JPH1063286A - Music selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically select the background animation images in correspon dence to the genre of specific music by generating background image control information in correspondence to the genre code of the selected music and alternately reproducing the plural background animation images of the specific genre. SOLUTION: When music selection data is inputted from an operation key 12 to a microcomputer 10, this music selection data is supplied to a memory card 14 and the genre code corresponding to the supplied music selection data is specified by the data table mounted at the memory card 14. This genre code is inputted to a microcomputer 10 and whether this genre code is the same genre as the genre of the selected music by inputting of the music selection data immediately before the same is judged. When the music of the same genre as the genre of the music selected immediately before is selected, the background animation images of another chapter of a video disk matched with the music of the same genre is reproduced by a computer 10. As a result, the background animation images are well selected without the selection of the same background animation images.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music selecting device suitable for a so-called karaoke device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, a device for reproducing accompaniment music for singing, a so-called karaoke device, has been widely used. In recent years, when using a karaoke apparatus, not only the music is reproduced from the speaker, but also the lyrics of the music are sequentially displayed on the screen of the receiver, and an image related to the music is projected as a background. A karaoke device with an image as described above has been awarded.

[0003] As a recording medium for the above-mentioned karaoke apparatus with video, a video disk on which a background video in which lyrics are superimposed for each karaoke song and which is recorded together with music is conventionally used. I was

[0004] However, in general, this kind of music has a relatively short life, and in many years, its commercial value almost disappears. Therefore, producing a video for karaoke for each song as described above imposes an extremely large burden in terms of cost.

[0005] In general, music played by a karaoke apparatus is roughly classified into genres such as enka, pops, etc. Many genres have similar contents, and the required background video is different for each genre. However, it is considered that there are quite a few genres that can be shared. Therefore, one of the applicants of the present invention has proposed a karaoke apparatus with an image with reduced cost in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 60-214178.

First, the karaoke apparatus with video will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, 1 is C
The player 1 has recorded thereon music signals Sm of, for example, 20 karaoke songs, and has a user's bit corresponding to the music signal of each song and a code signal Sc of the lyrics of the karaoke song. On which a page (track) of a video signal serving as a background video on a video disk and a page signal Sp for designating a chapter are recorded.
Is set. The signal Sc is recorded so that the lyrics are sequentially displayed in accordance with the music signal, and the signal Sp is recorded so that the background video is updated, for example, every 5 seconds.

When an arbitrary karaoke song is designated in the CD player 1, the music signal Sm of the song is reproduced and the lyric code signal Sc of the karaoke song is reproduced.
And a page signal S designating the background video of the karaoke song
p is reproduced. Then, the music signal Sm is output to the amplifier 2
And the singing voice signal Sa from the microphone 3 is supplied to the amplifier 2 and mixed with the signal Sm before being supplied to the speaker 4.

[0008] Reference numeral 5 denotes a video disk (VD) player. The player 5 has, for example, 54000 pieces of still images suitable as background images of karaoke tunes and is recorded so as to allow random access. The disc is set.

The page signal Sp is sent from the CD player 1.
Is supplied to the VD player 5 to reproduce a video signal Sv of a still image serving as a background video of the karaoke tune from the page specified by the signal Sp, and the signal Sv is supplied to the amplifier 6. Further, the code signal Sc from the player 1
Is supplied to the decoder 7, and the signal Sc is decoded into a display signal (video signal) Sd for displaying lyrics.
d is supplied to the amplifier 6 and superimposed on the signal Sv. Then, the signal Sv having this signal Sd is supplied to the monitor receiver 8.

Accordingly, the singing voice of the karaoke is reproduced from the speaker 4 and the lyrics are superimposed on the still image of the background video corresponding to the karaoke song and displayed on the receiver 8. . Then, the still image and the lyrics of the background video change as the music progresses. Thus, karaoke with video can be realized.

[0011]

However, in the above-described karaoke apparatus with video, a page signal for accessing a background video on a video disk is recorded as user bits on a CD. For this reason, a video disc and a CD must be in a one-to-one correspondence. As a so-called karaoke software, both must be treated as one set, and if a combination of a video disc and a CD is mixed, the background image is There was a possibility that the data would not be reproduced.

On the other hand, for each genre such as enka and pop,
There is also karaoke software that produces a background video (moving image) that matches the content of a karaoke song and combines a video disc on which only this video is recorded with a CD on which the karaoke song and its lyric information are recorded. In this case, the combination of the video disk and the CD is considerably free. However, each time a karaoke device selects a song, a background image matching the content of the selected karaoke song is manually selected according to the genre of the selected karaoke song. There was annoyance.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to select a specific song from a large number of songs in a plurality of genres, and to select a specific song genre from an image recording medium that can be freely combined with a song recording medium. The present invention is to provide a music selection device capable of automatically selecting a background moving image corresponding to a music piece.

[0014]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a music selecting apparatus for a user to select a desired music from a large number of music classified into a plurality of types reproduces a medium on which a background moving image corresponding to each classification is recorded. Reproducing means 5m, first selecting means 12 for selecting a specific song from a large number of songs, and identifying means 1 for identifying classification information corresponding to the specific song selected by the first selecting means
4 and a second selecting means 10 for selecting a background video corresponding to the identified classification information based on the classification information identified by the identification means, and the medium includes a background video corresponding to each classification. When a plurality of pieces of music are recorded and a song of the same category as the category selected last time is selected, the second selecting means 10 selects a different background video from a plurality of background videos of the same category.

According to the music selection device, when a specific song is selected from a large number of songs in a plurality of genres, the background corresponding to the genre of the specific song can be selected from an image recording medium that can be freely combined with a recording medium for the song. Videos are automatically and well selected.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which a music selecting apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a karaoke apparatus with an image will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the portions corresponding to FIG. 4 described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a part of the description is omitted. In FIG. 1, 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a system control circuit (microcomputer), which is connected to the RAM 11 and
Music selection data including a CD disk number and a music number is input. The music selection data is supplied to the CD player (changer) 1c and the small display 13, and a desired CD is selected, and the CD is displayed on the display 13.
Is displayed, and the appropriateness of the music selection operation is confirmed.

The above-mentioned music selection data is supplied to the memory card 14 via the microcomputer 10.
Although illustration is omitted, this memory card 14 is, for example,
A data table that includes an EPROM and an SRAM and that associates the above-described song selection data with song information (such as song titles and singer names) of karaoke songs is mounted.
For example, if the number of CDs in one karaoke series is about 150, thousands of karaoke songs by hundreds of singers are covered, and the data table of the new songs is a memory card 1
No. 4 SRAM, and a data table of relatively old songs is mounted in the EPROM.

Further, in each data table of the memory card 14, a genre code for designating a genre of each tune is recorded together with the above-mentioned tune information. The control signal is supplied to the VD player 5m. The microcomputer 10 includes a VD player 5 m
Is provided.

In this embodiment, the VD player 5 m
The two-sided video disc set on the A, B side, respectively, a plurality of songs for each genre of enka and pop,
For example, seven chapters are prepared by serial numbers, and each chapter records a background moving image of one tune that matches the content of the tune of each genre. And the playback time of the background moving image of each chapter is
It is set slightly longer than the maximum playback time for one karaoke song. The rest of the configuration is substantially the same as that of FIG.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIG.
In step S1, the music selection data (disc number and music number) as described above is input to the microcomputer 10 from the operation keys 12, and the music selection data is supplied to the memory card 14 and mounted on the memory card 14. The genre code corresponding to the supplied music selection data is specified by the data table (step S2).

The microcomputer 10 determines whether the genre code is of the genre of enka or pops (step S3). In the case of enka (E), it is determined that a song of the enka genre has been selected. And the control information of the background moving image reproduced corresponding to the music selection is RA
It is stored in M11 (step S4). VD player 5
At m, a genre control signal is supplied from the microcomputer 10, and the background moving image of the #i chapter of the video disc that matches the song of the enka genre is reproduced (step S5).

Similarly, if the genre code is pops (P)
In the case of, the selection of the music of the pop genre and the control information of the background moving image reproduced corresponding to the music selection are stored in the RAM 11 (step S6). VD
In the player 5m, the genre control signal is supplied from the microcomputer 10, and the background moving image of the #j chapter on the video disc that matches the music of the pop genre is reproduced (step S7).

In this manner, the background moving image matching the content of one karaoke song is reproduced. However, as described above, the background moving image is produced so that the reproduction of the karaoke song ends earlier. When the reproduction of the karaoke song ends, the background moving image is faded out.

As described above, one karaoke song and
When the next song is selected after the reproduction of the background moving image matching the content is completed, or when the next song is reserved during the performance of one karaoke song, the operation shown in FIG. Become. That is, in step S11 of FIG. 3, when the above-described music selection data is input from the operation keys 12 to the microcomputer 10, the music selection data is supplied to the memory card 14, and the data table mounted on the memory card 14 is stored. Thus, the genre code corresponding to the supplied music selection data is specified (step S12).

The microcomputer 10 determines whether or not the genre code is of the same genre as the tune selected by the tune selection data input immediately before (step S13). When a tune of the same genre as that of the immediately preceding music selection is selected, the microcomputer 10 inquires the reproduction image control information corresponding to the immediately preceding music selection stored in the RAM 11 as described above (step S).
14). Based on the inquired playback image control information, the microcomputer 10 advances the chapter number (m) of the playback image control information of the same genre by [1], and the VD player 5m matches a song of the same genre. The background moving image of the # [m + 1] chapter of the video disc is reproduced following the background moving image of the # [m] chapter (step S15).

When a tune of a genre different from that of the immediately preceding tune is selected, a reproduced image corresponding to a previously selected tune of the same genre as the new tune stored in the RAM 11 as described above. The control information is queried by the microcomputer 10 (step S16). Based on the inquired playback image control information, the microcomputer 10 sets the chapter number (n) of the playback image control information previously selected in the same genre as the new music selection to [1].
In the VD player 5m, the background moving image of the # [n + 1] chapter of the video disc that matches the song of this genre matches the background moving image of the # [m] chapter that matches the immediately preceding song selection as described above. And reproduced (step S17).

Thereafter, in the same manner, each time the music selection data is input, each genre of enka and pop is automatically determined, and
In the D player, background moving images matching the content of the music of each genre are sequentially reproduced for each genre of enka and pop. Then, when the last chapter of any genre on one side of the video disc is reproduced, the first chapter of the same genre on the other side of the video disc is reproduced.

As described above, in this embodiment, each genre of enka and pop is automatically determined for each music selection of the karaoke apparatus, and the reproduced image control information for each genre is V
Since the video is set to be supplied to the D player, one background music image corresponding to the contents of the music of each genre, which is recorded in a plurality of chapters, can be obtained from the video disc set in the VD player. Is sequentially reproduced for each genre of enka and pop for each music selection of the karaoke apparatus.

In the embodiment described above, a single VD player is used to reproduce a double-sided video disc. However, it goes without saying that a plurality of VD players may be operated by switching, and a single-sided video disc may be used. It may be.

In this embodiment, as described above, C
A data table for associating song selection data including the disk number and song number of D with song titles and singer names of karaoke songs is mounted on the memory card. Therefore, by displaying the song information obtained from the memory card as characters on an appropriate display, it is possible to prevent the same song from being duplicated.

[0032]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
A memory card is provided to obtain the genre code of the selected tune based on the tune selection information from the input keys, and the microcomputer generates background image control information corresponding to the genre code of the selected tune, thereby obtaining a plurality of specific genres. Since the background video is selectively reproduced, when a specific song is selected from a large number of songs of a plurality of genres, the genre of the specific song can be changed from an image recording medium that can be freely combined with a recording medium of the song. The music selection device which can automatically select the background moving image corresponding to (1) is obtained. In particular, when songs of the same genre are continuously selected, the same background moving image is not selected, and the background moving image is selected satisfactorily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a video signal reproducing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional video signal reproducing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1c CD player (changer), 5m VD player, 10 system control circuit (microcomputer), 12 operation keys, 14 memory card

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Akio Kasa 5-5-26 Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Dai-ichi Kosho Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A music selection device for a user to select a desired song from a large number of songs classified into a plurality of types, comprising: a reproducing unit for reproducing a medium on which a background moving image corresponding to each classification is recorded; First selecting means for selecting a specific song from songs, identifying means for identifying classification information corresponding to the specific song selected by the first selecting means, and classification information identified by the identifying means And a second selecting means for selecting a background moving image corresponding to the identified classification information based on the background image. A plurality of background moving images corresponding to each classification are recorded on the medium, If songs of the same category are selected,
A music selecting device, wherein the second selecting means selects a different background moving image from a plurality of background moving images of the same classification.