JP5264368B2 - Karaoke device that displays recommended song list and accepts requests - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a request by displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for increasing interest by adding latest trends of people enjoying karaoke to presentation information.

  Choosing the music you want to sing from tens of thousands of karaoke songs is one of the pleasures of karaoke, but you can't start karaoke unless you select a song, which can be cumbersome when you want to sing early. There are many users who think that it will be helpful if they properly review and recommend songs that they may be interested in. In view of such circumstances, a karaoke apparatus has been developed that can present a suitable recommended song list to a user and easily reserve a performance.

In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-99049, a program that introduces a song with many requests or a new musical piece between songs is broadcasted, and the request is accepted with a simple operation.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 4033944, a music list that is frequently played statistically is automatically selected and presented for the music that has just been played.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3920204, music with a high performance frequency is automatically selected in consideration of the regional characteristics of the store, and a recommendation list is created.
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3958207, it is possible to automatically generate and present a music list related to the music just selected, and to make a reservation for subsequent performance.
The karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 3946662 recommends additionally registered songs to a favorite song list (held song list) based on a user's song selection history.
JP 2000-99049 A Japanese Patent No. 4033944 Japanese Patent No. 3920204 Japanese Patent No. 3958207 Japanese Patent No. 3946662

  An object of the present invention is to further refine the function of displaying a recommended song list in a karaoke apparatus, to provide topics to people who enjoy karaoke, and to enhance the atmosphere of a karaoke party.

  When presenting the recommended song list, the present applicant wanted to notify the user if there was a song just sung by someone on the spot. If you know that the recommended song was sung by Mr. A just before, it will be a chance to get excited about the story about that song again. The reason why it is recommended may be the topic of the artist's trend or the drama that caused the topic. Or, as expected, Mr. A may be asked to provide the latest information to Mr. A, saying that he is sensitive to fashion and knows the topic songs well. In this way, the present invention was created on the assumption that the karaoke party would be further excited as a result of providing a topic for karaoke.

The present invention is a karaoke apparatus specified by the following items (1) to (8).
(1) It is a karaoke device that includes a storage means and a control means, displays a recommended song list on the display means, and receives a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input means. (2) The storage means includes a performance history, Storing a user list (3) The performance history is a record in which the performance date, music ID, and user ID are associated in time series. (4) The user list includes the user ID, (5) The control means processes the request specifying the music ID and the user ID in order to play the karaoke accompaniment music corresponding to the music ID and the performance date and time. (6) When the control means displays the recommended song list, the control means performs the first to third processes. The first process is performed in the performance history. Latest predetermined The music ID (A) included in the recommended music list is extracted from the music IDs recorded for the period, and the user ID (A) associated with the music ID (A) is extracted from the performance history. Then, extracting the name (c) of the user ID (b) from the user list (7) The second process is the fact that the user of the name (c) recently sung the song with the music ID (a). Creating a message (d) to be notified (8) The third process is to display a recommended song list and additionally display a message (d) in association with the song with the song ID (a) on the display.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the control means selectively applies any one of the following requirements (a) and (b).
(A) The control means starts the first process in response to an instruction input by the user. (B) The control means starts from the first to the first song between the songs after the performance of a certain karaoke song is completed until the next song starts. Perform 3 processes

  In the present invention, when the music ID (a) is extracted from the performance history, the first process extracts the performance date and time (e), and the message (d) created in the second process includes the performance date and time (e). It is desirable to include information on (e).

  Alternatively, in the first process, when the music ID (a) is extracted from the performance history, the scoring information (f) is extracted together, and the scoring information (f) is added to the message (d) created in the second process. It is desirable to include.

  Further, the first process extracts the photo (c) when extracting the name (c) of the user ID (b) from the user list, and the third process is a music ID on the recommended song list display. When the message (D) is additionally displayed in association with the music of (A), it is desirable to display the photograph (Q) together.

  According to the present invention, if there is a song just sung by someone in the recommended song list, it can be a chance to get excited by the story about that song, or ask the singer to provide information, The karaoke party was even more exciting as a result of providing topics to the venue. Therefore, the effect of increasing the entertainment of karaoke can be expected.

=== Basic configuration of karaoke equipment ===
FIG. 1 illustrates a network configuration including the karaoke apparatus of the present embodiment. The karaoke apparatus of this embodiment is a part of a well-known online karaoke system. In a karaoke store having a plurality of guest rooms, a karaoke performance terminal (hereinafter referred to as a performance terminal 10) in the same room and the performance terminal 10 are connected. It is comprised with the guest room terminal 20 for operating. A LAN 110 is installed in the karaoke store, and the performance terminal 10 of each guest room communicates with the guest room terminal 20 in the same room via the LAN 110.

  The performance terminal 10 is a general-purpose personal computer application device. FIG. 2 illustrates the block configuration. A central control unit 11 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM controls peripheral components and controls the performance terminal 10. In addition to the main computer program, the hard disk device 12 stores a karaoke database in which karaoke data that is the origin of accompaniment music and lyric images is associated with a karaoke song ID. In addition to the operation / display panel 13 of the apparatus main body as a user interface device, the user interface device is connected to the LAN 110 in the karaoke store via the communication processing unit 14.

  The guest room terminal 20 has the same hardware configuration as a tablet computer using a touch panel as a main user interface, and implements a wireless LAN interface of a predetermined standard. FIG. 3 illustrates a functional block configuration of the guest room terminal 20. A terminal control unit 21 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM is used as a main control unit, and a hard disk device 22, a touch panel 23, and a communication interface 24 are provided. The hard disk device 22 stores location information (such as an IP address) of the performance terminal 10 in the same room that is an operation target such as performance reservation. The communication interface 24 is connected to the LAN via a wireless access point and communicates with the performance terminal 10. Further, it functions as a remote control device for operating the performance terminal 10 such as performing music reservations by interacting with the user through the GUI by executing the installed program.

  The performance terminal 10 is connected to an external network via a LAN and can communicate with a karaoke server 70 operated by a karaoke business operator connected to the external network. The karaoke server 70 stores karaoke data produced by a karaoke company and distributes it to the performance terminal 10 as appropriate. Each performance terminal 10 receives karaoke data appropriately distributed from the karaoke server 70 and stores it in a karaoke database constructed in the hard disk device 12.

  The karaoke server 70 also stores a recommended song list created by a karaoke company and is appropriately distributed to the performance terminal 10 and the guest room terminal 20. The recommended song list is an aggregation of the song IDs of new songs and hot songs and table of contents information such as song names and artist names, and is updated at appropriate occasions, for example, every week. A recommendation comment associated with the music ID may be included.

  The karaoke server 70 manages member information of users registered as members of the karaoke business. In association with the member ID (user ID) assigned by the karaoke company, member information such as the member's name, address, age, and favorite music collection is stored. The member information includes a member's face photograph taken with the guest room terminal 20, a photograph taken with a digital camera owned by the member, and the like.

=== User list and performance history ===
When the member ID in the guest room terminal 20 is authenticated by the karaoke server 70 by a predetermined login operation by the member who has entered the guest room, the guest room terminal 20 collects member information including the name from the karaoke server 70 and associates the member ID with the member ID. Are stored in the storage unit and managed as a user list. Therefore, in the user list, member IDs (user IDs) of users who are logged in in the same room and corresponding member information are collected. Note that the member information managed in the user list includes not only the name but also a face photo.

  The operation input signal by the logged-in member includes the member ID and is transferred to the performance terminal 10 and the server. Accordingly, the song ID reserved by the member and the member ID are associated with each other and transferred to the performance terminal 10. The performance terminal 10 manages the music ID registered in the queue in association with the member ID. The music IDs for which the performance processing has been completed are associated with member IDs together with the performance date and time, and are collected and managed as performance histories in a time series. The performance history includes singing scoring information (scores and national ranking information). The performance history is deleted from the storage unit of the performance terminal 10 when leaving the room. The statistical information may be transferred to the karaoke server 70. Alternatively, the performance history may be stored as statistical information without being erased and erased when the performance history is transferred to the karaoke server 70.

=== Recommended song display processing ===
The recommended song display processing according to the present embodiment is already performed in the list when the recommended song list distributed from the server 70 is presented to the user between songs or when the guest room terminal 20 is not used. If there is a song, there is a display to that effect.

  The terminal control unit 21 of the guest room terminal 20 starts the recommended song display process as illustrated in FIG. 4 when attempting to display the recommended song list. When the process is started (s1 → s2), the recommended music list and the performance history up to the present after the user enters the room are obtained from the performance terminal 10, and the music ID included in the performance history is stored in the recommended music list. Contrast with the included music ID (s2). When the music ID included in the recommended music list is included in the performance history (s3), the member ID associated with the performance history is compared with the user list, and the user name is extracted. Then, a performance notification message such as “Song A sung 10 minutes ago” is created (s4). Also, the music ID of the recommended music list is referred to the music index database, and the table of contents information such as the music title and artist name is extracted.

  Based on the above processing, a list of recommended tunes is displayed on the touch panel 23, and a performance notification message is displayed in association with the music corresponding to the music ID included in the performance history (s5). FIG. 5 shows a display example of a performance notification message in the recommended song list. In this way, if there is a song that has been played among the songs in the recommended song list, you can notify that fact, so pay attention to the recommended song again, the ranking that caused the recommendation and the trend of the artist And the drama covered in the theme song will trigger the topic of information related to the song. You can ask Mr. A to sing for the latest information that others don't know.

  By performing a predetermined operation input for the user to select and specify one from the list of recommended song titles displayed, a performance reservation message including the song ID of the song is created and played on the performance terminal 10. You can make a reservation.

  There are various setting methods for the performance history for a predetermined period to be compared with the recommended song list. For example, it may be limited to the performance history within 10 minutes, and only the music played within the last 10 minutes for displaying the recommended music list may be notified. Alternatively, it may be limited to the performance history for the last five songs, and only the songs up to five songs before the point of time when the recommended song list is displayed can be notified.

=== Message format ===
Based on the performance date and time of the performance history, information indicating the performance date and time may be notified together. As a result, in addition to the form of “Mr. A has just sung”, the announcement message that has been played, “Mr. A sang at 19:50” or “ You can also make a message such as "I sang before." Or "A-san sang 3 songs before."

  When the performance history includes the singing score result (scoring information), “A sang 10 minutes ago. It was 75 points” or “B was just sung. The score and ranking information at that time may be included in the message. In addition, when displaying using the singing score result until the previous day, it can be obtained from the member information managed by the karaoke server 70 and stored in the user list, and this can be extracted at the time of message creation. By including the singing score result in the message, not only the story about the song but also Mr. A's singing can be talked about, which further enhances entertainment.

  Moreover, if a face photograph is extracted from the user list and the face photograph of Mr. A is displayed together with the message, the message property is easily noticeable. In addition to Mr. A's face photo, A's pet dog and photos of his favorite places can be displayed. Then, there is a possibility that the topic range will further expand to Mr. A's hobby.

  If the message is displayed easily by blinking or changing the font, the message quality is improved. Initially, the characters may be displayed with relatively small characters, and when a predetermined instruction operation such as a click by the user is performed, the characters may be changed into large characters and displayed.

=== Others ===
As the user ID, in addition to the member ID of the above embodiment, identification information temporarily assigned only from the entrance to the exit may be used. For example, the user may input a nickname, a telephone number, or the like when entering the room, or the guest room terminal 20 may assign a number or a symbol, which may be used as the user ID. If it does so, even if it is not a member, since a performance history can be left temporarily, it can apply to this invention.

  The recommended song list is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and how it is created is not within the scope of the present invention. For example, depending on the member's preference, a member-specific recommended song list is created in advance based on some related music or another member's favorite music that has similar taste trends, and applied to the present invention. Also good.

  In this case, the scene where the recommended song list is displayed is not limited to the above-described embodiment in which the recommended song list is displayed. The recommended song list according to the present invention is displayed when the user desires to display the recommended song list by a predetermined operation input. A display process may be performed.

  The display of the recommended song list is not limited to the touch panel 23 of the guest room terminal 20. The information may be displayed on the display 18 of the performance terminal 10 or a display dedicated to information display connected to the performance terminal 10. In that case, the performance terminal 10 is configured to manage the music index database and the user list in addition to the recommended music list and performance history, and the performance terminal 10 performs recommended music display processing at the list display timing such as between songs. .

The network structure containing the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the performance terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. The structure of the guest room terminal which comprises the karaoke apparatus which concerns on a present Example is illustrated. It is a processing flow figure of the recommendation music display process concerning a present Example. It is an example of a display screen of a recommended song list according to the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Performance terminal 11 Central control part 18 Display 20 Room terminal 23 Touch panel

Claims (5)

A karaoke apparatus comprising a storage means and a control means, displaying a recommended song list on a display means and accepting a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input means,
The storage means stores a performance history and a user list,
The performance history is a time series recording of correspondence description of performance date and time, music ID, user ID, and scoring information .
The user list includes a plurality of correspondence descriptions of user information and personal information including names,
The control means processes the request specifying the music ID and the user ID in order to play the karaoke accompaniment music corresponding to the music ID, and plays the association description of the performance date, music ID, user ID and scoring information. Record in history,
The control means performs the first to third processes when displaying the recommended song list,
In the first process, the music ID (a) included in the recommended music list is extracted from the music IDs recorded during the most recent predetermined period in the performance history, and is associated with the music ID (a) in the performance history. The user ID (b) and scoring information (f) are extracted, the name (c) of the user ID (b) is extracted from the user list,
In the second process, a message (d) including the scoring information (f) is created while announcing the fact that the user of the name (c) has recently sung the song with the music ID (a).
The third process is a karaoke apparatus that displays a recommended song list and additionally displays a message (D) in association with the song with the song ID (A) on the display. A karaoke apparatus comprising a storage means and a control means, displaying a recommended song list on a display means and accepting a performance reservation of a desired song by a user input means,
The storage means stores a performance history and a user list,
The performance history is a time series recording of correspondence descriptions of performance date / time, music ID, and user ID,
The user list includes a plurality of correspondence descriptions of personal information including a user ID and a name and a photo ,
The control means processes the request specifying the music ID and the user ID in order to play the karaoke accompaniment music corresponding to the music ID and records the association description of the performance date / time, the music ID and the user ID in the performance history. And
The control means performs the first to third processes when displaying the recommended song list,
In the first process, the music ID (a) included in the recommended music list is extracted from the music IDs recorded during the most recent predetermined period in the performance history, and is associated with the music ID (a) in the performance history. The user ID (I) being extracted, the name (C) and the photograph (K) of the user ID (I) are extracted from the user list,
The second process creates a message (d) that announces the fact that the user of the name (c) has recently sung the song with the music ID (a),
The third process is a karaoke apparatus that displays a recommended song list and additionally displays a message (D) and a photograph (K) in association with the song with the song ID (A) on the display. Control means, karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 starts the first processing instruction input by the user. Control means, after playing the end of a certain karaoke music, between songs to play the beginning of the next music, karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 to perform the first to third processing. In the first process, when the music ID (a) is extracted from the performance history, the performance date and time (e) is extracted together,
The karaoke apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the message (d) created in the second process includes information related to the performance date (e).