer image in the DVD-RAM. , The singer video data recorded on the DVD-RAM is reproduced. The singer video data and the singer voice data (hereinafter, referred to as “singer voice data”) read by the DVD recorder 59.
AV data) is temporarily stored in the RAM 66.

The CPU 45 is connected to a CD-ROM player 60 for reproducing a CD-ROM on which a plurality of background video data indicating a background video is recorded.
The D-ROM player 60 reproduces background video data of a genre corresponding to the genre of the song indicated by the genre data included in the song data 100. CPU4
5, the lyric image data 103 included in the song data 100 read from the RAM 49 and the singer image data read by the DVD recorder 59 are input, and based on these data, as shown in FIG. A video control circuit 61 for creating a video in which the lyric video 202 is superimposed on the singer video 200 is connected to the singer video 200. Also, the video control circuit 61, as shown in FIG.
The screen is divided vertically into two parts, and a singer image 206 is displayed on the left and a singer image 207 is displayed on the right.
Control for displaying a plurality of still images 213 on the screen is performed. Further, the video control circuit 61 creates a video in which the lyrics video 202 is superimposed on the background video 210 as shown in FIG.

The CPU 45 further includes a light receiving circuit 62 for converting an optical signal received by the light receiving section 38 into a digital signal, an LED which is turned on when various buttons provided on the front panel of the control device are pressed, and a music selection. A display circuit 63 for outputting display signals to the number display 23 and the reserved song number display 24 and the like; and an input circuit 64 for inputting a switching signal generated when the above various buttons or keys are pressed.
And are connected. The server 52 includes an HDD 15 in which a plurality of pieces of music data 100 are stored.

Although not shown, the amplifier 16 includes a main volume knob for adjusting the volume of the speakers 11, 11 and the speakers 13, 13, and a DVD recorder 59.
Volume knob for DVD for adjusting the volume of the singing voice reproduced by the MIC, a microphone terminal connecting the microphones 17 and 18, the volume of the voice input from the microphones and the singing voice reproduced by the DVD recorder 59, and the karaoke A balance adjustment knob for adjusting the balance with the volume of the music, an echo adjustment knob for adjusting the degree of echo, a delay adjustment knob for adjusting the degree of delay, and the like are provided.

Next, the configuration of the transmitter 70 will be described with reference to FIG. Above the transmitter 70, there is provided a music selection number display section 71 for displaying music selection numbers on a liquid crystal with a backlight, and below it, a karaoke button 72 for switching to karaoke and an external video other than karaoke. An external video button 73 and a game button 74 for switching to a video game are provided. Under these buttons, a clap button 75 for setting to play a clap sound between songs or after the performance of the song is completed.
, A flat key 76 for lowering the key, and a sharp key 77 for raising the key, below which, like the buttons provided on the control device 20, a numeric keypad 78, a music selection button 79, Stop button 80, Re-song button 81, Cancel button 82, Interrupt button 8
3 are provided.

Further, to the right of the interruption button 83, a minus button 8 for decreasing the volume of the vocal melody is provided.
4 and a plus button 85 for increasing the volume. Under the plus button 85, when the duet song is sung by a man and a woman, the DVD recorder 59 shows a female singer image showing a female singing part and a female singer image shown by the female singer image. A female part button 88 for reproducing a female singing voice (hereinafter abbreviated as a female part) indicating a singing voice is provided. On the left of the female part button 88, a male singer image showing a part sung by a male and a male singing voice (hereinafter abbreviated as a male part) showing the singing voice of the person indicated by the male singer image are displayed. Male part button 87 is provided.

On the left of the male part button 87, an image serving as an image switching means for switching the image displayed on the monitors 12, 14 to a desired image between a singer image, a background image and a lyrics image. A switching button 86 is provided. Further, below the male part button 87, the duet tune is composed of a part singing with a low key (hereinafter abbreviated as a bass part) and a part singing with a high key (hereinafter abbreviated as a treble part). If the above DV
The D recorder 59 is provided with a bass part button 89 for reproducing the bass part, and on the right side thereof, a treble part button 9 for reproducing the treble part.
0 is provided.

Below these buttons, there are provided an OK button 91 that is pressed by the video camera 19 to permit photographing of a singing image of the user and a NO button 92 that is pressed when not permitted. ing. Further, to the right of these buttons, as shown in FIG.
Is provided with a cursor movement button 93 for moving the cursor 211 displayed on the monitors 12 and 14 up, down, left and right when selecting a desired singer image from the plurality of singer images displayed on the screen. . When each of the buttons and keys is pressed, a signal corresponding to the button or key is transmitted from the LED incorporated in the transmitting unit 94 and received by the light receiving unit 38 of the control device 20. By the way, male part button 87, female part button 88,
The bass part button 89, the treble part button 90, and the cursor movement button 93 correspond to the singer image selection means of the present invention.

Next, a series of operations of the karaoke apparatus 10 from when a user of the karaoke apparatus 10 selects a duet song to karaoke will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 shows a DVD recorder 59.
5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of an AV data table 120 composed of AV data stored in a DVD-RAM. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the principle of singing ability scoring. FIG. 9 shows the CPU 4 executed from music selection to reproduction.
5 is a flowchart showing a main routine of FIG.
FIG. 0 and FIG. 11 are flowcharts showing the control contents for duet music control executed by the CPU 45. FIG. 12 shows the analysis of the frequency of the sound input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18 to determine the gender. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of a process for performing the processing.

First, the CPU 45 for performing karaoke
Will be described with reference to FIG. Here, a case will be described in which a man sings a duet song sung by men and women alone. First, when the user of the karaoke device 10 points the transmission window 94 of the transmitter 70 toward the control device 20 and presses the music selection button 79, the control device 20 becomes in a music selectable state,
When the numeric keypad 78 corresponding to the music selection number is pressed, the number corresponding to the numeric keypad 78 is sequentially displayed on the music selection number display sections 71 and 23 each time the key is pressed. Subsequently, when the user presses the music selection button 79 after pressing the last numeric keypad 78, it is determined that the music selection has been completed (step 100), and a request signal requesting transmission of the music data 100 of the selected music is sent to the LAN line. It is transmitted to the server 52 via 53 (step 200).

The server 52 has its own HDD 1
5 retrieves and reads out the music data 100 corresponding to the music selection number indicated in the request signal, and reads out the read music data 100 via the LAN line 53 to the control device 20.
Is received by the LAN board 54 via the communication terminal 40, and stored in the RAM 49 (step 300). Subsequently, it is determined whether the identification data D1 of the received music data 100 indicates a duet music (step 400).
If the song is a duet song, duet song control is executed (step 500).

Next, FIG. 1 shows the duet music control.
0 will be described. First, it is determined by searching the AV data table 120 whether the AV data corresponding to the music data 100 is stored in the DVD-RAM, that is, whether the karaoke apparatus 10 can perform a duet instead (step 502). . Here, the configuration of the AV data table 120 will be described with reference to FIG. The AV data table 120 stores the song selection number data of the duet tune, gender data indicating the gender of the singer, and the types of parts singing by a man, singing by a woman, singing with a high key, and singing with a low key. Part data, number data indicating the number of the singer who sang, and still image data indicating the singer's singing at a certain moment, singer video data, and singing voice data. You.

If the AV data is stored (step 504), the monitor 12 or 14 displays "The selected song is a duet song sung by men and women. If no one is duet, , You can make the karaoke device work as a duet partner.If you want the karaoke device to sing the male part, press the male part button on the transmitter.If you want to sing alone,
Please wait without pressing the button. Is displayed (step 506).

Here, it is assumed that the karaoke apparatus 10 is not to work duet partner, and the female part button 88
Is not pressed for a predetermined time (steps 508 and 510),
On the monitors 12, 14, "Do you want to record your singing voice and what you are singing? The recorded content will be played as one partner if another person sings the duet song by himself. (If the recording is permitted, press the OK button on the transmitter; if denied, press the NO button.) "(Step 512).

Here, it is assumed that recording is permitted, and OK
When the button 91 is pressed (step 514), the video image captured by the video camera 19 is displayed on the monitors 12 and 14 (step 516), and "the male is the microphone 1 and the female is the microphone 2" at the bottom of the screen. Set the microphone directivity selector switch to "strong". Please stand where your figure enters the center of the screen. When you are ready, press the OK button on the transmitter. If you want to cancel, press the NO button. Is displayed (step 518).

The guidance to strengthen the directivity of the microphone 17 or the microphone 18 is to prevent sounds other than singing voice from entering the microphone as much as possible. Here, it is assumed that the microphone 17 is used as the microphone 1, and that the gender data and the part data when the microphone 17 is used are set to “M” indicating a male (see FIG. 7). When the OK button 91 is pressed (step 520), the reading of the music data 100 from the RAM 49 is started (step 522), the MIDI data 101 included in the music data 100 is taken into the sequencer 56, and the timer 58 counts. MIDI sound source 5 according to
7 is written. MI with MIDI data written
The sound source data generated from the DI sound source 57 is output to the audio control circuit 55 and converted into an analog music signal that can be amplified by the amplifier 16. This music signal is transmitted to the amplifier 1
6 is amplified and output to the speakers 11, 11 and the speakers 13, 13 and reproduced by both speakers (step 524).

On the other hand, the singing voice signal indicating the singing voice input from the microphone 17 is mixed with the music signal by a microphone mixing circuit built in the amplifier 16, and the mixed signal thus amplified is amplified by the amplifier 16. After that, it is output to the speakers 11 and 11 and the speakers 13 and 13 and reproduced as sound by both speakers (step 524). The background video data corresponding to the genre data included in the music data 100 is read by the CD-ROM player 60, and the read background video data is input to the video control circuit 61 and converted into a background video signal. As shown in FIG.
The background image 210 is displayed (Step 524).

Further, the lyrics video data 102 included in the music data 100 is input to the video control circuit 61 and is converted into a lyrics video signal that can be displayed on the monitors 12 and 14, and as shown in FIG. The superimposed lyrics image 202 is displayed (step 52).
4). Subsequently, in synchronization with the timing at which the reproduction of the MIDI data 101 is started, the audio input from the microphone 17 is stored as singing audio data in the AV data table 120 by the DVD recorder 59 and photographed by the video camera 19. The performed singer image is
AV as singer image data by DVD recorder 59
Stored in the data table 120 (step 52
6).

Here, the song selection number of the song selected by the man is "3", and if the AV data table 120 has already stored the AV data up to the number data "2", the AV data table As shown in FIG. 7, singer image data V3MM3 and singing voice data A3MM3 are stored in 120. Here, “V” indicates singer video data, and “A” indicates singer voice data. The number following "V" or "A" indicates a song selection number, "M" following the number is gender data indicating a male, and "M" next indicates a male part. It is part data, and the number at the right end is number data indicating the third.

On the other hand, with the input of the singing voice from the microphone 17, the singing ability of the singer starts to be graded (step 528), and when the reproduction of the music data 100 ends (step 530), the grading result is calculated. Is performed (step 532). As shown in FIG. 8, the scoring is performed based on the difference between the pitch of the melody line of the music signal to be reproduced and the pitch of the singer's vocal line.
For example, the pitch L of the melody line at time t1
The difference between L1 and the pitch L2 of the vocal line singing voice (L2-L
1) is calculated at regular time intervals, the average value is calculated, and the score corresponding to this average value is read from a scoring table (not shown) in which the average value and the score are associated.

If the scoring result is 70 or more (step 534), the process returns to the main routine and ends the duet music control. If the scoring result is lower than 70 points, the AV data stored in the AV data table 120 of the DVD-RAM is deleted (step 535). In other words, if the scoring result is lower than 70 points, the song is considered to be poor, and when another person sings a duet song alone, it is not used for reproducing another part. In step 504, A to be reproduced
If no V data is stored, the process proceeds to step 514 described below.

Next, in step 508, when the female part button 88 of the transmitter 70 is pressed, that is,
CP when a female part works for karaoke device 10
The processing content of U45 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the AV data whose song selection number data is “3” and whose gender data is “W” are stored in the AV data table 120.
Is determined (step 550), and if so, the still image data of the stored AV data is read out and displayed on the monitors 12, 14 (step 552).

Here, as shown in FIG. 7, a total of five pieces of AV data having music selection number data "3" and gender data "W" are stored as number data "1" to "5". Therefore, the still image data “S3WW1” to “S3WW5” of the five AV data are read and displayed. This display is shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the screen is divided into four parts, and a still image 213 is displayed on each of the divided screens.

At the bottom of the screen, a message image 215 saying "Please operate the cursor moving button of the transmitter to select your favorite woman. Press the OK button after moving the cursor." Is displayed. As shown in FIG. 14A, numbers “1” to “4” are displayed on the four displayed still images 213, and a cursor 211 is displayed over the number “4”. . The cursor 211 is moved to another number by operating the cursor movement button 93 of the transmitter 70. When the right end of the cursor movement button 93 is pressed to move the cursor 211 sideways, the still image 213 is scrolled as shown in FIG. 14B, and the fifth still image with the number “5” is displayed. Is done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14B, the end display 214 indicates that the sixth still image is not stored.
Is indicated by If there is no corresponding AV data in step 550, the monitor 12, 14
Is displayed for a predetermined period of time with the message "There is no data for the specified part" (step 55).
2), proceed to step 514 (FIG. 10). And
When the OK button 91 of the transmitter 70 is pressed (step 5)
56), AV data corresponding to the selected still image 213 is read by the DVD recorder 59, and
6 is temporarily stored (step 558). Then, set the monitor 12 and 14 to "Use microphone 1. Set the microphone directivity switch to" strong ". Please stand where your figure enters the center of the screen. When you are ready, press the OK button on the transmitter. If you want to cancel, press the NO button. Is displayed (step 560).

Subsequently, when the OK button 91 is pressed (step 562), the music data 100 is read from the RAM 49 (step 564), and A
The V data is read (step 566) and reproduced (step 568). At this time, the screens of the monitors 12 and 14 are vertically divided into two as shown in FIG. 13 (B), and their own singer's image 206 is displayed on the left, and the DVD is displayed on the right.
The singer image 207 reproduced by the recorder 59 is displayed. In other words, the monitors 12, 14 display their own
The figure of the woman of your choice is displayed side by side. A lyrics video 202 is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Therefore,
The singer can enjoy a duet atmosphere by singing (karaoke) while watching the monitors 12 and 14.

Further, by pressing the video switching button 86 of the transmitter 70, the screen division of the monitors 12 and 14 is released, and FIG.
As shown in (A), it is also possible to switch only to the female singer video and the lyrics video. Further, the user can press the video switching button 86 to switch between the background video 210 and the lyrics video 202 as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the recording of the singer image captured by the video camera 19 and the singing voice input from the microphone 17 is started by the DVD recorder 59 (step 570). In addition, the singing performance of the singer is started (step 57).
2) When the reproduction of the music data 100 ends (step 5)
74), the scoring result is calculated (step 576), and if the scoring result is 70 points or more (step 578),
Return to the main routine and end the duet music control.
If the scoring result is lower than 70 points, the DVD-R
The AV data stored in the AM AV data table 120 is deleted (step 580).

In step 562, OK
If the button 91 is not pressed, the music data 100
Is read (step 590), AV data is read (step 592), and both data are reproduced (step 594). When the duet music control is completed, an affirmative determination is made in step 750 (FIG. 9), and when the music selection number data of the reserved music is stored in the RAM 46 (step 800), the music selection number data is read out (step 800). 900), and the above steps 100 to 800 are executed.

As described above, according to the karaoke apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when a duet song sung by a man and a woman is singed alone, an image sung by a favorite woman is displayed on the monitors 12 and 14 and the woman is displayed. Can be reproduced by the speakers 11, 11 and the speakers 13, 13, so that karaoke can be performed in a duet atmosphere. In the above embodiment, the case where a man sings a duet song alone has been described. However, when a woman sings alone, it is needless to say that the AV data of a man can be reproduced and duet. The screen for displaying the still image 213 is the same as the above 4
In addition to the division, the image can be divided into six, nine, or more.

Next, a karaoke apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The karaoke apparatus according to the second embodiment uses the microphone 1
7, or the frequency of a singing voice input from the microphone 18 can be analyzed and determined. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the contents of processing for gender discrimination performed by CPU 45. Steps 100 to 400 shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.
Step 502 shown in (1) is the same as the content described in the first embodiment, and thus the description is omitted.

First, if AV data is stored in the AV data table (step 504), the monitor 12, 1
4. "The song you selected is a duet song sung by men and women. If you do not have a duet, you can let the karaoke device work as a duet partner. Talk to the microphone If you are singing alone, please wait for a while. "(Step 610). Subsequently, the microphone 17 or
The frequency analysis circuit 65 of the control device 20 analyzes the frequency of the voice input from the microphone 18 (step 612), and calculates the average frequency H based on the analysis result (step 614).

Subsequently, the average frequency H is compared with the reference frequency H1 (step 616). If the average frequency H is lower than the reference frequency H1, the voice input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18 is the male voice. The voice is determined, and the sex data in the AV data is determined to be “M” (step 618). If the average frequency H is higher than the reference frequency H1, it is determined that the voice is a female voice, and the gender data is determined to be "W" (step 620). Then, as in the first embodiment, steps 510 to 53 shown in FIG.
5, and steps 550 to 594 shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the karaoke apparatus 10 of the second embodiment, the gender data of the AV data to be reproduced is automatically determined based on the level of the frequency of the audio input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18. Since the setting is performed, the operation of the transmitter 70 can be simplified. In addition, as described above, the microphone 1
7 or, without letting the microphone 18 speak anything, perform a frequency analysis of the voice input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18 at the beginning of singing, and automatically set the sex data of the AV data. It can also be configured.

In the above embodiments, the case where one of the songs duet by men and women is performed by the karaoke apparatus 10 has been described. You can also play one part of a song that is divided into For example, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the song selection number is "17", AV data of a duet song sung by two men is stored, and the user has selected the song.

Here, when the user presses the bass part button 89 of the transmitter 70, that is, when the karaoke apparatus 10 plays the bass part, the part data of the AV data is "L". The three AV data indicated by number data "1" to "3" are read and reproduced. When the user presses the treble part button 90 of the transmitter 70, that is, when the karaoke apparatus 10 plays the treble part, the karaoke device 10 includes
Two pieces of AV data of number data “1” and “2” whose part data is indicated by “H” are read and reproduced. The singer image and the singing voice are stored in the AV data table 120 by the DVD recorder 59 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

As described above, according to the present karaoke apparatus 10, even when two men sing a single duet, the karaoke apparatus 10 can play one part. You can sing karaoke in the atmosphere. When a duet song sung by two women is selected, one of the parts is assigned to the karaoke apparatus 1 in the same manner as in the case of the duet song sung by two men.
Of course, it can be made to play at zero. Also,
The average frequency H and the reference frequency H2 of the singing voice input from the microphone 17 or the microphone 18
(For example, 500 Hz), it may be configured to determine which AV data of the treble part or the bass part is to be selected based on the comparison result.

In each of the above embodiments, a DVD-RAM is used as the storage means of the present invention. However, a magneto-optical disk or an HDD may be used. In the above embodiments, one video camera is used. However, two video cameras dedicated to the microphone 1 and dedicated to the microphone 2 can be used. Further, a D in which AV data indicating a singer image and a singing voice of a professional singer are stored.
The VD-ROM is stored in the DVD recorder 59, and when a song sung by the singer is selected, the DVD-RO is read.
M may be configured to be reproduced.

By the way, executed by the CPU 45,
Step 526 or step 570 functions as storage means of the present invention, and step 564 or step 590 functions as read means of the present invention. Step 568 or step 594
Function as image display means, and steps 610 to 620 function as gender determination means.

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As described above, according to the musical sound reproducing apparatus of the present invention, a singer image showing a person singing through a microphone is stored and stored when a duet song is singed alone. By reading and displaying a singer's video that is present, it is possible to realize a musical sound reproducing device that can increase the enjoyment of singing duet songs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the appearance of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an appearance of a microphone 17;

FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a front panel of a control device provided in the karaoke apparatus, and FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of a rear panel of the control device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of music data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a main internal configuration of a control device by blocks.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an appearance of a transmitter.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an AV data table.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the principle of scoring.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a main routine of the CPU 45 executed from music selection to reproduction.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing control contents for duet music control executed by a CPU 45;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing control contents for duet music control executed by a CPU 45;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a CPU 45 for determining the gender by analyzing the frequency of the voice input from the microphone.

FIG. 13 (A) shows a lyric image 20 on a singer image 200;
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a superimposed image, and FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram showing a singer image displayed on a vertically divided screen.

14A is an explanatory diagram showing a plurality of still images displayed on a screen, and FIG. 14B is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the still images shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a video in which a lyrics video is superimposed on a background video.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Karaoke device 11, 13 Speaker 12, 14 Monitor 16 Amplifier 17, 18 Microphone 17b Directivity switch 19 Video camera 20 Controller 45 CPU 52 Server 53 LAN line 55 Audio control circuit 59 DVD recorder 60 CD-ROM player 61 Video control Circuit 70 Transmitter 87 Male part button 88 Female part button 89 Bass part button 90 High part button 93 Cursor movement button 100 Music data 102 MIDI data 120 AV data table

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A musical sound reproducing apparatus capable of outputting a singing voice of a singer input via a microphone and a musical sound reproduced by a reproducing means, wherein: a photographing means for photographing a singer through the microphone; Storage means capable of storing a singer image indicating the singer photographed by the photographing means; read means for reading at least the singer image stored in the storage means; A musical sound reproducing device comprising: a singer image; and a video display means capable of displaying a singer image indicating the singer who is currently photographed by the photographing means. 2. The storage means includes: a singer image which shows the singer photographed by the photographing means; and a singing voice input from the microphone by a singer indicated by the singer image. Wherein the reading means reads the singing voice stored in the storage means when reading the singer image stored in the storage means, 2. The musical sound reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein the musical sound reproducing device reproduces the singing voice input to the microphone, music information indicating music, and the singing voice read by the reading means. 3. A singer image selection unit for selecting a desired singer image from the singer images stored in the storage unit, and the reading unit includes the singer image selection unit. 3. The musical sound reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein the desired singer image selected by the method is read out. 4. The singer image stored in the storage means is composed of a male singer image showing a male singer and a female singer image showing a female singer, and a person singing through the microphone. Gender discriminating means for discriminating the gender of at least based on the frequency of the voice input from the microphone, wherein the readout means has a gender different from the gender indicated by the discrimination result by the gender discriminating means. 4. The musical sound reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein a singer's image is read from said storage means. 5. The storage means stores a singer image currently captured by the capturing means,
The musical sound reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the musical tone is stored for each gender indicated by a result of the determination by the gender determining unit. 6. The image display means is capable of combining and displaying the singer image read by the reading means and the singer image currently photographed by the photographing means. Claim 1 to Claim 5
The tone reproduction device according to any one of the above. 7. The image display means is capable of displaying a lyric image and a background image corresponding to the music information. The images displayed by the image display means are the singer image, the lyric image and the background. 7. The musical sound reproducing device according to claim 1, further comprising a video switching unit for selecting at least one video from the videos.