JPH10276389A - Karaoke swing along video image reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the karaoke swing along video image reproducing device having provision for lots of karaoke swing along musics even when number of video data is small by reproducing the video data by various reproduction methods so as to increase number of variations of the video data reproduced on a monitor. SOLUTION: In this device, video genre data and reproducing method data in karaoke swing along data that are received from a host computer of a communication center via a telephone line and stored on a hard disk 20 are acquired and video data stored on a DVD are reproduced on a monitor TV 56 according to a reproducing method corresponding to the reproducing method data for each of 4 kinds of genres. Thus, a reproducing method is properly selected among 4 kinds of the reproducing methods and given to the karaoke swing along music data, then the video data are reproduced on the monitor TV 56 with variations.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke picture reproducing apparatus for reproducing a background picture corresponding to a karaoke tune on a monitor while playing the karaoke tune, and more particularly to a picture genre of picture data and a picture data of the karaoke tune. A playback method is set in advance, and at the time of playback of video data, video data that matches the set video genre is selected from among a plurality of video data for each genre,
The selected video data can be reproduced according to the set reproduction method, and the video data is reproduced by various reproduction methods to increase the variation of the video data reproduced on the monitor. The present invention relates to a karaoke video reproducing apparatus capable of handling a large number of karaoke songs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following two types of karaoke apparatuses are generally used. One of them is that the karaoke apparatus itself is provided with a storage device for storing a large number of karaoke music data and background video data corresponding to each karaoke music data, and the karaoke user reproduces the music of the karaoke music data according to a music selection request of the karaoke user. A karaoke apparatus configured to reproduce a background image and lyrics corresponding to karaoke music data on a monitor in synchronization with the reproduction of the music. The other one is a so-called communication karaoke apparatus, in which the background video data is stored in the karaoke apparatus itself, but the karaoke music data is not stored in the karaoke apparatus itself, but is periodically transmitted from the host computer of the communication center. When the karaoke user receives a song selection request, the karaoke song data is played back by the performance device according to the request, and the background video and lyrics corresponding to the karaoke song data are synchronized with the song playback. It is a karaoke device that plays back on a monitor.

In each of the karaoke apparatuses, the karaoke music data and the background video data are stored in a storage device in a one-to-one relationship, and when the karaoke music data is reproduced, the corresponding background video data is reproduced on a monitor. However, in such a device, the background video data is usually moving image data, the amount of data is enormous, and a large storage device is required, resulting in an increase in cost. In general, at present, the number of background video data is smaller than the number of karaoke music data. In this case, naturally, the background video data is shared for a plurality of karaoke music data.

[0004]

However, in the karaoke apparatus, the number of background video data is smaller than the number of karaoke music data, so that one karaoke music data is reproduced to enjoy the same background while enjoying a karaoke performance. Video data may be reproduced on the monitor. In such a case, there is a possibility that the background image loses its freshness, and eventually the karaoke player loses interest.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. The video genre of the video data for the karaoke song and the method of reproducing the video data are set in advance, and the video data is reproduced when the video data is reproduced. Video data that matches the set video genre is selected from among a plurality of video data for each genre, and the selected video data can be played back according to a set playback method. To provide a karaoke video reproducing apparatus capable of coping with a large number of karaoke songs even when the number of video data is small, by increasing the variation of the video data reproduced on the monitor. Aim.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 plays a karaoke song and reproduces video data corresponding to the karaoke song on a monitor. A first storage means for storing video data for each of a plurality of genres, and karaoke music data to which video genre data specifying a genre of the video data and reproduction method data specifying a reproduction method of the video data are attached. Second storage means for storing, video genre obtaining means for obtaining a genre of video data based on video genre data of karaoke music data stored in the second storage means, and karaoke music stored in the second storage means Playback method acquisition means for acquiring a playback method of video data based on data playback method data,
Video data reproducing means for reproducing the video data stored in the first storage means on a monitor in accordance with the video genre obtained by the video genre obtaining means and the reproduction method obtained by the reproduction method obtaining means. It is characterized by the following.

In the karaoke video reproducing apparatus of the first aspect, the genre of the video data is obtained through the video genre obtaining means, and the reproducing method of the video data is obtained through the reproducing method obtaining means. Video data is reproduced on the monitor via the video data reproducing means according to the video genre and the video reproducing method.

In the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, it is possible to reproduce the video data on the monitor with various variations by using various reproducing methods. Even if the number of video data is small based on the increase in variations, it is possible to support a large number of karaoke songs.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the karaoke image reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the genre data is set in accordance with a type of an image reproduced on a monitor. Claim 3
The karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2
Wherein the reproduction method data is set according to a video reproduction speed. In the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the second and third aspects, the genre data is set according to the type of video, and the reproducing method data is set according to the video reproducing speed. The flexibility of the selection can be greatly increased. In particular, regarding the reproduction method, by changing the video reproduction speed in various ways, it is possible to impart freshness to the video reproduced on the monitor even with the same video data.

The karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the video reproducing speed is selected from slow reproduction, frame-by-frame reproduction, fast-forward reproduction, and still reproduction. It is characterized by having been done. According to the karaoke video reproducing apparatus of the fourth aspect, there are four types of reproducing methods of the video reproducing speed: slow reproduction, frame-by-frame reproduction, fast-forward reproduction, and still reproduction, and the reproduction method is selected from these. Thus, it is possible to add four types of variations to the video reproduced on the monitor.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied as a video reproducing apparatus used integrally with a communication karaoke terminal apparatus. Will be described. First, the configurations of a communication karaoke terminal device (hereinafter, referred to as a commander) and a video reproduction control device will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a commander and a video reproduction control device.

In FIG. 1, a commander 10 is connected to a host computer (not shown) of a communication center via a telephone line, and receives karaoke music data by a modem 18 via the telephone line. The received karaoke music data is stored in the hard disk 20 from the modem 18.

Here, the karaoke song data includes, in addition to the karaoke song data, title data of the karaoke song,
Video genre data corresponding to the karaoke song (described later)
And playback method data (to be described later) of video data.

The commander 10 has a controller 12 attached thereto.
0 is controlled. The operation panel 14 is used by a karaoke user to input various requests such as a song selection number. Specifically, various requests are input via the remote controller 14a. Serial I / O 16
It performs data communication and the like with the serial I / O 32 in the video reproduction control device 30. Video mixer 24
Is connected to the monitor TV 56. The video mixer 24 displays the title on the monitor TV 56 based on the title data in the karaoke song data, and also transmits the video data transmitted from the video reproduction control device 30 to the control device 30. Is displayed on the monitor TV 56 based on the video genre data and the reproduction method data under the control of.

The MIDI sound source 22 of the commander 10 is connected to an amplifier 50, and the karaoke music data is
After being converted to audio data via the IDI sound source 22, the data is amplified by the amplifier 50, and the music performance is performed from the speaker 52. At this time, the karaoke user can enjoy singing with the microphone 54 in time with the music performance from the speaker 52.

Next, the video reproduction control device 30 will be described. The commander 1 provided in the video reproduction control device 30
Serial I / O connected to the serial I / O 16 on the 0 side
32, the commander 10 outputs a video playback command signal. Based on the video playback command signal, the CPU 38 controls the first player 34 according to a playback control program described later.
a, the second player 34b and the switching circuit 36 are controlled, whereby the video data reproduced by one of the first player 34a and the second player 34b is input to the video mixer 40.

Each of the first player 34a and the second player 34b is composed of a DVD (DIGITAL VIDEO DISC) player, and the DVD uses a predetermined data compression technique to store video data composed of moving image data. Is remembered. At this time, the video data is stored on the DVD for each of a plurality of types of video genres. There are various types of video genres, such as a video genre for reproducing a spring landscape, a video genre for reproducing a summer landscape, a video genre for reproducing an autumn landscape, and a video genre for reproducing a winter landscape. I do.

The video data transmitted from the video mixer 40 is decompressed by the compressed data decompression circuit 42 and transmitted to the video mixer 24 of the commander 10 via the NTSC converter 44. As described above, the video mixer 24 displays the video data on the monitor TV 56 based on the video genre data and the reproduction method data.

Next, the commander 1 configured as described above is used.
0 and the video reproduction control process performed in the video reproduction control device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a main program of the video reproduction process, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a video reproduction processing program performed for each video genre, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a reproduction method acquisition processing program.

Here, for convenience, among the above-described video genres, the genre A is a video genre for reproducing a spring landscape, the genre B is a video genre for reproducing a summer landscape, and the genre is a video genre for reproducing an autumn landscape. C, a video genre for reproducing winter scenery will be described as genre D.

First, in FIG. 2, when a user who wants to enjoy karaoke performance inputs a desired karaoke song number to the operation panel 14 through the remote controller 14a, karaoke song data (corresponding to the karaoke song number) As described above, the data transmitted from the host computer of the communication center via the telephone line and stored in the hard disk 20) is read from the hard disk 20. And
In step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 10, video genre data attached to the karaoke music data is obtained.

At S11, it is determined whether or not the video genre data acquired above corresponds to genre A,
If it corresponds to genre A (S11: YES), the video reproduction process for genre A is performed (S110). Here, the video reproduction process for genre A means that each genre data obtained in the above corresponds to genre A, and each video is reproduced on a DVD used by the first player 34a and the second player 34b. This means a process of reproducing video data belonging to genre A from video data stored for each genre.

If the genre data does not correspond to genre A (S11: NO), it is determined in S12 whether the genre data corresponds to genre B. If it corresponds to genre B (S12: YES), the video reproduction process for genre B is performed (S120). In the video reproduction process for genre B, as described above, based on the genre data corresponding to genre B, the video data is stored for each video genre in the DVD used by the first player 34a and the second player 34b. This is a process of reproducing the video data belonging to the genre B from the existing video data.

If the genre data does not correspond to genre B (S12: NO), it is determined in S13 whether the genre data corresponds to genre C. If it corresponds to the genre C (S13: YES), the video reproduction process for the genre C is performed (S130). In the video reproduction process for the genre C, the genre data corresponds to the genre C, as described above, and is stored for each video genre in the DVD used by the first player 34a and the second player 34b. This is a process of reproducing the video data belonging to the genre C from the existing video data.

When the genre data does not correspond to the genre C (S13: NO), it is determined in S140 that the genre data corresponds to the genre D, and the genre D is determined.
Video reproduction processing is performed (S140). Genre D
Since the genre data corresponds to the genre D in the same manner as described above, the video reproduction process for the Genre D from the middle
This is a process of reproducing video data belonging to.

Next, the video reproduction processing performed for each genre will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
First, in S200, a method of reproducing video data is obtained. Here, the reproduction method acquisition processing performed in S200 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, as the playback method, it is assumed that data corresponding to one of the four playback methods of playback methods a to d having different playback speeds is attached to each karaoke song.
Reproduction method a is slow reproduction (10 frames are reproduced per second), and reproduction method b is frame-by-frame reproduction (3 frames per second).
n (integer) frame playback), playback method c is fast forward playback (60 frames playback per second), playback method d
Respectively correspond to still reproduction.

First, the reproduction method data attached to the karaoke song data corresponding to the karaoke song number read in S10 is obtained. Then, in S201, it is determined whether or not the obtained reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method a. When the reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method a (S201: YES), the reproduction method a is set as the reproduction method of the video data (S210).

If the reproduction method data does not correspond to the reproduction method a (S201: NO), it is determined whether the reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method b (S20).
2). When the reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method b (S
202: YES), the reproduction method b is set as the reproduction method of the video data (S220).

If the reproduction method data does not correspond to the reproduction method b (S202: NO), it is determined whether or not the reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method c (S20).
3). When the reproduction method data corresponds to the reproduction method c (S
203: YES), the reproduction method c is set as the reproduction method of the video data (S230).

If the reproduction method data does not correspond to the reproduction method c (S203: NO), the reproduction method d is set as the reproduction method of the video data (S230). After the method is acquired, it is determined in S1201 whether the commander 10 has started playing a karaoke song corresponding to the song selection number. When the performance of the karaoke song has not started (S1
(201: NO), it waits until the performance is started. When the performance of a karaoke song is started (S1201:
In YES, the first player 34a is designated to be played out of the first player 34a and the second player 34b (S1202).

Thereafter, in S1203, a random number is generated according to a predetermined method, and the generated random number is defined as a unit of video data (defined by a chapter) stored in the DVD for each video genre set as described above. Is determined to be within the range. This determination is made to eliminate such a case since the video data to be reproduced cannot be specified when the value of the random number exceeds the number of video data units. Therefore, when it is determined that the random number is not within the range of the unit number of the video data (S120
4: NO), the flow returns to S1203 to generate a random number again. On the other hand, if it is determined that the random number is within the range of the unit number of the video data (S1204: YES), the player not specified above, that is, the second player 34b
It is determined whether or not is playing a video (S120).
5).

If the second player 34b is not playing the DVD (S1205: NO), the DVD can be used by the first player 34a.
In step 1206, the designated player (first player 34a)
And the video is reproduced according to the reproduction method.
At this time, for example, assuming that the video genre is the genre A and the reproduction method is the reproduction method a, the image of the spring landscape is reproduced by slow reproduction. When the reproduction method is the reproduction method b, the image of the spring landscape is reproduced by frame-by-frame reproduction. Similarly, in the case of the reproduction method c, the image of the spring landscape is reproduced by fast-forward reproduction, and in the case of the reproduction method d, the image of the spring landscape is reproduced statically.

Thereafter, in S1207, the designation of the reproduction designation player is switched in order to reproduce the image in response to the next karaoke music performance. Specifically, the designation of the first player 34a is released, and the second player 34b is designated. After that, the process returns to S1203.

In S1205, if the second player 34b not specified in S1202 is being reproduced (S1205: YES), it is determined in S1211 whether the performance of the karaoke tune has ended. If the performance of the karaoke song has not ended (S1211: NO), the process returns to S1205 and waits. On the other hand, if the performance of the karaoke song has ended (S1211: YES), the process returns to S1201.
At 1212, each of the first player 34a and the second player 34
The reproduction of both of them is stopped.

As described above in detail, in the commander 10 and the video reproduction control device 30 according to the present embodiment, the karaoke music data transmitted from the host computer of the communication center via the telephone line and stored in the hard disk 20 Since the video genre data and the reproduction method data are acquired and the video data stored in the DVD for each of the four types of video genres is reproduced on the monitor TV 56 according to the reproduction method corresponding to the reproduction method data, By appropriately selecting a playback method from the various playback methods and attaching the selected playback method to the karaoke song data, the video data can be displayed in the monitor TV 56 with various variations.
Can be played on. As described above, by increasing the variations of the method of reproducing video data, it is possible to cope with a large number of karaoke songs even when the number of video data is small.

The video genre is set according to the type of video to be reproduced on the monitor TV 56 (for example, four types of video in the spring, summer, autumn and winter), and the reproduction speed of the video (for example, slow reproduction, frame-by-frame reproduction) , Fast forward playback, and still playback), the flexibility of selection can be greatly increased when video genre data and playback method data are included in the karaoke song data. In particular, with regard to the reproduction method, by changing the video reproduction speed in various ways, it is possible to impart freshness to the video reproduced on the monitor TV 56 even with the same video data.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the karaoke music data is pre-attached with the video genre data and the reproduction method data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Genre data and reproduction method data may be configured to be set by the user via the remote controller 14a.

[0038]

As described above, the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 can reproduce video data on a monitor with various variations by using various reproducing methods. As described above, even if the number of video data is small, it is possible to cope with a large number of karaoke songs based on the increase in the variation of the video data reproduction method.

In the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the second and third aspects, the genre data is set according to the type of video, and the reproducing method data is set according to the video reproducing speed. In selecting a method, it is possible to greatly increase the flexibility of the selection. In particular, regarding the reproduction method, by changing the video reproduction speed in various ways, it is possible to impart freshness to the video reproduced on the monitor even with the same video data.

Further, in the karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, there are four types of reproducing methods of the video reproducing speed: slow reproduction, frame-by-frame reproduction, fast-forward reproduction, and still reproduction. , Four types of variations can be added to the video reproduced on the monitor.

As described above, according to the present invention, the video genre of the video data for the karaoke song and the method of reproducing the video data are set in advance, and the video data that matches the set video genre is reproduced when the video data is reproduced. Video data that is selected from among a plurality of video data for each genre, and that the selected video data can be reproduced according to a set reproduction method, and that the video data is reproduced by various reproduction methods and reproduced on a monitor By increasing the number of variations, it is possible to provide a karaoke video reproducing apparatus capable of handling a large number of karaoke songs even when the number of video data is small.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a commander and a video reproduction control device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a main program of a video reproduction process.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a video reproduction processing program performed for each video genre.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a reproduction method acquisition processing program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Commander 12 Controller 20 Hard Disk 24 Video Mixer 30 Video Playback Control Device 34a First Player 34b Second Player 38 CPU 40 Video Mixer 56 Monitor TV

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke video reproducing apparatus for playing a karaoke song and reproducing video data corresponding to the karaoke song on a monitor, a first storage means for storing video data for each of a plurality of genres; Second storage means for storing karaoke music data to which video genre data for specifying the genre of data and reproduction method data for specifying the reproduction method of the video data; and karaoke music data stored in the second storage means. Video genre acquisition means for acquiring a genre of video data based on video genre data; reproduction method acquisition means for acquiring a video data reproduction method based on karaoke song data reproduction method data stored in the second storage means; The video genre obtained by the video genre obtaining means and the video genre obtained by the reproduction method obtaining means. And according to the reproduction method, karaoke video reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising a video data reproducing means for reproducing the video data stored in said first storage means on the monitor. 2. The karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the genre data is set according to a type of video reproduced on a monitor. 3. The karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproducing method data is set according to a video reproducing speed. 4. The karaoke video reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the video reproducing speed is selected from slow reproduction, frame-forward reproduction, fast-forward reproduction, and still reproduction.