JP2014191192A - Reference data creation device, reference data creation system, and performance terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 The present invention relates to a method for generating reference data in a form suitable for a user for a music piece without reference data indicating a reference pitch.
A storage means 12 of a server 10 stores a plurality of song data, a song ID corresponding to each song data, and a singer attribute indicating a singer attribute corresponding to the song data. The server 10 acquires from the karaoke apparatus 20 the song ID of the song to be played and the singer attribute indicating the attribute of the singer who sings the song to be played. The server 10 extracts singing data corresponding to the acquired song ID and corresponding to the acquired singer attribute from the stored singing data. Next, the extracted singing data is scored based on the standard scale, and the singing data whose scoring result satisfies a predetermined standard is selected. And based on the pitch information of the song voice shown by the selected song data, the reference data which shows the reference | standard of the pitch row | line | column of the music to be performed are produced.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a reference data creation device for creating reference data of music from song data in which singing voice is recorded.

  As a method of evaluating singing in karaoke, how much the pitch of the voice sung by the singer matches the pitch data (hereinafter referred to as reference data) of the evaluation standard generated from performance data of the MIDI standard. Something is known to evaluate whether it is. According to such an evaluation method, the skill of the singing can be accurately evaluated by the degree of coincidence between the singing and the evaluation criterion, but in order to evaluate the singing, reference data indicating a correct pitch is essential. In addition, reference data indicating the correct pitch of the singing part is also required for the so-called guide melody function that outputs the melody of the singing part as an example of singing along with the accompaniment performed based on the performance data.

  On the other hand, Patent Literature 1 discloses the following singing evaluation method. The result of subjective evaluation by the evaluator is stored in advance for sample voice data of various singing voices. And let the evaluation made into sample audio | voice data similar to the singing voice of evaluation object be evaluation of the singing voice of evaluation object.

JP 2007-256619 A JP 2008-15214 A

  In recent years, services that can post and publish music created by individuals on websites on the Internet have become widespread. In this type of service, the user may sing along with the performance of the posted music. However, since there is no reference data indicating the reference of the pitch for the submitted music, etc., and the correct pitch that is the reference for the evaluation is unknown, singing evaluation using the reference data and output of the guide melody I can't do it.

  In the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, although singing can be evaluated without using reference data, the evaluation is only based on the evaluator's subjectivity, and the accuracy is higher when compared with evaluation based on abundant information based on reference data. Is insufficient.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. The purpose is to provide a technique for creating reference data in a mode suitable for the user for music that does not have reference data indicating the reference pitch.

  The reference data creation device of the present invention comprises storage means, performance information acquisition means, extraction means, reference evaluation means, selection means, and creation means. The storage means includes a plurality of song data representing the sung voice, song identification information for identifying the song associated with each song data, and a singer attribute indicating the attributes of the singer associated with each song data. Information or music attribute information indicating attributes of a predetermined singer associated with the music is stored. A performance information acquisition means acquires the music identification information which identifies the music to be performed, and the singer attribute information which shows the attribute of the singer who sings the music to be performed from the performance terminal device which performs the music.

  The extraction means is associated with the music indicated by the acquired music identification information from the stored song data, and the music attribute information corresponding to the acquired music identification information, or the acquired singer Singing data in which singer attribute information corresponding to any of the attributes of the singer indicated by the attribute information is associated is extracted. The reference evaluation means evaluates the singing voice based on the difference between the pitch of the singing voice indicated in the singing data and the reference scale corresponding to the pitch of the singing voice. Note that the evaluation of the singing by the reference evaluation means is performed without the reference data of the pitch, and as an example, there is a known method as disclosed in Patent Document 2. A selection means selects the song data from which the evaluation result by a reference | standard evaluation means satisfy | fills a predetermined reference | standard from the extracted song data. The creation means creates reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the selected song data.

  According to the present invention, by selecting singing data evaluated as being good at singing from a plurality of singing data representing singing voices in which the music is actually sung, it is used for creating reference data, so that the singing can be performed well. Highly accurate reference data can be created. Furthermore, as the creation target used for creating the reference data, by extracting the singer's singing data that matches the attributes of the singer or the tune of the tune to be played, It is possible to create reference data that matches the properties.

  In addition, it is possible to use what was collected and accumulated | stored from the performance terminal device as song data used as preparation of reference | standard data. Specifically, as described in claim 2, the reference data creation device includes song data acquisition means and song data recording means. The singing data acquisition means acquires the singing data in which the singing voice is recorded, the music identification information of the music corresponding to the singing data, and the singer attribute information of the singer corresponding to the singing data from the performance terminal device. The singing data recording means records the acquired singing data, music identification information, and singer attribute information in association with each other in the storage means. According to such a configuration, it is possible to accumulate a large amount of singing data in which singing voices by various singers are recorded. If there is a lot of singing data as a sample of the reference data, more excellent reference data can be created.

  As a method of using the data created by the reference data creation device of the present invention, the created reference data is transmitted to the performance terminal device that has acquired the music identification information and the singer attribute information by the performance information acquisition means (claim). 3) It can be considered that each performance terminal device is used for singing evaluation and playing a guide melody. Or you may comprise so that a reference | standard data production apparatus may evaluate the song performed in the performance terminal device using the produced | generated reference data. Specifically, as described in claim 4, the reference data creation device includes reference data storage means, song result acquisition means, and song evaluation means. The reference data storage means stores the generated reference data in association with the music identification information of the music for which the reference data is generated. The singing result acquisition means acquires singing data in which the singing voice is recorded and music identification information corresponding to the singing data from the performance terminal device. The singing evaluation means evaluates the singing voice indicated by the acquired singing data using reference data corresponding to the music identification information corresponding to the singing data.

  By the way, as one of the conditions for singing well, for example, a characteristic singing technique such as vibrato is used. However, even if it is a good singing, the singing data that includes the characteristic waveform generated by the singing technique that intentionally fluctuates the pitch of vibrato etc. is the singing used to create the reference data that is the reference of the accurate pitch. May not be suitable for data. Therefore, it is preferable to perform as described in claim 5. That is, the selection means does not select song data in which a predetermined characteristic waveform is included in a waveform indicating a pitch among song data whose evaluation result satisfies a predetermined criterion. In this way, singing data including a characteristic waveform that is not suitable as a pitch reference can be excluded from the reference data creation target, and reference data indicating a more accurate pitch reference can be created.

  Characteristic singing techniques such as vibrato tend to be used a lot by advanced players. Therefore, instead of using the singing data of advanced players that contain many characteristic waveforms for the creation of the reference data, by using singing data corresponding to moderate singing ability without using characteristic singing techniques, This is advantageous in terms of creating correct pitch reference data. Specifically, it may be as described in claim 6. That is, the selecting means selects song data whose evaluation result does not satisfy a predetermined standard and does not include a characteristic waveform.

  The reference data creation device according to claim 7 has the following characteristics. That is, the reference evaluation means evaluates the singing in units of sections obtained by dividing the singing voice represented by one singing data into a plurality of sections every predetermined time. And a selection means selects the song data of the part corresponding to the area where the evaluation result of each area satisfy | fills a predetermined reference | standard about all the areas in each extracted song data. The creation means creates reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the singing data for each section selected by the selection means.

  Even if it is the song data corresponding to the same music, the part which is singing well and the part which is not so may differ depending on the singer. Therefore, based on the evaluation results for each section obtained by dividing one singing data into a plurality of sections, by selecting the singing data of the part with good evaluation from each section and creating the reference data, the standard with high accuracy in all sections Can create data.

  By the way, as a method of creating reference data from a plurality of selected song data, it is considered that the pitches represented by the plurality of song data are statistically processed and the average of the pitches is set as the pitch of the reference data. It is done. However, in a plurality of pieces of singing data collected as samples of reference data, it is possible that “the relative change in pitch is the same, but the base key is different”. That is, when each song data is sung by changing the key from the original song, the correct pitch cannot be derived even if the pitches of the song data with different keys are averaged as they are.

  Therefore, it is preferable to configure as described in claim 8. That is, the selection means selects a plurality of song data whose evaluation result satisfies a predetermined criterion from the extracted song data. The creating means averages the relative time changes of the singing voices indicated by the plurality of selected singing data, and gives the reference data by giving a predetermined reference pitch to the averaged time changes of the pitch. create. By doing in this way, the correct pitch reference data can be created even from a plurality of song data with different keys.

  In addition, this invention can also be implement | achieved as a reference | standard data preparation system which consists of the above-mentioned reference | standard data preparation apparatus and the performance terminal device which plays a music as described in Claim 9. Among these, the performance terminal device includes performance information transmission means. When the performance information transmission means does not have the reference data corresponding to the music to be played, the performance information transmission means transmits the music identification information and the singer attribute information indicating the attributes of the singer to sing to the reference data creation device.

  As the performance terminal device constituting the above-described reference data creation system, as described in claim 10, a device further comprising reference data acquisition means and evaluation means can be considered. The reference data acquisition unit acquires the reference data created by the reference data creation device based on the music identification information and the singer attribute information transmitted by the performance information transmission unit. The singing evaluation means evaluates the singing voice of the singer input according to the music to be played, using the acquired reference data. According to such a performance terminal device, even when there is no reference data corresponding to the music to be played, the reference data creation device is requested to create reference data, and reference data that matches the attributes of the singer is obtained. Thus, the singer's singing can be evaluated appropriately.

The block diagram which shows schematic structure of a karaoke system. (A) An example of a song data list, (b) An example of a music attribute list. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the main process which a karaoke apparatus performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the reference | standard data creation process which a server performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the synthetic | combination process which a server performs. (A) An example of a scoring result for each section, (b) An example of a reference key for song data. Explanatory drawing which shows the synthetic | combination method of reference | standard data typically. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the song data recording process which a server performs. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the singing evaluation process which a karaoke apparatus performs.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment, It is possible to implement in various aspects.
[Description of configuration of karaoke system 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke system 1 includes a server 10 and a karaoke device 20 installed in a karaoke store. The server 10 and the karaoke apparatus 20 are communicably connected via a wide area network such as the Internet. In FIG. 1, one karaoke device 20 connected to the wide area network is illustrated, but a plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 may be connected to the wide area network.

  The server 10 is configured by an information processing apparatus having an appropriate processing capability. The server 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12 that stores various information, a communication unit 13 that controls communication via a wide area network, and the like. The control unit 11 is an information processing device configured mainly with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and controls the entire server 10. In response to a request from the karaoke device 20, the server 10 has a function of creating reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the tune to be played and providing the reference data to the requesting karaoke device 20. (Details will be described later).

  The server 10 stores in the storage unit 12 singing data in which voices sung by the user are recorded, a singing data list indicating attributes of each singing data, and a music attribute list indicating attributes of music sung in the singing data. To do. The singing data is created by recording a voice when singing along with the performance of the music by the performance terminal such as the karaoke device 20 and is uploaded to the server 10 from each performance terminal via the wide area network. It has become. The song data stored in the storage unit 12 is used as a sample for creating reference data indicating the reference of the pitch of the music.

  In the singing data list, as illustrated in FIG. 2A, for each singing data stored in the storage unit 12, a record including information items such as a singing data ID, a tune ID, and a singer attribute is recorded. Has been. The song data ID is identification information for identifying each song data. The song ID is identification information for identifying the song sung by the singer in the song data. A singer attribute is information which shows the attribute of the singer matched with song data. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the gender and nationality of a singer are recorded as singer attributes.

  In the song attribute list, as illustrated in FIG. 2B, a record including information items such as a song ID and a song attribute is recorded for each song. The song ID is identification information for identifying a song. The music attribute is information indicating the attribute of the artist who is the original singer of the music. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the gender and nationality of an artist are recorded as music attributes.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The karaoke apparatus 20 is a performance terminal having a function of playing karaoke music and a function of evaluating singing. The karaoke apparatus 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a music playback unit 23, a scoring processing unit 24, an audio control unit 25, a video control unit 26, an operation unit 27, a communication unit 28, and the like.

  The control unit 21 is an information processing device mainly composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the karaoke apparatus 20 as a whole. The control unit 21 executes various processes based on programs and data read from the storage unit 22. As a main function of the karaoke apparatus 20, the control unit 21 causes the music playback unit 23 to perform the performance of the requested music. Moreover, the control part 21 performs the process which evaluates the singing voice input according to the music to be performed based on the reference data which shows the reference | standard of the pitch of a music, and the process which outputs a guide melody. Moreover, the control part 21 produces song data, when a music performance is performed. This singing data includes data obtained by recording the singing voice input from the microphone 30 when the music is played. The created singing data is temporarily stored in the storage unit 22 of the karaoke apparatus 20 and uploaded to the server 10 in association with the music ID and singer attribute information. In this way, a plurality of song data is accumulated in the server 10.

  The storage unit 22 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive. The storage unit 22 stores various data such as music data for playing music, music reference data, and a program for controlling the operation of the karaoke apparatus 20. Note that the reference data stored in the storage unit 22 is not necessarily prepared for all songs played in the karaoke apparatus 20. For example, music produced by an individual may be released through the Internet or the like, but such music may not have reference data indicating a pitch reference.

  The music playback unit 23 is a device that plays back music based on music data stored in the storage unit 22 and generates a sound source signal of the music. The scoring unit 24 compares the pitch indicated by the singing voice sung in accordance with the performance of the music and the pitch indicated by the reference data corresponding to the played music, and the pitch indicated by the singing voice. Is a device that evaluates the degree of coincidence with the pitch indicated by the reference data and gives a score.

  The voice control unit 25 is a device that controls voice input / output, and includes a microphone input unit 25a and an output unit 25b. A microphone 30 is connected to the microphone input unit 25a. Thereby, the microphone input part 25a acquires the voice of the user who sings, and converts the acquired voice into a sound source signal. A speaker 31 is connected to the output unit 25b. The output unit 25b outputs the sound source signal of the music reproduced by the music reproduction unit 23 and the sound source signal of the singing voice input from the microphone input unit 25a to the speaker 31. The speaker 31 outputs the sound source signal output from the output unit 25b in place of sound.

  The video control unit 26 reproduces and outputs video based on video data sent from the control unit 21. The video reproduced by the video control unit 26 includes a background and a lyrics image that are displayed together with the performance of the music. A monitor 32 for displaying video is connected to the video control unit 26. Thereby, the video control unit 26 displays the reproduced video on the monitor 32. The operation unit 27 is an input device for performing various operations on the karaoke apparatus 20. The communication unit 28 is a communication interface for performing communication by connecting the karaoke apparatus 20 to a wide area network. The karaoke apparatus 20 communicates with the server 10 via the wide area network by the communication unit 28.

  In addition, the karaoke apparatus 20 requests a song to be played (reservation) and gives instructions regarding the performance of a song by a user having a karaoke service account provided by the karaoke system 1 logging in to the karaoke service through a predetermined procedure. This is performed in association with identification information of each logged-in user. Since other functions and configurations of the karaoke apparatus 20 are in accordance with known techniques, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

[Description of main processing]
The procedure of the main process executed by the control unit 21 of the karaoke apparatus 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is executed when the performance of the music and the evaluation of the singing are instructed by the login user.

  In S100, the control part 21 starts song evaluation mode. In S <b> 102, the control unit 21 determines whether or not reference data corresponding to the music to be played exists in the reference data stored in the storage unit 22. The music played here is the music requested by the login user to the karaoke apparatus 20. When the reference data corresponding to the music to be played does not exist (S102: NO), the control unit 21 proceeds to S104. On the other hand, when the reference data corresponding to the music to be played exists (S102: YES), the control unit 21 proceeds to S118.

  In S104, which proceeds when there is no reference data corresponding to the music to be played, the control unit 21 includes the song ID of the music to be played, and the singer attribute indicating the attribute of the login user (singer) who requested the music to be played. Is transmitted to the server 10. Based on the music ID and the singer attribute transmitted here, the server 10 creates reference data for the music to be played. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the logged-in user who requests the music is specified as a singer who sings the music. The attribute information indicating the attributes of the singer is attributes (gender, nationality, etc.) registered in advance corresponding to the user's account in an external authentication server (not shown) that authenticates login to the karaoke service by the karaoke system 1. ) Is an example. Alternatively, the user attribute may be registered in advance in the karaoke device 20, and when the user starts using the karaoke device 20, the user inputs his / her attribute to the karaoke device 20. Also good. Alternatively, when the user attribute does not exist, the server 10 may always use the music attribute information to create the reference data (details when the music attribute information is used will be described later). To do).

  In the next S106, the control unit 21 acquires the reference data created based on the information transmitted in S104 from the server 10 and records it in the storage unit 22. In S <b> 108, the control unit 21 performs the requested music based on the music data stored in the storage unit 22. Further, based on the reference data acquired in S106, an image indicating the reference pitch of the music is displayed on the monitor 32 in synchronization with the progress of the music. At this time, when the setting for outputting the guide melody is made, the guide melody of the singing part is reproduced based on the reference data acquired in S106.

  In S <b> 110, the control unit 21 obtains song data by sampling the voice signal of the singer input through the microphone 30 during the performance of the music, and records the acquired song data in the storage unit 22. In the next S112, the scoring processing unit 24 evaluates the singing voice indicated by the singing data acquired in S110 using the reference data acquired in S106 as an evaluation criterion (see singing evaluation process, see FIG. 9). The detailed procedure of this song evaluation process will be described later. And in S114, the control part 21 displays on the monitor 32 the image which shows the evaluation result of the song obtained by S112. In S <b> 116, the song ID of the played music, the singing data recorded in S <b> 110, and the singer attribute of the login user associated as the singer of the played music are transmitted to the server 10. After the transmission, the control unit 21 ends this process.

  On the other hand, in S <b> 118, which proceeds when it is determined in S <b> 102 that the reference data corresponding to the music to be played exists in the storage unit 22, the control unit 21 requests the requested music based on the music data stored in the storage unit 22. Perform. Further, based on the reference data corresponding to the music to be played, an image indicating the reference pitch of the music is displayed on the monitor 32 in synchronization with the progress of the music. At this time, when the setting for outputting the guide melody is made, the guide melody of the singing part is reproduced based on the reference data corresponding to the music to be played.

  In S120, the control unit 21 obtains song data by sampling a voice signal of a singer input through the microphone 30 during the performance of the music. In the next S122, the scoring processing unit 24 evaluates the singing voice indicated by the singing data acquired in S120, using the reference data corresponding to the played music as an evaluation criterion. And in S124, the control part 21 displays on the monitor 32 the image which shows the evaluation result of the song obtained by S122. After the display, the control unit 21 ends this process.

[Description of standard data creation process]
The procedure of the reference data creation process executed by the control unit 11 of the server 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is executed when information requesting creation of reference data corresponding to the musical piece to be played is transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 20.

  In S200, the control unit 11 is information that requests creation of reference data corresponding to the music to be played, the music ID of the music to be played, and the singer attribute indicating the attributes of the singer of the music to be played. Is received from the karaoke apparatus 20. The song ID and singer attribute received here are information transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 20 to the server 10 in S104 of the main process (FIG. 3). In S202, the control unit 11 reads song data associated with a song ID that matches the song ID received in S200, based on the song data list (see FIG. 2A). In S204, based on the singing data list, the control unit 11 selects singing data associated with the singing party attribute that matches the singing party attribute received in S200, from the singing data having the same music ID.

  In S206, the control part 11 determines whether the song data in which a singer's attribute of a singer corresponds as a result of selection in S204 exists. When song data that matches the singer attribute of the singer exists (S206: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S212. On the other hand, when there is no singing data that matches the singer attribute of the singer (S206: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S208. In S208, the control part 11 respond | corresponds to music ID of the music played from the song data in which music ID corresponds based on a song data list and a music attribute list (refer Fig.2 (a), (b)). Singing data associated with a song attribute that matches the song attribute to be selected is selected.

  In S210, the control part 11 determines whether the song data of the song person attribute which matches the music attribute of the music to be played exist as a result of the selection in S208. When song data having a singer attribute that matches the song attribute of the song to be played exists (S210: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S212. On the other hand, when there is no song data having a singer attribute that matches the song attribute of the song to be played (S210: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S216.

  In S212, the control part 11 synthesize | combines the reference data corresponding to the music to be played from the song data selected in S204 or S208 (a synthetic | combination process, refer FIG. 5). The detailed procedure of this synthesis process will be described later. In next S214, the control unit 11 transmits the reference data created in S212 to the karaoke apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the music ID and the singer attribute received in S200. After the transmission, the control unit 11 ends this process.

  On the other hand, in S <b> 216, which proceeds when it is determined in S <b> 210 that there is no song data having a singer attribute that matches the song attribute, the control unit 11 displays information indicating that the reference data does not exist, the song ID received in S <b> 200 and The notification is sent to the karaoke apparatus 20 which is the sender of the singer attribute. After the notification, the control unit 11 ends this process.

[Description of composition processing]
The procedure of the synthesis process executed by the control unit 11 of the server 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is a subroutine executed in S212 of the above-described reference data creation process (see FIG. 4).

  In S300, the control unit 11 acquires a plurality of song data selected in S204 or S208 (see FIG. 4) from the storage unit 12. In S302, the control unit 11 divides each song data acquired in S300 into a plurality of sections every predetermined time. In S304, the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a section in which the reference data is not synthesized for each section divided in S302. If there is a section in which the reference data is not combined (S304: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S306. In S306, the control unit 11 selects, as a target section, a section having the earliest playback time among sections in which the reference data is not synthesized.

  In S308, the control part 11 scores the song part applicable to the selected object area about each song data. Here, the singing is evaluated by a singing evaluation method that does not use reference data indicating the reference of the pitch. Specifically, for example, the pitch of the singing voice is extracted from the singing data, and the higher the score, the smaller the difference between the extracted pitch and the scale closest to the extracted pitch (reference pitch). Give. That is, the smaller the difference between the sung pitch and the reference scale, the better the singing is. An example of the scoring result is illustrated in FIG. In the example of FIG. 6A, for each song data (aaa to eeee) corresponding to a song (music ID: XXX), every 30 seconds, such as 0 to 30 seconds, 31 to 60 seconds, ... 91 to 120 seconds. A scoring result is calculated for each section divided by.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In next S310, the control part 11 acquires the reference | standard key of the song part applicable to the selected object area about each song data. As the reference key, for example, the pitch of an arbitrary portion such as a head tone or long tone of singing data is adopted. As illustrated in FIG. 6B, a reference key is acquired for each song data corresponding to the music.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In next S <b> 312, the control unit 11 acquires a pitch waveform indicating a temporal change in pitch within the target section from each song data. In S314, the control unit 11 determines whether there is song data in which the scoring result of the target section scored in S308 satisfies a predetermined reference point. For example, in the scoring results illustrated in FIG. 6A, when the reference point is set to 80 points or more, the song data of aaa, ccc, and ddd satisfy the reference point in the interval of 0 to 30 seconds. Selected as.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. When the singing data in which the scoring result of the target section satisfies the reference point exists (S314: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S316. On the other hand, when there is no song data in which the scoring result of the target section satisfies the reference point (S314: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S324. In S316 which proceeds when singing data satisfying the reference point exists, the control unit 11 applies a specific singing technique to the pitch waveform indicating the time change of the pitch in the target section for each singing data satisfying the reference point. It is determined whether or not the characteristic waveform shown is included. As a specific singing technique, a singing technique that intentionally shakes the pitch of a vibrato or the like is exemplified. When the characteristic waveform is included in the target section of the song data that satisfies the reference point (S316, YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S318. On the other hand, when the characteristic waveform is not included in the target section of the song data that satisfies the reference point (S316, NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S320.

  In S318 that proceeds when the characteristic waveform is included in the target section of the song data that satisfies the reference point, the control unit 11 indicates the time change of the pitch in the target section for each song data that does not satisfy the reference point. It is determined whether or not the pitch waveform includes a characteristic waveform. When the characteristic waveform is included in the target section of the song data that does not satisfy the reference point (S318, YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to S320. When the characteristic waveform is not included in the target section of the song data that does not satisfy the reference point (S318, NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S322.

  In S320, the control part 11 determines the part applicable to the object area of all the song data which satisfy | fills a reference | standard point as a synthetic | combination object. On the other hand, in S322, the control unit 11 selects a portion corresponding to the target section of all the song data in which the characteristic waveform is not included in the target section among the song data that satisfies the reference point and the song data that does not satisfy the reference point. Decide that it is to be synthesized Or in S324 which progresses when it determines with there being no song data which satisfy | fills a reference point by S314, the control part 11 determines the part applicable to the object area of song data with the highest scoring result as a synthetic | combination object. In S326, the control part 11 synthesize | combines the pitch waveform in the object area of the song data determined to be a synthesis | combination object in S320, S322, or S324, and produces the reference data corresponding to a target area.

  Here, a specific method of combining the reference data in S326 will be described with reference to FIG. Basically, as exemplified in FIG. 7 (a), a pitch waveform indicating a temporal change in pitch within the target section is acquired from one or more song data, and the sound of each acquired song data is acquired. By calculating the average of the high waveforms, reference data indicating the pitch reference corresponding to the target section is obtained. In the method of obtaining reference data by averaging the pitches of a plurality of song data, it is premised that the keys serving as the base are aligned among the song data. However, in practice, the key control is independently applied during the performance of the music, so that even if the song data corresponds to the same music, the base key may be different for each song data. In that case, even if the relative pitch changes are the same, the absolute pitches are different. For this reason, even if the average of the pitches of each song data is simply taken, there may be cases where the reference data does not reflect the accurate pitches.

  Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 7B, reference data is created by averaging only the relative pitch changes of each song data. Along with this, the reference key specified from the head tone of each singing data and the pitch of the long tone is stored. Then, the most frequently stored reference key is applied to the reference key that determines the absolute pitch of the generated reference data. According to the reference data created in this way, when the user sets the key control with the karaoke apparatus 20, the reference data corresponding to the reference data is changed in accordance with the set value of the key control. Can reflect the key control.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. In next S328, the control unit 11 stores the reference key of each song data acquired in S310 in the memory, and returns to S304. Thereafter, the control unit 11 sequentially repeats the processes of S304 to S328 until the creation of the reference data corresponding to the final section is finished for the song data divided into the predetermined sections. When it is determined in S304 that there is no section in which the reference data is not combined (S304: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to S330. In S330, the control unit 11 sets the most keys among the reference keys stored in the memory as reference keys to be applied to the generated reference data. The set reference key is recorded in association with the created reference data. After setting the reference key, the control unit 11 returns to the main routine.

[Description of song data recording process]
The procedure of the song data recording process executed by the control unit 11 of the server 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is executed when information including song data recorded in the karaoke apparatus 20 is transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 20.

  In S <b> 400, the control unit 11 receives from the karaoke apparatus 20 the song ID of the song associated with the song data, the song data, and the song person attribute. The data received here is data transmitted in S116 of the above-described main process (see FIG. 3) executed in the karaoke apparatus 20.

  In next step S <b> 402, the control unit 11 assigns a unique singing data ID to the received singing data and stores it in the storage unit 12. Moreover, the control part 11 matches the received music ID and singer's attribute with song data ID, and records it on the song data list (refer FIG. 2 (a)) memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12. FIG. After storing the data, the control unit 11 ends this process.

[Description of singing evaluation process]
The procedure of the song evaluation process performed in the scoring process part 24 of the karaoke apparatus 20 is demonstrated, referring the flowchart of FIG. This process is a subroutine executed in S112 of the main process (see FIG. 3).

  In S500, the scoring unit 24 acquires pitch data indicating the time change of the pitch of the singing voice recorded in the singing data acquired in S110 (see FIG. 3). In S502, the scoring processing unit 24 specifies the reference key from the pitch data acquired in S500. Here, for example, the pitch of an arbitrary portion such as the head tone or long tone of the pitch data is acquired as a reference key. In S504, the scoring processing unit 24 reflects the setting value of the key control applied at the time of playing the music to the reference key set in the reference data acquired in S106 (see FIG. 3). Correct the height. In S506, the scoring unit 24 compares the pitches of the reference data reflecting the key control and the pitch data, and gives a score according to the pitch difference. Specifically, a higher score is assigned as the difference in pitch between the reference data and the pitch data is smaller. After the processing of S506, the process returns to the main routine.

[effect]
The karaoke system 1 according to the embodiment has the following effects.
Highly accurate reference data can be created by selecting song data that is well sung from a plurality of song data that represents the singing voice of the song that is actually sung and using it for creating the reference data. Furthermore, as a sample used to create the reference data, by extracting the singing data of the singer whose attributes such as sex match the singer of the music to be played, a standard that matches the nature of the singer of the music to be played Can create data. Alternatively, by extracting singing data of a singer whose attributes such as sex match the original singer (artist) of the music to be played, reference data that matches the original nature of the music to be played can be created.

  The server 10 can collect and accumulate singing data in which singing voices sung in the karaoke apparatus 20 are recorded. If there is a lot of singing data as a sample of the reference data, more excellent reference data can be created.

  When synthesizing the reference data from the singing data, for example, singing data including a singing technique that intentionally shakes the pitch, such as vibrato, can be excluded from the synthesis target. Thereby, reference data indicating a more accurate pitch reference can be created. At this time, singing data corresponding to medium singing ability without using a special singing technique can be used instead of using the singing data of the advanced person including many characteristic waveforms of the singing technique for creating the reference data. .

  Even if it is the song data corresponding to the same music, the part which is singing well and the part which is not so may differ depending on the singer. Therefore, by evaluating the singing for each section obtained by dividing one singing data every predetermined time or every predetermined phrase, by selecting the singing data of the good evaluation from each section and creating the reference data, in all the sections Highly accurate reference data can be created.

  As a method of synthesizing the reference data from a plurality of song data, the time intervals of the relative pitches of the singing voices indicated by the plurality of selected song data are averaged, and a predetermined standard for the time changes of the averaged pitches Give a key. By doing in this way, the correct pitch reference data can be created even from a plurality of song data with different keys.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, the reference data created by the server 10 is transmitted to the requesting karaoke device 20 that requested creation, and the karaoke device 20 evaluates the singing based on the transmitted reference data. did. In addition to this, a configuration in which the server 10 evaluates a song using the reference data created by the server 10 may be used. Specifically, the server 10 stores the created reference data in the storage unit 12. Then, the server 10 receives the singing data in which the singing voice is recorded from the karaoke device 20 and scores the singing using the reference data having the singing voice indicated by the received singing data. The server 10 transmits the singing score result to the karaoke apparatus 20 that is the singing data transmission source.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the server 10 performs the scoring without the reference data for the song data during the synthesis process (see FIG. 5) has been described (S308). Apart from this, when singing data is received from the karaoke apparatus 20 in the singing data recording process (see FIG. 8), scoring may be performed in advance. In that case, it is conceivable to record the singing data scoring result (see FIG. 6A) in association with the singing data ID in the singing data list (see FIG. 2A). By doing so, it is possible to refer to the scoring result from the singing data list at the time of the synthesizing process and to select the singing data to be adopted for synthesizing the standard data. Or the structure which uses the evaluation from a user as a reference | standard which selects the song data which is employ | adopted for the synthesis | combination of reference | standard data and is good at singing may be sufficient. Specifically, a method of accepting a subjective evaluation from the user for the song data created in the karaoke apparatus 20 and uploading the evaluation result to the server 10 together with the song data can be considered.

  The server 10 is not limited to the one prepared exclusively for creating the reference data. For example, a plurality of karaoke apparatuses 20 connected to a wide area network may have a function of the server 10. In that case, singing data may be exchanged between the karaoke apparatuses 20, and each karaoke apparatus 20 may be configured to create reference data using only its own singing data. Alternatively, the processing performed by the server 10 is not limited to a single server, and may be performed by a mobile terminal or an arbitrary terminal device connected to the karaoke system 1 via a wide area network.

  The singing data stored in the server 10 increases as the user performs singing with the karaoke device 20, and accordingly, it is considered that many samples of good singers are gathered. Therefore, the reference data may be periodically updated for the music for which the reference data has been created. Alternatively, each time singing data is received, the received singing data is scored, and the singing data corresponding to the singing data may be updated at the stage when the singing data having a good scoring result is received.

[Correspondence with configuration described in claims]
The correspondence between the configuration described in the embodiment and the configuration described in the claims is as follows.
The server 10 corresponds to a reference data creation device. Among these, the storage unit 12 corresponds to a storage unit and a reference data storage unit. The control unit 11 corresponds to an extraction unit, a reference evaluation unit, a selection unit, a creation unit, a song data recording unit, and a song evaluation unit. The control unit 11 and the communication unit 13 correspond to performance information acquisition means, song data acquisition means, reference transmission means, and song result acquisition means. The karaoke device 20 corresponds to a performance terminal device. Among these, the control unit 21 and the communication unit 28 correspond to performance information transmission means and reference data acquisition means. The scoring processing unit 24 corresponds to an evaluation unit.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke system, 10 ... Server, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Storage part, 13 ... Communication part, 20 ... Karaoke apparatus, 21 ... Control part, 22 ... Storage part, 23 ... Music reproduction part, 24 ... Scoring processing part 25 ... voice control unit, 25a ... microphone input unit, 25b ... output unit, 26 ... video control unit, 27 ... operation unit, 28 ... communication unit, 30 ... microphone, 31 ... speaker, 32 ... monitor.

Claims (10)

A plurality of singing data representing the sung voice, music identification information for identifying music associated with each singing data, and singer attribute information or music indicating the attributes of the singer associated with each singing data Storage means for storing music attribute information indicating attributes of a predetermined singer associated with
Performance information acquisition means for acquiring music identification information for identifying a music to be played and singer attribute information indicating an attribute of a singer who sings the music to be played, from a performance terminal device for performing the music;
The song attribute information corresponding to the song identification information acquired and associated with the song indicated by the song identification information acquired by the performance information acquisition unit from the song data stored in the storage unit, Or extraction means for extracting song data associated with any one of the attributes of the singer indicated by the acquired singer attribute information and corresponding singer attribute information;
Reference evaluation means for evaluating the singing voice based on the difference between the pitch of the singing voice indicated in the singing data and a reference scale corresponding to the pitch of the singing voice;
A selection unit that selects song data in which the evaluation result by the reference evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined criterion from among the song data extracted by the extraction unit;
Creating means for creating reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played, based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the singing data selected by the selecting means;
A reference data creation device comprising: In the reference data creation device according to claim 1,
Singing data in which singing voices sung in accordance with the performance are recorded from the performance terminal device performing the music, music identification information for identifying the music corresponding to the song data, and a singer corresponding to the song data Singing data acquisition means for acquiring singer attribute information indicating the attributes of
Singing data recording means for associating the song data acquired by the singing data acquisition means, the music identification information, and the singer attribute information in the storage means;
A reference data creation device further comprising: In the reference data creation device according to claim 1 or claim 2,
Further comprising reference transmission means for transmitting the reference data created by the creation means to the performance terminal device that has acquired the music identification information and the singer attribute information by the performance information acquisition means;
Reference data creation device characterized by In the reference data creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Reference data storage means for storing the reference data created by the creation means in association with the music identification information of the music that created the reference data;
Singing result acquisition means for acquiring singing data in which singing voice is recorded and music identification information corresponding to the singing data, from a performance terminal device that performs the performance of the music;
Singing evaluation means for evaluating the singing voice indicated by the singing data acquired by the singing result acquiring means using reference data corresponding to the music identification information corresponding to the singing data;
A reference data creation device further comprising: In the reference data creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The selection means does not select singing data in which a predetermined characteristic waveform is included in a waveform indicating a pitch among singing data in which the evaluation result satisfies a predetermined criterion;
Reference data creation device characterized by In the reference data creation device according to claim 5,
The selecting means selects the singing data in which the evaluation result does not satisfy a predetermined standard and does not include the characteristic waveform;
Reference data creation device characterized by In the reference data creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The reference evaluation means evaluates the singing in units of sections obtained by dividing the singing voice represented by one singing data into a plurality of sections every predetermined time,
The selection means selects, for all sections in each extracted song data, the song data corresponding to a section in which the evaluation result of each section satisfies a predetermined criterion,
The creation means creates reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the singing data for each section selected by the selection means. ,
Reference data creation device characterized by In the reference data creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The selection means selects a plurality of song data from which the evaluation result by the reference evaluation means satisfies a predetermined standard from among the song data extracted by the extraction means,
The creation means averages the relative time variations of the singing voices indicated by the plurality of selected singing data, and assigns a predetermined reference pitch to the averaged time variations of the singing sound, thereby providing reference data. Creating
Reference data creation device characterized by A plurality of singing data representing the sung voice, music identification information for identifying music associated with each singing data, and singer attribute information or music indicating the attributes of the singer associated with each singing data Storage means for storing music attribute information indicating attributes of a predetermined singer associated with
Performance information acquisition means for acquiring music identification information for identifying a music to be played and singer attribute information indicating an attribute of a singer who sings the music to be played, from a performance terminal device for performing the music;
The song attribute information corresponding to the song identification information acquired and associated with the song indicated by the song identification information acquired by the performance information acquisition unit from the song data stored in the storage unit, Or extraction means for extracting song data associated with any one of the attributes of the singer indicated by the acquired singer attribute information and corresponding singer attribute information;
Reference evaluation means for evaluating the singing voice based on the difference between the pitch of the singing voice indicated in the singing data and a reference scale corresponding to the pitch of the singing voice;
A selection unit that selects song data in which the evaluation result by the reference evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined criterion from among the song data extracted by the extraction unit;
Creating means for creating reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played, based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the singing data selected by the selecting means;
A reference data creation device comprising:
A performance terminal device for playing music,
When the reference data corresponding to the music to be played is not possessed, the music identification information for identifying the music to be played and the singer attribute information indicating the attributes of the singer singing along with the music to be played, A performance terminal device comprising performance information transmitting means for transmitting to the reference data creation device;
A reference data creation system characterized by comprising: A plurality of singing data representing the sung voice, music identification information for identifying music associated with each singing data, and singer attribute information or music indicating the attributes of the singer associated with each singing data Storage means for storing music attribute information indicating attributes of a predetermined singer associated with
Performance information acquisition means for acquiring music identification information for identifying a music to be played and singer attribute information indicating an attribute of a singer who sings the music to be played, from a performance terminal device for performing the music;
The song attribute information corresponding to the song identification information acquired and associated with the song indicated by the song identification information acquired by the performance information acquisition unit from the song data stored in the storage unit, Or extraction means for extracting song data associated with any one of the attributes of the singer indicated by the acquired singer attribute information and corresponding singer attribute information;
Reference evaluation means for evaluating the singing voice based on the difference between the pitch of the singing voice indicated in the singing data and a reference scale corresponding to the pitch of the singing voice;
A selection unit that selects song data in which the evaluation result by the reference evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined criterion from among the song data extracted by the extraction unit;
Creating means for creating reference data indicating the reference of the pitch sequence of the music to be played, based on the pitch information of the singing voice indicated by the singing data selected by the selecting means;
A performance terminal device that communicates with a reference data creation device comprising:
When the reference data corresponding to the music to be played is not possessed, the music identification information for identifying the music to be played and the singer attribute information indicating the attributes of the singer singing along with the music to be played, Performance information transmitting means for transmitting to the reference data creating device;
Reference data acquisition means for acquiring reference data created by the reference data creation device based on music identification information and singer attribute information transmitted by the performance information transmission means;
Using the reference data acquired by the reference data acquisition means, evaluation means for evaluating the singing voice of the singer input in accordance with the music to be performed;
A performance terminal device comprising:

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