JP4047191B2 - Karaoke remote control reservation device with video camera - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke performance apparatus, and more particularly to a device having a function of happily informing who a person who has reserved karaoke music is.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, recent karaoke performance devices can register several requested songs in order in a reservation list by operating a remote controller reservation device or an operation panel.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, if a large number of requested songs are registered in the reservation list, there are people who get drunk and forget what they requested, or who leave their seats due to smoking, toilets, etc. Often no one is trying to hold a microphone. In addition, when songs with the same title are requested in duplicate, and the turn comes, the performance starts while they are refraining from each other without knowing which one should be sung first. Often singing into a moody atmosphere.
[0004]
Therefore, using a remote control reservation device that stores a unique remote control ID for each device, the remote control ID acquired at the time of request is registered in the reservation list in association with the song ID of the requested song, and each registered request song is Some remote control reservation devices can specify the requested one.
[0005]
However, in this method, it is necessary for each person to have a remote control reservation device having a function of transmitting a remote control ID, and when a reservation operation is performed using another person's remote control reservation device, It is not possible to specify who requested the requested song.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a karaoke performance device that makes it easy to identify who has reserved each requested song, thereby increasing the fun of karaoke. For the purpose.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, an inventor of a karaoke remote control reservation apparatus with a video camera specified by the following items (1) to (10) was made.
(1) A karaoke remote control reservation apparatus equipped with display means, operation input means, video camera, transmission means, control means, and storage means in one housing. (2) The housing is held by the user. (3) The display means is provided with a screen on one surface of the housing, and information is displayed under the control of the control means. (4) The operation input means is provided on the one surface of the housing. (5) The video camera is disposed above the display means on the one surface of the housing, and can be operated while viewing the screen of the display means. (6) The transmission means transmits a radio signal to the karaoke performance apparatus main body under the control of the control means. (7) The control means captures the face of the user facing the user. Processing, request reception processing, and transmission processing are enabled. (8) The shooting process displays a moving image captured by a video camera in accordance with a user input on a display unit and a moving image being displayed in accordance with a user input. (9) The request reception process stores the song ID specified by the user input in the storage means. (10) The transmission process is stored in the storage means by the photographing process. The transmission unit transmits a radio signal including the still image and the music ID stored in the storage unit by the request reception process.
Also, the video data associated with one piece of music may be composed of many frames of still picture images, and the still picture images may be displayed at appropriate intervals during the performance of the song or before and after the performance. .
Further, the video data may be displayed on the display so as to be the background video of the lyrics video.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
<Configuration of online karaoke performance terminal>
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a communication karaoke performance terminal 10 in this embodiment. The communication karaoke performance terminal 10 is centrally controlled by a central control device 11 that is a computer main body, and communicates with the host device 100 by connecting to the public communication network N via the communication control device 12.
[0012]
The hard disk device 13 stores karaoke data including accompaniment data and lyric rendering data, organized according to music IDs, and updated karaoke data distributed from the host device 100 is added as appropriate. The operation panel 15 includes a display and a keyboard. An operation input signal from the keyboard is transmitted to the central controller 11 via the operation control unit 17. Further, an IrDA signal receiving unit 19 is connected to the operation control unit 17.
[0013]
When a user performs a music request operation using the operation panel 15 or the remote controller reservation device 21, the music ID is registered in the reservation list on the memory in the central control device 11.
[0014]
The communication karaoke performance terminal 10 sequentially reads karaoke data corresponding to the music ID in the reservation list from the hard disk device 13 and transfers the accompaniment data included in the karaoke data to the synthesizer 23. In the synthesizer 23, the accompaniment data is converted into an acoustic signal and transferred to the mixing amplifier 25. Further, the acoustic signal is mixed with the singing signal input from the microphone 27 in the mixing amplifier 25 and output as audio from the speaker 29.
[0015]
The lyric data included in the karaoke data is sequentially converted into a character string by the central controller 11 and written into the lyric video video RAM 31 so as to be synchronized with the audio output. Further, the character string is subjected to a coloring process indicating the progress of the song.
[0016]
The video control device 33 synthesizes the character string on the lyric video video RAM 31 with the video from the video CD changer 35 and outputs it to the display 39.
[0017]
<Configuration of remote control reservation device>
The remote controller reservation device 21 in this embodiment has a function of photographing a portrait video of the user.
[0018]
(1) External appearance of remote control reservation device FIG. 2 is an external view of the remote control reservation device 21 as viewed from the front. A CCD camera 51 is disposed at the top, and its lens 53 faces forward. Next to the lens 53 is a flash light source 55. Below the CCD camera 51 is an LCD 57. Below the LCD 57 are a “capture” button 81 for controlling the CCD camera 51, a “capture” button 83, a “flash” button 85, a “clear” button 89 for performing music ID reservation and performance control, and a “set” button 91. , A “transfer” button 93, a “stop performance” button 95, a “reservation list” button 97, and an operation button group 99 including ten keys. Although not shown, an IrDA signal transmission unit is provided on the upper side surface of the remote controller reservation device 21.
[0019]
(2) Configuration inside the remote control reservation device FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the configuration inside the remote control reservation device 21. The entire remote controller reservation apparatus 21 is controlled in a centralized manner by a one-chip microcomputer 71, and the main constituent blocks communicate with each other via a bus line 72 including a control bus and a data bus.
[0020]
The video control circuit 73 synthesizes the video shot by the CCD camera 51 and the character video generated by the one-chip microcomputer 71, and outputs this to the LCD 57. The video control circuit 73 has two modes: a through mode in which a real-time video image from the CCD camera 51 is output to the LCD 57, and a freeze mode in which a still image video obtained by sampling a video at a certain moment displayed in the through mode is output to the LCD 57. Has a display mode. These two modes are alternately switched each time the “capture” button 81 is pressed. When the “capture” button 83 is pressed in the freeze mode, the video control circuit 73 outputs the sampled still image video to the JPEG encoder 76. The JPEG encoder 76 converts the still image video sent from the video control circuit 73 into the JPEG format and writes it in the flash memory 77.
[0021]
The keyboard control unit 79 transmits operation information performed on the operation button group 99 to the one-chip microcomputer 71. The IrDA interface 78 converts the data sent through the bus line 72 into an infrared data signal in accordance with an instruction from the one-chip microcomputer 71, and sends it out from the IrDA signal sending unit 80.
[0022]
=== Sequence from request reception to performance ===
(1) Portrait video shooting procedure The portrait video is shot before the start of karaoke performance. To shoot, first, the display mode is switched to the through mode by the “capture” button 81. Then, a pose to be photographed is determined while watching one's own image displayed on the LCD 57, and the “capture” button 81 is pressed again at an appropriate place to switch to the freeze mode to sample a still image.
Here, the user confirms the still image video displayed on the LCD 57, and when the user wants to use this still image as a portrait video, he / she presses the “take” button 83 and writes it in the flash memory 77. If it is desired to determine the pause again, the “capture” button 81 is pressed to switch to the through mode, and the sampling is started again.
[0023]
(2) Input of music ID and transmission of request signal Next, the music ID is input to the remote controller reservation device 21. The input music ID is displayed on the LCD 57. Here, if the user presses the “SET” button 91, the remote controller reservation device 21 registers the music ID in the flash memory 77. If the user presses the “Clear” button 89, the input music ID is canceled and the user is prompted to input the music ID again.
Here, when the user presses the “transfer” button 93, the music ID registered in the flash memory 77 and the still image video in JPEG format are converted into an infrared data signal and sent to the communication karaoke performance terminal 10. .
[0024]
(3) Registration to reservation list The communication karaoke performance terminal 10 receives the infrared data signal sent from the remote control reservation device 21, registers the music ID included in the infrared data signal in the reservation list, and also uses the JPEG format. The still image video is written in the database on the hard disk device 13 in association with the registered music ID. When the song ID and the still image are registered normally, the registered song ID is displayed on the display of the operation panel 15.
[0025]
{Circle around (4)} Display of Portrait Video Before Start of Performance of Requested Song As shown in FIG. 1, the communication karaoke performance terminal 10 includes a JPEG decoder 45. The central control device 11 controls the JPEG decoder 45 as appropriate, decodes the file in the JEPG format, and writes it in the video RAM 47 for captured video.
The communication karaoke performance terminal 10 reads out the still picture image associated with the song ID from the hard disk device 13 and decodes it by the JPEG decoder 45 before starting the performance of each requested song registered in the reservation list, Restore rate video. The restored portrait video is developed as a bitmap in the video RAM 47 for captured video. The video control device 33 synthesizes this video together with the lyrics video and the background video from the video CD changer 35, and outputs this to the display 39.
[0026]
(5) Display of request list The communication karaoke performance terminal 10 displays a request list on the display 39 when the “reservation list” button 97 of the remote controller reservation device 21 is pressed. FIG. 4 shows an example of the request list. As shown in this figure, a portrait image associated with the song ID is displayed together with information such as the song ID, song name, and artist name of the requested song.
[0027]
=== Other applications ===
<Example in which a video input terminal is provided in a communication karaoke performance terminal>
As another embodiment, a video input terminal 48 is provided in the communication karaoke performance terminal 10 as shown in FIG. The still image video sampled by the video capture board 49 may be used as the portrait video. At this time, an operation such as a sampling timing instruction is performed on the operation panel 15 or the remote control reservation device 21, or an operation key similar to the remote control reservation device 21 is provided on the operation panel 15 so as to perform the operation. . In addition, the display 39 is used in place of the LCD 57 described above so that a portrait image can be taken while confirming the pose.
[0028]
<How to make video and multi-frame video>
If the processing capability of each device is sufficient, a moving image may be used as a portrait image. In this case, for example, a moving image captured by a CCD camera is registered in a memory in an appropriate format such as MPEG. It is good to use it. Further, the portrait video may be composed of a still frame video of many frames, and the still video may be displayed at an appropriate interval during or after the performance of the music.
[0029]
<Use the “Set” button as an “Import” button>
In the above-described embodiment, when taking a portrait video using the remote controller reservation device 21, the “set” button 91 is provided with the function of the “take” button 83, and the port is set when the “set” button 91 is pressed. If the rate video is taken in, the operation of the remote control reservation device 21 becomes easier.
[0030]
<Portrait video display timing>
The portrait video may be used as a background video during the performance of the requested song. Further, the image may be changed in various ways by performing image processing on the portrait video.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when the performance of the music starts or when the reservation list of the requested music is displayed on the display, the portrait video of the person who reserved the requested music is displayed for each requested music. It is possible to easily identify who has requested the requested song. This means that there is no one who wants to hold the microphone even after the performance starts, and that the same title song is requested twice and when the turn comes, it is not clear which one should be sung first. You can smoothly and happily enjoy your karaoke performance without starting to play while you refrain from singing, or having the feeling that you later sang before you sing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic block configuration of a communication karaoke performance terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of a remote control reservation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic block configuration of a remote control reservation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a request list according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a schematic block configuration of a communication karaoke performance terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Communication Karaoke Performance Terminal 13 Hard Disk Device 21 Remote Control Reservation Device 33 Video Control Device 39 Display 45 JPEG Decoder 47 Capture Video Video RAM

Claims (1)

A karaoke remote control reservation device specified by the following items (1) to (10).
(1) A karaoke remote control reservation apparatus equipped with display means, operation input means, video camera, transmission means, control means, and storage means in one housing. (2) The housing is held by the user. (3) The display means is provided with a screen on one surface of the housing, and information is displayed under the control of the control means. (4) The operation input means is provided on the one surface of the housing. (5) The video camera is disposed above the display means on the one surface of the housing, and can be operated while viewing the screen of the display means. (6) The transmission means transmits a radio signal to the karaoke performance apparatus main body under the control of the control means. (7) The control means captures the face of the user facing the user. Processing, request reception processing, and transmission processing are enabled. (8) The shooting process displays a moving image captured by a video camera in accordance with a user input on a display unit and a moving image being displayed in accordance with a user input. (9) The request reception process stores the song ID specified by the user input in the storage means. (10) The transmission process is stored in the storage means by the photographing process. The transmission means transmits a radio signal including the still image and the music ID stored in the storage means by the request reception process.

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