CN1163901C - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

To display who has reserved music whose play is reserved and registered in an easy-to-see state. An automatic tracking camera is provided which automatically tracks a user who is selecting and inputting music with a remote control and photographs his or her face, and the tracking and photography are performed with an infrared-ray signal of reservation input as a trigger. When a reservation list is displayed, the photographed face of the user is displayed together with the number of KARAOKE music which is reserved at this time. Even when the KARAOKE music begins to be played, the photographed face is displayed together with the number of the music. Consequently, who sings a song becomes easy to know.

Description

Caraok device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of Caraok device, on reservation table or when playing the bent name begin to show the Kara OK songs of playing reservation, can easily know it is the song of whose reservation.

Background technology

General Caraok device can be preengage in advance and play about 10 first songs, and tabulation shows the title of the song of being preengage in the gap of karaoke, and shows the song number etc. of this title of the song when beginning is played in Karaoke.

But, demonstration when above-mentioned tabulation demonstration originally and beginning only shows title of the song and song number, so being difficult to know is the song of whose reservation, particularly under the situation that same first song is repeatedly preengage, even subscriber oneself might not know it is the song of who reservation yet.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of Caraok device, when title of the song, the song number of this device when the tabulation of reservation song shows and plays beginning shows, thereby demonstration can be discerned user's face image and can easily know it is the song of whose reservation.

The application's the 1st invention is characterised in that the image storage device of the image that is provided with the song selector by using optical of selecting the user will preengage the Kara OK songs of performance, user that the described reservation of storage identification is sung and correspondingly shows that identification preengage the information of Kara OK songs of performance and the image display apparatus of the interior image of being stored of described image storage device.

The Caraok device of the application's the 2nd invention, carry out the telechiric device of the performance reservation of Kara OK songs by the selected songs signal being sent to the Caraok device main body, with performance when reservation of carrying out Kara OK songs with described telechiric device, the operator of this telechiric device is taken pictures and the image of being taken pictures is stored in camera in the described image storage device as the described user's of identification image.

Invention according to the above-mentioned the 1st when showing that the information of song of the title of the song played and song number etc. preengage in identification, shows accordingly that with it identification preengages the user's of performance image.The demonstration of the song title that reservation is sung is that the inquiry of the title of the song before being begun by reservation song table that shows in the gap of karaoke and karaoke shows.Identification user's image can the person of being to use face, also can be expression user's specific markers.This visual input method can be taken pictures with video camera, also can be by the user with inputs such as labels.And can import the user's of login ID in advance, read this ID again.Like this, the image of being stored is shown with title of the song just can know easily that each song is the song of whose reservation.Undertaken by telechiric device under the situation of karaoke reservation, if it is different with the people who sings this first song to carry out the people of selected songs operation, promptly someone replaces under the situation that the singer imports, at this moment, in order to show actual singer's image, import ID etc. again, just easier to be clear.

Invention according to the above-mentioned the 2nd, the people that the user who supposes the operating and remote controlling device promptly carries out the selected songs operation is exactly the i.e. singer of this song of people of reservation karaoke, just this user is taken pictures, and this image is shown with the preengage song of singing with video camera.If telechiric device is an infrared remote controller, can follow the trail of the user who finds the operating and remote controlling device by infrared ray.And, if assigned address can not taken pictures to the user even video camera is not followed the trail of also.Like this, just can know easily that who has preengage song, because at this moment the user's who is taken pictures face is presented on the picture, so, under the situation of the chorus of playing Karaoka, just can make scene more active.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the summary pie graph of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the front view (FV) of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 3 is the pie graph of top panel of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 4 is the rotation key diagram of top panel of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 5 is the block scheme of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 6 is the pie graph of automatic follow shot machine of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 7 is the key diagram of trace mode of automatic follow shot machine of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 8 is the demonstration example of display of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 9 is the action flow chart of the above-mentioned automatic follow shot machine of expression;

Figure 10 is the action flow chart of the Caraok device of expression embodiments of the invention;

Figure 11 is the action flow chart of the Caraok device of expression embodiments of the invention.

Embodiment

The packaged type communication Caraok device of embodiments of the invention is described with reference to accompanying drawing.Fig. 1 is the summary pie graph of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention; Fig. 2 is the front view (FV) of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention; Fig. 3 is the planimetric map of the Caraok device of embodiments of the invention, and represented is the formation of top panel; Fig. 4 is the key diagram of rotary state of top panel of the Caraok device of expression embodiments of the invention.

This packaged type communication Caraok device accommodates in cabinet 10 based on the necessary whole machines of the karaoke of apparatus main body 2, amplifier 3 and main loudspeaker 4, also has display 5 and control panel 6 on the top panel on cabinet 10 simultaneously.Display 5 is liquid crystal matrix color monitors.The affirmation that there is boombox 4 in front at device, be used for receiving infrared ray light-receiving device 14 from the infrared signal of telechiric device 47 (with reference to Fig. 6), light when receiving infrared signal with LED15, show 7 n segment display ns 16 of the song number of importing by telechiric device 47 and the automatic follow shot machine 17 that the people of operating and remote controlling device 47 is taken pictures.Just furnishing of this Caraok device facing to the audience, the device bottom surface is provided with 4 large-scale castors 11, is provided with handle 12 and pedal at the device back side, and push and pull bar 12 or pressure step pedal just can make this Caraok device move.

As shown in Figure 4, the top panel that includes display 5 and control panel 6 can level clockwise rotates 180 degree, rotates counterclockwise the scopes of 180 degree to 360 degree.Like this, the chanteur just can sing in the face of display 5 in any direction, for example display 5 is faced frontal, sings together with the audience.

On control panel 6, be formed with bond switching group 20 and volume adjuster group 21.Bond switching group 20 includes beginning/shutdown switch, key transformation switch and the breath-group alteration switch etc. of the numerical key, storer configuration switch, beginning of input song number/stop to sing.Be provided with the bond switching group same with these bond switching groups in the described telechiric device 47, two bond switching groups have same function.

Performance reservation with the Kara OK songs of telechiric device 47 is carried out according to following steps.1. the operand keyboard is imported the song number.2. open storer/setting key, determine content.3. open transfer key the input content is sent to Caraok device main body 2.In this step is under the situation of transfer mode in the lump, promptly one by one under the situation of transfer mode, all its signal is sent to Caraok device main body 2 when each operand keyboard and storer/setting key, does not just need the operation of step transfer key 3..

Volume adjuster group 21 include the volume of regulating monitor loudspeaker 23 the monitor volume adjuster, regulate by the transmitter volume adjuster of the volume of the voice signal of transmitter input and regulate the Way of Echo Control volume adjuster of echo volume.These bond switching groups 20, volume adjuster group 21 usefulness cables are connected on the machine that becomes controlling object among built-in apparatus main body 2, the control amplifier 3.That is: this control panel 6 becomes handle assembly main body 2 and control amplifier 3 and makes the guidance panel that is integral.Because the distance of control panel 6 and described apparatus main body 2, control amplifier 3, stube cable uses shielded cable, and shielding line is grounded in main body.

In display 5, except that being provided with LCD matrix display main body, also being provided with and monitoring loudspeaker 23.Because main loudspeaker 4 is arranged on the device front regularly, and the person hears Karaoke performance sound in order to make the karaoke, and this supervision loudspeaker 23 is provided with to such an extent that can rotate freely with display 5.Positive main loudspeaker 4 output accompaniment tone and singing voices monitor loudspeaker 23 output accompaniment tones, Karaoke singing voice, also output guiding melody sound.Like this, the singer sings according to the guiding melody at an easy rate, because audience and can't hear the guiding melody, so that karaoke sounds is just very brilliant.

Display 5 usefulness hinges shake and are supported in freely on the control panel 6.When closing display 5, just play the lid of control panel 6.In moving, display 5 entire on, except can protecting LCD matrix display main body, can also protect the bond switching group 20 and the volume adjuster group 21 of control panel.

Fig. 5 is connection side's block diagram of each machine of the packaged type Caraok device of embodiments of the invention, and Fig. 6 is the pie graph of automatic follow shot machine 17, and Fig. 7 is the key diagram of the trace mode of automatic follow shot machine.

In apparatus main body 2, ROM31, RAM32, harddisk storage device (HDD) 37, visual interface 34, operation-interface 35, communication controler 36, sound source 38, voice data handling part 39, control interface 40, literal display part 45 and display control unit 46 are connected on the CPU30 of control device molar behavior through bus.Control panel 6 and remote control acceptance division 33 are connected on the operation-interface 35, and control amplifier 3 is connected to interface 40.Control panel 6 also is connected on the control amplifier 3 through operation-interface 3b.

At necessary start-up routine of the promising startup Caraok device of ROM31 stored etc.System program, application program of controlling the action of this device etc. all is stored among the HDD37, when the power supply of engaging means, according to above-mentioned start-up routine system program and application program is read in the RAM32.In RAM32, except that being provided with this program storage area, also be provided with the execution data storage area of the music data that reading in plays Karaoka plays.HDD37 has the memory capacity of 1GB, stores 3000～4000 first music datas and still image data.Communication control unit 36 comprises modulator-demodular unit, and the message exchange of control and middle the heart channel of Hang-Shaoyin telephone line.Modular jack 36a is connected on the communication control unit 36.

Sound source 38 forms note signal according to the musical sound track data of music data.When Karaoke is played, read tone data by CPU30, the musical sound track is made of the multiple track of playing track, comprising guiding melody track, and sound source 38 forms by many parts accompaniment tone and the note signal that guides the melody sound to constitute according to this data parallel ground.Voice data handling part 39 is according to being included in the tone data formation designated length in the music data, the voice signal of appointment pitch.Voice data is the data of the signal waveform former state adpcm dataization that is difficult to electronically produce being stored again by the synthetic sound source 38 that waits of compensating sound.

The voice signal that note signal that sound source 38 forms and voice data handling part 39 form is imported in the control amplifier 3.The transmitter 48,49 that karaoke is used is connected on the control amplifier 3, and these transmitters 48,49 are also imported the voice signal of karaoke.Control amplifier a amplifies these signals by indicated gain, simultaneously additional reverberation effect and Echo on each signal.Accompaniment tone, guiding melody sound, transmitter sound and entire gain (volume) are all indicated by the operation of control panel 6 or through the operation of the telepilot 47 of remote control acceptance division 33.Control amplifier 3 is provided with the 3a of mixing sound portion, and the 3a of mixing sound portion outputs to main amplifier 41 to the accompaniment tone and the transmitter sound (singing sound tone signal) that have added amplification and effect, simultaneously accompaniment tone, guiding melody sound and transmitter sound is outputed to monitoring amplifier 42.Main amplifier 41 carries out power amplification to the signal of being imported, and drives main loudspeaker 4, and monitoring amplifier 42 carries out power amplification to the signal of being imported, and drives and monitors loudspeaker 23.

Literal display part 43 generates the character and graphic of the bent name and the lyrics etc. according to the lteral data of being read by music data when Karaoke is played.This literal figure is imported in the display controller 46, and display controller 46 combines still image data and the character and graphic read from HDD37, outputs to LCD matrix display 5 then.

Automatically follow shot machine 17 according to the luminous position of the picture retrieval telechiric device 47 of taking pictures, and rotates zoom so that the user's who just amplifies at operating and remote controlling device 47 face from CPU30 inputting, tracing indicator signal the time.When the operation signal of numerical key is input to the remote control light accepting part 33 of Caraok device main body 2, and to be judged as be the input of selected songs signal of Karaoke melody, and CPU30 just output follows the trail of indicator signal.

In Fig. 6, bearing 55 can supported camera body 50 along the vertical direction rotationally, and by vertical rotation motor 54 driven in rotation along the vertical direction.Horizontally rotate the rotation of motor 53 along continuous straight runs and drive bearing 55.Horizontally rotate motor 53 and vertical rotation motor 54 by drive control part 61 controlling and driving.Suitable driving horizontally rotates motor 53 just can make camera body 50 towards any direction with vertical rotation motor 54.The camera lens that is installed on the camera body 50 is an AFAE zoom lens 51, and lens driving motor 52 carries out zoom and focusing, and drive control part 61 also carries out the drive controlling of lens driving motor 52.

In Fig. 7, the visual field of original state of the automatic follow shot machine 17 of 70 expressions, original state be camera body 50 towards the front, and camera lens contract the state of the shortest (focal length is the shortest), monitor the operation of telechiric device 47 according to this state.When from CPU30 inputting, tracing indicator signal, seek the luminous point 47a of telechiric device 47 from the visual field of this original state.CCD camera has ultrared photonasty, so, be easy to search the luminous point 47a of telechiric device 47.In this case, can use R (red), G (green), the R frame in 3 frames of B (indigo plant) is searched.Camera body 50 is turned to towards this luminous point 47a, and mensuration is to the distance of this luminous point.Upwards rotate and zoom according to the distance of being measured, so that the operator's of telechiric device 47 face is amplified.That is: supposition telechiric device 47 is operated near chest, in order to make camera body 50 alignment function persons' face, on the position of the distance of described mensuration, makes camera body 50 about 30cm that moves up; On described determined distance, be the visual field zoom of longitudinal direction about 50cm, so that make face be full of whole frame.Therefore, if distance is short, corner is just big, and the zoom amount is few; On the contrary, if distance, corner is just little, and the zoom amount is big.

What Fig. 8 was represented is the demonstration example of described display 5.Fig. 8 (A) is the demonstration example of reservation song table shown in the gap between karaoke.Finish between next Karaoke music playing begins, to show from the performance of Karaoke melody.At first the order according to reservation demonstrates song number and song title, captured operator's face when showing the selected songs operation of this song on each right side of bent.Fig. 8 (B) is the demonstration example of the picture of Kara OK songs when beginning.The top of display 5 shows song number and bent name, and central part amplifies operator's captured when showing this song reservation input face.And showing the language of " being your number, the performance of please appearing on the stage " in the bottom of display 5, this just readily appreciates that who sings.After this shows, demonstrate the title picture of song, and the performance of beginning Kara OK songs.

Fig. 9～Figure 11 is the process flow diagram of demonstration control action of the packaged type Caraok device of embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of the tracking action of automatic follow shot machine 17.Automatically follow shot machine 17 is set original state when the action beginning, and promptly direction initialization and zoom on the frame of Fig. 7 make monitored state (s1); In this state, the tracking of waiting for CPU 30 indication (s2); If the selected songs input from telechiric device 47 is arranged, inputting, tracing indication when answering the bid according to this operator.If the indication of tracking (s2) is arranged, search ultrared luminous point (s3) from current picture of taking pictures; Follow the trail of, make this luminous point reach the center (s4) of frame; And be measured to the distance that the picture center is the operator of telechiric device 47 (s5).This Determination of distance can be used automatic focus (AF) function of camera body 50.Go out the zoom amount (s6) of the corner and the zoom lens 51 of camera body 50 according to the distance calculation of being measured; Upwards rotate (s7) according to the corner that is calculated; Make camera lens 51 zooms (s8) according to the zoom amount of being calculated.After this, carry out aperture and regulate (AE) and focal adjustments (AF) back (s9), and CPU30 is sent tracking end signal (s10).Be indicated to the processing of sending till this tracking end signal and in 1 second, finish from importing above-mentioned tracking, so that can before operator's operating and remote controlling device 42 finishes, be filmed the face of he (she).Caraok device main body 2 receives this and follows the trail of end signal, and operator's face is stored in the storer.When storage finishes, send the candid photograph end signal by CPU30.In case receive this candid photograph end signal (s11), turn back to s1, video camera is restPosed (s1), wait by the time import (s2) till the next trace signals always.

Figure 10 is the process flow diagram of the supervisory control action of Caraok device main body 10.This action is the action of always carrying out when in the course of action of Caraok device karaoke being arranged.At s15, monitor whether telechiric device 47 has imported the selected songs signal.Under the situation of transfer mode one by one, when starting the bond switching of numerical key etc., telechiric device 47 all sends infrared signal at every turn, and under the situation of transfer mode in the lump, when starting transfer key, content of being imported before this is sent out in the lump.In case import this signal, at once indicator signal followed the trail of in automatic follow shot machine 17 outputs.Judge whether inputting, tracing end signal (s17) of automatic follow shot machine 17, wait always by the time till the selected songs end of input (s21).In case inputting, tracing end signal (s17) is just caught the picture intelligence (s18) by visual interface 34 inputs; And it is stored in the reservation target image storage district (s19).Then end signal (s20) is captured in automatic follow shot machine 17 outputs.Automatically follow shot machine 17 turns back to original state according to this signal.In the selected songs end of input of telechiric device 47 situation under (s21), the song number login of being imported in reservation table (s22), is confirmed the bright lamp of LED15 (s23).Under the situation of transfer mode in the lump, with the startup of transfer key, according to gathering the signal ended selected songs input of sending.

All be through with in case confirm the login of image storage and song number at s24, on display 5, this content of appointment shown certain hour (about 5 seconds) (s25) afterwards, turn back to s15, so that monitor next selected songs action.

Figure 11 is the process flow diagram of the part of the expression control Kara OK songs performance control and treatment action of playing.Finish in case Kara OK songs is sung, just carry out the action of this figure.At first, judge whether the reservation (s30) of next Kara OK songs, under the situation that is not having reservation, just forward information display actions such as news and new bent introduction to reference to reservation table.If reservation is arranged, the reservation table (s31) shown in the one side displayed map 8 (A), one side reads into the music data that is used for playing next song from HDD37 the execution data storage area of RAM32.In case read end, just next width of cloth song guide picture (s33) shown in the displayed map 8 (B) on display 5, and judgement is continuous song mode, still single song mode (s34).Even so-called song mode continuously is meant the mode that user's inoperation also gets up to sing continuously to the song of being preengage; So-called single song mode is meant each first song of preengaging is started the mode that initiating key begins to sing.Under the situation of single song mode, till the initiating key of telechiric device 47 or control panel 6 is activated, under this state, wait for (s35), in case start initiating key always, show (s37) with regard to next song guiding shown in the elimination chart 8 (B), karaoke is begun.On the other hand, under the situation of continuous song mode, under the state that shows next song guiding, wait for about 5 seconds after (s36), next song guiding of cancellation shows (s37), and karaoke is begun.

In the above-described embodiment, although understand one-piece type Caraok device, still, also go for the Caraok device of branch bodily form formulas such as Caraok device main body, amplifier, monitor, loudspeaker.Because the user's of reservation face is shown with the reservation title of the song, so, do not see the subscriber and just can easily know among the personnel it is the song of whose reservation, thereby can make the scene of karaoke more active.

In the above-described embodiment, use automatic follow shot machine 17 as video camera, user's its face of anywhere can both operating and remote controlling device 47 taking pictures, still, also fixing video camera 17 is limited to the position of operating and remote controlling device 47 on the position of the face of taking pictures.

In the above-described embodiment, though automatically follow the trail of and take pictures (candid photograph of image), follow the trail of the timing of taking pictures and be not limited thereto according to the reservation operation of telechiric device 47.Except that the automatic camera mode, the trigger pip that the user also can take pictures with telechiric device 47 or other operating portion inputs is taken pictures thus.Also can light flashlamp when taking pictures.

The 1st invention according to the application, when the information of the song of the bent name of the Kara OK songs that shows identification institute selected songs and song number etc., the corresponding image that shows the user of the selected song of identification, this just can easily know is the song of whose reservation, or who sings, thereby can improve the operability that can preengage the Caraok device of how first song.

The 2nd invention according to the application, take the user's of reservation song posture by remote control, and when showing the information of the song that identification is preengage, it is shown with this information is corresponding, can easily know it is the song of whose reservation, the mug shot that demonstrates at that time simultaneously to be taken pictures, so, can make Karaoke chorus scene more active.

Claims (7)

1. Caraok device, it is characterized in that being provided with the song selector by using optical of selecting the user will preengage the Kara OK songs of performance, user that the described reservation of storage identification is sung image image storage device and correspondingly show that identification preengage the information of Kara OK songs of performance and the image display apparatus of the interior image of being stored of described image storage device.

2. the clamping OK device described in claim 1 is characterized in that: also have

By the selected songs signal is sent to the Caraok device main body carry out Kara OK songs performance reservation telechiric device and

Carry out performance when reservation of Kara OK songs with described telechiric device, the operator of this telechiric device is taken pictures and the image of being taken pictures is stored in camera in the described image storage device as the described user's of identification image.

3. the Caraok device described in claim 2 is characterized in that:

Described telechiric device has in order to the infrared luminous part of transmission remote signal to the Caraok device main body, and

Described Caraok device main body has the remote control acceptance division of reception from the remote signal of the described infrared luminous part transmission of described telechiric device.

4. the Caraok device described in claim 3 is characterized in that:

Described camera has video camera and in order to the motor of the photography direction that changes this video camera.

5. the clamping OK device described in claim 4 is characterized in that:

Described motor can rotate described video camera on vertical direction and horizontal direction.

6. the Caraok device described in claim 4 is characterized in that:

Described camera, when receiving the remote signal of preengaging by described remote control acceptance division for the bent performance of playing Karaoka, search as this remote signal luminous ultrared luminous point, and control described motor so that described video camera is followed the trail of the position of this searched luminous point automatically.

7. the Caraok device described in claim 6 is characterized in that:

Described camera is set the top of described video camera being pointed to the position of described searched luminous point, and by with this video camera zoom with shooting operation person's face up.

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