JP3290838B2 - Karaoke terminal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke terminal of a communication karaoke apparatus, and more particularly to a karaoke terminal having a function of monitoring an abnormality of a karaoke device connected to the karaoke terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a style of commercial karaoke apparatus, a communication karaoke apparatus does not need to store a large number of CDs, saves space, and does not need to convert to a CD when a new music is released. It has a merit such as being able to be put on, and is now taking root.
On the other hand, since it is connected to a distant host computer via a communication line such as a telephone line, a karaoke apparatus tends to be complicated, for example, a function for communication is required. In addition, to excite the mood when singing,
In many cases, a video playback player that projects a background image is connected to the monitor. The player for video reproduction is connected to a karaoke terminal device, and is driven and controlled by transmitting a control signal from the karaoke terminal device.

[0003] If any abnormality occurs in these externally connected karaoke devices, it is desirable that the karaoke box or the like can be returned as soon as possible from a business point of view, because a system in which a karaoke box or the like is charged on an hourly basis. However, the karaoke box like no one is a technician, for the cause even a minor fault is not quite turned out, in vain stop time not be able to recover the trouble has passed. In addition, when a technician comes from a distance, the expenses such as travel expenses and transportation expenses are high, and the downtime is long. Therefore, the host computer not only transmits a tone signal of a new karaoke song to each karaoke terminal device, but also receives information on an abnormal state from each karaoke terminal device. By using and instructing the user, recovery from the abnormality is performed.

[0004] Each karaoke terminal device needs to monitor the operating state of the connected video reproducing player in addition to the terminal device itself, and check whether it is operating properly. However, since the karaoke terminal device needs to perform the original karaoke tune and reservation processing in addition to the monitoring, the karaoke terminal device cannot always monitor. Therefore, the monitoring operation is performed at a constant timing such as once a minute.

[0005]

However, in the conventional karaoke terminal device, even if a serious abnormality such as a karaoke song cannot be performed because the video reproduction player does not start to operate, the karaoke terminal device can be operated at a constant timing. Only the monitoring operation is performed. Even if the recovery from the abnormality is completed during the interval of the monitoring operation, it is not known that the recovery has been performed until the next monitoring operation is performed. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes more time to actually start the performance than to actually recover from the abnormality. In the case of a karaoke box or the like, it is necessary to pay an hourly cost. Therefore, this is a problem for users of the karaoke box, which has generated many complaints from users.

[0006] Further, at the start of the karaoke business, there may be a trouble that the video reproducing player does not operate. In such a case, the manager calls the service department where the host computer is located to have the contents of the abnormality diagnosed.
However, since the owner of a karaoke box or the like is not technically an expert, it is often impossible to explain the details of the abnormality in detail. Therefore, in the communication karaoke apparatus, the host computer uses the communication line to check the content of the abnormality of the karaoke terminal apparatus.However, if the sampling interval is long and the frequency of the monitoring operation is low, the amount of information is small.
Sometimes accurate diagnosis cannot be made. However, if the sampling interval is shortened, there is a problem that normal operation is hindered.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention performs a monitoring operation at a timing more frequent than usual in the case of a serious abnormality or an emergency, thereby giving priority to the recovery from the abnormality. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke terminal device for performing.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a karaoke terminal apparatus for monitoring the operation status of an externally connected karaoke device at a constant timing, and the monitoring means includes a karaoke device. A karaoke terminal device having storage means for storing abnormal data when an abnormality is found, and transmitting means for transmitting the abnormal data to a host computer via a communication line, wherein the monitoring means is set to a constant value under predetermined conditions. It is characterized by having monitoring control means for driving so as to perform sampling at a timing more frequent than the timing. Further, the karaoke terminal device of the present invention is characterized in that the predetermined condition includes at least one of the following conditions: when the power is turned on, when an abnormality occurs, and when the disk is replaced.

[0009]

In the karaoke terminal device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the monitoring means monitors the operation status of the externally connected karaoke equipment at a certain timing. The storage means stores abnormality data when the monitoring means finds an abnormality in the karaoke device. Transmission means transmits the abnormal data to the host computer via the communication line. The monitoring control means drives the monitoring means at a timing more frequent than a certain timing under a predetermined condition, strengthens the monitoring of the karaoke device, and samples a large amount of abnormal data. Further, in the karaoke terminal device of the present invention, when at least one of the following conditions is selected when the power is turned on, when an abnormality occurs, or when a disc is replaced,
The monitoring means is driven at a timing more frequent than a certain timing to enhance the monitoring of the karaoke equipment and to sample a lot of abnormal data.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the karaoke terminal device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the karaoke terminal device. The karaoke terminal device 1 includes:
CPU 4 and host computer 2 via communication line 21
Modem 2, connected to the HDD 2, an HDD 3 for storing a tone signal and an operation status, a remote control light receiving unit 5 for receiving a reservation signal from a user, a reproducing device 6 for reproducing a karaoke song, and reservation information for the user. Or L for displaying the operation status
ED7 is included. Further, the HDD 3 includes a monitoring control program 31.

The karaoke terminal 1 also includes a remote controller 12 for transmitting a signal to the remote controller light-receiving unit 5 and an amplifier 13 for outputting a signal from the reproducing device 6 as a music.
And a speaker 14, and a microphone 15 for the user to sing. Further, as an external device, a moving image reproducing player 10 for reproducing a background image is connected to the CPU 4,
A signal from the moving image reproduction player 10 can be viewed as an image on the CRT 11. The CPU 4 outputs a control signal to the moving image reproducing player 10 to drive it. At this time, the CPU 4 determines whether the moving image reproduction player 10 is operating normally.
Can be checked by examining the reproduction signal of the moving image reproduction player 10.

Next, a monitoring control operation of the karaoke terminal device having the above configuration by the monitoring control program 31 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. In a normal state, the CPU 4 performs a monitoring operation once a minute while performing other processing. After performing the monitoring operation once,
If one minute has not elapsed, another processing is performed (S1: N
O). When one minute has passed (S1: YES), the monitoring operation of the moving image reproduction player 10 is performed again (S2). At this time,
When an error state occurs in the moving image reproducing player 10 or when it is determined that the moving image reproducing player 10 is in an emergency state (S3: YES), only the monitoring of the moving image reproducing player 10 is continued without performing other processing (S2). When returning from the error state or exiting from the emergency state (S3: NO), the process returns to monitoring once a minute.

Next, the monitoring control operation of the karaoke terminal device will be specifically described. For example, the power of the karaoke terminal device 1 is turned on at the start of business. When the power is turned on, the karaoke terminal device starts monitoring the status of the moving image reproduction player 10 with priority because the emergency state is more likely to cause an abnormality than usual. At this time, if the moving picture reproducing player 10 is not operating because the power of the moving picture reproducing player 10 is not turned on or the disc is not turned on, the karaoke terminal apparatus 1 judges this as a serious abnormality. . Then, the monitoring of the moving picture reproducing player 10 is intensively continued until the moving picture reproducing player 10 starts operating. At the same time, the user, who is the owner of the karaoke box or the like, is notified of the serious abnormality by displaying the LED 7. The user
If the cause is identified by looking at the display of the LED 7, the abnormality is immediately removed, and the moving image reproduction player 10
Starts operation. Thereby, the karaoke terminal device 1
Since the recovery from the abnormality has been completed, the processing for the performance of the normal music, the acceptance of the reservation, and the like are started. After that, the karaoke terminal device 1
Keeps monitoring the moving image reproduction player 10 at intervals of one minute together with other processing.

If the user who is the owner of the karaoke box or the like does not know the cause, the host computer 2
Call one of the service departments and ask how to recover. The CPU 4 of the karaoke terminal device 1 transmits abnormal data from the modem 2 to the host computer 22 via the communication line 21 at the time of occurrence of the abnormality. While watching the incoming monitoring information, he instructs the management on the phone and investigates the reason for the abnormality. At this time, the karaoke terminal device 1
Is in an abnormal state, other processing is interrupted, and the monitoring of the moving image reproducing player 10 is intensively performed.
, The monitoring information is sent to the host computer 22 continuously. Since the amount of information is large, the engineer can easily find the cause of the abnormality, and can quickly recover from the abnormality.

Also, during business hours, the reproduced image may be disturbed due to dirt on the lens of the moving image reproducing player 10, scratches on the disk, dirt, and the like. The frequency of occurrence of such abnormalities is generally known, and increases in a curve as shown in FIG. Therefore, up to a predetermined failure frequency M,
In the monitoring operation once a minute, a failure is often not found and the degree of the failure is not known until there is just an abnormality in the monitoring operation timing. Further, when the frequency exceeds the frequency M, the failure frequency rapidly increases, so that the business may be hindered. Therefore, it is necessary to perform maintenance before the frequency M is exceeded. Therefore, by performing the monitoring operation intensively when the power is turned on or when exchanging the disk, it is possible to know the current state of the failure frequency, grasp the current degree of abnormality, and predict the maintenance time fairly accurately.
As a result, the service department can dispatch technicians systematically and prevent inconvenience such as interruption due to breakdown during business.

Thus, the monitoring control program 3
By providing 1, the video playback player 10 is intensively monitored when a serious abnormality occurs in the video playback player 10, which is an external device of the karaoke terminal device 1, or in an emergency state. Therefore, the cause of the failure can be easily found by a technician in the service section, and the occurrence of an abnormality can be predicted, so that the time required to recover from the abnormality can be reduced.

Although the embodiment of the karaoke terminal device 1 according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to such a karaoke terminal device, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. . For example, in the above-described embodiment, the monitoring of the moving image reproducing player 10 has been described. However, the same applies to other devices that are externally connected to the karaoke terminal device 1 and can monitor the state. Further, although the monitoring control program 31 is configured in the HDD 3, the same applies to the configuration in the ROM (not shown).

[0018]

According to the karaoke terminal device of the present invention, the monitoring means for monitoring the operation status of the moving picture reproducing player connected as an external device of the karaoke terminal device is provided at a frequency higher than a predetermined timing under a predetermined condition. At high timing
Since it has a monitoring control means that drives so as to perform sampling, it is easy to find the cause of the abnormality when a serious abnormality occurs in the video playback player, or in the case of an emergency, etc. Has the effect of greatly reducing

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke terminal device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a failure frequency curve of an external karaoke device of the karaoke terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke terminal device 2 Modem 3 HDD 4 CPU 10 Video player 21 Communication line 22 Host computer 31 Monitoring control program

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A monitoring means for monitoring the operation status of an externally connected karaoke device at a constant timing; a storage means for storing abnormality data when the monitoring means finds an abnormality in the karaoke device; A karaoke terminal device having transmission means for transmitting abnormal data to a host computer via a communication line, wherein the monitoring means performs sampling at a higher frequency than the predetermined timing under predetermined conditions.
Karaoke terminal apparatus characterized by having a monitoring control means for driving the. 2. The karaoke terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined condition includes at least one of a power-on condition, an abnormality occurrence condition, and a disk replacement condition. apparatus.