JPH0412399A - karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a karaoke device, and more particularly to a karaoke device that can display not only original lyrics but also parody songs during karaoke performance.

[Prior Art] Conventional karaoke equipment sends song lyrics from a storage medium such as a laser disc to a monitor TV and displays them.
It is common for singers to look at lyrics books and sing along with musical tones output from speakers.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when attempting to sing a parody of a certain song using the conventional device described above, there are almost no laser discs or lyrics books that record the lyrics of such a parody, so the singer must be able to sing a parody of a certain song. There was a problem in that it was necessary to memorize the lyrics in advance, and it was not possible to provide convenience to people who did not know the lyrics of such parody songs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke device that can sing lyrics such as parody songs other than the lyrics stored in advance in a storage medium along with karaoke accompaniment.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a karaoke device that displays video information including lyrics stored in a storage medium on a display means, and an image that creates image information including characters that can be displayed on the display means. information creation means; selection and designation means for selecting and designating display of either the video information or the created image information; and display switching means for switching to and transmitting to the display means.

[Function] If you want to sing with lyrics other than those stored in the storage medium, the image information creation means creates the lyrics information. Then, by specifying that the created image information be displayed by the selection designation means, the display switching means sends the image created by the image information creation means to the display means. In this way, lyrics other than those stored in advance in the storage medium can be displayed on the display means.

[Example] The present invention will be explained in detail below.

The karaoke apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a karaoke performance means 2 that performs karaoke performance, and controls the start-up of this karaoke performance means 2, and can input arbitrary character information (for example, the title of a parody song, lyrics, various messages, etc.) and image information creation means (word processor, personal computer, etc.) 3 that stores and holds input character information and outputs it as character image information, and accompanying karaoke performance output from the karaoke performance means 2. It is provided with a display switching means 4 that selects and outputs either image information or character image information outputted from the image information creation means 3.

The karaoke performance means 2 includes a microphone 5 as an audio input means through which the singer inputs voice, and video information consisting of lyrics of a large number of songs and images serving as backgrounds thereof.

A laser disc player 6 as a performance source that individually outputs performance information (musical tone information) of a large number of songs, and audio information from this laser disc player 6 and the microphone 5 are mixed, further amplified, and output. amplifier 7
and a speaker 8 that converts the output signal of this amplifier 7 into sound.
and a display section 9, such as a cathode ray tube display, connected to the laser disc player 6 and the image information creation means 3 via the display switching means 4.

The image information creation means 3 includes a keyboard 10 through which an operator can input various character information such as hiragana, katakana, and alphabets, a CPU II that controls each part of the karaoke apparatus 1, and the keyboard 10 connected to the CPU 11. Memory 2 for storing character information, and CP
Based on the character information from the memory 2 outputted via the UII, the CRT 13 displays it in R, G, B format, and converts the character information read from the memory 12 into character information for display in the NTSC format. The image information converting section 14 outputs the image information to the display switching means 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the microphone 5 of the karaoke performance means 2 includes, in addition to a sound-to-electrical signal conversion element 15, an image selection designation means for sending an image information switching signal to the CPU 11 in an on state. A changeover switch 16 is provided. Note that this changeover switch 16 does not necessarily need to be provided on the microphone 5.

When the image information switching signal from the changeover switch 16 is input, the CPU 11 activates the actuating piece 4a of the display switching means 4.
is connected to the image information conversion unit 14 side, and when the image information switching signal is not input, control is performed to connect the actuating piece 4a to the laser disk 6 side. Also, CPUI 1
is adapted to control the operation of the laser disc player 6.

Next, the operation of the above-described karaoke apparatus 1 will be explained.

An operator of this karaoke apparatus 1 (or a singer who wants to sing a parody song) inputs in advance from the keyboard 10 characters corresponding to the lyrics and title of one parody song corresponding to a specific song. The input character information is CPUI
1 to the memory 2 and displayed on the CRT 13 so that the input characters can be confirmed. At this time, if the input lyrics are to be displayed while changing the screen according to the progress of the song, for example, the CPU II inputs an update code for the lyrics screen of the corresponding song from the laser disc 6, and according to this update code. It may also be possible to input characters. Thereby, character information for one parody song can be stored and held in the memory 12 in the form of image information for several screens determined by the update code. Alternatively, all lyrics of one song may be input on one screen.

After such preparatory work has been completed, the operator may use the keyboard 10 in response to the singer's request to sing a particular song.
When a command to start the song is input from the CPU 1, the CPU 1 commands the laser disc player 6 to start operating. As a result, the laser disc player 6 sends performance information of a specific song to the amplifier 7, and image information including the lyrics of the song to the display switching means 4.

The performance information is amplified by the amplifier 7 and then sent to the speaker 8.
is output and the performance of a specific song begins. At this time, if the singer holding the microphone 5 does not turn on the changeover switch 16, the actuating piece 4a of the display switching means 4 remains connected to the laser disc player 6 side, so a specific song is selected via the display switching means 4. Video information including the original lyrics is sent to the display section 9 and displayed.

On the other hand, when the singer turns on the changeover switch 16, the image information changeover signal is input to the CPU II.
II switches the actuator 4a of the display switching means 4 to the image conversion section 14 side. At the same time, cPUll reads the character image information of the parody song stored in the memory 12 and sends it to the image information converter 14.

The image information conversion section 14 converts the character image information into display character information of the NTSC system, and sends it to the display section 9 via the display switching means 4.

As a result, the lyrics of the parody song are displayed on the display section 9, and the singer can sing the parody song while looking at the lyrics.

In addition to the embodiments described above, the present invention can be modified in various ways within the scope of its gist.

For example, the present invention can be applied to a communication karaoke system having a karaoke terminal connected to a host device via a public telephone network. In this case, the image creation means 3 is used for creating and inputting lyrics, and the keyboard 10. CPU11. Memory 2 and CRT13
It can also be used as a device for data communication.

Therefore, in the case of a communication karaoke system, the present invention can be implemented by adding a small amount of equipment. Also,
It may also be possible to specify the singing part using a pointing device such as a mouse.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, it is possible to display arbitrarily created and input lyrics information on the display means, so it is possible to enjoy songs that are not commonly used in parody songs with karaoke accompaniment. It is possible to expand the displayed lyrics.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the configuration of a microphone of the same device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Karaoke device, 2... Karaoke performance means, 3... Image information creation means, 4... Display switching means, 9... Display means, 16... Selection specification means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a karaoke device that displays video information including lyrics stored in a storage medium on a display means, an image information creation means that creates image information including characters that can be displayed on the display means; and the video information or creation. a selection designation means for selectively designating display of either one of the image information created by the user; and a display for selectively switching between the video information or the created image information and sending it to the display means based on the selection by the selection designation means. A karaoke device comprising: a switching means; and a karaoke device.