JPH11167391A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To individually and effectively combine Karaoke users and tunes adopted for Karaoke with advertising information of artists through a Karaoke device. SOLUTION: A grouping of CM data with certain contents is distinguished as one title. Link data to be linked to either of an ID of music, a name of music, the name of a singer, and the artist of music attribute data are incidental to CM data of each title. There is a CM data management system in which CM data of many titles are consolidated as a database. Based on the tune attribute data made to correspond to the Karaoke data of the music being prepared or performed, the Karaoke device retrieves 51 the link data of CM data base, and when a title made to correspond to the tune exists, the device takes out the CM data of the title from the CM data base and outputs the video before and after the play of the tune or on the way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly to a system for presenting a CM (advertisement advertisement) image that will attract the user's interest before, during and after the performance of karaoke accompaniment music.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 8-272341 discloses the following advertising terminal apparatus related to a karaoke apparatus. Karaoke songs are classified by the concept of genres such as enka, pops, and animation. Advertising video data is also classified according to the concept of this genre.
For example, when music of the "pops" genre is being played on the karaoke apparatus, the advertisement video data of the same "pops" genre is also selected and reproduced on the advertising terminal apparatus.

[0003]

In the above prior art,
Based on the genre classification of the music that the people who are actually using the karaoke apparatus are currently selecting and playing, the advertisement video classified into the same genre is simply played appropriately. The genre categories described as examples are three types: enka, pops, and animation. Of course, it is possible to further refine the genre classification of karaoke songs, but even with that in mind, it is possible to select and present advertising images that will have as little discomfort and resistance to karaoke users as possible. You can only expect an effect.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a large amount of advertisement information generated by the music industry that successively produces songs and artists employed in karaoke, and a karaoke user who is a consumer of goods produced by the music industry. Are individually and effectively connected through a karaoke device.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The advertising information generated from the music industry includes, for example, information on concerts and dinner shows held by individual artists, new music release information,
There is a wide variety of information, such as information on appearances on TV programs, movies, and the stage, fan club enrollment information, event information, signing event holding information, private information such as engagement, and magazine release that features special articles. Such information can be said to be information of high potential interest and interest to the artist's fans, and is often information that they want more actively. Many people seek information about interested artists through music magazines and broadcasts. When a fan of an artist sings using a karaoke apparatus, it is very natural that the artist's music is often selected. Therefore, when a karaoke user requests a song and sings it, it is meaningful for both the advertiser and the karaoke user to play the above-mentioned advertisement video related to the artist of the song. It can be said that the effect of advertising is extremely large.

[0006] The present invention has been made from the above-described viewpoint, and a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention has the following requirements (1) to (4).

(1) A group of data necessary for outputting one karaoke accompaniment music as audio and outputting lyrics as a video is karaoke data. The karaoke data of each song is associated with song attribute data of a plurality of items such as a song title, a singer name, an artist name, etc. along with a song ID as a key. Karaoke data of a large number of songs are collected as a database, and there is a system for managing this karaoke database. (2) CM data for outputting a video before, during, or after the performance of the karaoke music is prepared. A group of CM data having a certain content is distinguished as one title. The CM data of each title is accompanied by link data for linking to any of the song ID, song name, singer name, artist name in the song attribute data. CM data of a large number of titles are collected as a database, and there is a system that manages this CM database. (3) Next, the music ID of the music to be played is obtained, the karaoke data of the music is retrieved from the karaoke database, the karaoke accompaniment music is output as audio, and the lyrics are output as video. (4) Based on the music attribute data associated with the karaoke data of the music being prepared or being played, the C
The link data in the M database is searched, and if the title linked to the music exists, the CM data of the title is extracted from the CM database and output as a video before, during, or after the performance of the music.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied to a karaoke apparatus as a terminal of a well-known communication karaoke system, and receives CM data distributed from a host apparatus via a communication medium or a broadcast medium, It is configured to be registered or updated in the CM database.
Preferably, the number of reproductions of each title of the CM data registered in the CM database is counted, and the counting result is transferred to the host device via a communication medium in a timely manner.

The present invention can be implemented by appropriately combining the following requirements in addition to the above basic requirements. (A) The CM data of a certain title has an expiration date, and the CM data whose expiration date has passed is deleted from the CM database. (B) As a result of the search in the requirement (4), if there are a plurality of the titles linked to the music,
One title is selected according to a predetermined selection rule. (C) The video output system for the CM data and the video output system for the lyrics based on the karaoke data share a display. (D) The CM data video output system and the karaoke data lyrics video output system use separate displays. (E) The CM data of a certain title is accompanied by audio data in addition to video data, and when the CM data is reproduced, audio is reproduced and output together with video.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS === Basic Configuration and Operation of Karaoke Apparatus === FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This figure mainly illustrates the hardware configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1. A number of karaoke apparatuses 1 and host apparatuses 2 are connected by a telephone line 3, and these form a computer network.

The description will be focused on the configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1. The central processing unit 4 is the center of a computer including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and controls the karaoke apparatus 1. The central processing unit 4 is connected to the telephone line 3 via the modem 5 and communicates with the host device 2. Host device 2
The main components of the karaoke data delivered to the karaoke apparatus 1 are accompaniment music generation data expressed in MIDI format data and the like, and lyrics drawing data that is temporally synchronized with the accompaniment. Karaoke data is managed on a music piece basis using a music ID as a key. Karaoke data of many songs distributed from the host device 2 is stored in the hard disk device 6. In addition to storing the karaoke data of the new music distributed from the host device 2 in the hard disk device 6, the karaoke data of the old music is provided in the form of a CD-ROM, and the CD-ROM is stored in a changer type CD-RO.
It is loaded in M player 17.

The main body of the karaoke apparatus 1 has an operation panel 7 for a user interface including a display and a keyboard, and a remote control receiver 80 corresponding to the remote control transmitter 8 is also attached. Operation panel 7 and remote control receiver 8
Numeral 0 is coupled to the central processing unit 4 via the operation control unit 19, and the karaoke user performs various operation inputs such as music selection by the operation panel 7 or the remote control transmitter 8 of the main body.
The operation content and response information of the apparatus to the operation input are displayed on the operation panel 7.

The reproduction of the music is performed through the following path under the control of the central processing unit 4. The karaoke data of the designated music ID is read from the hard disk device 6 or the CD-ROM player 17. MIDI of accompaniment music generation data
The data is sequentially input to the synthesizer 9, converted into an audio signal, and output from the speaker 11 via the mixing amplifier 10. The singing voice signal from the microphone 12 is mixed in the mixing amplifier 10.

In synchronization with the audio output, the central processing unit 4
Is a video RAM that converts lyrics drawing data into character strings sequentially
13 and a color change process indicating the progress of the music is added to the lyrics character string. The bitmap image data created in the video RAM 13 is read by the video controller 16 and displayed on the CRT display 15. In parallel with the above karaoke performance processing, the background image of the lyrics is displayed on the display 15. The background video is CD-RO
The video RAM 13 is reproduced and output from the M player 17.
Is superimposed and synthesized and output as video.

The karaoke apparatus 1 of this embodiment includes a receiver 22 for CS digital multi-channel broadcasting. The karaoke apparatus 1 can receive and use a broadcast program from a broadcast medium of a broadcast station 20 and a communication satellite 21. Not only can a normal program of video and audio be received and output from the display 15 and the speaker 11, but a required data file that has received the data broadcast program can be stored and used in the hard disk device 6 or the like.

=== Karaoke Database === There are a total of 10,000 karaoke songs in several CD-ROMs and the hard disk device 6 loaded in the player 17, and the central processing unit 4 processes the entire karaoke data. It is managed as a karaoke database. FIG. 2 shows the concept of the data format of the karaoke data for one song. As described above, the main component of the accompaniment music generation data is MIDI format data, and data such as chorus and the like which is ADPCM-encoded is attached depending on the music. The lyrics drawing data includes timing definition data for adjusting to the progress of the accompaniment during reproduction. These are the main body of the karaoke data, which has a header.

In the header, a unique music ID is entered as a key. The header has five predetermined attribute entry columns of song name, artist name (singer name), composer, lyricist, and genre, and the corresponding attribute data is entered in each column. The attribute entry column is not limited to these five items, and other attributes can be entered. In this specification, the music ID is also regarded as one item of the attribute.

As is well known, when reproducing the karaoke data of a certain song, attribute data such as a song name and an artist name are displayed on the display in characters at the beginning of the accompaniment music, and a background image for lyrics display is selected. To do so, the attribute data of the genre is used. Further, the attribute data is used in the music piece search processing of the karaoke data group.

The above-mentioned attribute data of each music is written in the header of the corresponding karaoke data in a predetermined data format at the stage of producing the karaoke software. The attributes of the five items described above are information that is known in advance for most of the songs (although there are also some songs whose composer is unknown), and the karaoke data in which these attribute data are written is stored in the host device. 2 to each karaoke device 1. Of course, if there is attribute data known before distribution other than the above five attributes, the attribute data is also entered in advance and distributed from the host device 2.

=== CM Database === A group of CM data of a certain content is classified as one title, and an identification name for distinguishing them is called CM.
It is called a title, and its contents are called CM data. The CM data is short moving image data of several tens seconds to several minutes, or still image data of several frames to several tens of frames, for example, data compressed and encoded in JPEG or MPEG format. The contents expressed in the CM data are, as in the example above, information on concerts and dinner shows held by individual artists, information on new releases, information on appearances on TV programs, movies and the stage, information on joining fan clubs and events. Information, signing session information, private information such as engagement, and information on the release of magazines that feature special articles. Many of these are mainly textual information.

In this embodiment, the C digital broadcast through CS digital multi-channel broadcasting is requested by the host device 2.
The M data is distributed to each karaoke device 1. The distribution of the CM data is performed, for example, once a week, and the latest CM data group produced in the week is collectively distributed. In the karaoke apparatus 1, the distributed CM data group is stored in the hard disk device 6, and the central processing unit 4 collectively manages the entire data as a CM database.

FIG. 3 shows the main points of the file format of the CM data of one title. Each CM data file is distinguished by a file name. The data format of the main body of the CM data differs for each title. The format and size of the CM data body are described in the header of each file. The link data described above is also written in the header portion. The link data is data for linking to any one of the song ID, song name, artist name (singer name), composer, and lyricist in the song attribute data attached to the karaoke data of each song. , One or more of the attribute data of these five items are directly entered in the link data column. The header also has an expiration date column, and the expiration date is entered here depending on the CM title.

The CM database management system in the central processing unit 4 picks up required items in the header portion of each CM data file and creates a CM data management ledger. Based on the management ledger, operations such as registration, update, addition, deletion, search, and retrieval of the CM database are performed. Also, a process of totalizing the number of times of reproduction for each CM title and managing it as a CM record book is performed.

=== Operation Sequence === The essential points of the performance processing procedure of the requested music are shown in FIG.
(A), and the main point of the processing procedure of CM reproduction accompanying the music performance is shown in (b). If the ID of the requested music is registered in the reservation list, the ID of the music to be played next is obtained from the list, and based on the management ledger of the karaoke database, where the karaoke data of the music is located And prepares the corresponding karaoke data in the work storage area. When the preparation is completed, it is confirmed whether or not the CM image is being output by the CM reproduction processing program described below. If the CM is not being reproduced, the prepared karaoke data is processed, the karaoke accompaniment music is output as audio, and the lyrics and Display and output background video.

In parallel with the karaoke performance processing program, the CM reproduction processing program operates as follows.
The karaoke performance processing program compares the music attribute data of the music being prepared or being played with the link data table in the management ledger of the CM database, and there is a CM title linked to the music being prepared or being played. Search for or not. If there is no corresponding CM title, no CM is played after the performance of the music (note that some CM is set according to a separately defined rule).
Data may be selected).

If there is a CM title linked to the song being prepared or being played, the CM data is taken out of the hard disk device 6 to prepare for reproduction. Then, after the music performance processing is completed, the prepared CM data is reproduced and video output. If the reproduction of the CM of one title is completed, the program waits for the karaoke performance processing program to proceed to the processing of the next reserved music, and if the processing proceeds to the processing of the next music, the above processing is repeated from the beginning for the music. .

As described above, the CM reproduction processing program counts the number of times of reproduction for each CM title and writes the total in the CM record book. Then, at an appropriate opportunity to communicate with the host device 2 through the telephone line 3, the data of the CM record book created by the karaoke device 1 is sent to the host device 2. The host device 2 collects CM record book data from a large number of karaoke devices 1 included in the communication karaoke system, aggregates them, and totals the number of times of use for each CM title. Based on the result of the tallying, an advertising fee charged to the advertiser of each CM title is calculated. In addition, it is also possible to calculate a reward for executing the advertisement for the store where the karaoke apparatus 1 is installed.

In the above-described embodiment, the corresponding CM is played after the performance of the karaoke music is completed. If the CM is very short, a CM related to the music may be played immediately before the performance of the music starts. In addition, if the configuration is such that a CM is output as an image using a display different from the display that displays the lyrics and the background image, a closely related CM can be played at the same time during the performance of the music for a relatively long time.

[0029]

When a fan of an artist sings using a karaoke apparatus, it is natural that the artist's music is often selected. Therefore, when a karaoke user requests a song and sings it, it is meaningful for both the advertiser and the karaoke user to play the above-mentioned advertisement video related to the artist of the song. It can be said that the effect of advertising is extremely large. According to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, a large amount of advertising information generated from the music industry that produces songs and artists adopted in karaoke one after another, and a karaoke user who is a consumer of goods produced by the music industry. Can be individually and effectively connected via a karaoke device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a data format of karaoke data in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a data format of a CM data file in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the main points of a karaoke performance processing program and a CM reproduction processing program in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke device 2 Host device 3 Telephone line 4 Central processing unit 5 Modem 6 Hard disk device 7 Operation panel 8 Remote control transmitter 80 Remote control receiver 9 Synthesizer 10 Mixing amplifier 11 Speaker 12 Microphone 13 Video RAM 15 CRT display 16 Video control unit 17 CD -ROM player 19 Operation control unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke apparatus having the following requirements (1) to (4). (1) Karaoke data is a group of data necessary for outputting one karaoke accompaniment music by voice and outputting lyrics by video. The karaoke data of each song is associated with song attribute data of a plurality of items such as a song title, a singer name, an artist name, etc. along with a song ID as a key. Karaoke data of a large number of songs are collected as a database, and there is a system for managing this karaoke database. (2) CM data for outputting a video before, during, or after the performance of the karaoke music is prepared. A group of CM data having a certain content is distinguished as one title. The CM data of each title is accompanied by link data for linking to any of the song ID, song name, singer name, artist name in the song attribute data. CM data of a large number of titles are collected as a database, and there is a system that manages this CM database. (3) Next, the music ID of the music to be played is obtained, the karaoke data of the music is retrieved from the karaoke database, the karaoke accompaniment music is output as audio, and the lyrics are output as video. (4) Based on the music attribute data associated with the karaoke data of the music being prepared or being played, the C
The link data in the M database is searched, and if the title linked to the music exists, the CM data of the title is extracted from the CM database and output as a video before, during, or after the performance of the music. 2. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke apparatus receives CM data distributed from a host device via a communication medium or a broadcast medium, and registers or updates the CM data in the CM database. 3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the number of times of reproduction for each title of the CM data registered in the CM database is totaled, and the totaled result is transmitted to the host device via a communication medium. Transfer in a timely manner. 4. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CM data of a certain title has an expiration date, and the CM data whose expiration date has passed is stored in the CM database. Remove from. 5. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a result of the search according to the requirement (4) is:
When there are a plurality of the titles linked to the music, one title is selected according to a predetermined selection rule. 6. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a video output system for the CM data and a video output system for lyrics based on the karaoke data share a display. 7. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video output system for the CM data and the video output system for lyrics based on the karaoke data use different displays. . 8. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CM data of a certain title is accompanied by audio data in addition to video data.
At the time of data reproduction, audio is reproduced and output together with video.