KR970005665B1 - Plural playing system for karaoke - Google Patents

Abstract

An image song accompaniment system are disclosed. The image song accompaniment system comprises a CDG(Compact Disk Graphics) playing unit(2) having a number of CDG players(CDG1-CDGn); a reservation unit(6) for reserving a accompaniment song; and a system control apparatus(1) for playing the CDG based on the output signal from the reservation unit(6). The system control apparatus(1) includes a key inputting unit(14), connected to each of the CDG players(CDG1-CDGn), for inputting the CDG data, and a data memory(20) for storing the inputted data from the key inputting unit(14).

Description

Multiple performance device for video accompaniment system

1 is a system schematic diagram showing a conventional image flexible accompaniment system.

2 is a block diagram showing an image flexible accompaniment system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the system control apparatus in FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the CDG player in FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reservation apparatus shown in FIG.

6 shows an example of a reservation screen displayed by the reservation device.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: System control unit 2: CDG playback unit

3: Switching device 4: Image distributor

5: VTR 8: Monitor

11: control unit 12: transceiver

14: key input unit 15: dip switch unit

16: bell signal output section 18: monitor signal output section

19: Program memory 20: Data memory

21: automatic reset unit 22: main processing device

25 memory unit 26 playback device

The present invention relates to a video accompaniment system that accompanies a song requested by a user together with an image. In particular, a representative telephone telephone system of a telephone station can be effectively responded to when multiple users request a single accompaniment at the same time or during performance. A video similar to (Group Hunting) relates to a multiple playing device for the accompaniment system.

In recent years, a so-called video flexible accompaniment system that provides video, lyrics and accompaniment to a large number of users has become increasingly popular. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating such an image-enabled accompaniment system. A monitor (M; M1 to Mn) and an accompaniment for providing an image to each room (ROOM; ROOM1 to ROOMn) where a user enters and sings. Speaker SP (SP1 to SPn) for providing a voice, a reservation device (RQ1 to RQn) for registering and reserving a desired song after the user inputs a predetermined amount of money, and registered by the reservation device (RQ). A display board (DB; DB1 to DBn) for displaying the number of reserved songs and the remaining amount of money is provided.

On the other hand, in the operation room OPR which transmits the video and accompaniment of the music requested from each room ROOM to the room, one display board DBO (DBO1 to DBOn) and a monitor respectively corresponding to each room ROOM (MO; MO1 to MOn), CDG recorder (DCO; DCO1 to DCOn) and two CDG players (CDG1, CDG2; CDG11 to CDG1n, CDG21 to CDG2n), and are commonly used as a video system (VTR) and video distributor (VDA) is in place.

In addition, the dispatch board DBO may display the number of the reserved songs set by the reservation device RQ of each room and the balance of the charges put into the reservation device RQ in the room ROOM. The monitor MO provides the same image as that of the monitor M in each room, and the CDG decoder DCO is distributed and supplied by the image distributor VDA and the CDG player CDG1. , The playback signal reproduced from any one of CDG2) is selectively outputted to the monitor MO and the corresponding ROM. Furthermore, on the monitors M and MO, subtitle data such as song lyrics reproduced from the video signal and the CDG is displayed through the video distributor VDA.

Next, the operation of the image accompaniment system having the above configuration will be described.

For example, when a user enters a first room ROOM and inputs a predetermined amount into a coin opening not shown in the reservation device RQ1, and inputs a number corresponding to a desired disc number and song number, the corresponding number is entered according to the input order. The display board DB1 installed in the room ROOM1 and the room ROOM installed in the operating room OPR are displayed on the display board DBO1 of the system.

Subsequently, the administrator who manages the operating room OPR looks at the song number displayed on the display board DBO1, first locates a compact disk graphic corresponding to the first song, and mounts the CDG on the first CDG player CDG1. In the same manner as in the normal CD player operation.

In other words, after the CD is mounted on the CDG player (CDG1), the curve selection button is operated to designate the song, and then the play button is pressed. In addition, the manager also drives the VTR together, so that the video signal reproduced from the VTR is supplied to the CDG player CDG1 through the video distributor VDA, and the video signal supplied to the CDG decoder DCO1 is The audio signal reproduced in the CDG player CDG1 is displayed through the speaker of the corresponding room ROOM1 while being displayed on the monitors M1 and MO1 in combination with the subtitle data reproduced in the CDG player CDG1.

Next, when the operation of the CDG player (CDG1) is started, the manager looks at the display board (DBO1), searches for the CD corresponding to the next song, mounts it on the second CDG player (CDG2), and then operates the curved tap button again. Is selected, and the CDG player CDG1 plays the selected song of the CDG player CDG2 at the end of the playback of the selected song.

When the operation of the CDG player CDG2 is repeated and the operation is repeated, the administrator must remove the CDG from which the accompaniment of the CDG player CDG1 is finished, put it back to its original position, and play it after the operation of the CDG player CDG2 ends. The CDG is searched and mounted on the CDG player (CDG1), and then a corresponding song is selected by operating a curved tag button.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional video flexible accompaniment system, management work for managing the operating room OPR becomes very cumbersome. In other words, the administrator to manage the operating room (OPR) must monitor each display board (DBO1 to BDOn) and monitors (MO1 to MOn) to perform continuous CD replacement and selection of playback songs for the replaced CD. The workload of the company is very heavy.

In particular, in the case of a popular song requested by a large number of users, it is difficult to effectively cope with the above-described conventional video accompaniment system because a situation in which a plurality of rooms simultaneously request is frequently generated.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an image flexible accompaniment system that can effectively respond when a large number of users request one accompaniment.

The video accompaniment system according to the present invention for realizing the above object comprises a CDG reproducing unit 2 composed of a plurality of CDG players CDG1 to CDGn, a reservation device 6 for requesting an accompaniment desired by the user, and And a system controller (1) for driving control of the fraudulent CDG playback unit (2) on the basis of the accompaniment designation data specified by the reservation means (6) to reproduce the accompaniment. (1) includes a key input section 14 for inputting stored song data of CDG mounted on the CDG players CDG1 to CDGn, and a data memory 20 for storing data input by the key input section 14; It characterized in that it is configured to include.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the administrator can arbitrarily prepare a plurality of CDGs in which the same accompaniment is stored, so that a plurality of users can effectively respond to one accompaniment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an image accompaniment system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, when a user enters a room provided for a user to sing a song and requests a desired song, the operation room accompanies the corresponding song. And it is to transmit the video signal to each room, where a plurality of rooms (ROOM) to enter the user is provided in the required number, and the devices installed in each room (ROOM) all have the same configuration, for convenience 1 Only the dog will be described.

In FIG. 2, a plurality of CDG players CDG1 to CDGn are integrally integrated to form a CDG reproducing unit 2, and the CDG reproducing unit 2 is connected to each room through an automatic switching device 3. ) And accompaniment output devices are connected in parallel. Each CDG player (CDG1 to CDGn) is equipped with a respective CDG. In the case of a popular song that is frequently selected by a user at the time of CDG installation, the CDG containing the corresponding song is stored in the plurality of CDG players. It can be attached. When the accompaniment is requested by the reservation device 6 installed in each room, the system controller 1 searches for the data memory 20 to be described in FIG. After determining the mounted CDG player, the CDG player is operated and the switching device 3 is controlled to transmit the played back accompaniment to the amplifier device 7 of the room ROOM. In addition, the CDG reproducing unit 2 is connected to the VTR 5 by driving a plurality of image distributors 4, and thus the video signal secreted by the image distributor 4 when the audio signal is transmitted. It is also sent out and supplied to the monitor device 8 of the room.

3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system control apparatus 1, which is a control unit 11 for controlling the entire system, and a transmission / reception unit 12 which is responsible for transmitting and receiving the control unit 11 and other external devices. ), A key input unit 14 for inputting the accompaniment data mounted on each CDG player (1 to CDPn), a dip switch unit 15 for setting and inputting the number of rooms, etc., and the key input unit 14 Displaying information according to the command instructed by the bell signal output unit 16, the key input 14, etc., which generates a predetermined sound signal each time a key is pressed and confirms whether or not the key has been pressed. Data for storing the accompaniment data mounted in the monitor signal output unit 18 for outputting a signal to the monitor for the monitor, the program memory 19 in which the operation program of the control unit 11 is stored, and the CDG players CD1 to CDPn. Memory 20 and, for example, a reservation device for ROOM If the song number arbitrarily designated by (6) is not among the CDs mounted on each of the CDG players CDG1 to CDGn of the CDG reproducing unit 2, the automatic reset unit 21 automatically cancels the specified song number. It is configured to include.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the CDG player provided in the CDG player 2, which is a main processing unit 22 for controlling each circuit device of the CDG player and a unique number of the CDG player. Dip switch unit 23, the main processing unit 22, the bidirectional buffer 24 for transmitting and receiving to the outside, the memory unit 25 for storing the operation program and various data of the main processing unit 22 And a playback device 26 for reproducing the audio signal from the CDG and synthesizing the lyrics data with the video playback signal applied through the video distributor 4.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reservation apparatus 6 installed in each room, which includes a control unit 51 for controlling each circuit unit, the control unit 51 and other external devices. Transmission and reception unit 52 that is responsible for the transmission and reception of a key, a key input unit 54 for inputting a desired song number, a dip switch 55 for specifying a unique number of the device, that is, a room number, and the key input unit 54. Each time a key is pressed, a bell signal output unit 56 generates a predetermined sound signal to confirm whether the key is pressed, a seven segment output unit 57 for displaying a song number, etc. specified by the user, A monitor signal output unit 58 for displaying an image signal, a program memory 19 for storing operation programs of the control unit 51, a data memory unit 20 for storing various data, and the control device ( 51) does not operate properly And an automatic reset section 61 for automatically resetting the.

Next, the operation of the image flexible accompaniment system having the above-described configuration will be described.

First, the manager mounts the CDG in which the CDG players (CDP1 to CDn) accompaniment of FIG. 2 are stored, and operates the key input unit 14 of FIG. 3 to operate the accompaniment and the accompaniment music. The controller 11 stores data input at this time in the data memory 20. In this case, in the case of a CDG in which a large number of accompaniment songs are selected by the user, a plurality of CDG players are prepared and mounted in a predetermined plurality of CDG players, and then the numbers of the CDG players, for example, CDGn-6 to CDGn N-6, n-5,... , n is entered corresponding to the song number.

Then, when the user enters the room (ROOM) and put the coin into the unshown coin entrance installed in the reservation device 6, the control device 2 is reserved on the monitor screen through the monitor signal output unit 58 The screen will be displayed.

At this time, the reservation screen is configured as shown in FIG. 6, and when the user sees the reservation screen and operates the key input unit 54 to input the accompaniment number “1214,” for example, the control device 51 In addition to displaying “1214” in the first column, the part corresponding to No. 2 blinks to indicate that the next step is No. 2.

In this case, the application song number is set in advance based on the number of the CDG player on which the corresponding application song is stored and the order of the accompaniment of the CDG. For example, the accompaniment number is “1214”. In this case, it corresponds to the 14th accompaniment of the 12th CDG player (CDG12).

When the reservation is completed in the above-described order, the control device 51 stores the designated accompaniment number in the data memory 60 and sequentially from the first application song of the sequential data reading operation of the operating room OPR. The transmission and reception unit 52 transmits the data to the operating room OPR.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, in the operation room OPR, when an application song number is input from the reservation apparatus 6, the system control apparatus 1 selects the application song based on the input application number. The CDG player in which the recorded CDG is settled is judged to open the two-way buffer 24 of the corresponding CDG player (CDG 12 in this example) of the CDG playback unit 2, and thus the designated song number sent to the reservation device 6; Is input to the main processing unit (22).

Subsequently, the main processing unit 22 compares the input designated song number with its own unique number set by the dip switch unit 23 and drives the reproducing apparatus 26 if they match. Therefore, as described above, the audio signal of the corresponding application song and the video signal reproduced by the VTR 5 are output from the playback device 5, and the system controller 1 switches the switching device 3 in FIG. By controlling the connection between the corresponding CDG player CDG 12 and the room, the reproduced video and audio signals are transferred to the reservation device 6 and the amplifier device of the room ROOM, respectively. Will be sent.

The controller 51 of the room ROOM displays the video signal including the lyrics data corresponding to the audio signal output through the speaker and displays the video signal on the monitor screen through the monitor signal output unit 56. In addition, the 7-segment signal is output through the 7-segment output unit 57, and the song number currently accompanied on a display board (not shown) installed outside the reservation apparatus 6, and the song number and balance to be accompanied next (or use). Time).

On the other hand, when the CDG player CDG12, in which the user's application music is stored, is in the CDG playback state by an application from another room, the control unit 11 of the system controller 1 stores the data memory 20 ), The CDG player is searched for another CDG player in which the song is prepared, and the CDG player is operated. In this case, when there is no other CDG player that contains the same song, or when all of them are in an operating state, a command to transmit the next performance song data is transmitted to the control unit 51 of the reservation apparatus through the transmission / reception unit 12. . Then, the control unit 51 outputs the next selection song data through the transmission / reception unit 52 according to the command from the system controller 1, and scrolls the reservation screen to apply the application song data that is not accompanied by another application song. The last number after the number is displayed. At this time, if there is no other applied song data, a guide to designate the applied song is performed.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, it is possible to realize an image accompaniment system that can effectively cope with when multiple users request the accompaniment simultaneously.

Claims (4)

On the basis of a CDG reproducing unit 2 composed of a plurality of CDG players CDG1 to CDGn, a reservation device 6 for requesting an accompaniment desired by the user, and accompaniment music designation data designated by the reservation device 6; And a system controller 1 for driving the CDG reproducing unit 2 to reproduce the divided music, and the system controller 1 is mounted on the CDG players CDG1 to CDGn. And a data memory (20) for storing data inputted by the key input section (14). 2. The CDG reproducing unit according to claim 1, wherein the system controller (1) is based on the stored song data stored in the data memory (20) when the accompaniment music designation data is input by the reservation device (6). An image accompaniment system, characterized by driving control of (2). 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reservation device (6) includes a key input unit (54) for the user to designate the accompaniment, a data memory (60) for storing the input accompaniment data, and the data memory (60). An output device 57, 58 for outputting the stored data, and the display order of the semi-accompaniment data output to the gasing impulse devices 57, 58 when the designated accompaniment cannot be reproduced by the CDG reproducing unit 2; An image accompaniment system, characterized in that it comprises a control unit (51) for changing the screen. 4. The image accompaniment system according to claim 3, wherein said scree control device (51) guides the accompaniment designation when another accompaniment is not specified after said unplayable accompaniment.