JP3220458U - Karaoke monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a compact karaoke monitor that enables a picture-in-picture display of a person singing a karaoke picture, a switching display of both pictures, and a split-screen display. A karaoke monitor is configured as follows. First, the camera 3 with a microphone is attached to the front surface. Secondly, on the back side, video and audio from the camera 3 with a microphone are captured, converted into a file, output to an output device, written to a recording device, and video and audio having functions as a personal computer such as communication. A device and a multi-viewer device capable of picture-in-picture display are attached. Thirdly, the karaoke video K and the video S of the person who is singing are taken into the multi-viewer device. Fourth, a picture-in-picture display of a video S and a karaoke video K of a person singing on the monitor 2 can be performed from the multi-viewer device. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitor for karaoke. Specifically, a video and audio capturing device capable of outputting a video of a singing person and a voice of a singing person including a performance sound of karaoke and recording them in a predetermined file format, and a karaoke video, This is a compact karaoke monitor that has a multi-viewer device that enables switching display, screen division display, and picture-in-picture display with the video of a person who is singing.

  As disclosed in Patent Document 1, a video and audio capturing device for karaoke developed by the applicant for utility model registration and capable of capturing not only an audio signal but also a video signal has already been disclosed. The apparatus is a capturing apparatus that simultaneously captures a video of a person who is singing and a sound including a performance sound, writes the sound into a recording apparatus, and further writes it into a recording apparatus of a server via an Internet communication network. As a result, the video of the person singing can be displayed on a monitor, stored on a mobile phone, or recorded on a DVD.

  However, this device was made on the assumption that it will be used at party venues, etc., and the monitor for karaoke and the monitor that shows the image of the person who is singing are separate, and both It was something that could not be seen. In recent years, the use of karaoke in small rooms has increased, and miniaturization of the apparatus has been demanded.

Utility Model Registration No. 3156336 Registration Utility Model Gazette

The problems to be solved by the present invention are as follows.
First, it is possible to display a picture of a person who is singing in a karaoke picture on one monitor, display switching between both pictures, and split display on both screens.
Secondly, the multi-viewer device and the video and audio capturing device are attached to the back side of the monitor to reduce the size of the device.
Third, by enabling communication between the video and audio capturing device and the wireless remote controller, it is possible to remotely select a recording device such as a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, or a DVD player. is there.
Fourthly, it is possible to order food directly from a place where karaoke is performed through a wireless remote controller.

In order to solve the above problems, the first device constitutes a karaoke monitor as follows.
The first is a karaoke monitor in which a karaoke video and a singer's video can be switched, displayed on a screen, or displayed in picture-in-picture.
Secondly, on the front of the monitor, a camera that captures and captures a video of a person who is singing and a microphone that collects and captures the sound of the person who is singing and the sound of a karaoke performance are attached.
Third, on the back side of the monitor, a multi-viewer device capable of switching display, split screen display, and picture-in-picture display, video captured from the camera, and audio captured from the microphone in a predetermined file. A conversion function for conversion, a function for outputting these files to a monitor or an audio output device, a function for writing to a recording device, and a video and audio capturing device having functions as a personal computer such as communication are attached.
Fourth, the camera and microphone are connected to the video and audio capturing device.
Fifth, the input terminal of the multiviewer device is connected to the karaoke video output terminal of the karaoke main body and the video output terminal of the video and audio capturing device, and the output terminal of the multiviewer device is connected to the input terminal of the monitor Is done.
Sixth, switching display between video captured by the camera and karaoke video, split screen display, and picture-in-picture display are enabled.

The second device is a karaoke monitor in which the following configuration is added to the first device.
First, the recording device of the video and audio capturing device is any one of a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine. A wireless remote controller incorporating a recording device selection function for selecting and a function for transmitting information on the selected recording device is provided.
Second, the video and audio capturing device is provided with a receiving function for receiving transmission from the wireless remote controller, operates a function for writing to the recording device according to the received information of the selected recording device, Recording to the selected recording device is performed.

  The third device is a karaoke monitor to which the wireless remote controller in the second device has an order dish selection function and a transmission function to a food provider.

The first device has the following effects.
First, a multi-viewer device is attached to the back of the monitor, and the input terminal of the multi-viewer device is connected to the karaoke video output terminal of the karaoke main body and the video output terminal of the video and audio capturing device, and is captured by the camera. It is now possible to switch between the singing person's video and karaoke video, split screen display, and picture-in-picture display, so a karaoke video monitor and a singing video monitor Various displays are now possible with one monitor without the need for two monitors.
Secondly, in the conventional device, the monitor, the multiviewer device, and the video and audio capturing device need to be separate members, but the multiviewer and the video and audio capturing device are attached to the back of the monitor. As a result, the apparatus could be miniaturized.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, recording of a video and audio capturing device to a recording device of any one of a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine is performed. The recording device selection function enables remote operation.

  In the third device, since the wireless remote controller has an order dish selection function and a transmission function to the dish provider, it is possible to order dishes directly from the place where karaoke is performed through the wireless remote controller. became.

Front explanatory view of a karaoke monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention Illustration of the back of the karaoke monitor Explanatory drawing of recording device selection screen of wireless remote control Two-screen display explanation diagram of order selection screen and recording device selection screen of wireless remote control

Hereinafter, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated with an Example.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view of a karaoke monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention. The karaoke monitor according to the present invention is a monitor 2 capable of displaying a karaoke image K of the karaoke apparatus 1 and simultaneously displaying a photographed image, that is, an image S of a singer.

  A camera 3 with a microphone is attached to the upper center of the front surface of the monitor 2, and an image of a person who is singing is captured by the camera unit 31 and is captured in the image and audio capturing device 4. In addition, microphone units 32 are formed on the left and right sides of the camera unit 31 of the camera 3 with a microphone. The microphone unit 32 collects the voice of the person who is singing and the voice of the karaoke performance, and captures video and audio. The data is taken into the device 4.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the back side of the monitor for karaoke. On the back side of the monitor 2, a video and audio capturing device in which the video S of the person singing, the voice of the person singing and the voice of the karaoke performance are captured. 4 and a multi-viewer device 5 that enables switching display, two-screen split display, and picture-in-picture display between the karaoke video K and the singing video S are attached.

  The video and audio capturing device 4 is connected to the camera 3 with a microphone by a USB connection cable. Specifically, the video and audio output terminal 33 of the camera with microphone 3 and the video and audio input terminal 41 of the video and audio capturing device 4 are connected. As a result, the video S of the person singing from the camera unit 31, the voice of the person singing from the microphone unit 32, and the voice of the karaoke performance are captured by the video and audio capturing device 4.

  The video and audio capturing device 4 converts the video captured from the camera unit 31 and the audio captured from the microphone unit 32 into predetermined files, and outputs these files to the monitor 2 and the audio output device. It has a function, a function of writing to a recording device, and a function of a personal computer such as communication. Note that a reception function for receiving transmission from the wireless remote controller 6 described later is provided as one of communication functions.

  The recording device of the video and audio capturing device 4 includes a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, a portable video game machine, etc., and the voice of a person singing on the recording device Write voices of karaoke performances and videos of singers. As a recording device in the embodiment of FIG. 2, a memory drive 8 and a DVD player 9 are shown, which are connected to an output terminal 42 to the recording device provided in the video and audio capturing device 4. Reference numeral 43 in the figure denotes a video output terminal provided in the video and audio capturing device 4, which is connected to the video input terminal 52 of the singing person of the multi-viewer device 5.

  On the other hand, the multiviewer device 5 attached to the back surface of the monitor 2 has a display screen switching function, a two-screen division function, and a picture-in-picture function. The multi-viewer device 5 includes an input / output unit, an operation display unit, and an operation unit.

  As an input / output unit of the multi-viewer device 5, a karaoke video input terminal 51 to which karaoke video is input, a video input terminal 52 of a singing person to which video captured by the camera unit 31 is input, and the multi-viewer device 5 And an output terminal 53 for outputting the image operated in step 1 to the monitor 2. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 54 denotes a power supply unit.

  The karaoke video input terminal 51 of the multi-viewer device 5 is connected to the karaoke video output terminal in the karaoke main body 7 of the karaoke device 1. On the other hand, the video input terminal 52 of the person who is singing is connected to the video output terminal 43 of the video and audio capturing device 4. The output terminal 53 of the multiviewer device 5 is connected to the input terminal 20 of the monitor 2. The multi-viewer device 5 allows the monitor 2 to switch between the video of the person who is singing and the karaoke video, and to switch between the two-screen split display and the picture-in-picture display.

  As an operation display unit of the multi-viewer device 5, a display lamp A indicating an operation state, which is an LED, is provided. In FIG. 2, an operation unit is provided on the right side of the operation display unit, and switches B1, B2, B3, B4, and B5 for determining the operation are provided.

  The switch B1 is a main screen selection switch. That is, it is a switch for selecting whether the main screen is the video S or the karaoke video K of the person who is singing.

  Switch B2 is a switch for selecting modes 1 to 4, mode 1 is a mode for displaying an input signal on one full screen, and mode 2 is a picture-in-picture mode (a mode for displaying a sub screen on a full screen). Yes, mode 3 is a mode that divides vertically into two screens, and mode 4 is a mode that divides horizontally into two screens. Each time switch B2 is pressed once, the mode changes.

  Switch B3 is pressed to select the position of the picture-in-picture screen. The position can be changed each time the switch B3 is pressed. Switch B4 is pressed to change the size of picture-in-picture. The size can be changed to 3 levels. The switch B5 is pressed to select the output resolution.

  The display of the monitor 2 in FIG. 1 selects the mode in which the karaoke video K is the main video by the switch B1, the switch B2 is pressed twice, the video S of the singing person is the picture-in-picture, and the switch B3 is singing. The human image S is displayed at the upper right and displayed as a medium size by the switch B4.

  The function of writing to the recording device of the video and audio capturing device 4 can be remotely operated by the wireless remote controller 6. The recording device of the video and audio capturing device 4 includes a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine, and the wireless remote controller 6 includes one of them. A recording device selection function for selecting the information and a function for transmitting information of the selected recording device are incorporated.

  The recording device selection function of the wireless remote controller 6 is operated by a touch panel 60 serving as a selection menu provided on the upper surface of the wireless remote controller 6. In FIG. 3, an icon 61 for selecting recording on the portable information terminal and an icon 62 for selecting recording on the DVD player are displayed.

  For example, by touching the icon 62, it is selected that the video captured from the camera unit 31 of the video and audio capturing device 4 and the audio captured from the microphone unit 32 are recorded on the DVD player, and the selected recording device is selected. Is transmitted to the video and audio capturing device 4 by the transmission function. On the other hand, the video and audio capturing device 4 has a reception function for transmission from the wireless remote controller 6, and according to the received information, the video captured by the DVD player from the camera unit 31 and the audio captured by the microphone unit 32. Is written.

  The wireless remote controller 6 can have not only a recording device selection function but also an order dish selection function and a function for sending to a dish provider. As shown in FIG. 4, the touch panel 60 displayed on the display of the wireless remote controller 6 is divided into a two-screen split display of a menu for selecting a recording device and a menu for cooking / drinks. Now, it is possible to order food and drinks.

1 ... Karaoke device 2 ... Monitor 20 ... ... Input terminal 3 of the monitor ... Camera 31 with microphone ... Camera part 32 ... ··········· Microphone unit 33 ············ Audio output terminal 4 And audio capturing device 41... Video and audio input terminal 42... Output terminal 43 to the recording device. ··········· Video output terminal 5 ····················································· ..Karaoke video input terminal 52 ······ Singing video input terminal 53 ········· Output terminal 54 to the monitor・ ・ ・ ・ Power supply unit 6 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Wireless remote control 60 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Touch panel 61 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・... icon 62 for selecting recording to portable information terminal ... icon 7 for selecting recording to DVD player ... ... Karaoke body 8 ... Memory drive 9 ... DVD player A ... Indicator lamp B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 ... Switch K ... Karaoke Video S ... .......... singing of the people are the video

Claims (3)

A karaoke monitor in which a karaoke image and a singer's image can be switched and displayed in a split screen or picture-in-picture display,
At the front of the monitor, a camera that captures and captures the video of the person who is singing, and a microphone that collects and captures the sound of the person who is singing and the sound of the karaoke performance are attached,
On the back of the monitor,
A multi-viewer device capable of switching display, split screen display and picture-in-picture display;
A conversion function for converting video captured from the camera and audio captured from the microphone into predetermined files, a function for outputting these files to a monitor or an audio output device, and a function for writing to a recording device, and Attach a video and audio capture device that functions as a personal computer for communication, etc.
The camera and microphone are connected to the video and audio capturing device, and the karaoke video output terminal of the karaoke main body and the video output terminal of the video and audio capturing device are connected to the input terminal of the multi-viewer device. The output terminal of the viewer device is connected to the input terminal of the monitor,
A karaoke monitor that enables switching between video captured by the camera and karaoke video, split screen display, and picture-in-picture display.
The recording device of the video and audio capturing device is any one of a portable music player, a portable information terminal, a CD player, a DVD player, a semiconductor memory writing device, and a portable video game machine, and the recording device that selects one of the recording devices Deploying a wireless remote controller that incorporates a selection function and a function for transmitting information of the selected recording device,
The video and audio capturing device is provided with a receiving function for receiving transmission from the wireless remote controller, operates a function for writing to the recording device in accordance with the received information of the selected recording device, and selects a selected recording The karaoke monitor according to claim 1, wherein recording is performed on an apparatus.
The karaoke monitor according to claim 2, wherein the wireless remote controller has a function of selecting an ordered dish and a function of transmitting to a dish provider.

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