JP6257433B2 - Karaoke program for communication terminal and communication karaoke server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke program and a communication karaoke server of a communication terminal for streaming karaoke music and singing karaoke.

  In recent years, commercial communication karaoke systems have become widespread, and in these systems, dedicated karaoke devices (karaoke terminals) connected to servers and networks are installed in karaoke boxes and restaurants, etc., and karaoke singing for customers Is offered for. On the other hand, network connections have become widespread in mobile devices such as personal computers and game machines in homes, and smartphones owned by individuals, and it has become possible to enjoy karaoke performance for the general public using business resources. There are also services that provide full-fledged singing grading similar to a karaoke room. In the service for the general public who enjoys such karaoke performance, it is necessary to reduce the processing load of the terminal device.

  Conventionally, karaoke performance information such as MIDI (registered trademark) data, audio data, video data, and lyric display data necessary for reproducing karaoke music on a karaoke device is distributed and stored from the server to each karaoke device. These karaoke performance information is a very important asset along with hardware resources and communication infrastructure in building a communication karaoke business, and was accumulated in a dedicated karaoke device that constitutes a communication karaoke system for business use. Generally, guards are provided so that karaoke performance information cannot be easily duplicated or output.

  On the other hand, accumulating karaoke performance information distributed from a server via a network for general use in a personal computer, game machine, or portable terminal involves a large risk of illegal duplication. When a karaoke performance service is provided by using, karaoke performance information is streamed on demand and is not stored.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a smartphone wirelessly connects to a public wireless base station, performs data communication with a music distribution server via the Internet, receives a music request instruction from a user, and streams on demand from the music distribution server. Disclosed is a technology for streaming playback of a requested song based on the song data to be delivered. Guide melody data used as an evaluation standard for singing and analyzing songs is also streamed simultaneously with the song data. Is disclosed.

JP 2013-182045 A

  However, when performing streaming playback and singing of music at the same time based on music data that is streamed on demand and guide melody data, it is easy to protect assets that are important for the karaoke business. As compared with the case based on the karaoke performance information, there is a problem that the load of the reception processing, the reproduction processing, and the scoring processing becomes heavy.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke program for a communication terminal and a communication karaoke server for reducing the processing burden on streaming karaoke performance information.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention of claim 1, a memory for storing karaoke music data and reference data which is an evaluation standard for evaluating and analyzing singing by a singer according to the karaoke music. A communication terminal karaoke program comprising a storage unit including a reservation queue that is provided with means and is capable of communicating with a communication karaoke server that distributes reference data and distributes karaoke music data in a streaming manner. Then, registering a song ID of an arbitrary karaoke song in a reservation queue, and transmitting the registered song ID to the communication karaoke server when the song ID is registered in the reservation queue. Request download distribution of music reference data, and download by the online karaoke server The reference data distributed is stored in the storage unit, and the song ID of one karaoke song among the karaoke songs registered in the reservation queue is transmitted to the communication karaoke server. Requesting streaming distribution of the song data, streaming the karaoke song based on the streamed song data, and reading the stored reference data of the karaoke song in synchronization with the karaoke song to be streamed, It is set as the structure containing the program which scores the singer's song match | combined with the said karaoke music, and displays the said scored score result.

In invention of Claims 2 and 3, it is a configuration comprising “a program for obfuscating a download source of the reference data downloaded and distributed from the communication karaoke server”
“The program includes a program for deleting the stored reference data of the music piece on condition that the karaoke music piece is not registered in the reservation queue after the streaming reproduction of the one karaoke music piece is completed”.

  In invention of Claim 4, it is a communication karaoke server which can communicate with a communication terminal provided with the karaoke program, Comprising: For every karaoke music memorize | stored in the music database which memorize | stores several karaoke music data, and the said music database, In response to a reference database storing reference data, which is an evaluation standard for evaluating and analyzing singing by a singer in accordance with the karaoke song, and the reference data distribution request from the communication terminal, the reference Reference data extraction means for reading the corresponding reference data stored in the database and downloading and distributing it to the communication terminal, and the correspondence stored in the music database in response to a streaming distribution request for a predetermined music from the communication terminal Karaoke song day A music extraction unit for extracting, a structure having a streaming means for streaming to the communication terminal karaoke song data the extracted requested.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the music ID of an arbitrary karaoke piece is registered in the reservation queue, and the music piece ID is transmitted to the communication karaoke server at the time when the music piece ID is registered in the reservation queue. A request for download distribution of the reference data of the music, the reference data downloaded and distributed by the communication karaoke server is stored in the storage unit, and one karaoke in the karaoke music registered in the reservation queue for the communication karaoke server The music ID of the music is transmitted to request streaming distribution of the music data of the karaoke music, the karaoke music is streamed based on the streamed music data, and the reference read out in synchronization with the streamed karaoke music Program structure for scoring and displaying based on data As a result, the download of the reference data is not performed simultaneously with the download of the streaming distribution data but separately at the previous stage, thereby reducing the processing burden on the communication terminal for the music data to be streamed and the karaoke performance information of the reference data. It can be made to.

  According to the invention of claim 2, by providing a program for obfuscating the download source of the reference data downloaded and distributed from the communication karaoke server, it is possible to make it difficult to clarify the download source, and illegal duplication. Etc. can be prevented.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the program for deleting the reference data of the music stored on condition that the karaoke music is not registered in the reservation queue after the streaming reproduction of the one karaoke music is finished. By providing a configuration, the reference data is not erased while the same reserved music remains, the reference data is not downloaded every time the music is reserved and registered, and the user who wants to sing can wait. It can be shortened.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in response to a distribution request for reference data of a predetermined music from the communication terminal, the corresponding reference data is read and downloaded to the communication terminal, and a streaming distribution request for the predetermined music from the communication terminal On the other hand, the reference data distribution is performed separately from the music streaming distribution by extracting the corresponding karaoke music data and streaming it to the communication terminal. It is possible to reduce the processing load for streaming karaoke performance information.

It is a block block diagram of the communication karaoke server which concerns on this invention. It is a block block diagram of a communication terminal provided with the program for karaoke which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the communication form of a communication karaoke server and a communication terminal. It is a flowchart of the karaoke performance process in the communication terminal of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a personal computer connected to a wired communication network such as the Internet, a home game machine, etc. will be described as a network terminal as a communication terminal having a karaoke program, but a smartphone as a communication terminal connected wirelessly The present invention can be similarly applied to a portable terminal such as a computer tablet.

  FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a communication karaoke server according to the present invention. In FIG. 1A, the communication karaoke server 11 can communicate with at least a predetermined number of network terminals 12 (12A to 12N) via a communication network 13 such as the Internet. Is a device for delivering music data and sending / receiving various data.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the communication karaoke server 11 includes a control unit 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, music search unit 24, music extraction unit 25, reference data extraction unit 26, streaming distribution unit 27, network transmission / reception unit 28, A portable terminal transmission / reception unit 29 and a storage unit 30 are provided. The storage unit 30 stores a music database (music DB) 31, a reference database (reference DB) 32, and a user database (user DB) 33.

  The control unit 21 is a physical CPU that controls the communication karaoke server 11 in an integrated manner, and executes an integrated process by executing a program stored in the ROM 22. The RAM 23 serves as a work area for developing and executing the various programs. The RAM 23 is a concept including, for example, a semiconductor memory that is virtually built on a hard disk.

  The music search means 24 is a program including a table for searching for music and selecting music, and transmits music search expansion display data to the network terminal 12 in response to a music search request from the network terminal 12. The corresponding search display data is transmitted in response to the display selection signal, and the music ID of the selected music piece is transmitted to the network terminal 12 by the music selection confirmation signal from the network terminal 12.

  The music extraction means 25 is a program for extracting corresponding karaoke music data stored in the music DB 31 in response to a streaming distribution request accompanied by a music ID from the network terminal 12. The reference data extraction unit 26 extracts the reference data corresponding to the music ID stored in the reference DB 32 in response to a reference data distribution request accompanied by the music ID from the network terminal 12 and downloads and distributes it to the network terminal 12. It is a program. The karaoke performance data includes karaoke music data and reference data.

  The streaming distribution means 27 is a program for streaming distribution of the karaoke music data extracted by the music extraction means 25 to the requested network terminal 12.

  The network transmission / reception unit 28 is, for example, a physical communication circuit or platform for achieving consistency with the communication method of the communication network 13 in order to perform communication (data exchange) with each network terminal 12 (12A to 12N). It is configured by software such as. The portable terminal transmission / reception unit 29 is configured by software such as a physical communication circuit and a platform for ensuring consistency with a wireless communication method when the communication terminal is a portable terminal.

  The music DB 31 stored in the storage unit 30 stores note data, lyrics data, reference data for singing scores, and the like for each music. Regarding performance, specifically, there is a music table in which a music ID, a music title, and an artist ID (artist name) are associated, and for each music, note data of a karaoke music in a predetermined data format managed by the music ID (for example, , MIDI (registered trademark) format note data) or the like, and the music ID is stored as a file name.

  Reference DB32 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 30 is a reference containing guide melody data used as an evaluation reference | standard for evaluating and analyzing the karaoke music memorize | stored in the said music DB31 and the song by the singer matched with the said karaoke music. It is a database that associates and stores data. The user DB 33 stored in the storage unit 30 is a database that stores customer information in which a user ID of a user and attribute information are associated. As the attribute information, in addition to the name, address, etc., the second name, the mobile terminal ID that is the address of the mobile terminal, the user's singing history (use date, use time, singing song ID, singing score, etc.), use There is a my list or the like in which a person registers desired music.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a block configuration diagram of a communication terminal including the karaoke program according to the present invention. 2A, the network terminal 12 includes a control unit 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, a sign-in means 44, a storage unit 45, a display control unit 46, a display unit 47, an acoustic processing unit 48, and a network transmission / reception unit 49. Karaoke storage software 51, which is a karaoke program, is installed in the storage unit 30, and a storage area for a reservation queue 52 and reference data 53 is formed. In addition, the network terminal 12 is provided with an external input terminal to which a microphone 14 is connected, and an external output terminal is provided to which a speaker 15 is connected. Note that the speaker 15 may be built-in, and is unnecessary when the network terminal 12 is connected to a device such as a television with a built-in speaker at the external output terminal.

  The control unit 41 is a physical CPU that controls the network terminal 12 in an integrated manner, and executes an overall process by executing a program stored in the ROM 42. The RAM 43 serves as a work area for developing and executing the various programs, and is a concept including, for example, a case where the RAM 43 is configured by a semiconductor memory and is virtually built on a hard disk. The sign-in means 44 is a program that allows the user to operate the network terminal 12 by sign-in.

  The display unit 47 displays the contents processed by the network terminal 12, and is a display that is visualized and displayed by the display control unit 46. In this case, a GUI user interface can be used for input / output by laminating a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch sensor, and data such as music selection can be input by the touch sensor corresponding to the displayed icon or the like. It may have a function. If the network terminal 12 is a consumer game machine, an external output terminal is provided and connected to a television or the like.

  The acoustic processing unit 48 is an electronic circuit having an A / D conversion function for digitizing a voice signal from the microphone 14 and a function for mixing and amplifying a singing voice and a musical performance. The network transmission / reception unit 49 is software such as a physical communication circuit and a platform for ensuring consistency with a communication method for connecting to the communication network 13.

  Here, the karaoke performance software 51 installed in the storage unit 45 includes a music search operation program 61, a reference data request program 62, a music performance data request program 63, a streaming playback program, as shown in FIG. 64, a scoring program 65, a reference data synchronous reading program 66 provided in the scoring program 65, an obfuscation program 67, and an erasing program 68.

  The music search operation program 61 performs an operation for selecting music using the music search means 24 while accessing the online karaoke server 11, acquires the selected music ID, and registers it in the reservation queue 52. It is a program. In addition, when there is a my list registered in the user DB 33 provided in the communication karaoke server 11 and registered with a desired music piece, it is transferred to the network terminal 12 at the time of sign-in and the music selection is performed without accessing the communication karaoke server 11. The music ID may be reserved and registered in the reservation queue 52.

  When the music ID is registered in the reservation queue 52, the reference data request program 62 transmits the music ID to the communication karaoke server 11 to request download distribution of the reference data of the karaoke music, and the communication karaoke server 11 is a program for storing the reference data downloaded and distributed in the reference data storage area 53 of the storage unit 45.

  The music performance data request program 63 transmits the music ID of one karaoke music among the karaoke music registered in the reservation queue 52 to the communication karaoke server 11 to request streaming distribution of the music data of the karaoke music. It is a program. The streaming playback program 64 is a program for streaming playback of karaoke music based on music data streamed from the communication karaoke server 11.

  The scoring program 65 reads the reference data of the karaoke music stored in the reference data storage area 53 of the storage unit 45 in synchronization with the karaoke music that is streamed and played back by the reference data synchronous reading program 66, and stores it in the karaoke music. It is a program for scoring the combined singers' songs for each predetermined singing section and displaying the scoring results along with the progress of each singing section. Specifically, for example, the method described in Japanese Patent No. 4229915 is used. be able to.

  The obfuscation program 67 is a program that obfuscates the download source of the reference data downloaded and distributed from the communication karaoke server 11. For example, the file name of the reference data downloaded using the existing MD5 encryption method is used. The URL of the download source that is automatically assigned to is hashed and stored in the reference data storage area 53 of the storage unit 45. This prevents the user from tracking the download source from the file name.

  The erasure program 68 erases the reference data of the music stored in the reference data storage area 53 on the condition that the karaoke music is not registered in the reservation queue 51 after the streaming reproduction of the one karaoke music is finished. It is a program to do.

  FIG. 3 shows an explanatory diagram of a communication form between the communication karaoke server and the communication terminal, and FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of karaoke performance processing in the communication terminal of FIG. In FIG. 3, when the music search operation program 61 of the network terminal 12 is executed and a music search request is made to the communication karaoke server 11, the music search means 24 in the communication karaoke server 11 responds to the music search request with music search expansion display data. Is transmitted to the network terminal 12, and the network terminal 12 transmits corresponding search display data in response to the display selection signal. When a music selection confirmation signal is transmitted to the communication karaoke server 11 on the network terminal 12 side, the communication karaoke server 11 transmits the music ID of the music.

  When the music ID is acquired in the network terminal 12, it is registered in the reservation queue 52. Therefore, when the registration is performed, the reference data request program 62 transmits the music ID to the communication karaoke server 11 and requests download distribution of the reference data of the karaoke music.

  In the communication karaoke server 11, the reference data extracting means 26 extracts the reference data corresponding to the music ID stored in the reference DB 32 and downloads and distributes it to the network terminal 12. While the network terminal 12 is downloading the reference data, the obfuscation program 67 obfuscates (encrypts) the download source. Then, the acquired reference data is stored in the reference data storage area 53 of the storage unit 45.

  When playing the music registered in the reservation queue 52 at the network terminal 12, the music performance data request program 63 transmits the music ID of the music to the communication karaoke server 11 to stream the music data of the karaoke music. Request. In the communication karaoke server 11, the music extraction unit 25 extracts the music data of the music ID from the music DB 31, and the streaming distribution unit 27 performs streaming distribution to the network terminal 12 that has requested the extracted karaoke music data.

  Therefore, in the network terminal 12, as shown in FIG. 4, the karaoke music is stream-played based on the music data streamed from the communication karaoke server 11 by the streaming play program 64 (step 1-1 (S1-1)). The scoring program 65 is executed, the reference data of the karaoke music stored in synchronization with the karaoke music streamed and played back by the reference data synchronous reading program 66 is read (S1-2), and the singing according to the karaoke music is performed. The user's singing is scored for each predetermined singing section, and the grading is displayed on the display unit 47 for each singing section (S1-3).

  When the music performance ends (S2), the final scoring program 65 calculates the final scoring and displays the scoring result on the display unit 47 (S3). Therefore, when the deletion program 68 does not have the same music (music ID) in the reservation queue 52 (S4), the reference data of the music ID stored in the reference data storage area 53 is deleted (S5). . If it exists (S4), the communication karaoke server 11 is requested for music performance data of the next music registered in the reservation queue 52 without being deleted (S6).

  In this way, downloading of the reference data is performed separately at the previous stage rather than at the same time as downloading of the streaming distribution data, thereby reducing the processing load of the network terminal 12 on the karaoke performance information of the music data to be distributed and the reference data. It can be made to. This can shorten the time to wait for the user who is going to sing.

  In addition, the reference synchronization reading program 66 can display the progress of scoring during singing. Further, the obfuscation program 67 can make it difficult to clarify the download source. Furthermore, since the reference data is not erased while the reservation is left by the erasure program 68, the user who does not need to download the reference data each time in the case of repeated practice with many needs at home karaoke, and wants to sing The time to wait can be shortened. In addition, when the same reserved music does not remain, the reference data is erased, so that important assets of the karaoke business can be reliably protected.

  The karaoke program and the communication karaoke server of the communication terminal of the present invention can be used in the manufacture and use of server devices that use karaoke in a communication form, and in the software creation and sales industries.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Communication karaoke server 12 Network terminal 13 Communication network 24 Music search means 25 Music extraction means 26 Reference data extraction means 27 Streaming delivery means 31 Music DB
32 Reference DB
33 User DB
44 Sign-in means 45 Storage unit 51 Karaoke performance software 52 Reservation queue 53 Reference data storage area 61 Music search operation program 62 Reference data request program 63 Performance data request program 64 Streaming playback program 65 Scoring program 66 Reference data synchronous read program 67 Obfuscation Program 68 Erase program

Claims (4)

In addition to karaoke music data and storage means for linking and storing reference data, which is an evaluation standard for evaluating and analyzing singing by a singer in accordance with the karaoke music, the reference data is distributed and the karaoke music data is A communication karaoke program for a communication terminal which is capable of communicating with a communication karaoke server for streaming delivery and includes a storage unit including a reservation queue for registering karaoke music,
Register the song ID of any karaoke song in the reservation queue,
When the communication karaoke server is registered in the reservation queue, the registered music ID is transmitted to request download distribution of reference data of the karaoke music,
Reference data downloaded and distributed by the communication karaoke server is stored in the storage unit,
Sending the song ID of one karaoke song among the karaoke songs registered in the reservation queue to the communication karaoke server to request streaming delivery of the song data of the karaoke song,
The karaoke music is streamed based on the streamed music data, and the stored karaoke music reference data is read in synchronization with the streamed karaoke music. Scoring
Displaying the scored score results;
A karaoke program for a communication terminal, characterized in that the program is included.   A karaoke program for a communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a program for obfuscating the download source of the reference data downloaded and distributed from the communication karaoke server.   The karaoke program for the communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the karaoke music is stored on the condition that the karaoke music is not registered in the reservation queue after the streaming reproduction of the one karaoke music is finished. A karaoke program for a communication terminal, comprising a program for deleting reference data of the music. A communication karaoke server that can communicate with a communication terminal equipped with a karaoke program,
A music database for storing multiple karaoke music data;
For each karaoke song stored in the song database, a reference database that stores reference data that is an evaluation standard for evaluating and analyzing singing by a singer in accordance with the karaoke song,
In response to a reference data distribution request from the communication terminal, a reference data extraction unit that reads the corresponding reference data stored in the reference database and downloads the data to the communication terminal;
In response to a streaming distribution request for a predetermined music from the communication terminal, music extraction means for extracting corresponding karaoke music data stored in the music database;
Streaming delivery means for streaming delivery of the extracted karaoke song data to the requested communication terminal;
A communication karaoke server comprising:

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