JPH0411294A - Karaoke recorded instrumental accompaniment) device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide >1 kinds of image for each piece of music and to match the contents of music with the atmosphere of an image by selecting a key word from relative information on music that a singer selects and selecting the image matching the image of the key word. CONSTITUTION:When the singer inputs the desired music from an input means 1, a video selecting means 3 selects an image to be reproduced from a video information storage medium 7a stored with many pieces of video information according to the relative information regarding the music. The selected image is reproduced by a video reproducing means 7 and displayed on a monitor 9 through a video circuit 8. Consequently, >1 kind of image is provided for each piece of music and the contents of the music and the atmosphere of the image can be matched with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus having independent musical sound reproduction means and video reproduction means.

[Prior art] Conventionally, in karaoke equipment, there are mainly two playback methods.
The street method is used. One is a laser that records performance information and matching video information on a one-to-one basis.
A disc is used to reproduce performance information, and the performance reproduced from the laser disc is output to a speaker via an amplifier, and the video is output to a monitor screen. The contents displayed on the monitor screen are a moving image and song lyric information.

In the other method, the mechia where the video is recorded and the media where the performance and lyric information are recorded are prepared separately, and the video uses the video recording medium or the video from the television broadcast, etc. Performance information and lyrics information displayed on the monitor screen are supplied from a compact disc or the like.

The lyrics information is mixed with the video and displayed on the monitor screen together with the video, and the performance is output from the speaker via an amplifier.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the former of the two methods described in the prior art, the song and video are configured one-to-one, so the video for one song is the same every time. The problem with this was that if you watched it over and over again, you would get tired of it. Furthermore, in the latter method, since the playback of the song and the playback of the video are independently controlled, there is a problem that the video may be played that does not match the atmosphere of the song being played.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a karaoke device in which not only one type of video is displayed for one song, but also the content of the song matches the atmosphere of the video. The purpose is

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the karaoke apparatus of the present invention has independent musical sound reproduction means and video reproduction means, and an input means for inputting a song desired by a singer. a video information storage medium storing a large amount of video information; and a video selection means for selecting a video to be reproduced from the video information storage medium based on related information related to the song inputted from the input means. It is equipped with

[Operation] According to the present invention having the above configuration, when a singer inputs a desired song from the input means, the video selection means stores a large amount of video information based on the relevant information related to the song. Select the video to be played from the video information storage medium available. The selected video is played back and displayed by the video playback means.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the karaoke apparatus of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

The karaoke device includes an operation panel 1, which is an input means through which the user searches a list for a registration number assigned to a desired song and inputs it, and also includes operations for converting the input registration number into a song title, identifying words, A central control unit 3 serves as a video selection means for selecting videos, etc., and a compact disc 2 stores performance information and lyrics information of songs selected from the input registration number.
a performance information reproducing device 2 that reads and reproduces the information from a, and a means for acquiring the title of the song, and as shown in FIG. 2, a memory that stores a correspondence table with the encoded song title. As shown in the title conversion table 4 and FIG. A track board number table 5, which is a memory that stores a correspondence table, a dictionary memory 6, which is a memory used to identify words from phrases, and an image selected by the central control unit 3 from a laser disk 7a. A video playback device 7 that reads information, a video circuit 8 that mixes and outputs the lyrics information from the performance information playback device 2 and video information from the video playback device 7, and displays the video output from the video circuit 8. It consists of a monitor 9, an amplifier 10 that amplifies the performance information from the performance information reproducing device 2, and a speaker 11 that outputs the performance information amplified by the amplifier 10. Here, the video reproducing device 7, the video circuit 8, and the monitor 9 constitute a video reproducing means, and the performance information reproducing device 2, the amplifier 10, and the speaker 11 constitute a musical tone reproducing means.

Further, the singer's voice is inputted from the microphone 12 and outputted from the speaker 11 together with the performance information. In the title conversion table 4, character strings are encoded as kanji, flat name, etc., such as JIS code or shift JIS code.
It is fine as long as it covers katakana and alphabets. Further, the words registered in the dictionary memory 6 include kanji, plain names, katakana, English, etc., and the more words there are, the better.

Next, the operation of the karaoke apparatus will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The explanation will be mainly based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the singer uses the operation panel 1 to manually search for the registration number r32-15J assigned to the song he or she wants to sing, for example, ``White Christmas,'' from the list. The registration number input from the operation panel 1 is input to the performance information reproducing device 2 via the central control unit 3 (Step 1, hereinafter referred to as S1. The same applies to other steps). . Based on the input registration number, the performance information reproducing device 2 sets compact disc 2a No. 32 from among a large number of compact discs 2a on the player, and plays the song recorded at the 15th track. After preparing for playback, it enters a pause state (S2
). Next, the central control unit 3 searches the title conversion table 4 in which the data shown in FIG. Obtain a column (S3). Next, the central control unit 3 searches the dictionary memory 6 based on this code string, and
Obtain two words and their parts of speech. That is, "white":
(adjective/common noun) and "Christmas"; (proper noun) (S4). Since the parts of speech are prioritized in advance, the central control unit 3 determines which of the two identified words should be used as a keyword for selecting video information based on this. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the priority order is set in the order of proper nouns, common nouns, adjectives, and so on. Based on this priority, the central control unit 3
Select the code string “Christmas” (85: Y
es). Next, the central control unit 3 searches the track number table 5 shown in FIG. 3 for the code string "Christmas" and selects the track number of the laser disk 7a corresponding to the code string, for example rA-24J. , and outputs the track number and a search start instruction signal to the video reproducing device 7 (S8). Then, the video reproducing device 7 starts searching for the video information recorded on the 24th track on the A side of the laser disc 7a set inside. After the video reproducing device 7 retrieves the video information recorded on the 24th track of side A of the laser disc 7a and prepares for reproducing, the video reproducing device 7 enters a pause state (S9). When both the performance information playback device 2 and the video playback device 7 are in a pause state,
The central control unit 3 simultaneously outputs a reproduction start instruction signal to the device. Then, the performance information reproducing device 2 outputs the lyrics information to the video circuit 8 in synchronization with the video information and also starts reproducing the performance information. Through this operation, the video signal from the video playback device 7 and the lyrics information from the performance information playback device 2 are input to the video circuit 8, and a video with mixed image information is output to the monitor 9, which matches the mood of the song selection. A video and a subtitle with the lyrics of the song are displayed (S10).

If a word is identified from the title of the song but there is no word to be used as a keyword, or if a word cannot be identified from the title (S5: No), the central control unit 3 sends the performance information reproducing device 2 a compact disc. 2a, and searches the dictionary memory 6 based on the code string of the lyrics to obtain a plurality of words and their parts of speech (S6
). Next, the central control unit 3 determines which of the plurality of identified words should be used as a keyword to be used for selecting video information according to the above-mentioned priority order (S7). After this, the process goes to 88 mentioned above.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit thereof.

For example, in this embodiment, the video storage medium 8 is a laser.
Although the compact disc 2a was used as the storage medium for disc 7a, performance information, and lyrics information, a compact disc, a laser disc, or a floppy disc or heart disc may also be used if the information is digitized. .

Further, in order to increase the number of videos that can be selected for one keyword, a plurality of video storage media may be provided.

Alternatively, two or more keywords may be determined, and a video may be searched from a video recording medium in which a large number of video information having a plurality of keywords is stored.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the detailed description above, the present invention has a function of selecting a keyword from the information related to the song selected by the singer and selecting a video that matches the image of the keyword. Therefore, it is possible to provide a karaoke apparatus that has not only one type of video for one song, but also that matches the content of the song and the atmosphere of the video, which is an industrially advantageous effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show embodiments embodying the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus, and FIG.
3 is a diagram showing the stored contents in the title table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the stored contents in the track number table, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus. In the figure, 1 is an operation panel, 2 is a performance information reproducing device, 2a is a compact disc, 3 is a central control unit, 4 is a title table, 5 is a track number table, 6 is a dictionary memory, 7
1 is a video playback device, 7a is a laser disk, 8 is a video circuit, 9 is a monitor, 10 is an amplifier, 11 is a speaker, 12
is a microphone.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a karaoke apparatus having independent musical sound reproduction means and video reproduction means, an input means for inputting a song desired by a singer, and a video information storage medium storing a large amount of video information. A karaoke apparatus comprising: a video selection means for selecting a video to be reproduced from the video information storage medium based on related information related to a song input from the input means.