JPH1055187A - 'karaoke' device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a 'KARAOKE' (orchestration without lyrics) device capable of preventing mismatch between a 'KARAOKE' composition and a background image even when the category of the selected 'KARAOKE' composition is a special field such as an animation system, etc. SOLUTION: A CPU part 7 stores the 'KARAOKE' composition inputted as a piece of music to be reproduced from a remote controller of an operation part 12 in a RAM 7b. Although the CPU part 7 selects an external video device 2 or an animation video forming part 16 based on the category information of the 'KARAOKE' composition, the CPU part 7 commands to the animation video forming part 16 to make form an animation video signal from the cell image data, etc., stored in a still image storage part 15 and to make output it to a superimposition part 9 when the 'KARAOKE' category is the animation system particularly. The superimposition part 9 makes the animation video signal a background video, and synthesizes lyrics/video answering to the 'KARAOKE' composition to display it on a video display part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of synthesizing and displaying a lyric image corresponding to the lyrics of a karaoke song and a background image selected in association with the karaoke song. The invention relates to a configured karaoke apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a karaoke apparatus of this type, when a singer selects a karaoke song desired to be sung, a lyric image corresponding to the lyrics of the karaoke song and the genre of the selected karaoke song (for example, And a background image that is automatically selected in association with a song field such as a song field and a season such as spring, summer, autumn and winter) and displayed.

In such a karaoke apparatus, even if the singer selects the same karaoke song, the selected karaoke song and the background image are not associated one-to-one, so that
It is rare that the same background video is selected, and there is an effect that the singer can enjoy a different background video each time even with the same karaoke song.

[0004]

However, if the genre of the selected karaoke tune is related to the singing field such as pop and enka or the season such as spring, summer, autumn and winter,
Since there are a relatively large number of prepared background videos, it is possible to automatically select and display different background videos even for the same karaoke song. In the case of special fields like karaoke, it is necessary to make the background image correspond to the anime character in order to prevent a mismatch between the karaoke song and the background image, so the background video prepared for each song is extremely The situation is low.

[0005] Furthermore, in order to create a background image corresponding to an anime character, it is necessary to solve a copyright problem. It is impossible to prepare. The present invention has been made to address the above circumstances, and prevents a mismatch between a karaoke song and a background image even if the genre of the selected karaoke song is a special field such as an anime series. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke device capable of performing the karaoke.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke apparatus comprising: a lyric image corresponding to the lyrics of a karaoke song; and a background selected in association with the karaoke song. A still image storage means for storing still image data, and a moving image image for creating a moving image image based on the still image data stored in the still image storage section Creating means, determining means for determining a music field in which the karaoke music is included, and selecting means for selecting the moving image created by the moving image creating means as the background image based on the music field determined by the determining means. And characterized in that:

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention, and shows a basic configuration when applied to a communication karaoke apparatus. The karaoke apparatus 1 is shown in the outer broken line in FIG.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a CPU, which controls the entire karaoke apparatus 1, and includes a microprocessor 7 and a ROM 7a for storing a control program and a plurality of flag areas required for control. It is composed of a RAM 7b for temporarily storing data and the like, and performs control of various input / output devices, memory management, data processing, and the like.

An operation unit 12 includes various keys, switches, and a remote controller (not shown) for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1. Reference numeral 13 denotes a display unit, which includes an LCD, an LED, and the like for displaying information necessary for setting various states of the karaoke apparatus 1 to an operator. 5
Is a modem, which converts music data transmitted from the host computer via an analog communication line such as a telephone line into a digital signal. The music data is data necessary for reproducing the karaoke music, and includes control data and performance data. The control data is composed of, for example, information indicating the number of start clocks and the number of end clocks of chorus of karaoke music.
It is composed of performance music data, which is MIDI data coded based on the IDI standard, and lyric image data indicating lyrics of a performance tune composed of character information, color change information, genre information, and the like.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a main storage device, which comprises a rewritable storage medium such as a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and a DVD-RAM, and a read-only storage medium. The music data taken in by the modem 5 is stored below. Normally, the music data is stored in a data compressed state in order to minimize the storage capacity of the main storage device 6.
The music data is not only taken in at the request of the user of the karaoke apparatus 1 but also automatically taken in a time zone when the karaoke apparatus 1 is used less frequently, such as at night.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a performance data storage unit which is generally constituted by a rewritable and high-speed accessible storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
Under the control of, the music data read from the main storage device 6 is stored in a decompressed state. Reference numeral 8 denotes a MIDI sound source section, which is stored in the performance data storage section 1 by the CPU section 7.
The MIDI data in the music data stored in No. 4 is supplied, and the MIDI data is output as a performance music signal by the function of the electronic musical instrument.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a superimpose unit, which is a CP.
The U unit 7 supplies character information, color change information, and the like in the lyrics video data obtained by searching the music data stored in the performance data storage unit 14. Further, the superimposing unit 9 is based on lyric image data indicating lyrics of a tune to be played, based on a video signal supplied from the external video reproducing device 2 or a moving image video creating unit, which will be described later, according to an instruction from the CPU unit 7. The lyric image is synthesized and output to an image display unit described later.

The external video reproducing apparatus 2 is widely used in VTRs, video CD players, LD players, and recently, MPEG (Moving Picture).
Element Group) players and DVDs (Di
A digital video disk (PGA) player or the like, which reproduces and outputs a video signal from video data recorded on a video tape or various discs as recording media.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a still image storage unit which stores still image data such as background still image data such as landscapes, cell image data such as airplanes, cars and robots, and primitive data such as circles and triangles. doing. 16
Is a moving image creation unit, under the control of the CPU unit 7,
A video signal is created from background still image data, cell image data, primitive data, and the like stored in the still image storage unit 15 and output to the superimposing unit 9.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an image display unit, which is a display device capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of images such as a wide TV and a monitor TV, which have become widespread recently, in a plurality of windows. The video display unit 3 includes a plurality of video display devices 1 to N, and each video display device simultaneously displays video based on a plurality of video signals input from the video signal editing unit 15. However, a plurality of video display devices are not necessarily required, and there is no problem even if only one video display device 1 is used.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a mixer / amplifier unit, which has an MID
By synthesizing and amplifying the performance music signal output from the I sound source unit 8 and the signal of the singer's singing voice taken in by the microphone 4 and outputting it to the speaker 11, the performance music and the singing voice of the singer are reproduced as audible sounds I do. Next, the operation of the karaoke apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

The operator selects a song by operating a remote controller (not shown) included in the operation unit 12 and inputting the song number of the song to be played, for example, while viewing the information displayed on the display unit 13. Then, the CPU unit 7 stores the music number data of the input performance music in the RAM 7b. Normal,
The CPU section 7 reproduces the music piece in accordance with the registration order of the music number data stored in the RAM 7b, but it is assumed that nothing has been registered before the registration of this music piece in order to simplify the explanation.

The CPU section 7 constantly searches the RAM 7b to determine whether or not there is a music piece to be reproduced. In this case, since only one music number data is registered, the music piece is immediately played. The operation shifts to the music playback operation. CPU unit 7
Retrieves music data corresponding to the music number from the music data stored in the main storage device 6 based on the music number data stored in the RAM 7b, and finds MIDI data necessary for performance and lyrics data of the music to be performed. Character information, color change information, genre information, etc., in the performance data storage unit 1
4 is stored.

Then, the CPU section 7 performs MIDI processing based on the MIDI data fetched into the performance data storage section 14.
By controlling the sound source section 8, a music signal required for playing the music is reproduced, and the music signal is output to the mixer / amplifier section 10. The mixer / amplifier unit 10 reproduces the performance music and the singing voice as audible sound by synthesizing the performance signal and the singer's voice signal input from the microphone 4 and outputting to the speaker 11.

The CPU unit 7 controls the external video reproducing device 2 or the moving image video creating unit 16 on the basis of the genre information in the music data, and superimposes a background video signal corresponding to the genre of the music on the superimposing unit 9. Output to
The lyrics video data is output to the superimposing unit 9 based on the character information and the color change information. In this case, if the genre of the music is, for example, enka or pop, the CPU unit 7 selects the external video reproduction device 2 in which the mismatch between the karaoke music and the background video is relatively small, and selects the background video signal as in the past. Output. On the other hand, when the genre of the music is such that the probability of occurrence of mismatch is high, such as in the case of animation, the moving image creating unit 16 is selected to output the background image signal.

Here, the operation of creating a background image signal by the moving image creating unit 16 will be described by taking an animation system as an example. Upon receiving the background video signal generation command from the CPU unit 7, the video image generation unit 16 determines based on the animation genre information (for example, battle, car, airplane, doll, etc.) that further subdivides the karaoke music of the animation series. First, background still image data that is the basis of a background video is selected, and a background still image is created.

Next, the moving picture image creation unit 16 generates cell image data or primitive data (hereinafter, referred to as "character data") constituting a character arbitrarily moved in the background still image based on the animation genre information.
Select This character data is composed of a series of a plurality of still image data necessary for creating an animation moving image for each character. Further, data indicating the reproduction order is given to each of the still image data. If a character based on the still image data is reproduced at predetermined time intervals in accordance with the reproduction order, an animation moving image can be created.

Accordingly, if the CPU unit 7 provides the animation genre information to the moving image creating unit 16 with information for selecting, for example, “mountain landscape” as a background still image and “car” as a character, the moving image creating unit 16 automatically generates an animated moving image video signal in which the car moves from left to right on the screen with the mountain scenery as the background, and outputs the signal to the superimposing unit 9. Also, in this case, only "car" is taken as an example of a video character, but it is possible to select a plurality of video characters and move them simultaneously,
It is also possible to change the background still image in time series.

The superimposing unit 9 to which the background video signal has been input combines the background video signal with the lyric video based on the lyric video data and outputs it to the video display unit 3 under the control of the CPU unit 7. By doing so, the lyrics image and the background image are displayed on each image display device.

[0025]

As described above, according to the karaoke apparatus according to the present invention, even if the genre of the selected karaoke music is in a special field such as an animation system, the mismatch between the karaoke music and the background image. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Karaoke device 2 External video reproduction device 3 Video display unit 6 Main storage device 7 CPU unit 7a ROM 7b RAM 8 MIDI sound source unit 9 Superimpose unit 10 Mixer / amplifier unit 12 Operation unit 13 Display unit 14 Performance data storage unit 15 Still Image storage unit 16 Movie image creation unit

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Agency reference number FI Technical display location H04N 5/445 H04N 5/445 Z G11B 27/34 P

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke apparatus configured to synthesize and display a lyric image corresponding to the lyrics of a karaoke song and a background image selected in association with the karaoke song, wherein the still image storing the still image data is provided. Storage means; moving image video creating means for creating a moving image based on the still image data stored in the still image storage section; determining means for determining a music field including the karaoke music; and the determining means A karaoke apparatus, comprising: selecting means for selecting a moving image created by the moving image creating means as the background image based on a music field.