JPH11133988A - Karaoke server device, karaoke playing terminal, and client server type karaoke lan system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a song contest between utilizer of each karaoke playing terminal provided in each chamber by transmitting a result of total of the scoring included in the collected scoring information per each joining terminal as order information to LAN. SOLUTION: A central control unit 101 of each joining terminal 100 receives the information of holding a song contest, and outputs it in a display 112 so as to operate a scoring device 115. Thereafter, request of karaoke music is ordinarily input for playing till the song contest is concluded. The central control unit 101 forms the scoring information by adding ID of a music as an object of scoring and ID of terminal to a scoring formed by the scoring device 115 per each playing of karaoke music by utilizer, and sends it to an LAN. A karaoke server device 10 sums up the scoring information from each joining terminal 100 per each sending of the scoring information as a scoring of each joining terminal. When each playing terminal 100 finishes the same music, the total scoring till then is sent to each joining terminal 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke server device, a karaoke performance terminal connected to the karaoke server, and a client server type karaoke L constituted by these devices.
Related to AN system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In many stores, such as karaoke boxes, in which karaoke apparatuses are installed in a number of guest rooms, a client server karaoke LAN system is often introduced to centrally manage the karaoke apparatuses. In this system, a karaoke device in each guest room is used as a karaoke performance terminal, and each karaoke performance terminal and a karaoke server device that centrally manages the karaoke devices are connected by a LAN. A large number of karaoke data are stored in the karaoke server device, and appropriate karaoke data is transmitted to the LAN according to a request from each karaoke performance terminal. Further, the information of each karaoke performance terminal is totaled, and the number display of the popular music at the store where the system is installed can be displayed on each guest room terminal.

On the other hand, some karaoke performance terminals have a scoring function for scoring according to the singing ability of the user. In this method, every time the user sings, the score corresponding to the singing ability is displayed on a display or the like, or the user sings into two groups and the total score of each group is displayed. In this way, we are trying to excite the audience by creating a sense of opposition between users. They are also trying to improve their singing skills. However, in the conventional scoring function, companions compete with each other in scoring, so that they do not stir a sense of opposition, but rather have a meaning of improving entertainment. It is hard to say that the original purpose has been sufficiently achieved, such as heightening the sense of tension and improving singing skills arising from opposition.

[0004] The applicant of the present invention first sums up the scoring results at the karaoke performance terminals of each guest room using the LAN, and displays the totaled results on the display of each karaoke performance terminal as scores for each guest room. Invented a server type karaoke LAN system (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-291657)
issue).

[0005]

However, in the karaoke LAN system according to the above-mentioned invention, the results scored at each karaoke performance terminal are collected by the karaoke server device and displayed collectively on the average score of each terminal. Was only.

According to the present invention, the functions of the karaoke LAN system are utilized more positively so that a singing battle can be held between users of each karaoke performance terminal, such as in each guest room, so that the user can play while enjoying a tense atmosphere. The purpose is.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a karaoke server apparatus of the present invention has the following requirements (1) to (1).
(4) is provided. (1) Data communication is appropriately performed with a plurality of karaoke performance terminals via a LAN. (2) Receiving a singing battle holding request notification from a certain karaoke performance terminal via the LAN, creating a singing battle participation recruitment notification to another karaoke performance terminal as a delivery destination, and transmitting the notification to the LAN. (3) A response is received from the karaoke performance terminal of the delivery destination to participate in the singing battle, and a singing battle is held using the returned karaoke performance terminal and the requested karaoke performance terminal as a singing battle participation terminal. . (4) Collecting the scoring information sent by each of the participating terminals, and confirming the completion of the singing battle. When the score included in the collected scoring information is collected and processed for each of the participating terminals, the result is used as ranking information. Send to LAN.

Further, the karaoke server device may appropriately generate intermediate ranking information by collecting and scoring the scoring information sequentially during the holding of the song battle.

Further, the karaoke server device and a LAN
A karaoke performance terminal connected by the user, a scoring means for giving a score corresponding to the singing ability of the user, a means for creating the scoring information including the score and sending it to the LAN, Means for receiving a song battle holding request and sending the song battle holding request notification to the LAN, means for receiving the participation invitation notification and outputting it to a display, and user input to participate in the song battle as the reply. Means for sending to the LAN and means for receiving the order information and the intermediate order information and displaying them on the display.

[0010] The karaoke server device and the plurality of karaoke performance terminals constitute a client server karaoke LAN system.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

=== Karaoke LAN system with client server type =
== FIG. 1 schematically shows a karaoke server apparatus and a karaoke performance terminal according to the present invention and a karaoke LAN system connecting these. The karaoke LAN system 1 includes a karaoke server device 10 and a plurality of karaoke performance terminals 10.
0 is connected to the LAN according to the 10BASE-T standard. Thus, data communication is appropriately performed between the karaoke server device 10 and the karaoke performance terminal 100 or the karaoke performance terminal 100.

In this embodiment, a video signal of a background image such as a mood image is distributed to each karaoke performance terminal through a dedicated route 210 different from the twisted pair wire 200 for 10BASE-T.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the karaoke server device 10 and the karaoke performance terminal 100 in the karaoke LAN system. First, the configuration and operation of the karaoke server device will be described with reference to FIG.

A server control unit 11 such as a personal computer controls the peripheral components and controls the karaoke server device 10. The server control unit 11 includes a modem 14
Timely connected to the telephone line 20 via the
Karaoke data distributed from the hard disk drive 1
Accumulate in 2. LAN adapter 13 is 10 BAS
Each karaoke performance terminal 100 by the LAN of the ET standard
Interface for data communication with the When a karaoke song as a karaoke performance terminal 100 is requested, the song selection information is transferred to the server control unit 11 via the LAN. The server control unit 11 reads the corresponding karaoke data from the hard disk device 12 and
Send to AN.

The karaoke server apparatus of the present embodiment includes a plurality of video CD-changers 15, and stores a large number of video CDs containing mood images for a long time. The video CD changers 15 of a plurality of systems can output video signals of a plurality of systems in parallel by simultaneously driving appropriate video CDs. The video transmission unit 16 includes a modulation circuit, an RF mixer, and the like for distributing the video signals of the plurality of systems to the respective karaoke performance terminals by predetermined carrier waves. The RF-modulated video signal is transmitted to a normal TV antenna cable (7
(Eg, a 5Ω coaxial cable) 210. Of course, the mood video may be prepared by separately providing a video CD changer or the like at each karaoke performance terminal.

Next, the configuration and operation of the karaoke performance terminal 100 will be described. Each karaoke performance terminal 100 has a CPU inside,
A central control unit 101 including a RAM and a ROM is used as a main control unit. The central control unit 101 and peripheral components are connected via a data bus 120 and a control bus 130 to perform information communication with each other and And transmission of control signals.

The central control unit 101 includes a remote control transmitter 104
When the user inputs the requested music from the user or the operation panel 105, the music selection information is transmitted to the karaoke server device 10 via the LAN. Then, the karaoke data transmitted from the karaoke server device 10 is stored in a RAM or the like. The MIDI data in the karaoke data is sequentially transferred to the synthesizer 107 to generate accompaniment music. Further, the lyrics data is bit-mapped into a lyrics image in the video RAM 111. The accompaniment music is mixed with the audio signal input from the microphone 108 by the mixing amplifier 109 and output to the speaker 110.

The mood video distributed from the karaoke server device 10 in the form of an RF signal is converted into a video signal by a video receiving unit 114 having a tuning circuit and a demodulation circuit and output. The display control unit 113 receives the video signal, performs processing for superimposing the lyrics image on the mood image, and outputs the processed image to the display 112.

Furthermore, the karaoke performance terminal is a scoring device 11
5 is provided. The scoring device 115 includes the microphone 10
By comparing the singing voice input from 8 with the pitch of the accompaniment music and the like, a score commensurate with the singing ability of the user is given and displayed on a dedicated display or display 112 or the like.

In this embodiment, a karaoke song fighting function is provided in which a singing fight between users of a plurality of karaoke playing terminals can be performed by using the scoring function of each karaoke playing terminal and the LAN system. . Hereinafter, the karaoke song battle function will be described.

=== Karaoke Song Battle Function === In the above song battle, the scores output by the scoring device of each karaoke performance terminal are sent to the LAN, and the karaoke server device counts the scores to determine the ranking. Compete.

Holding of Singing Battle FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on a display by the karaoke performance terminal based on various information received from the karaoke server device as the singing battle progresses. Less than,
The outline of the song battle function and the progress of the song battle will be described with reference to FIG.

In order to hold a singing match, first, a user of a certain karaoke performance terminal performs a user input to request the holding of a singing match by appropriately operating a remote control transmitter or an operation panel. The central processing unit of the karaoke performance terminal sends the holding request input received via the operation control unit to the LAN as a song battle holding request notification. In the present embodiment, a predetermined number is assigned as the input number of the song battle holding request in the same manner as the number input by the user when designating the music piece to be played. Of course, it is also possible to provide a dedicated key or to input a holding request by a predetermined key-in input.

The server control unit of the karaoke server device, upon receiving the above-mentioned holding request notification, creates a "challenge" type song battle participation recruitment notification with the karaoke performance terminal that sent the holding request notification as the sender. This challenge also describes the operation method for participating in the song battle. Then, the challenge is sent to another karaoke performance terminal.

Upon receiving the sent challenge letter, the central control unit of each karaoke performance terminal performs a process for displaying the letter on the display (A). If the challenge is sent during the performance of the karaoke music, the display controller is controlled so that it is displayed in an appropriate place on the display screen that does not interfere with the lyrics (B). Then, when the user of each karaoke performance terminal who sees the challenge receives a challenge (participates in a singing battle), it accepts the participation expression input by the user and sends a reply to the challenge to the LAN.

After sending the above-mentioned letter of challenge, the karaoke server apparatus monitors that the above-mentioned reply is sent to the LAN for a predetermined time. Then, the karaoke performance terminal that sent the response and the sender terminal that issued the holding request are registered as the song battle participation terminals. On the other hand, in the sender terminal, during the predetermined time, a display indicating that the challenge letter is being sent is output to the display as appropriate, and by sequentially receiving the IDs of the participating terminals, the participation status in the song battle is sequentially displayed as the room number on the display. It is displayed (C).

The karaoke server device decides to hold a singing match if a response is sent from one or more karaoke performance terminals within a predetermined time, and notifies the registered participating terminals of the holding of the singing match and the holding method. (D). If no response is received at the point in time when the predetermined time has elapsed, the holding of the song battle is cancelled, and the fact is notified to the sender terminal (E).

The progress of the song battle When the central control unit of each participating terminal receives the notification of the start of the song battle, this is output to the display (D) and the scoring device is operated. After that, until the singing battle is over, the request input of the karaoke music is accepted and the performance processing of the music is performed as usual. Each time the user sings a karaoke song, the central control unit creates scoring information in which the score assigned by the scoring device is accompanied by the ID of the scored song or the terminal ID of the user. Send to LAN.

The karaoke server device tallies the scores for each participating terminal each time scoring information is sent from each participating terminal. When each performance terminal sings the same number of songs, the total score up to that point is sent to each participating terminal as intermediate rank information. Each participating terminal is displayed on the display as an intermediate ranking table that indicates the ranking of its own terminal (F: the column of its own terminal is displayed in a different color).

Of course, the intermediate ranking table indicates that each participating terminal does not wait until all participating terminals have finished playing the same number of songs.
Each time a karaoke song is completed, it may be created one by one. In this case, the number of songs that have been sung and the total score thereof may be displayed together for each participating terminal.

When the next music piece is not designated at a certain participating terminal, the karaoke server apparatus notifies the participating terminal that a request is to be input, and displays the progress of the singing battle on the display of the performing terminal. Is displayed (G). At this time, if the request for the next song is not input even after the lapse of the predetermined time, the registration of the participating terminal is deleted and the terminal is treated as abstaining. Of course, the participant terminal can also abstain itself by performing a predetermined operation input.

When the number of participating terminals becomes one due to abstention, the karaoke server device stops the scoring information acquisition process and the score totaling process and stops the song battle. If the cancellation is made, a notice to that effect is sent to the participating terminals.

Completion of song battle and announcement of the result In song battle, completion of the song battle is recognized when the participating terminals at the time of holding the song battle send scoring information for the specified number of songs without abstaining to the last two or more songs. When the karaoke server device confirms completion of the song battle, the karaoke server device sums up the total scores for each participating terminal and sends the result to the LAN as rank information. Upon receiving this ranking information, each participating terminal displays the final ranking table on the display (H).

=== Other Embodiments === In the above-described embodiment, the karaoke server apparatus appropriately determines the number of specified songs to be scored in a singing match for each singing match holding opportunity. The number of songs may be determined in advance as a prescribed rule, or may be specified by a user of a sender terminal or a randomly selected predetermined participating terminal.

Although each participant terminal plays the specified number of karaoke songs at the user's pace, the karaoke server device acts as a facilitator so that each participant terminal plays the karaoke songs one by one at the same pace. May be instructed.

Further, it is also possible to display the names of the music pieces played or the music pieces reserved for the performance in the intermediate or final ranking table.

The format and contents of various information displayed on the display of each karaoke performance terminal with the progress of the song battle are not limited to those in the above embodiment. Therefore, the karaoke server device can be changed so that the operation method, data, and the like required for the progress of the song battle are appropriately described in the above-described various information.

[0038]

According to the present invention, a song battle is held in accordance with the request for holding the song battle, and the song battle is contested by users who have issued the request and those who are willing to compete in the game. The competition among users of other karaoke performance terminals has become more competitive, and karaoke can be enjoyed in a tense atmosphere. In addition, the entertainment of karaoke also increases.

Furthermore, the intermediate ranking can be announced by totalizing the score every time the karaoke music piece is played. Therefore, it is possible to hope for the next song in a more tense atmosphere. In addition, every time the middle ranking is announced, the place is greatly excited with joy and worries.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a karaoke server device and a karaoke performance terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a display state diagram of a display screen of the karaoke performance terminal. (A) to (H) show display states according to the progress of the song battle performed in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke LAN system 10 Karaoke server apparatus 11 Server control unit 13 LAN adapter 100 Karaoke performance terminal 101 Central control unit 103 LAN adapter 115 Scoring device 200 LAN cable

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke server device having the following requirements (1) to (4). (1) Data communication is appropriately performed with a plurality of karaoke performance terminals via a LAN. (2) Receiving a singing battle holding request notification from a certain karaoke performance terminal via the LAN, creating a singing battle participation recruitment notification to another karaoke performance terminal as a delivery destination, and transmitting the notification to the LAN. (3) A response is received from the karaoke performance terminal of the delivery destination to participate in the singing battle, and a singing battle is held using the returned karaoke performance terminal and the requested karaoke performance terminal as a singing battle participation terminal. . (4) Collecting the scoring information sent by each of the participating terminals, and confirming the completion of the singing battle. When the score included in the collected scoring information is collected and processed for each of the participating terminals, the result is used as ranking information. Send to LAN. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each time the participating terminal finishes playing a karaoke song, the score is totaled for each participating terminal, and the result is transmitted to the LAN as intermediate rank information as appropriate. Karaoke server device. 3. A karaoke performance terminal connected to the karaoke server device according to claim 1 or 2 via a LAN, wherein a scoring means for giving a score commensurate with the singing ability of the user; Means for creating and sending the scoring information to the LAN, receiving a song battle holding request by user input, sending the song battle holding request notification to the LAN, and receiving the participation invitation notification Means for outputting to the display by means of the LAN,
And a means for receiving the rank information and the intermediate rank information and displaying the information on the display. 4. A client server type karaoke LAN system comprising the karaoke server device according to claim 1 or 2 and a plurality of karaoke performance terminals according to claim 3.