WO2005013260A1

WO2005013260A1 - Karaoke system

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Publication number: WO2005013260A1
Application number: PCT/JP2004/011001
Authority: WO
Inventors: Katsuhiro Sato
Original assignee: Sanyo Electric Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2003-08-04
Filing date: 2004-07-26
Publication date: 2005-02-10
Also published as: JP2005055628A; CN1830021A; KR20060066083A

Abstract

A communication karaoke terminal (12) receives a content from an Internet radio station (18) in the intervals of karaoke performance and outputs a received radio broadcast content as BGM. When a specified key is pushed during delivery of the radio broadcast content, a karaoke melody corresponding to the radio broadcast content under delivery is acquired from a communication karaoke server (14) and the acquired melody is played.

Description

Karaoke equipment technical field

The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly to, for example, a karaoke apparatus that reproduces a requested karaoke song. Conventional technology

Conventionally, in this type of karaoke apparatus, in general, when a user requests a song to sing, the user first searches through a thick song collection with his / her own hand to find the identification number of the desired song, and then finds the identification number of the found song. It must be entered by key operation. One example of conventional technology that reduces such troublesome and error-prone request work is

This is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-131676 published on May 9, 2003. According to this conventional technique, when requesting music, a music search menu screen is presented on a touch panel of the remote control. This menu screen includes search items such as singer names and song names, and when the user taps on any item, the corresponding task screen is called. Further, by selecting the corresponding item in the task screen, the identification number of the target music can be reached.

By the way, in karaoke, there are, of course, songs that you want to sing from the beginning, but not often. When the song to be sung isn't decided, sometimes you may hear the background music flowing between the powers of Raoke and experience the song you want to sing unexpectedly.

However, in such a situation, there are times when a song you want to sing is found but you cannot immediately remember the song name or singer's name. In that case, you must first recall the name of the song or singer by using the memory and the songbook, then search for the song number based on the song name or the name of the singer, and then enter the song number. With the above-mentioned conventional technology, the trouble of searching and inputting music numbers can be reduced to some extent.However, it takes a long time and much The result is a lot of effort. If you can't remember the name of the song or singer, use the above-mentioned prior art. I can't cope. In other words, the conventional technology has limited convenience in requesting music. Summary of the Invention

Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a novel karaoke apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus which can enhance convenience when requesting music.

A karaoke apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 comprises: a first reproducing means for reproducing an arbitrary BGM; a receiving means for receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary BGM; and a karaoke corresponding to the arbitrary BGM in response to the predetermined operation. An acquisition unit for acquiring the music, and a second reproduction unit for reproducing the karaoke music acquired by the acquisition unit.

In the invention of claim 1, an arbitrary BGM is reproduced, and a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary BGM is received. In response to this predetermined operation, a karaoke song corresponding to the arbitrary background music is acquired, and the acquired karaoke song is reproduced. Here, the predetermined operation is typically an operation of pressing a specific key while the arbitrary background music is being reproduced, as in the invention of claim 7 below. As a result, if there is a favorite song in the background music that is output between karaoke performances, for example, a simple operation of pressing a specific key during output of that song can be performed immediately. You can sing at karaoke.

A karaoke device according to the invention of claim 2 is dependent on the invention of claim 1, wherein the arbitrary BGM is a radio broadcast content, and the acquiring means acquires the attribute information of the arbitrary BGM from a radio station at the transmission source. It includes an attribute information obtaining means and a karaoke music obtaining means for obtaining karaoke music based on the attribute information obtained by the attribute information obtaining means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the radio broadcast content is reproduced as BGM. When acquiring a karaoke song corresponding to an arbitrary background music, first obtain the attribute information of the arbitrary background music from the transmitting radio station, and then perform the karaoke based on the obtained attribute information. Get a song. The attribute information is typically the invention of claim 5 or 6. Includes song title and Z or player name. This allows the radio broadcast content to be played as BGM between karaoke performances, and if the desired content is found in the BGM, the content can be sung by karaoke. In this case, it is not necessary to accumulate background music in the input device, so that the configuration can be simplified. Also, you can always play the latest content as background music and sing karaoke. A karaoke apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is dependent on the second aspect, wherein the karaoke music piece obtaining means includes a notifying means for notifying the attribute information obtained by the attribute information obtaining means to a karaoke music piece obtaining destination.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the obtained attribute information is notified to the acquisition destination of the karaoke music piece, and the identification of the karaoke music piece corresponding to the attribute information is left to the acquisition destination. This simplifies the configuration as compared with the case where the karaoke apparatus specifies the corresponding karaoke music by itself as in the invention of claim 4 described below.

A karaoke apparatus according to the invention of claim 4 is dependent on claim 2, wherein the karaoke music acquisition means includes: a plurality of identifiers respectively assigned to the plurality of karaoke songs; Management means for managing the information in association with the information; and selection means for selecting an identifier corresponding to the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition means from a plurality of identifiers managed by the management means.

In the invention of claim 4, the plurality of identifiers respectively assigned to the plurality of karaoke songs are managed in association with the plurality of attribute information respectively assigned to the plurality of karaoke songs. An identifier corresponding to the acquired attribute information is selected from the plurality of identifiers managed in this manner. Thus, it is possible to easily obtain a music piece based on the attribute information.

A karaoke apparatus according to the invention of claim 5 is dependent on the invention of claim 2, and the attribute information includes a song name.

A karaoke apparatus according to the invention of claim 6 is dependent on the invention of claim 2, and the attribute information includes a player name.

A karaoke apparatus according to the invention of claim 7 is dependent on the invention of claim 1, and the predetermined operation is an operation of pressing a specific key while an arbitrary BGM is being reproduced.

A karaoke reproducing program according to the invention of claim 8 is provided for a karaoke apparatus processor. A karaoke reproduction program to be executed, the first reproduction step of reproducing an arbitrary background music, a receiving step of receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary background music, and a correspondence with an arbitrary background music in response to the predetermined operation. And a second reproduction step for reproducing the karaoke music obtained in the obtaining step.

The karaoke reproducing method according to the invention of claim 9 includes a first reproducing step of reproducing an arbitrary background music, a receiving step of receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary background music, and a response to the arbitrary background music in response to the predetermined operation. And a second reproduction step of reproducing the power-launched music piece obtained in the obtaining step.

According to the present invention, when the user encounters a desired song in the background music that is played between power rake performances, the user can immediately sing the song with karaoke simply by pressing a key. In other words, by using the background music as a karaoke songbook, it is possible to easily request a song that does not remember the song title and the name of the player, thus increasing the convenience of requesting the song.

The above objects, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings. Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication karaoke system 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a communication karaoke terminal;

FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing a configuration example of a key pad of the communication karaoke terminal; FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing contents of RAM of the communication karaoke terminal;

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the communication karaoke server;

Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the contents of the HD of the communication karaoke server;

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view showing one example of a karaoke song ID search table;

Figure 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the tuning server;

Figure 9 is a block diagram showing the contents of the HD of the tuning server; FIG. 10 is an illustrative view showing one example of an Internet radio station table; FIG. 11 is an illustrative view showing one example of a genre search table;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an Internet radio station; FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing HD contents of an Internet radio station; FIG. 14 is an illustrative view showing an example of music information;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing performed by the CPU of the communication karaoke terminal; FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing another part of the processing performed by the CPU of the communication karaoke terminal;

Figure 17 is a flowchart showing another part of the processing performed by the CPU of the communication karaoke terminal;

Figure 18 is a flow chart showing still another part of the processing performed by the CPU of the communication karaoke terminal;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the CPU of the tuning server; FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the CPU of the communication karaoke server;

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing performed by the CPU of the Internet radio station. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, a communication karaoke system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication karaoke terminal 12, a communication karaoke server 14, a tuning server 16, and a plurality of Internet radio stations 18, 18,. Are connected to each other via the Internet 20.

An example of the configuration of the communication karaoke terminal 12 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the network controller 122 is connected to the Internet 20 via a terminal 121, inputs a signal from the Internet 20 to the CPU 125, and outputs a signal from the CPU 125 to the Internet 20. I do.

The keypad 123 receives a user's key operation and inputs a signal corresponding to the pressed key to the CPU 125. The display 124 receives signals from the CPU 125. Receive characters and display characters and graphics on the screen. RAMI 26 provides a work area for CPU 125 to perform processing. The flash memory 127 stores a program describing the procedure of the processing performed by the CPU 125. DSP 128 decompresses the compressed digital audio signal. DAC 129 performs D / A conversion of the digital audio signal. Amplifier 130 amplifies the analog audio signal output from DAC 129. The speaker 131 converts an electric signal output from the amplifier 130 into a sound wave. At this time, the amplifier 130 is supplied with a control signal from the CPU 125, and the speaker 130 outputs a sound whose volume is appropriately adjusted.

The CPU 125 downloads karaoke songs from the communication karaoke server 14 by controlling the network controller 122, acquires the URL of the Internet radio station 18 from the tuning server 16, and obtains radio from the Internet radio stations 18, 18,. Or receive broadcast songs. The CPU 125 also controls the DSP 128, the DAC 129, and the amplifier 130 to perform an audio signal reproduction process. Note that the CPU 125 is a multitask CPU that operates under control of a multitask OS such as ITRON, and can execute a plurality of tasks in parallel. For example, you can download the next karaoke song or select a radio station while playing karaoke.

An example of the configuration of the keypad 123 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, the keypad 123 includes an input key 1231 for inputting numbers and characters, a power key 1232, and a “radio” key which is pressed when the user wants to sing a karaoke song currently being broadcast on the radio. Broadcast music performance "Ki 1233" is provided.

The contents of RAMI 26 are shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, RAMI 26 has a storage area 1261 for storing karaoke songs downloaded from communication karaoke server 14 and an Internet radio station table (described later) provided from tuning server 16. An internet radio station table storage area 1262 to be stored and a URL storage area 1263 to store a URL notified from the tuning server 16 are included.

Here, the URL storage area 1263 stores only one URL. When a new URL is obtained, the new URL overwrites the old URL. Follow Thus, the most recently acquired URL is always stored in the RAMI 26.

The RAMI 26 also stores a karaoke playback flag 1264 and a karaoke song update flag 1265. The karaoke playback flag 1264 indicates ON when a karaoke song is stored in the karaoke song storage area 1261 and OFF when no karaoke song is stored. The karaoke song update flag is set (ON) when the playback of one karaoke song ends, and reset (OFF) when the URL corresponding to the next karaoke song is obtained.

An example of the configuration of the communication karaoke server 14 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 5, network controller 142 is connected to Internet 20 via terminal 141, inputs a signal from Internet 20 to CPU 143, and outputs a signal from CPU 143 to Internet 20. I do. The RAMI 44 provides a work area for the CPU 143 to perform processing. The flash memory 145 stores a program describing the procedure of the process performed by the CPU 143.

The contents of the hard disk (HD) 146 are shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 6, HD 146 includes a karaoke song storage area 1461 in which karaoke songs are stored, and a karaoke song ID search table storage area 1462 in which a karaoke song ID search table is stored. .

An example of a karaoke song ID search table is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, in karaoke song ID search table 30, song name 301, artist name 302, and karaoke song ID 303 are assigned to each of a plurality of karaoke songs.

FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the tuning server 16. Referring to FIG. 8, the network controller 162 is connected to the Internet 20 via a terminal 161, inputs a signal from the Internet 20 to the CPU 163, and receives a signal from the CPU 163. Output the signal to the Internet 20. The RAMI 64 provides a work area for the CPU 163 to perform processing. The flash memory 165 stores a program describing the procedure of the process performed by the CPU 163.

The contents of HD 166 are shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, hard disk 166 has an Internet radio station table in which an Internet radio station table is stored. A station table storage area 1661 and a genre search table storage area 1662 in which a genre search table is stored are included.

An example of an Internet radio station table is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 10, Internet radio station table 32 is divided into a plurality of genre columns 321, 321,... Such as "Pop", "Rock",. In each genre column 321 are registered identifiers 322, 322,... Of Internet radio stations 18, 18,. Identifiers 322, 322,… are respectively identification numbers such as “1”, “2”,…, and “http: // www. Pop l. * **”, “http: // www. Rck 2.… An example of a genre search table is shown in Fig. 11. Referring to Fig. 11, the genre search table 34 includes a song name 341 and an artist name 342 for each of a plurality of songs. And genre 343 is assigned.

FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of the Internet radio station 18. Referring to FIG. 12, network controller 182 is connected to Internet 20 via terminal 181 and inputs signals from Internet 20 to CPU 183 and outputs signals from CPU 183 to Internet 20. I do. RAMI 84 provides a work area for CPU 183 to perform processing. The flash memory 185 stores a program describing the procedure of the process performed by the CPU 183.

The contents of HD 186 are shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 13, hard disk 186 includes a radio broadcast music storage area 1861 in which radio broadcast music is stored, and a music information storage area 1862 in which music information of radio broadcast music is stored. . An example of the song information is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 14, song information 36 describes a song title 361 and an artist name 362 related to a radio broadcast song in a radio broadcast song storage area 1861.

The operation of the communication karaoke system 10 configured as described above will be described below. Referring to FIG. 1, communication karaoke server 14 stores a plurality of karaoke songs. The communication karaoke terminal 12 downloads karaoke songs from the communication karaoke server 14 via the Internet 20, and plays the downloaded karaoke songs. On the other hand, songs from a specific genre, for example, “Po”, “Rock”,…, etc., are broadcast from the Internet radio stations 18, 18,…. The communication karaoke terminal 12 plays a song broadcast from one of the Internet radio stations 18 during the period from the end of the playback of one karaoke song to the start of the playback of the next Karaoke song. Receives and outputs the received radio broadcast music as BGM.

The genre and URL of each in-net radio station 18, 18,... Are registered in the tuning server 16, and the communication karaoke terminal 12 has to start receiving radio broadcast music before starting to receive the radio broadcast music. The tuning server 16 is notified of the title of the karaoke song to be played and the name of the artist. The tuning server 16 specifies the genre of the karaoke song from the notified song name and artist name, and selects an Internet radio station 18 belonging to the same genre as the karaoke song. Then, the communication karaoke terminal 12 is notified of the URL of the selected radio station 18. The communication color terminal 12 can receive a radio broadcast song belonging to the same genre as the karaoke song by accessing the URL notified from the tuning server 16.

The CPU 125 of the communication karaoke terminal 12 (see FIG. 2) specifically processes the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Note that control programs corresponding to these flowcharts are stored in the flash memory 127. Referring to FIG. 15, in step S1, CPU 125 performs an initial setting in response to pressing of power button 1232 of keypad 123 (see FIG. 3). The initialization includes a process for resetting the karaoke playback flag 1264 and the karaoke song update flag 1265 (see FIG. 4). '

In step S3, the CPU 125 starts a karaoke task (described later). In step S5, the URL is determined (described later). In step S7, connection is made to the Internet radio station 18 corresponding to the determined URL. In step S9, a song broadcast from the Internet radio station 18 is received, and the received radio broadcast song is output.

In step S11, the CPU 125 sets the karaoke playback flag 1264. Is determined. If the determination is negative, the process waits. If the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the output of the radio broadcast music is stopped. In step S15, it is determined whether or not the karaoke song update flag 1265 is set. If this determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S17, and if negative, the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S17, the CPU 125 transmits the music information 36 (see FIG. 14) relating to the karaoke music to be reproduced to the tuning server 16. In step S19, a URL is acquired from the tuning server 16. In step S21, the karaoke song update flag 1265 is reset. Then, the process returns to step S15.

In step S23, the CPU 125 determines whether or not the karaoke playback flag 1264 has been reset. If this determination result is affirmative, the process returns to step S5, and if negative, the process returns to step S15.

The karaoke task started in step S3 is executed according to the flowchart in FIG. Referring to FIG. 16, in step S31, CPU 125 determines whether or not a radio broadcast tune is being output. If this determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S33, and if negative, the process proceeds to step S41.

In step S33, the CPU 125 determines whether or not the radio broadcast music performance key 123 (see FIG. 3) has been pressed. If the result of this determination is affirmative, the operation proceeds to step S35, and if negative, the operation proceeds to step S41. In step S35, music information 36 regarding the music currently being broadcast is requested to the Internet radio station 18. In step S37, music information 36 is received from the Internet radio station 18. In step S39, the received music information is transmitted to the communication karaoke server 14. Then go to step 47.

In step S41, the CPU 125 determines whether or not the music ID has been input from the input key 1 231. If this determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S43, and if negative, the process proceeds to step S45. In step S43, the input music ID is transmitted to the communication karaoke server 14, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S47.

In step S45, the CPU 125 determines whether or not the karaoke song is currently being played. If this determination is positive, the process returns to step S31, If there is, go to step S51.

In step S47, the CPU 125 receives the power rake song transmitted from the communication karaoke server 14. In step S49, the received karaoke song is written into the karaoke song storage area 1261 of RAMI26. Then, the process returns to step S31. Referring to FIG. 17, in step S51, CPU 125 determines whether or not a karaoke song exists, that is, whether or not a karaoke song is stored in karaoke song storage area 1261 of RAMI 26 (see FIG. 4). If there is a karaoke song, go to step S53; otherwise, go to step S59.

In step S53, a karaoke playback flag 1264 is set. In step S55, one karaoke song is read from the karaoke song storage area 1261, and the read karaoke song is reproduced. In step S57, a karaoke song update flag 1265 is set when the reproduction of one karaoke song is completed. Then, the process returns to step S31.

In step S59, the CPU 125 resets the karaoke playback flag 1264. Then, the process returns to step S31.

The URL determination processing in step S5 is executed, for example, according to a subroutine in FIG. Referring to FIG. 18, in step S71, CPU 125 determines whether or not a URL exists, that is, whether or not a URL is stored in URL storage area 1263 of RAMI 26. If there is a URL, go to step S73; otherwise, go to step S79.

In step S73, the CPU 125 requests the tuning server 16 for the in-home radio station table 32 (see FIG. 10). In step S75, the table 32 is received from the tuning server 16. In step S77, one URL is selected from the received table 32. In step S79, the selected URL is read from table 32. After that, it returns to the upper layer routine. The URL selection in step S77 is performed, for example, as follows. Select the station registered at the top of Table 32. Or, select one station at random from Table 32. Alternatively, the table 32 is displayed on the display 124, and the designated station is selected by the user's key operation. The CPU 163 of the tuning server (see FIG. 8) specifically processes the flow chart shown in FIG. The control program corresponding to this flowchart is stored in the flash memory 165.

Referring to FIG. 19, in step S111, CPU 163 determines whether a signal requesting Internet radio station table 32 has been transmitted from communication karaoke terminal 12 or not. If the determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S113, and if the determination result is negative, the process proceeds to step S115. In step S113, the Internet radio station table 32 is transmitted to the communication karaoke terminal 12. Then, the process proceeds to step S115.

In step S115, the CPU 163 determines whether or not the music information 36 has been sent from the communication karaoke terminal 12. If the determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S117, and if negative, the process returns to step S111.

In step S117, the CPU 163 specifies the genre corresponding to the sent music information 36 based on the genre search table 34 (see FIG. 11). In step S 119, one of the Internet radio stations 18, 18,… classified into the specified genre based on the Internet radio station table 32. For example, the station registered at the head of the corresponding genre column 3 2 1 is selected. Instead of selecting the first station, one station may be selected at random in the genre column 3 21. Alternatively, there is a method of storing a channel selection history, and giving a predetermined weight to the options, such as preferentially selecting a station which has not been selected in the past or a station having a small number of selections.

In step S121, the CPU 163 reads the selected URL from the Internet radio station table 32 and transmits the read URL to the communication karaoke terminal 12. Then, the process returns to step S111.

The CPU 144 of the communication karaoke server 14 (see FIG. 5) specifically processes the flowchart shown in FIG. The control program corresponding to this flowchart is stored in the flash memory 145.

Referring to FIG. 20, in step S 1441, CPU 144 determines whether or not a song ID has been sent from communication karaoke terminal 12. If this determination is positive, The process proceeds to step S144, and if not, the process proceeds to step S145. In step S144, the transmitted music ID is received. Thereafter, the flow advances to step S151. In step S145, the CPU 144 determines whether or not the music information 36 has been sent from the communication karaoke terminal 12. If the result of this determination is affirmative, the flow proceeds to step S147, and if negative, the flow returns to step S144.

At step S147, the CPU 143 receives the transmitted music information 36. In step S149, the song ID of the karaoke song corresponding to the received song information 36 is specified based on the karaoke song ID search table 30 (see FIG. 7). Thereafter, the flow advances to step S151.

In step S151, the CPU 143 transmits the karaoke tune corresponding to the specified ID to the communication karaoke terminal 12. Then, the process returns to step S141.

The CPU 183 of the Internet radio station (see Figure 12) specifically processes the flow diagram shown in Figure 21. The control program corresponding to this flowchart is stored in the flash memory 185.

Referring to FIG. 21, in step S 161, CPU 183 determines whether or not an inquiry for music information 36 has been received from communication karaoke terminal 12. If the result of this determination is affirmative, the operation proceeds to step S163, and if negative, the process stands by. In step S163, the music information storage area 1862 (see Fig. 13) in the HD186 is searched, and the music information 36 relating to the music currently broadcast from the own station is searched. Read from storage area 1862. In step S165, the read music information 36 is transmitted to the communication karaoke terminal 12. Then, the process returns to step S166.

As can be understood from the above description, in the communication karaoke system 10 of this embodiment, the communication karaoke terminal 12 selects the Internet radio station 18 that broadcasts a karaoke tune having the same genre as the karaoke tune to be reproduced. Then, when the karaoke playback ends, the music broadcast from the Internet radio station 18 is received. Then, the received radio broadcast music is played as background music. As a result, between the karaoke performances, the radio broadcast tunes that are close in tune to the power rake songs will be played as background music.

The above radio channel selection is entrusted to the tuning server 16. In other words, the communication karaoke terminal 12 is used for the song information of the karaoke song, specifically, the song name and artist name. Is notified to the tuning server 16, and the tuning server 16 specifies the genre of the karaoke song based on the notified song information. Then, one of the Internet radio stations 18 classified into the specified genre is selected, and the URL is transmitted to the communication capability Raoke terminal 12. This simplifies the configuration of terminal 12. Note that the communication karaoke terminal 12 may perform all of the genre identification, radio station selection, and URL search by itself without providing the tuning server 16 as in this embodiment. (See FIG. 4) further stores a genre search table 34 (see FIG. 11).

In the communication karaoke system 10 of this embodiment, the communication karaoke terminal 12 responds to the currently played radio broadcast tune by pressing the “Radio tune selection” key 1233 while the radio tune is being reproduced. The karaoke song to be acquired is obtained from the communication karaoke server 14. Then, the obtained karaoke song is played.

To obtain a compatible karaoke song, first inquire the song information of the radio broadcast song, specifically the song title and artist name, to the Internet radio station 18 of the sender, and then contact the Internet radio station 18 The corresponding karaoke song is obtained from the communication karaoke server 14 based on the song information returned from the karaoke server. When acquiring the corresponding karaoke song, the communication karaoke terminal 12 notifies the communication karaoke server 14 of the song information. In response, the communication karaoke server 14 specifies a karaoke song corresponding to the song information, and transmits the specified karaoke song to the communication karaoke terminal 12.

Instead of causing the karaoke server 14 to identify the song ID of the corresponding karaoke song as in this embodiment, the communication karaoke terminal 12 may identify the song ID by itself. In this case, the RAMI 26 of the communication karaoke terminal 12 further stores a karaoke song ID search table 30 (see FIG. 7).

In this embodiment, the communication karaoke terminal 12 stores only one URL in the URL storage area 1263 in the RAMI 26, but may store a plurality of URLs. More specifically, the URL storage area 1263 in the RAMI 26 is divided into n small areas 12631 to 1263η (η is an arbitrary integer of 2 or more; not shown). The leading small area 12631 and the trailing small area 1263 η are connected to each other, and each time a new URL is acquired, the acquired URL is replaced with the small area 12631 ~ 1. Write cyclically to 2 63 n. Therefore, in this case, the n most recently acquired URLs are always stored in the RAM I 26.

When a plurality of URLs are stored as described above, when determining the URL (see step S5), select the URL with the largest number in the RAM 26 to stabilize the tune of the BGM. be able to. For example, if you are playing karaoke songs of the same genre in sequence and suddenly one song is interrupted by another karaoke song, the background music of the GM will be maintained without following the karaoke song. The feeling of discomfort felt by the parties in the venue is reduced.

Furthermore, when storing a plurality of URLs, there is also a method of storing together a plurality of genre names respectively corresponding to the plurality of URLs. In this case, when determining the URL, the genre with the largest number can be specified, and one of the URLs corresponding to the specified genre can be selected.

According to this embodiment, a radio broadcast song whose tune is close to that of the karaoke song is played as BGM during the karaoke playback, so that the party on the spot does not feel uncomfortable, and as a result, the karaoke You can enjoy it more comfortably. Also, there is no need to store background music in the terminal, which simplifies the terminal configuration. Also, the latest song can always be played as background music.

Also, according to this embodiment, when a favorite song is encountered in the background music played between karaoke performances, the user can immediately sing the song by karaoke just by pressing a key. In other words, even if you do not remember the song name or artist name, you can easily request it, increasing the convenience of requesting songs.

While this invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it is obvious that it is used by way of example and example only and should not be construed as limiting, the spirit and scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims. Limited only by the language of the claim.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. First playback means to play any background music

Receiving means for receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary BGM;

Acquiring means for acquiring a karaoke song corresponding to the arbitrary background music in response to the predetermined operation; and

A karaoke apparatus comprising: a second reproducing unit that reproduces the karaoke music piece acquired by the acquiring unit.

2. The optional background music is radio broadcast content,

The obtaining means includes: attribute information obtaining means for obtaining the attribute information of the arbitrary background music from a transmission source radio broadcast station; and karaoke for obtaining the karaoke music piece based on the attribute information obtained by the attribute information obtaining means. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising music acquisition means.

3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the karaoke song acquisition unit includes a notification unit that notifies the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit to an acquisition destination of the karaoke song.

4. The karaoke music acquisition means comprises: management means for managing a plurality of identifiers respectively assigned to the plurality of karaoke music pieces in association with a plurality of attribute information respectively assigned to the plurality of karaoke music pieces; and the management means 3. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: selecting means for selecting an identifier corresponding to the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquiring means from among a plurality of managed identifiers.

5. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes a song name.

6. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes a player name.

7. The karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is an operation of pressing a specific key while the arbitrary background music is being reproduced.

8. A karaoke playback program executed by the processor of the karaoke apparatus,

First playback step to play any background music,

A receiving step of receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary BGM; acquiring a karaoke song corresponding to the arbitrary BGM in response to the predetermined operation The acquisition step, and

A karaoke reproducing program, comprising: a second reproducing step of reproducing the karaoke music piece obtained in the obtaining step.

9. First playback step to play any background music,

A receiving step of receiving a predetermined operation directed to the arbitrary BGM, an obtaining step of obtaining a karaoke song corresponding to the arbitrary BGM in response to the predetermined operation, and

A karaoke reproducing method, comprising: a second reproduction step of reproducing the karaoke music piece obtained in the obtaining step.