JP3509144B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0001] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus.
More specifically, making it possible to visually express who is singing
And a karaoke device with enhanced performance effects. [0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the performance of an empty orchestra
There is a so-called karaoke device where amateurs can sing songs with a backdrop
Has been shattered and has become one of the typical entertainment
I have. Among them, especially those using laser discs
Popular with statue karaoke. With conventional karaoke equipment,
Perlator reserves one or more songs, in the order in which they were reserved
The karaoke image (eg, background image) corresponding to the song
And song poems appear on the display,
She sings while holding the microphone. [0003] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional
With karaoke equipment, you can reserve karaoke songs,
Rui sings a song and the display
Is unrelated and has poor directing effects.
Was. That is, when a karaoke song is reserved,
Approximate songs are displayed on the display screen in order.
Even until the reserved song name is displayed, who
I didn't know if I would sing. Also, karaoke songs are played
If you are singing, you can also show on the screen who is singing
It was not performed, and the effect was also lacking in this respect. [0004] Therefore, the present invention relates to
To enhance the production effect by visually
It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke device that can do it. [0005] To achieve the above object,
The karaoke device according to the invention isPortrait synthesis mode, song preview
Specify one of the approximation mode and the playback mode.
Mode specification means to be set
Name entered when face composition mode is specified
Corresponding beforeA portrait creation means for creating a portrait,this
The portrait created by the portrait creation means and the input
First storage means for storing names in association with each other;
Can store multiple reservation data consisting of specified data and name
Functioning second storage means, and the second storage means
If data is stored, the mode
In response to more song reservation mode being specified, this memory
Read the reserved data sequentially, and
While displaying the accompaniment designation data in the reservation data,
Before the portrait corresponding to the name in the read reservation data
A reservation display means for reading out and displaying from the first storage means;
And a song reservation mode is designated by the mode designation means.
The new accompaniment designation data and the singer
The second storage means by designating reservation data consisting of a name
In the reservation data.
Displays the performance designation data and the name in the reservation data
Read a corresponding portrait from the first storage means
By the reservation means for displaying the
When the raw mode is designated, the second storage means
Read the accompaniment designation data in the reservation data from the
Corresponding to the found accompaniment dataPlay accompaniment
Playback means, voice input means for inputting voice, and playback
Input from the accompaniment and voice input
Sound output means for mixing and outputting the input voice input;
It is characterized by having. [0006] [0007] According to the present invention,In portrait portrait mode,portrait
Similar to the person who sings in advance or when booking a song
A face picture is created,In the song reservation mode,
Both correspond to the singer of the songCaricature is specifiedhand
SecondIt is sequentially stored in the storage means.And this second note
Corresponding to the reserved songs and their singers
All portraits are displayed when the song reservation mode is entered.
It is. After that, when the playback mode is entered, the reserved accompaniment
Reproduced by the reproduction means,Microphone sound mixed with this accompaniment
Output. [0008]Also, at the stage of booking the accompaniment,
If you combine and display the portraits of the subscribers, you can start singing
Who knows in advance. At this time, the song reservation screen or video
On the start screen, a portrait of the person who made the reservation and sang is displayed compositely
You. [0009] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
Will be explained. FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention.
It is a block diagram showing an example. In FIG. 1, the color of the present embodiment is shown.
The orchestration device is a video karaoke device, which can be broadly controlled
Device 1, karaoke playback device 2, voice recognition device 3, caricature
Input device 4, song reservation input device 5, switch group 6, reserved song
・ Portrait memory 7, display 8, amplifier 9, speed
It is constituted by a car 10 and a microphone 11. Control equipment
The device 1 controls the entire karaoke apparatus.
U and memory that stores control programs (for example,
(Gram ROM, work RAM). So
Then, the control device 1 performs the switch operation from the switch group 6
Corresponding input signal, portrait signal from portrait input device 4
If there is a reservation signal from the number and song reservation input device 5, these
Start, stop, reserve, restart
Various controls such as insertion of portraits into raw and images, display of reserved songs, etc.
Control based on signals from the speech recognition device 3
Move the portrait in response to the voice (eg, move the mouth)
After performing such processing, it is displayed on the display device 8, and the karaoke
A karaoke image reproduced by the raw device 2 is displayed on the display device 8.
And the like. The switch group 6 operates the karaoke apparatus.
It consists of various switches.
Start switch (power on / off switch) to turn off
Play start switch (play switch)
H), a performance stop switch for stopping the performance, receiving a song reservation
Song reservation switch, face synthesis switch,
Keys, alphabet keys, etc. Out of switch group 6
The force signal is input to the control device 1. Song reservation input device (Song
Reservation means, caricature designating means) 5 is played by the karaoke apparatus.
Songs to be booked in advance, and the reserved karaoke songs
To associate and specify a portrait created for
Input means, for example, symbols and numbers consisting of English characters
Enter the song title (for example, A404-12)
At the same time, a portrait of the person singing to the reserved song title
Enter the data to specify which one. Switch group 6
When the song reservation switch is pressed to enter the reservation mode,
The music reservation input signal from the music reservation input device 5 is transmitted to the control device 1.
Will be accepted. The portrait input device (portrait creation means) 4 is a song
Creates a caricature of the person singing
Each part (part) of human face such as contour, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, etc.
Are stored in plurals, and the screen of the display device 8 is viewed.
By selecting and combining each part of the face
Create two portraits. In addition, the created portrait is a reserved song
・ After being stored in the portrait memory 7, the portrait of the next person
You can create pictures. Therefore, the portrait input device
The device 4 creates a plurality of portraits by operating sequentially.
Can be Reserved songs and portrait memory
Stage 7 is a karaoke reserved by the song reservation input device 5
Caricature and caricature created by caricature input device 4
Are sequentially stored in the corresponding area. The reserved card
Laoke's song name and caricature created will remember multiple
be able to. The voice recognition device 3 is a microphone (voice input means)
11 to recognize a change in the voice input based on the output signal.
Is output to the control device 1. Karaoke playback device (re
Raw means) 2 is for video discs, CD graphics, etc.
Karaoke video (including lyrics) and Karao
Play the karaoke accompaniment, output the karaoke video to the control device 1,
A karaoke accompaniment signal is output to the amplifier 9. Karaoke movie
As the statue and the karaoke accompaniment, the song reservation input device 5
Can be reserved on video discs and CDs in advance
It is remembered. The display device 8 is, for example, a color CRT.
Display, etc., based on a control signal from the controller 1.
Karaoke played by the karaoke player 2
Display video (including lyrics), and make reservation songs and portraits
Selected from portraits stored in the picture storage memory 7
The caricature on the screen is combined with the karaoke video. System
The control device 1 alone has a function as a part shape changing means.
And the control device 1 and the display device 8 as a whole
To constitute the display means 20. Amplifier 9 is a karaoke player
Karaoke accompaniment signal and microphone 11 output from device 2
Audio signal output from the
The acoustic signal is emitted from the speaker 10. Amplifier 9
The speaker 10 constitutes the sound output means 21. Next, the operation will be described.Main program FIG. 2 shows a karaoke control method executed by the control device 1.
It is a flowchart which shows an in-program. This professional
When the gram starts, first in step S10
Perform the initialization process (initial setting). Initialization processing
Then clear various registers, work RAM, subroutine
Initialization, resetting of a flag, and the like.
Next, in step S12, the mode in the switch group 6 is set.
Determine the mode. And the face synthesis switch is on
Then, the process proceeds to the face synthesis mode in step S14, and the portrait
The combining process (for details, refer to the subroutine) is performed. Ma
If the song reservation switch is on, step S16
Processing to advance to song reservation mode and reserve karaoke songs
(See subroutine for details). Start playing
The switch (play (play) switch) is on
The process proceeds to the playback mode of step S18, and
Processing for playing music and karaoke video (for details, see
Routine). Step S14 to Step S18
, The process returns to step S12 and returns to the next mode.
Is determined. [0014]Face synthesis mode processing FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the face synthesis mode.
It is. When entering this subroutine,
In step S30, it is determined whether a name has been input. Name and
Is the name of the person creating the portrait. Similar in this case
Reserve a karaoke song as the person creating the face
A person may create a portrait at the time of booking, or
Create a portrait of the singer before booking
It may be. Now, if no name has been entered,
The routine is terminated, and when a name is input, step S
32 and proceeds to the initial part pattern NO. Set. First
Period part pattern No. Creates a basic portrait
To specify the initial parts of each part of the face
O. It is. Next, in step S34, the initial part pattern
No. Depending on the "hairstyle", "contour", "eyes",
Read out and combine the "nose" and "mouth" part patterns,
It is displayed on the display device 8. With this, the initial parts putter
No. "Hairstyle" and "ring"
Guo, eyes, nose, and mouth
Are read and combined, and a basic portrait is displayed.
You. Next, in step S36, the finger of the part type
It is determined whether or not there has been a decision. This is a basic caricature
Face, expression, and characteristics of the person trying to create a portrait
Change the shape of the part when it seems different
In order to determine whether the part type has been specified,
It is. For example, the hairstyle is different from the basic portrait
If you feel that the hairstyle is specified as the part type
And Part type is specified in step S36
In this case, the process proceeds to step S38, where the part number is determined. change
I do. For example, in the above example, the hairstyle differs from the basic portrait
If you feel that it will be the next hair part no. Change to
You. Upon completion of the change process, the process returns to step S34. S
By the process of step S34, the display device 8 has a different shape.
The face changed to the hairstyle is displayed. The hairstyle matches the person
Then, the part type is specified for the following different parts.
Is determined. For example, "contour", "eye",
The determination is made for each of the “nose” and “mouth” parts. Parts type
Type that does not need to be changed or is deemed necessary
If all the types have been changed, proceed to step S40.
No. Thus, steps S34 to S38
By repeating the loop of
Change the arts pattern and display a portrait of the desired person
8 is created on the screen of FIG. Next, at step S40, a setting switch
It is determined whether or not is turned on. The setting switch is
The portrait created on the screen of the display device 8 is set and registered (Suna
In other words, when the reservation music / portrait is stored in the memory 7)
It is something that is manipulated. The setting switch must be turned on
If so, the process returns to step S30. On the other hand, the setting switch is on
If so, proceed to step S42 to reserve the song / caricature
A part pattern corresponding to the name in a predetermined area of the memory 7
No. Store. This will create a portrait
The shape of each part of the person's face is the part pattern N
O. Is stored. This stored data
By reading the portrait, the portrait of the person is immediately displayed on the display device
8 is read out and displayed. Step S42
After that, the process returns to the main routine. [0017]Song reservation mode processing FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the song reservation mode.
It is. When entering this subroutine,
In step S50, it is determined whether or not face synthesis has been reserved.
This is set in the face synthesis mode routine described above.
The switch is turned on and attempts to create a portrait
Each part pattern No. of person's name and face Is reserved song
Determine whether or not it is stored in the portrait memory 7
To do. If no portrait is registered, make a reservation
This is because it is not possible to display a portrait
You. If face synthesis is not reserved in step S50,
Return to the in-routine. On the other hand, face synthesis is already reserved
If the reservation has been completed, the process proceeds to step S52, where
Inter is set to the value of the reservation order number j. Pointer i is
It is used for designation when entering a reservation,
The value is stored in a corresponding register in the CPU 1.
The reservation order number j is a number indicating the reservation order of the karaoke song.
For example, reservation numbers [1] to [4] shown on the left side of FIG.
That is. If you do not perform any reservation operation, the reservation order number
j = 0 remains. Reserve the first karaoke song
At this time, the reservation order number j = 1. Next, at step S54, the pointer i = 0
Is determined. Reserved if pointer i = 0
There is no song to be played. A. When making a reservation for the first time from a state where there is no reserved music Since there is no reserved song, let's reserve a karaoke song from the beginning
It is equivalent to the case. In this case, step S54
Is YES, and the process branches to step S62.
Clear the display screen once. Next, in step S64
move on. In step S64, the reservation switch is on.
The main routine if it is not on.
To return. Therefore, there is no reserved song and in the future
When not performing the reservation operation, return to the main routine.
Will be. On the other hand, when making a reservation,
The reservation switch is turned on, and the name of the reserved karaoke song
(Song name) is input, and the determination result of step S64 is Y
Become ES. For example, enter “My Way” as a reserved song.
Power. In this case, the reservation order is then set in step S66.
The number j is incremented by “1”. First, reservation order
Since the number j = 0, the reservation order number is incremented
j = 1. Next, in step S68, the music number is input.
I do. At first, [1] is input as a music number. Next
In step S70, the current song number [1] is set in the reservation order.
The data is stored in the memory area indicated by the symbol j. That is, the track number
No. [1] is stored in the area indicated by the reservation order number j
Is done. Next, in step S72, the display image of the display device 8 is displayed.
"1st song name" is added and displayed on the screen. For example,
If "My Way" is entered as a reserved song, "1
“My Way” is displayed as the “No. the first
Because no reservations have been made before,
As shown, it is displayed as 1 My Way at the top
You. Next, in step S74, the person singing the song
That is, the singer is input by name. Then
In step S76, the singer performs the memory entry indicated by the reservation order number j.
Input to the rear. Next, a song is displayed on the screen in step S78.
The part pattern No. of the face image corresponding to the name of the hand But
Specify the input area and specify in step S80
The part pattern NO. And read
On the display screen. As a result, the read
Arts pattern NO. Face corresponding to the singer's name by
The images are combined and displayed on the display device 8. For example, figure
As shown in Fig. 6, the similarity of the person who sings "My Way"
The face picture 101 is displayed on the right side of the song “My Way”. I
Therefore, the subscriber of the karaoke song is visually recognized by the portrait 101
The effect is produced before the start of the karaoke accompaniment
Can be increased. Especially easy to know who will sing next
Can be recognized. Another person happens to be the same
Even if you have reserved a song, if you look at the portrait 101
It's easy to tell if you're a singer
Become. In addition, the next person to sing is immediately known and sung early
Be ready to go. After step S80,
Return to the main routine. B. Pre-order the next song when there is already a reserved song
When about For example, to reserve the second song,
When entering the subroutine of the
Since there is a tune, the reservation order number j =
1 and the pointer i = 0 in the subsequent step S543.
It is determined whether or not the pointer i = 1 at this time.
Then, the process branches to NO and proceeds to step S56. Step S
At 56, the music is read from the memory area corresponding to the pointer i = 1.
The name and portrait are read and displayed. This allows the display
The screen of the device 8 shows the above-mentioned first that the reservation has already been completed.
The second "My Way" and those who try to sing this song
The portrait 101 is displayed. Next, in step S58
The pointer i is decremented by [1]. in this case,
By decrementing from the state of the pointer i = 1
Pointer i = 0. Then, in step S60
It is determined whether or not the pointer i = 0, and the pointer i = 0
If so, the process goes to step S64. Also, the pointer i =
If it is not 0, the process returns to step S56. In this example,
Since the interface i becomes 0, the process proceeds to step S64.
Become. In step S64, the reservation of the second song
The reservation switch is turned on in response to the operation, and the second
Enter the name of the reserved karaoke song (song name)
The result of the determination in S64 is YES. For example, the second
Enter "I'm happy now" as a reserved song. Then,
In step S66, the reservation order number j is incremented by "1".
As a result, the reservation order number j = 2. Next,
In step S68, the music number is input. In this routine,
Since this is the second reservation mode, [2] is used as the song number
input. Next, in step S70, the current song number
[2] is stored in the memory area indicated by the reservation order number j.
You. That is, the music number [2] is indicated by the reservation order number j.
Is stored in the area. Then, in step S72
Add “second song name” on the display screen of the display device 8
indicate. For example, "I'm happy now"
By being empowered, the title of "the second song"
Is displayed. Therefore, this reservation
As shown in Fig. 6, below the first reserved one,
2 It is displayed as happy now. Next, in step S74, the person singing the song
That is, the singer is input by name. Then
In step S76, the singer performs the memory entry indicated by the reservation order number j.
Input to the rear. Next, a song is displayed on the screen in step S78.
The part pattern No. of the face image corresponding to the name of the hand But
Specify the input area and specify in step S80
The part pattern NO. And read
On the display screen. As a result, the read
Arts pattern NO. Face corresponding to the singer's name by
The images are combined and displayed on the display device 8. For example, figure
As shown in Fig. 6, a person trying to sing "I'm happy now"
Caricature 102 is displayed on the right side of the song "I'm happy now"
You. Therefore, the subscriber of the karaoke song can
Since it is visually expressed, it is possible to identify the subscriber at a glance
The effect is produced before karaoke accompaniment starts.
Can be enhanced. After step S80, the main
Return to routine. As described above, the second song is reserved.
It is. When ordering the third song and the fourth song sequentially
Is also processed by the same routine as described above. And the third
When the song and the fourth song are sequentially reserved, the display device
As shown in FIG. 1 My Way 2 Are you happy now? 3 Runaway 4 Bride of Seto And the third song "Runaway"
A portrait 103 of a person trying to sing a song "Runaway"
And the fourth song "Seto no Hana"
The portrait 104 of the person trying to sing the bride
Will be displayed on the right side of "Bride". C. Try to reserve the fifth and subsequent songs
If For example, to reserve the fifth song,
When entering the subroutine of the
Since there is the 4th to 4th music, reservation is made in step S52
The sequence number j = 4, and the pointer i
= 0, and at this time, the pointer i = 4
Therefore, the process branches to NO and proceeds to step S56. Stay
In step S56, the memory area corresponding to the pointer i = 4
And read out and display the song title and portrait. This
In addition, the screen of the display device 8 shows that the reservation has already been completed.
The fourth "Seto no Bride" and this song
A portrait 104 of the person performing the operation is displayed. Next, in step S58, the pointer i is
Decrement by [1]. In this case, the pointer i =
By decrementing from the state of 4, the pointer i
= 3. Next, in step S60, the pointer i = 0
Is determined, and since the pointer i = 3,
Returning to step S56, the same processing is repeated. And
In step S56, the memory area corresponding to the pointer i = 3
Read the song title and portrait from a. This
In addition, the screen of the display device 8 shows that the reservation has already been completed.
The third "Runaway" and this song
Is displayed. Next,
In step S58, the pointer i is decremented by [1].
In this case, the pointer is decremented from the state of i = 3.
As a result, the pointer i = 2. Then step
In S60, it is determined whether or not the pointer i = 0, and
Since i = 2, the process returns to step S56 to repeat the process.
Return. In this case, the pointer i is set to 2 in step S56.
Read the song name and portrait from the corresponding memory area
indicate. As a result, the screen of the display device 8 is displayed first.
The second "I'm happy now" that I've completed about
And a portrait 102 of the person trying to sing this song is displayed
It is. Next, in step S58, the pointer i is [1].
Decrement. In this case, the state of the pointer i = 2
By decrementing the pointer i = 1.
You. The above processing is repeated in the same manner, and the first
The second "My Way" and those who try to sing this song
The portrait 101 is displayed. In this way, until now
Songs and portraits 101-104 for which reservations have been completed
All are displayed. Now, if you want to reserve the fifth song
If the determination result of step S60 is YES,
Exit to step S64. Then, in step S64, the fifth
The reservation switch is turned on in response to the reservation operation for the
The name (song name) of the fifth reserved karaoke song is entered.
Then, the determined result in the step S64 is YES. example
For example, enter “XXXXX” as the fifth reserved song
You. Next, the reservation order number j is "1" in step S66.
Incremented, and as a result, the reservation order number j = 5.
You. Next, in step S68, a music number is input. this time
Is the fifth reservation mode in the routine of
Enter [5] as the number. Next, step S70
Then, the current song number [5] is stored in the memory area indicated by the reservation order number j.
Store in the rear. That is, the song number [5] is the reservation order
It is stored in the area indicated by the symbol j. Then,
In the step S72, the "fifth song" is displayed on the display screen of the display device 8.
Name "is added and displayed. For example, as a reserved song "XX
"○○○" is entered, the title of "5th song"
"○○○○○○" is displayed. Therefore, this time
In the reservation, 5 "○
○○○○ 」. Next, in step S74, the person singing the song
That is, the singer is input by name. Then
In step S76, the singer performs the memory entry indicated by the reservation order number j.
Input to the rear. Next, a song is displayed on the screen in step S78.
The part pattern No. of the face image corresponding to the name of the hand But
Specify the input area and specify in step S80
The part pattern NO. And read
On the display screen. As a result, the read
Arts pattern NO. Face corresponding to the singer's name by
The images are combined and displayed on the display device 8. For example,
A portrait of a person trying to sing "○○○○○"
It is displayed on the right side of "○○". Therefore, the karaoke song
The reservation person is visually represented by a portrait, and the karaoke accompaniment is opened.
The production effect can be enhanced even before it is started. Step
After step S80, the process returns to the main routine. Less than
As described above, the fifth song is reserved. 6th
The same applies to the reservation of subsequent songs. However, the display
Due to the screen of display 8, the reservation status can be displayed up to what order
If the reservation exceeds the displayable range, more reservations
Is regulated. [0030]Song playback mode processing FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the music reproduction mode.
It is. When entering this subroutine,
In step S100, it is determined whether or not the reservation order number j = 0.
You. If the reservation operation has not been performed, the reservation order number j = 0
The process proceeds to step S102 and the song reservation mode
Command to return to the mode and return. Song is reserved
Otherwise, the song cannot be played. On the other hand, reservation order
If the number is not j = 0 and a song is reserved, step S
Song stored in the area corresponding to j = 1 at 104
The number is loaded into the karaoke player 2. This allows
Playback of the first karaoke song is started
become. Next, in step S106, j = 1 is corresponded.
Of the singer's face stored in the memory area
Pattern NO. Is read out and the face is synthesized and displayed. this
, The read part pattern NO. Song by
The face image corresponding to the hand is synthesized and displayed on the display device 8.
Will be. Next, the music is reproduced in step S108.
Determines whether or not has started, and if it has not
If it returns to step S100 and starts,
Proceeding to S110, the lyrics of the karaoke song are displayed. example
For example, in the example of FIG. 6, the first song "My Way"
Is reproduced together with the accompaniment including the karaoke video, and FIG.
As shown in (a)-(c), the lyrics of "My Way"
Appears at the bottom of the screen. Here, "The ship is approaching now
"This time" is displayed. At this time, the karaoke accompaniment signal
No. is an audio signal output from the microphone 11 by the amplifier 9
Is amplified by mixing with
You. In FIG. 7, a specific example of a karaoke video (for example,
Like a background image of a port suitable for "My Way")
Is omitted. In addition, it does not include the background karaoke video,
Only the lyrics of the karaoke song may be displayed.
At this time, for example, the first “My Way”
In the case of reproducing a song, as shown in FIG.
A portrait 101 of a person trying to sing "i" is a karaoke song
Displayed above the lyrics. Therefore, the person singing the song
Is visually represented in the portrait 101,
The effect can be enhanced. Next, in step S112, voice recognition is performed.
Is determined. This corresponds to the output signal of the microphone 11
Based on the speech recognition device 3, the change of the speech input is recognized.
Move the mouth of the caricature according to the microphone sound
Determines whether microphone sound has been input for processing.
To refuse. If there is voice recognition, step S114
To "Mouth" part pattern N corresponding to the recognized voice
O. Select and display. As a result, FIG.
As shown in (c), song along the lyrics of "My Way"
The shape of the "mouth" of the portrait 101 in response to the microphone voice of the poor hand
The shape changes like 111a-111c. in this case
Selects the "mouth" 111a in FIG. 7A, and
To select the "mouth" 111b, and in FIG.
c is selected. Therefore, the portrait 101
The expression changes as if singing a song.
The screen is suitable for karaoke because it moves quickly.
The effect can be enhanced. On the other hand, speech recognition
If not, step S114 is jumped to step S1.
Proceed to 16. In this case, the shape of the "mouth" of the previous routine
Shape may be continued as it is, or in the shape of a closed "mouth"
May be. Alternatively, once set to the default “mouth” shape
It may be returned. Next, at step S116, when the lyrics are switched
Is determined. Switching of lyrics is performed, for example, by referring to FIG.
Lyrics that can be displayed on one screen as shown in
Is approaching, at this time ") ends with the progress of karaoke accompaniment
It is time to switch the screen to the next lyrics display.
I say. If the lyrics are to be switched, proceed to step S118.
To increment the lyrics display, and go to step S110.
Go back and display the next lyrics. This allows the next phrase
The lyrics are switched and displayed. On the other hand, lyrics switching
If it is not time, proceed to step S120 to determine whether the end of the song
Is determined. If not, return to step S110
To display the lyrics. At the end of the music, step S122
To change the song number and face display stored in the memory area to 1
Move up. As a result, the song number of the next reserved song,
The picture is displayed on the screen of the display device 8. For example, FIG.
Let's sing the next song, "I'm happy now"
A portrait 102 of the person is displayed on the screen. Then
In step S124, the reservation order number j is decremented by [1].
And returns to step S100. As a result,
Karaoke playback of the song "I'm happy now"
Is performed in the same manner as described above. Hereinafter, the same routine is repeated.
By returning, the song number and portrait of the reserved song are displayed sequentially
It is displayed on the screen of the device 8, and when the accompaniment is started,
Caricatures of people singing songs are visually expressed
And the expression of the caricature changes like singing a song,
The display effect is enhanced by making the screen suitable for karaoke. In the above embodiment, the shape of the "mouth" of the portrait is described.
The shape is changed, but the part to be changed is limited to "mouth"
How to sing with changing "eyes"
Or narrow your eyes to the content of the lyrics or tears
You may change the expression to make it look like a slap. Also other parts
You may change the shape of the position, or
They may be changed at the same time. In this way,
The effect can be enhanced. Also, the specific part of the portrait
Apply color paint to the minute to enhance the effect
You may make it so. According to the present invention,Accompaniment reservation stage (e.g.
(For example, song reservation screen or video start screen)
On the other hand, by composing and displaying a portrait of the
The effect is that the person who will sing is known in advance. Special
Second, it is easy to recognize who will sing next.
Also, if another person happens to reserve the same song,
Looking at the picture makes it easy to see who is the turn
And you won't get the wrong singer. Next, the song
You can easily understand who you are and prepare to sing early
Wear.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a main program of karaoke control of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a face synthesis mode of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a music reservation mode of the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a music reproduction mode of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a music reservation screen of the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of lyrics and a portrait of karaoke of the embodiment. [Description of Signs] 1 Control device (part shape changing means) 2 Karaoke reproducing device (reproducing device) 3 Voice recognition device 4 Caricature input device (caricature creating device) 5 Song reservation input device (song reservation device, caricature designating device) 6 Switch group 7 Reserved song / caricature storage memory (storage means) 8 Display device 9 Amplifier 10 Speaker 11 Microphone (voice input means) 20 Display means 21 Sound output means

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Caricature composition mode, music reservation mode, and
Mode finger to specify one of the raw modes
The portrait synthesizing mode is specified by the setting means and the mode specifying means.
, A portrait creating means for creating a portrait corresponding to the input name, a portrait created by the portrait creating means and the input
First storage means for storing the associated names in association with each other, and a plurality of reservation data comprising accompaniment designation data and names.
Second storage means capable of storing, and the reservation data is stored in the second storage means
In this case, the song reservation mode is specified by the mode specifying means
The stored reservation data in order in response to
Next read, accompaniment finger in the read reserved data
Display the fixed data and read the reserved data
Reading a portrait corresponding to the name in the first storage means
The song display mode is designated by the reservation display means for displaying and protruding and the mode designation means.
New accompaniment designation data and singer's name
Appointment data which is designated and added to the second storage means.
Along with the accompaniment finger in this reservation data.
Display the fixed data and match the name in the reservation data.
Reading and displaying a corresponding portrait from the first storage means
A reproduction mode is designated by the reservation means to be executed and the mode designation means.
Sometimes, the accompaniment finger in the reservation data is read from the second storage means.
Read the specified data, and read the read accompaniment
Playback means for playing back the accompaniment corresponding to the data, voice input means for inputting sound, sound output means for mixing and outputting the accompaniment played by the playback means and the voice input input from the voice input means, A karaoke apparatus comprising: