JPH10301586A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a KARAOKE device capable of recording a singing figure of a singer together with a singing voice. SOLUTION: A video camera 6 and a video CD recorder 9 are connected to the KARAOKE device, and when the singer selects a video recording mode, and throws a prescribed charge in a charge device 10, a video photographed by the video camera 6 is recorded on the video CD together with the performance of KARAOKE music. At this time, since the zooming and panning of the video camera are controlled based on the camera control data incorporated in the data of the KARAOKE music, a picture matched with choreography of its music is recorded, and the video recording with the presence similar to looking at a TV is made possible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus capable of recording a figure of a singer singing a karaoke song on a recording medium such as a video CD.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, karaoke apparatuses capable of recording the singing of a karaoke song on a single CD have been put to practical use.

[0003]

By the way, in many karaoke songs sung by young people at present, not only songs but also body movements such as choreography occupy important factors. Some karaoke stores also lend outfits to users. However, the conventional recording function described above has a problem in that only sound is recorded, and it is not possible to record a movement or a figure of a body which occupies an important element.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke apparatus capable of recording not only a singing voice but also a figure of a singer.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing music data for playing a karaoke music piece, and generating a performance sound based on the music data to play the karaoke music piece. And a microphone for inputting a singing voice signal, a mixing unit for mixing the performance sound generated by the performing means and the singing voice input from the microphone, and a singer singing using the microphone. A camera for photographing, and recording means for recording a video signal photographed by the camera and an audio signal output by the mixing unit on a recording medium.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores camera control data for controlling a direction or a focal length of the camera corresponding to the music data, and the camera control data is stored based on the camera control data. Camera control means for controlling the direction or focal length of the camera.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an installation form of the karaoke apparatus. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a video camera of the karaoke apparatus. FIG. 4 is an external view of a commander which is an infrared remote controller attached to the karaoke apparatus. This karaoke apparatus includes a video camera 6 and a video CD recorder 9, and can record and provide a user singing a karaoke song on a video CD. This recording function is realized using ICM data that realizes functions other than karaoke performance using the karaoke apparatus. The ICM data includes script data indicating a procedure of a process to be executed, character data and image data used at the time of executing the procedure, and like music data for karaoke performance,
It is downloaded from the distribution center via the communication line-communication control unit 26 and stored in the hard disk device 27.

In this karaoke apparatus, a karaoke song is selected from the commander 15 by a six-digit song number “XXX”.
X-YY ". Of the six-digit song number, the upper four digits XXXX are singer numbers, and the lower two digits YY are singer-specific song numbers of the singer. The singer number 8000 of the singer numbers XXXX is a singer number specifying ICM data. When a 8000-yy tune number is input, ICM data specified by that number is specified instead of a karaoke tune. A function other than the karaoke performance based on the ICM data is executed.

In FIG. 1, a CPU 20 for controlling the operation of the entire karaoke apparatus has ROMs 21 and R via a bus.
AM 22, hard disk device 27, communication control unit 26,
Commander receiving unit 23, operation unit 24, display unit 25, sound source 2
9, an audio data processing unit 30, a DSP 31, a character pattern developing unit 36, a display control unit 38, a serial interface 41, and an external LD changer 4.
Is connected. Also, the serial interface 41
Is connected to a video CD recorder 9 and a billing device 10.

[0010] The ROM 21 stores a startup program. The hard disk storage device 27 stores a system program, a karaoke performance program, an ICM execution program, a loader, character pattern data, music data of about 10,000 songs, and a plurality of ICM data. The system program is a program that controls the basic operation of the device. The karaoke performance program is a program for reading music data and executing a karaoke performance. These programs are read out by the start-up program when the karaoke apparatus starts up,
Resident in 2.

The RAM 22 has a program storage area for storing the program, a music data storage area for reading and storing the music data of the karaoke music to be played from the hard disk storage device 27, and reading the ICM data to be executed from the hard disk storage device 27. An execution ICM data storage area for storing music data and a reservation list for sequentially registering music numbers input from the commander 15 are set.

The communication control unit 26 is a control unit for communicating with a distribution center via a communication line and downloading music data and ICM data. The communication control unit 26 has a built-in DMA circuit,
The CM data can be written directly to the hard disk storage device 27 without going through the CPU 20. This download operation is controlled by the loader program.

As shown in FIG. 4, the commander 15 includes various key groups 51 to 56, an infrared light emitting section 57 and an LC
A D display unit 58 is provided. The key group includes a numeric keypad 51 including an A key and a B key, a memory / set key 52, a start key 53, a transfer key 54, a cancel key 55, and a keypad key 56. When a song number is input to the karaoke apparatus main body, first, the ten key 51 is operated to input the song number. The input content is displayed on the LCD display unit 58. After inputting the music number, the memory / set key 52 is turned on to confirm the input contents, and when the transfer key 54 is turned on, the input music number is converted into an infrared code signal and transmitted from the infrared light emitting section 57 to the karaoke apparatus main body 1. Will be transferred. The commander receiving section 23 receives the infrared code signal, restores it to data, and registers this data in the reservation list.

In FIG. 4, a start key 53 is provided.
Is a key for transmitting a performance start instruction in the single-song mode in which the performance of the karaoke music is started after waiting for an instruction from the user. The cancel key 55 is a key for stopping the performance of a karaoke song while the song is being played. The key con key 56 has a seesaw structure, and the right side of the key is a △ key 56b, and the left side of the key is a ▽ key 56a. When the key 56b is turned on once, the performance key is raised by a semitone. When the key 56a is turned on once, the performance key is lowered by a semitone.

The operation unit 24 is provided on the front panel of the karaoke apparatus, and includes a key switch group such as a numeric keypad similar to the commander 15. The display unit 25 is also provided on the front panel of the karaoke apparatus similarly to the operation unit 24, and includes an LED matrix display for displaying the number of the currently playing music or the number of reserved music.

The sound source 29 forms a tone signal based on tone data included in the music data. The audio data processing unit 30 reproduces an audio signal such as a back chorus based on audio data included in the music data. The tone signal generated by the sound source 29 and the audio signal reproduced by the audio data processing unit 30 are input to the DSP 31. The DSP 31 gives effects such as reverb and echo to the musical tone signal and the audio signal. The type and degree of the effect provided by the DSP 31 are controlled based on the DSP control data included in the music data. Music signal with effect,
The audio signal is converted to an analog signal of a karaoke performance sound by the D / A converter 32 and then output to the amplifier 2. A singing voice signal is also input from the microphone 11 to the amplifier. Amplifier 2 mixes karaoke performance sounds and singing voice signals.
The speaker 3 is amplified and driven.

The character pattern developing unit 36 generates a character pattern based on the lyrics track data of the music data and outputs the character pattern to the display control unit. The LD changer 4 reproduces the background video selected based on the genre data included in the header of the music data. The reproduced video signal is output to the display control unit. The display control unit 38 combines the character pattern of the lyrics with the background video and displays it on the monitors 7 and 8. On the other hand, in the recording mode, the figure of the singer photographed by the video camera 6 is displayed instead of the background image.

In FIG. 2, the video camera 6 is set at a position several meters before the stage 13 toward the stage. The singing monitor 8 is also provided facing the stage 13 so as not to enter the field of view of the video camera 6. The large monitor 7 for the audience is installed facing the audience seat behind the video camera 6 and the singing monitor 8.

In FIG. 3, the camera body 60 is supported by a mount 65 so as to be able to pivot vertically.
It is vertically driven to rotate by a vertical turning motor 64. The mount 65 is driven to turn in the horizontal direction by a horizontal turning motor 63. The drive of the horizontal swing motor 63 and the vertical swing motor 64 is controlled by a drive control unit 66. Horizontal swing motor 63 and vertical swing motor 64
By appropriately driving, the camera body 60 can be oriented in any direction. The lens attached to the camera body 60 is an AF / AE zoom lens 61,
Zooming and focusing are performed by the lens drive motor 6.
2 does. The drive control unit 66 also controls the drive of the lens drive motor 62. The control of turning and zooming of the camera is performed based on data of a camera control track included in the music data.

The serial interface 41 is connected to the RS 23
The karaoke apparatus itself exchanges data with the video CD recorder 9 and the billing apparatus 10 through the serial interface 41. The video CD recorder 9 and the billing device 10 are both housed in a vertically stacked rack together with the karaoke device body 1 and the LD changer 4. The billing device 10 includes a coin checker 44,
It has a credit counter 45 and a display 46. The coin checker 44 determines whether or not the inserted coin is a genuine coin.
5 is a device for instructing 5 to count up. Usable coins include ordinary coins and special coins. However, since the recording function of the video CD is provided as a charging service of about 1,000 yen, the coins handled by the charging device 10 are suitably 500 yen coins. is there. The credit counter 45 adds a count value based on an instruction from the coin checker 44, and subtracts or adds a count value based on an instruction from the CPU 20 of the karaoke apparatus main body.
The display 46 is for displaying the current number of credits, and is composed of a seven-segment display of about two digits.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of music data and ICM data. FIG. 2A shows the configuration of the entire music data. The music data includes a header, a musical sound track, a lyrics track, a voice control track, a DSP control track, a camera control track, and a voice data section. The header is a portion in which various data related to the music data is written, and includes data such as a music title, a genre, a release date, and a music performance time.

Each track of the musical sound track, the lyrics track, the voice control track, and the DSP control track is all MID
It is described in I format. The MIDI format includes a plurality of event data and duration data Δt indicating a time interval between the event data. The sequence program counts .DELTA.t at a predetermined tempo clock, and when .DELTA.t is counted up, reads out event data subsequent thereto and outputs it to a predetermined processing unit.

The musical sound track includes tracks of various parts including a melody track and a rhythm track. The event data of the musical tone track is composed of note-on event data, note-off event data, etc., for instructing the generation of musical tones and the silencing of musical tones.

The lyrics track is a track in which sequence data for displaying lyrics on the monitors 7 and 8 is stored. This sequence data is not music data,
This track is also described in a MIDI data format system exclusive message to unify the implementation and facilitate the work process.
The audio control track is a sequence track that specifies the generation timing and playback pitch of audio data stored in the audio data section. The audio data section contains the sound source 2
9, a human voice such as a back chorus or a harmony singing that is difficult to synthesize is stored. The DSP control track contains D
DSP control data for controlling the operation of the SP 31 is written together with the duration data.

The camera control track has a camera 6 at a predetermined timing in accordance with the choreography of the karaoke song.
Event data for panning and zooming is written. This data is read out during the performance of the karaoke song in the recording mode, and the read out event data is output to the camera 6 as drive control data.

FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the structure of ICM data. The ICM data also has a configuration similar to that of the music data. The ICM data has a header in which data such as the name of the ICM data and the release date are written, a plurality of script data for instructing an operation procedure, and a file used when the script is executed. It consists of a plurality of image data and character data.

FIGS. 6 to 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the music reservation operation. When the song number is input from the commander 15 (s
1) If the song number is an IC such as a recording mode ICM data
It is determined whether or not the music number specifies the M data (s
2). In the case of a song number designating ICM data, this is registered at the top of the reservation list, and is executed next to the karaoke song currently being played (s3). On the other hand, if the song number is a normal karaoke song, it is registered at the bottom of the reservation list (s4). If a karaoke song is not currently being played, the ICM data or the karaoke song into which the song number has been input is immediately executed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the reservation execution operation. This operation is executed when the performance of the previous karaoke song is completed. First, it is determined whether or not there is a music number registered in the reservation list (s10). If there is no registered music number, a music-to-music CM screening operation is executed. The CM between music pieces is executed by ICM data, and displays a request vest 20, event information, and the like. If the music number is registered in the reservation list, the highest one is read out (s
11) It is determined whether or not this is a music number designating ICM data (s12). If the music number designates the ICM data, it is determined whether this is the music number designating the recording mode ICM data (s13). If the song number specifies the recording mode ICM data, the recording mode operation of FIG. 8 is executed (s14). If the music number specifies another ICM data, the process proceeds to the corresponding process. If the read music number is a music number designating normal music data, the music data of the music is read and a normal karaoke performance processing operation is executed (s15).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the recording mode processing operation. This operation is executed when the music number of the recording mode ICM data is read from the reservation list. First, the recording mode ICM data is read into the RAM 22 (s20), and the following operation is executed based on the script data and the image data included in the recording mode ICM data (s21). First, a guidance screen shown in FIG. 9A is displayed. This guidance screen displays that this service is a billing service. If the user responds OK (s22), the process proceeds to a billing operation (s23). The billing process operation (s23) is a process of communicating with the billing device 10, confirming that a predetermined amount of coins has been inserted, and subtracting this amount from the number of credits. When the charging process is completed (s24), music selection for this recording mode is accepted (s24). If there is no OK input for the charging service (s22), and if the charging has not been completed normally (s24), the recording mode operation ends as it is.

When a karaoke song for this recording mode is selected (s25), the selected song data is read from the hard disk storage device 27 to the RAM 22 (s25).
26), the title of the karaoke tune is combined with the singer's image captured by the camera 6, a start screen is displayed, and the operation is temporarily stopped (s27: see FIG. 9B). The singer looks at this start screen, checks his / her standing position, posture, clothes, etc., and then turns on the start key 53 to start playing (s28). Although the start instruction uses the start key 53 of the commander 15, a foot switch may be provided on the floor of the stage so that the singer can operate with the foot. Even if the commander 15 is not operated, the performance of the karaoke tune automatically starts after a predetermined time (about 5 seconds) has elapsed (s29). At s30, the recording operation of the video CD recorder 9 is started, and at the same time, the performance operation of the karaoke music is started (s31). The performance operation of the karaoke music is performed by reading the event data of each track of the music data in accordance with the tempo clock (s32).
This operation is to output this data to each processing unit such as the sound source device 29 and the character pattern developing unit 36. It is confirmed that this music data includes a camera control track (s
34), and outputs the control data (camera control data) read from this track to the drive control unit 66 of the video camera 6 (s35). Accordingly, the direction and zooming of the video camera 6 are controlled in accordance with the singer singing while dancing with a predetermined choreography. s32-s35
Is continued until the music ends (s36), and when the music ends, the recording operation of the video CD recorder 9 is stopped (s36).
37). Then, the monitor 7 or 8 accepts a selection as to whether or not to reproduce the currently recorded video (s38). If there is an input to reproduce, the recorded video is reproduced and the monitor 7, 8 is displayed via the display controller 38. (S39). After playing,
The video CD is ejected (s40), and the operation in the recording mode ends. If it is determined in step s38 that no reproduction is to be performed, the flow advances to step s40 to discharge the recorded video CD, and ends this operation. If the cancel key 55 is turned on during the reproduction of the video, the reproduction is stopped and the process proceeds to s40.

In this embodiment, the recording medium is a video CD, but the recording medium is not limited to this. For example, a video cassette such as VHS or 8 mm, a DVD disk, or the like can be applied.

In the above embodiment, the zooming and panning of the video camera 6 are controlled in accordance with the music, but the effects of the lighting device and the like may be controlled at the same time.

Some old music data does not include a camera control track. In this case, however, the video camera 6 may be fixed forward. Also,
General-purpose camera control data may be recorded in the recording mode ICM data, and the video camera 6 may be controlled based on this.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the appearance of a singer singing a karaoke song can be recorded on a recording medium together with the singing voice, so that the recording medium can be provided to the singer. Can improve customer service.

Further, according to the present invention, the camera for photographing the singer is controlled based on the camera control data stored corresponding to the karaoke song, so that the camera of the singer is synchronized with the swing of the singer. Direction and zooming can be controlled, and a video with a sense of reality can be recorded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an installation form of a monitor and a video camera of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a commander attached to the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a video camera of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of music data and ICM data used in the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a reservation registration operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a reservation list processing operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a recording mode operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance display in a recording mode of the karaoke apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Karaoke apparatus main body, 2: Amplifier, 3: Speaker, 4
... LD changer, 6 ... Video camera, 7,8 ... Monitor, 9 ... Video CD recorder, 10 ... Charging device, 15 ...
Commander, 27 ... Hard disk storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing music data for playing a karaoke song, a performance means for generating a performance sound based on the music data and executing the performance of the karaoke music, and inputting a singing voice signal. A microphone, a mixing unit that mixes a performance sound generated by the performance unit and a singing voice input from the microphone, a camera that captures a singer who sings using the microphone, a video signal captured by the camera, Recording means for recording the audio signal output by the mixing unit on a recording medium. 2. The storage means stores camera control data for controlling a direction or a focal length of the camera corresponding to the music data, and a direction or a focal length of the camera based on the camera control data. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising camera control means for controlling the karaoke.