JP2881928B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus that displays lyrics as the accompaniment progresses, and more particularly to a karaoke apparatus that can display the remaining amount of lyrics. It is.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a karaoke apparatus, as a singing support of a singer, lyrics are displayed on a display means, and the color of characters sung in synchronization with the accompaniment is changed or emphasized so that the progress of the song can be recognized. Or underlining was performed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when the lyrics are displayed on the display device in accordance with the progress of the song, means for displaying a part of the lyrics in order is usually used, such as an interlude section or a back play section. Then, because the display disappears, the singer may have trouble deciding whether or not there is a singing part, and even though there is still a singing part, he may leave the microphone and return to his seat halfway There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and has as its object to provide a karaoke apparatus that can inform a singer whether or not a singing portion remains.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is a karaoke apparatus including a storage unit, a control unit, a video playback unit, and a performance playback unit. Stores performance data and lyrics data. The lyrics data includes character data and lyrics remaining amount display information relating to a change in the display of the remaining amount display section. The control means reads the lyrics data from the storage means in synchronization with the progress of the playing of the performance data by the performance playback means. The video playback means causes the display means to display the remaining amount display section. The display of the remaining amount display section is updated based on the remaining lyrics display information in the data, and the character data of the lyrics in the lyrics data is displayed on the display means.

[Operation] In the present invention having the above-described configuration, the storage means stores performance data and lyrics data, and the lyrics data includes character data and lyrics remaining amount display information relating to a change in display of the remaining amount display unit. The performance reproducing means reproduces the performance data read from the storage means, the control means reads out the lyrics data from the storage means in synchronization with the progress of the reproduction of the performance data by the performance reproducing means, and the video reproducing means The remaining amount display section is displayed on the display means, and further, the display of the remaining amount display section is updated based on the remaining lyrics display information in the lyrics data, and the character data of the lyrics in the lyrics data is displayed on the display means. I do.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The karaoke apparatus has a storage device 1 for storing performance data, video data and lyrics data, a video playback circuit 3 for reproducing video data and lyrics data and outputting the data to a monitor 6 as display means, and playing back the performance data. A performance reproduction circuit 4 for outputting accompaniment of a song from the speaker 7 is connected to the control device 2. When a singer inputs a singing voice from the microphone 5, the singing voice of the singer is output from the speaker 7 simultaneously with the accompaniment. Things.

 Further, the performance reproducing circuit 4 constitutes reproducing means.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the monitor 6, in which a bar-shaped lyrics remaining amount display portion 8 as a lyrics remaining amount information display means is provided on a part of the screen, and its outer frame is always displayed, and the inside thereof is filled in. The part that is present is the remaining lyrics information for the entire singing part.

FIG. 3 shows the lyrics data 9 stored in the storage device 1.
The lyrics of the lyrics displayed on one screen are stored as one block, and at the beginning of each block, which part of the lyrics remaining display is filled is erased. Or remaining amount display information 10
Is stored, and then one-screen character data 11 is stored. The next block of the data of the last screen displaying the lyrics has the same format, and the remaining block display information 10 is provided at the beginning, and the character display end code 12 is stored in the one-screen character data 11.

Next, the display operation of the lyrics and the remaining amount of the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 4, when music accompaniment starts, the monitor 6
The lyrics remaining amount display portion 8 displays a lyrics remaining amount display in which the whole is painted out (step 1, hereinafter referred to as S1. Other steps are the same). The control device 2 reads the data of one block of the lyrics data 9 according to the progress of the accompaniment (S2),
In accordance with the leading remaining amount display information 10, only the read data is deleted from the lyrics remaining amount display (S3). Subsequently, when there is one-screen character data 11 to be displayed (S4), the one-screen character data 11 is displayed on the monitor 6 (S5).

When the lyrics of one screen are displayed, processing such as changing the color of the letters of the lyrics is performed in synchronization with the progress of the accompaniment.
At this time, only the characters of the lyrics are erased, and there is no change in the lyrics remaining amount display.

Subsequently, the data of the next one block is read (S2), and the lyrics remaining amount display is erased in the same manner for the read data (S3).

The above operation is performed after the lyrics remaining amount display erasing process (S3).
The process repeats while performing the process (S4) of determining whether the one-screen character data 11 is the character display end code 12, and terminates the character display when the character display end code 12 is found.

Since the characters of the lyrics are erased in synchronization with the accompaniment, only the remaining lyrics display is displayed in the interlude section or the backing section, so that the remaining lyrics can be understood at a glance.

As shown in FIG. 5, the actual erasing process is performed by erasing each area of the lyrics remaining amount display portion 8 divided into ten equal parts from above. If there is no filled part, the singing part has ended. For example,
If the lyrics remaining amount display portion 8 has been deleted up to "5" based on the remaining amount display information 10, it indicates that the lyrics still have half of the entire lyrics. However, in this figure, the broken lines and the numbers in the frame are not actually displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, since the remaining amount information of the lyrics is similarly given to the listener, there is also an effect that the timing of applause is not missed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the lyrics remaining amount display is deleted as much as the lyrics information is read. However, the lyrics may be painted out as much as the lyrics information is read.

In this embodiment, the bar-shaped remaining amount display information is displayed at the right end of the monitor 6, but may be displayed at any position on the monitor 6.

The lyrics remaining amount display portion may be a pie chart shape or another shape instead of a bar shape.

Further, in the lyrics remaining amount display portion, the remaining amount may be displayed as a percentage.

Also, the display portion of the lyrics remaining amount may be provided not on the monitor 6 but in a part of the karaoke apparatus main body.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the karaoke apparatus of the present invention is a karaoke apparatus including storage means, control means, video playback means, and performance playback means, wherein the storage means is: The performance data and the lyrics data are stored. The lyrics data includes character data and lyrics remaining amount display information relating to a change in the display of the remaining amount display unit, and the performance reproducing unit stores the performance data read from the storage unit. The control means reads the lyrics data from the storage means in synchronization with the progress of the performance data playback by the performance playback means, and the video playback means causes the display means to display the remaining amount display section. The display of the remaining amount display section is updated based on the remaining amount display information of the lyrics, and the character data of the lyrics in the lyrics data is displayed on the display means. Or Industrially remarkable effect of being able to provide a karaoke apparatus that can convey the information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a karaoke apparatus, FIG. 2 is a front view of a monitor, and FIG. 3 is lyrics. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of data, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a remaining amount display processing procedure, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of lyrics remaining amount information. In the figure, 1 is a storage device, 2 is a control device, 3 is a video reproduction circuit, 4 is a performance reproduction circuit, 5 is a microphone, 6 is a monitor, 7 is a speaker, 8 is a lyrics remaining amount display portion, 9 is lyrics data, Ten
Denotes remaining amount display information, and 11 denotes one-screen character data.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A karaoke apparatus comprising storage means (1), control means (2), video reproduction means (3) and performance reproduction means (4), wherein the storage means (1) stores performance data and The lyrics data (9) is stored. The lyrics data (9) includes character data (11) and lyrics remaining amount display information (10) relating to a change in the display of the remaining amount display section (8). (4) reproduces the performance data read from the storage means (1), and the control means (2) synchronizes the reproduction of the performance data by the performance reproduction means (4) with the storage means (1). The video playback means (3) causes the display means (6) to display the remaining amount display section (8), and further displays the remaining lyrics display information (10) in the lyrics data (9). ), The display of the remaining amount display unit (8) is updated, and the character data of the lyrics in the lyrics data (9) is updated. Motor (11) karaoke apparatus and displaying on the display means (6).