KR100511786B1 - Portable terminal, song accompaniment system of communicating a portable terminal and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a karaoke system using a portable terminal and a control method thereof.

In the present invention, a) when the start control message including the song information is transmitted from the portable terminal, the song half-period performing the lyrics display and accompaniment output of the song corresponding to the song information; b) when the song stop message is transmitted from the mobile terminal, stopping a song half-cycle from outputting the current song; c) If a reservation control message for song information is transmitted from the portable terminal, the song half-cycle displays the song information on the screen, and if a user's reservation confirmation message is transmitted from the portable terminal, perform a reservation process for the song. Making; And d) canceling a reservation of a song corresponding to the song information, if the reservation cancellation message including song information is transmitted from the portable terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily input / modify / delete a song by using a communication technology of the portable terminal in the karaoke system.

Description

Portable terminal, song accompaniment system of communicating a portable terminal and control method

The present invention relates to a karaoke system using a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a karaoke system and a control method capable of controlling a song selection, song accompaniment, etc. of the half cycle of the song using the portable terminal. .

In general, in order to select a song in a karaoke system, a song number is selected from a book in which a song title (song name) is recorded, and is wirelessly input to a half cycle of the song through a karaoke selection terminal device.

However, since this method is not so bright as the karaoke room is used indoors, users have to open the book to the bright light in order to find a song. There was something less than the overall harmony of karaoke, such as hanging out.

In addition, in the existing karaoke system, when a new song is released, the administrator must manually update the new song by manipulating a half cycle of the song, so that the user cannot immediately provide a desired song unless the manager updates the new song quickly. In addition, the songs stored in every half of the cycle is different, so the user often can not find the song you want.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the disadvantages of the prior art, to allow the user to select the desired song in the half cycle of the song using a mobile terminal.

In addition, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to enable the user to easily input / modify / delete the favorite song by using a short-range wireless technology of the portable terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal for controlling a half cycle of a song, including: an input unit configured to input various signals for selecting a karaoke menu; A karaoke manager for processing a signal input through the input unit and selectively generating a control signal message according to the signal; And a communication unit for transmitting the control signal message to the song half cycle, wherein the karaoke menu includes 'start,' stop ',' reservation ',' cancel reservation ',' song selection ',' Song list editing, wherein the karaoke manager generates a control signal message according to the selected menu to control the operation of the song half cycle.

In addition, when the start menu for a song is selected, the karaoke manager generates a song accompaniment start message including the selected song song title and transmits it to the song half cycle through the communication unit, and when the song stop menu is selected, stops the song. Only a message is generated and transmitted in the song half cycle.

In addition, when a reservation menu for a predetermined song is selected, the karaoke manager generates a song reservation message including song information including the selected song song title, transmits the song half-cycle through the communication unit, and the reservation cancellation menu is If selected, a reservation cancellation message including a reservation number or a song song name is generated and transmitted to the song half cycle.

Here, the song list edit may include a 'add', 'delete', 'edit', and 'download' menu of the song, and in this case, the karaoke manager may be transferred to the storage unit according to a menu of the selected song list edit. Add song information, delete and modify song information stored in the storage unit.

In addition, a karaoke system according to another aspect of the present invention, a karaoke system using a portable terminal, the first communication unit for transmitting a control message transmitted from the portable terminal; A song information storage unit storing a plurality of song informations; Song accompaniment control including song 'start', 'stop', 'reservation', 'cancel reservation' and 'song selection', 'editing song list' according to the control signal message of the mobile terminal provided through the first communication unit A control unit for performing an editing function including a '; And an output unit for importing selected song information under the control of the controller and outputting lyrics and accompaniment of the song.

In addition, it may further include a second communication unit for communicating with a song material server via the Internet, in which case, the karaoke management unit, if the requested song information provided from the portable terminal is not in the song information storage unit; 2, the song information server receives the song information from the song data server and stores the song information in the song information storage unit.

The control method of the karaoke system according to another aspect of the present invention, a control method of the karaoke system to control the half cycle of the song using a portable terminal, a) when the start control message including song information from the portable terminal, The song accompaniment may include performing lyrics display and accompaniment output of a song corresponding to the song information; b) when the song stop message is transmitted from the mobile terminal, stopping the output operation of the current song; c) If a reservation control message for song information is transmitted from the portable terminal, the song half-cycle displays the song information on the screen, and if a user's reservation confirmation message is transmitted from the portable terminal, perform a reservation process for the song. Making; And d) canceling a reservation of a song corresponding to the song information, if the reservation cancellation message including song information is transmitted from the portable terminal.

Here, step a) may include determining whether another song is currently outputting the song half cycle, and ignoring the start control message if another song is being output; And if there is no song for which the song half cycle is output, but there is a reserved song, the lyrics display and accompaniment output of a previously reserved song are performed according to the start control message, and the song information in the start control message is ignored. Include.

In addition, the control method having such a feature may further include the step of downloading and outputting the data of the corresponding song by accessing a song data server through the Internet when the song information is not stored in the song information provided from the mobile terminal. It may include.

The method may further include storing song information provided by the mobile terminal and performing a song list adding operation when the user selects add while providing song information including a singer name, a song name, and a part of song lyrics; If the user selects delete while providing a song name, deleting, by the portable terminal, song information having the provided song name; If the user selects an edit for the song while providing an edit word for the selected song, editing the song by adding the edit word to the song information; And when the user requests a song search while providing a singer name or a song name, the mobile terminal may further find and display song information corresponding to the singer name or the song name on the screen.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a singer's name and a song title of a favorite song are usually stored in a mobile terminal among songs that the user likes and others sing, and the song half-cycle through the mobile terminal before singing in a karaoke room. Allows you to choose songs. To this end, short-range wireless communication must be possible between the portable terminal and the song accompaniment period. The wireless communication technology may utilize various short-range wireless communication technologies used in the portable terminal. For example, short-range wireless technologies such as wireless LAN / Bluetooth / IrDA / IrFM can be applied.

In the mobile terminal, there are karaoke items in the menu, and the singer's name and song title can be added, edited, deleted, and stored in the mobile terminal, or the song song list must be downloaded from the PC to the mobile terminal. . In addition, the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention selects one of a list of song songs in the portable terminal and transmits it in a semi-period of the song, and a half-period of the song such as start / cancel / reservation / cancel reservation and control function between the portable terminal. Have

Figure 1 shows the overall structure of a karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a function, the detailed structure is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a portable terminal 10 for controlling the operation of the song half cycle by wirelessly communicating with the song half cycle 20 and the song half cycle 20. Cell phone), and the song half-cycle 20 may be connected to the song data server 40 through the Internet (30). The portable terminal 10 may also be connected to the song material server 40 through the wireless Internet.

Here, the portable terminal 10 is an input unit 11 for inputting various signals for selecting a karaoke menu, karaoke management unit 12 for processing a signal input through the input unit 11 and selectively generates a control signal message accordingly ), A communication unit 14 for transmitting a control signal message to the song half cycle 20 and providing a signal transmitted from the song half cycle 20 to the karaoke management unit 12, and a storage unit 13 storing a plurality of information. . Here, the communication unit 14 may also have an interface function with another external device such as a PC or a wireless Internet connection function.

The song half-cycle 20 operable under the control of the portable terminal 10 having such a structure is controlled by the mobile terminal provided through the first communication unit 21 and the first communication unit 21 communicating with the mobile terminal 10. Control unit 22 for performing song accompaniment such as 'start', 'stop', 'reservation', 'cancel reservation' and editing functions such as 'sing song selection' and 'editing song list' according to the signal message; An output comprising a song information storage unit 23 storing song information, a song lyrics display unit 241 for displaying the lyrics of a specific song under the control of the controller 22, and an accompaniment output unit 242 for outputting song accompaniment; In addition to the unit 24, and further includes a second communication unit 25 receives the song information from the song material server 40 via the Internet (30).

Here, the control unit 22 may be divided into a song list editing unit 221, a song accompaniment processing unit 222, and a download processing unit 223. The functions of each unit will be described in more detail later.

In the karaoke system according to the embodiment of the present invention having such a structure, when the user operates the menu of the mobile terminal 10 and selects a favorite song song and transmits it to the song half cycle 20, the song half cycle 20 is performed. Will play the saved song to the user. The user can also listen to other people's songs and add and store them on their mobile terminals. If the song half-cycle 20 is a new song that was recently released by the user via the mobile terminal 10 and is not stored in the song information storage unit 23, the song half cycle 20 has a copyright and a sale right through the Internet. It is possible to download the song material by accessing the operator's song material server 40, and output the song half cycle screen (multivision) or output the song accompaniment.

Meanwhile, the karaoke menu provided by the mobile terminal 10 includes' start, 'stop', 'reservation', 'cancel reservation', 'song selection', 'editing song list' for controlling the output of song accompaniment. The 'Edit Song List' menu includes 'Add', 'Delete', 'Edit', and 'Download from PC'. However, the karaoke menu according to the embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto.

Next will be described the operation of the karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a process of managing a list of song songs using a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When the user wants to insert a song piece he likes or frequently listens to the portable terminal, the user may move to the karaoke management sub-menu of the menu of the portable terminal by manipulating the input unit of the portable terminal 10. Accordingly, when the song list editing menu is selected (S10 to S11), the karaoke manager 12 of the mobile terminal 10 adds a song song to the mobile terminal, deletes a stored song song, or stores the song song according to a user input request. Edit the song song's items (e.g., singer's name, song name, the previous 4-6 words in the verse 1, etc.), browse song songs stored on your mobile device, or view song lists on your PC. Complete and download to your mobile device. In this case, all input requests of the user are provided to the karaoke management unit 12 through the input unit 11, and the karaoke management unit 12 edits, adds, or deletes information stored in the storage unit 13 according to the selected menu or the communication unit. In step 14, information is received from a PC or the like and stored in the storage unit 13.

Specifically, when the user wants to add a song to the mobile terminal, press the add menu in the karaoke management list menu through the input unit 11 to display the singer's name, song name, song 1 paragraph lyrics (about 4 to 6 words) (S12 to S13).

The karaoke management unit 12 compares the data of the input singer or song name with the data stored in the storage unit 13 to determine whether there is the same song song (S14), and the song input by the user in the storage unit 13 If a song piece identical to the name is stored, the additional rejection is output on the screen of the mobile terminal (S15), and the user inputs a request (S16). However, if there is no song title identical to the song name input by the user in the storage unit 13, the song name and the corresponding singer name and a part of the input song lyrics are stored in the storage unit 13 (S16). Wait for user request input (208). By this process, a new song piece is added to the mobile terminal.

On the other hand, if the user wants to delete the stored song song from the song list editing menu (S18), the karaoke management unit 912 sequentially displays the song songs stored in the storage unit 13 on the screen to be selected by the user (S19) Alternatively, the user inputs a singer name or a song name of a song to be directly deleted through the input unit 11 (S20). When the user selects a specific song according to this process, the selected song stored in the storage unit 13 is deleted according to the user's deletion menu (or button) selection (S20). The user waits for input again (S21).

On the contrary, if the user wants to modify the information of the song song stored in the mobile terminal (S22), the karaoke manager 12 allows the user to select the song song to be edited according to the search word input or the sequential display of the stored song song (S23). Accordingly, when the user selects a song song to be edited and edited, the song information stored in the storage unit 13 is corrected based on the edited word input through the input unit 11 (S24), and then the user waits for input of a request. (S25).

On the other hand, if the user selects the stored song search from the song list editing menu (S26), you can enter the song information directly from the karaoke menu (S27, S28), or can be found through the index search (S29, S30), the overall song song Information may also be sequentially searched (S31). If the selected song piece information is a song the user wants to find, the karaoke manager 12 outputs the song piece on the screen (S32) and waits for the user's request (S33).

On the other hand, if you want to download the song song from the PC (S35), the communication unit 14 and the PC not shown is connected, the karaoke management unit 12 activates the communication unit 14 to receive the song song information from the PC Get ready to do In response to a request for information transmission from the karaoke management unit 12, a PC (not shown) transmits song song information, and the transmitted information is received via the communication unit 14 (S36 to S37). Since the information transmission technology from the PC to the mobile terminal is already known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the reception is completed, the karaoke management unit 12 outputs the reception completion on the screen (S38) and waits for a confirmation input from the user, if the user's confirmation input is provided from the input unit 11, by the karaoke management unit 12 The connection between the communication unit 14 and the PC is released by the deactivation of the communication unit 14 or the user (S39). After that, the karaoke management unit 12 waits again for the user request input (S40).

As described above, the user can add, delete, edit, search or download song songs stored in the mobile terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a half-cycle control process of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control message transmitted between a portable terminal and a half-cycle of a song during the process of FIG. 4. have.

The operation of controlling the half cycle of the song in the mobile terminal may include starting or stopping a song, or reserving and canceling a song, which is performed by the user using various wireless technologies such as WLAN, Bluetooth, IrDA, and IrFM, which are wireless technologies of the mobile terminal. Will send a control message.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, if a song is to be started immediately in the absence of a reserved song in the song half cycle 20 (S100 to S120), the user moves from the karaoke menu of the mobile terminal to the song selection menu. After selecting a desired song, the karaoke manager 12 transmits the selected song information (singer name or song title) to the song half cycle 20 through the communication unit 14 by putting the selected song information (singer name or song title) in the start control message (StartSong). Then, the user enters the standby state (S130 to S140). However, in a state where there is a reserved song, only the song start control message is transmitted to the song half cycle 20 without containing song information.

On the other hand, if you want to stop the song accompaniment when the song accompaniment is in progress, the karaoke management unit 12 transmits a song stop message (StopSong) to the song half cycle 20 according to the user's selection. At this time, song information is not included in the song stop message (S150 to S170).

In addition, when the user wants to reserve a specific song (S180), the user may select song information regardless of whether the song is in progress. In this case, the karaoke manager 12 reserves the song information as shown in FIG. (ReserveSong) and transmit the song half-cycle (S190). Accordingly, the song half cycle 20 finds the song, outputs the song number, the singer's name, and the title of the song on the song half cycle screen, and waits for the user to confirm whether or not the accompaniment reserved song displayed on the screen is correct (S200). )). Accordingly, the user views the information displayed on the screen, and if it is correct, selects 'yes' or 'no', and the karaoke manager 12 sends a confirmation control message (Confirm) according to the selected confirmation result to the song half cycle 20. Transmit (S210 to S220). If the acknowledgment control message corresponding to 'yes' is transmitted, the song half-cycle 20 performs reservation processing, and if the acknowledgment control message corresponding to 'no' is transmitted, it enters the karaoke control menu (S230).

On the other hand, if you want to cancel the scheduled song (S240), while sequentially browsing the list of reserved song accompaniment on the song half-cycle screen to select a song to cancel the reservation, the karaoke management unit 12 or the reservation number corresponding to the selected song or Alternatively, the reservation cancellation message CancelSong including the song number is transmitted (S250 to S260).

Next, operation of the song half cycle for performing song start, stop, reservation, reservation cancellation, etc. according to the control message provided from the portable terminal will be described.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of processing a control message received from a portable terminal in a half cycle of a song according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the song half cycle 20 receives a song control message requested by the user, the song half cycle 20 processes the message and outputs a result on the screen of the song half cycle. The message transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 is provided to the control unit 22 through the first communication unit 21, and the corresponding function unit of the control unit 22 operates according to the type of the message.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when a song start control message is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 (S300 to S320), the song accompaniment processing unit 222 determines whether a song is performed in a song half cycle or a reserved song accompaniment is performed. Check whether there is (S330 ~ S340).

If none of the above two is applicable, the song information storage unit 23 retrieves information including the song lyrics and accompaniment from the song information storage unit 23 using the song information in the received message, and outputs the retrieved song lyrics. The song accompaniment is provided to the song lyrics display unit 241 to be displayed on the screen and the accompaniment information is provided to the accompaniment output unit 242 to immediately start accompaniment of the song (S350).

If the song has already received a song start message while the song is in progress, the song start control message is ignored (S360). If there is no song in progress, but there is a reserved song, the accompaniment of the previously reserved song is started by the start message, and the song information in the song start control message is ignored (S370 to S380).

On the other hand, receiving a song stop message, the song accompaniment processing unit 222 controls the output unit 24 to stop the display of the song lyrics of the screen company, and the accompaniment output (S390 to S410).

In addition, when the song reservation control message is received (S420), the singer name or song name included in the received reservation control message is provided to the song lyrics display unit 241 to be output on the screen (S4430), and the song is in progress. Whether or not the song accompaniment selected by the user is selected on the same screen whether or not the song accompaniment is selected correctly, and outputs on the song accompaniment screen so as to select both 'yes' / 'no' (S440) ),

After the user's confirmation message is received from the mobile terminal 10 (S450), if the confirmation message is 'Yes', the confirmation message is added to the end of the reservation list (S470). (S480).

On the other hand, upon receiving a song reservation cancellation message (S500), the song half-cycle processing unit 222 checks which song is selected by the user among the currently reserved songs (S510), and checks the selected song information among the reserved songs. In order to cancel the reservation, the song song is deleted from the song reservation list (S520).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, it can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, which is included in the spirit and scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.

According to this embodiment of the present invention, in order to find their favorite song number in the karaoke, you do not have to go through the book in the dark room, and can be harmonized with other people, so that harmonious with the party went to karaoke You can also sing, so that the singers and listeners get rid of the unnecessary actions that occur to find a song, further enhancing the purpose of karaoke.

In addition, by selecting a song using a portable terminal that is always carried, it is possible to escape the difficulty of selecting a song in the process of selecting a song. Since the backlight is operated in the mobile terminal, a song can be easily input even in a dark room.

1 is an overall structural diagram of a karaoke system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a detailed structural diagram of a karaoke system using the portable terminal shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart for managing a list of song songs using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control message between a portable terminal and a song half cycle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process for controlling song accompaniment of a mobile terminal using a control message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a control message received from a mobile terminal in a half cycle of a song according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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delete delete delete delete In the half cycle of the song performing wireless communication with the mobile terminal, A first communication unit configured to receive song information and a control signal message including at least one of a song title, a singer name, and a part of lyrics from the mobile terminal; A song information storage unit for storing the song information of a plurality of songs, total lyrics and accompaniment of each song; A control unit which receives the control signal message from the first communication unit, searches for a song corresponding to the song information in the song storage unit, and operates based on the control signal message; And An output unit for importing selected song information under the control of the controller from the song information storage unit and outputting lyrics and accompaniment of the corresponding song; The song half cycle including. The method of claim 5, Further comprising a second communication unit for communicating with the song data server via the Internet, And if the song information provided from the mobile terminal is not in the song information storage unit, the controller receives the song information from the song data server through the second communication unit and stores the song information in the song information storage unit. delete delete delete In the driving method of the song half-cycle for performing wireless communication with the mobile terminal, a) receiving song information and a control signal message including at least one of a song title, a singer's name, and a part of lyrics from the mobile terminal; b) searching for and displaying a song corresponding to the song information on the screen based on the song information; c) receiving a confirmation signal confirming a song displayed on the screen from the mobile terminal; And and d) performing an operation on the song based on the control signal message.