JPH07236123A - Video karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a background picture and to attain speedy display so that little video data can correspond to much playing data by changing set time for reading out edited video data in accordance with a genre and reading out the data based upon the set time. CONSTITUTION:Musical program data selected by a user through a remote controller 14a are read out from a hard disk 20 by a controller 12 and data corresponding to video genre data added to the musical program data are judged by the controller 12 and transmitted to a disk player 30 through a serial I/O circuit ISO 16. Then edited video data are divided into plural sections and reproduced at a time interval shorter than the storing time of data at random to obtain a background picture. When playing data are up-tempo data, up-tempo reproducing processing based upon prescribed short set time is executed. Consequently a background picture can be obtained and speedy video data can be displayed by allowing minimum video data required to correspond to much playing data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video karaoke apparatus which uses a reproduced video as a background for displaying lyrics and which can be enjoyed by singing along with the accompaniment music. The present invention relates to a video karaoke device which reproduces a reproduction video most suitable for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional video karaoke apparatus, a karaoke piece has been output by reproducing a video disk or the like in which video data, lyrics data and performance data are stored for each piece of music. The video data stored in a video disc or the like used in such a video karaoke device is edited to match the image of the performance data, and one video corresponds to one song. . Therefore, a background image that matches the performance image of one song, one song is obtained,
It was able to visually satisfy the user.

However, when such a video karaoke apparatus is used for business use, in order to meet the needs of users, thousands of pieces of performance data or the like are required for each apparatus, and each piece of music has a separate performance data. It was necessary to prepare a large number of video discs storing performance data as data. These large numbers of video discs are stored in a dedicated storage case, and the discs that meet the request can be selected and played using an autochanger, etc.
An area occupied by a dedicated storage case for storing a large number of discs and an autochanger has become large, and there has been a demand for downsizing particularly for commercial use.

In order to make the video karaoke apparatus compact, one idea has been realized in which performance data and video data are stored in different storage media, and the video data is reproduced separately when the performance data is reproduced. Then, it is displayed as a background image. This background image data is often stored on a video disc.
When two hours of video data are stored on one video disk, two types of video data are generally stored, such as one hour of enka video data and one hour of pops video data. Target. For details, in correspondence with the genres of performance data such as enka and pops,
It contains several edited videos for enka and pops that can be separated in about 4 minutes. Then, the requested songs are classified into enka and pops, and enka → enka → pops → enka →
When the requests are made in the order of pops, for example, the video data is read and displayed in the order of enka, enka, pops, enka, and pops.

[0005]

However, in the above-described video karaoke apparatus, for example, assuming that the performance time of one song is about 4 minutes, there are 14 to 15 types of video data for enka and pops, respectively. Since it has only video data, the same background image is repeatedly reproduced as the performance frequency increases. Therefore, the user often encounters a situation in which the background image is the same even though the song to be played is different, which causes lack of excitement and makes the user feel tired because of lack of freshness. There was a problem.

In classifying the performance genres,
As mentioned above, if it is divided according to the two types of performance genres, Enka and Pops, although Enka is relatively compatible, Pops does not include anime songs, nursery rhymes, foreign folk songs, etc. There is a problem that some things are not suitable for the content and taste of the song because it does not happen. In addition, despite the fact that it is a winter song, the summer scenery is displayed (the seasonal feeling is not supported), and the peaceful scenery that does not match the speed feeling of the song is displayed.
There is a problem in that the image data of about 5 is not sufficient and the user feels uncomfortable.

In particular, for up-tempo performance data, video data overflowing with a sense of speed is required, but in a situation where there are only 14 to 15 types of video data for pops, However, there is a problem in that it is not possible to use video data with a sense of speed that can be used only for uptempo performance data, because it is required to be universally applicable to other songs. In order to solve this problem, if video data for up tempo is separately provided, the video karaoke apparatus again becomes bulky. On the other hand, when the performance data is divided into about 10 video genres, There is a problem that performance data and video data cannot be sufficiently matched unless they are expressed by using a plurality of video data (that is, across a plurality of video genres). By the way, in many cases, video data full of a sense of speed can be obtained by frequently switching subjects during editing.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an image in which an appropriate background image can be displayed for a large number of performance data by using the minimum required image data. A video karaoke device for the purpose of providing a karaoke device, and particularly capable of displaying video data full of speed as a background image without providing special video data for displaying video data full of speed. The purpose is to provide.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a video karaoke apparatus according to the present invention comprises a selection means for selecting a desired song from a plurality of karaoke songs, and music data of the selected karaoke song. A plurality of video data storage means for storing musical sound data outputting means for reproducing and outputting and edited video group data composed of two or more edited video data divided and edited at a predetermined time so as to form the same video genre. A video data reading means for reading arbitrary edited video data from the edited video group data stored in the video data storage means, and lyrics data combined with the edited video data read by the video data reading means, In a video karaoke device having video display means for displaying the musical sound data output from the musical sound data output means,
Edited video from the edited video group data stored in the video data storage means is read out from a predetermined position of each edited data stored in the video data storage means, and at every set time shorter than the predetermined time. An edit video data read control means for selecting and reading data is provided as a configuration.

Here, the musical sound data output means includes a video genre identifying means for identifying a video genre corresponding to the karaoke piece selected by the selecting means, and the video genre identified by the video genre identifying means is predetermined. In the case of falling under the genre, the edit video data read control means starts reading of each edit data stored in the video data storage means from a predetermined position, and the edit video data read control means starts reading the edit data at a predetermined time shorter than the predetermined time. It is desirable to select and read the edited video data from the edited video group data stored in the video data storage means. Furthermore,
The edited video data read control means sets a set time for reading the edited video data from the edited video group data storage means stored in the plurality of video data storage means according to the video genre identified by the video genre identification means. May be changed.

[0011]

In the present invention having the above structure, when a desired song is selected from the plurality of karaoke songs by the selecting means,
The musical sound data of the selected karaoke piece is reproduced by the musical sound data output means, and the edited video data as a background image is arbitrarily selected and read from the video data storage means by the video data reading means. The video data storage means stores edited video group data composed of two or more edited video data edited to form the same video genre, and each edited video data is completed every predetermined time. Has been edited as follows. When the video data reading means reads out any edited video data stored in the video data storage means in this manner, usually, one edited video data is read for a predetermined time and then the next edited video data is read. Reading is repeated.

The edited video data read control means controls the video data read means to divide the edited video data into a plurality of pieces at a set time shorter than the predetermined time, and read the edited video data in units of the set time. And since the edited video data is switched more often than usual,
It is possible to provide a background image with a high sense of speed. Further, when the musical sound data output means is provided with a video genre identifying means, a plurality of video genres corresponding to the karaoke piece selected by the video genre identifying means are identified, and the identified video genre becomes a predetermined genre. Since the control of the video data read-out means by the edited video data read-out means is executed only when applicable, a background image rich in speed can be provided only for musical sound data which requires a background image rich in speed. .

Further, the edited video data read control means changes the set time in accordance with the identified video genre and reads the edited video data at an arbitrary time to obtain video data more matching the musical sound data. Is something that can be done. When the edited video data is read out in this way, the video display means synthesizes the lyrics data corresponding to the musical sound data output from the musical sound data output means with the read edited video data and displays it.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a video karaoke apparatus will be described below with reference to the drawings. here,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the video karaoke apparatus of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the video karaoke apparatus is configured with a commander 10 that performs various control processes as a core, and the commander 10 amplifies the performance data and a disk player 30 that reproduces a video data reproduction disk.
An amplifier mixer 5 that mixes performance data and singing data input from a microphone 54, which will be described later, into audio data.
0, a speaker 52 that outputs the audio data input from the amplifier mixer 50 to the outside, a microphone 54 that the user inputs the singing data, and a monitor TV 5 that displays the video data.
It is composed of 6.

The user operates the commander 10 to select a song to be sung. The commander 10 stores lyrics data and performance data as song data, and when a song is selected, the commander 10 outputs the lyrics data and the performance data in synchronization with each other. You will sing along with the performance while referring to the displayed lyrics. The performance data output from the commander 10 is converted into an analog performance signal and then sent to the amplifier mixer 50 to be electrically amplified and at the same time as the user's singing data input via the microphone 54. Mixed in proportion. The performance data and the song data thus mixed are input to the speaker 52 as an audio signal and output from the speaker 52 to the outside.

On the other hand, the commander 10 is synchronized with the performance data.
The lyrics data output by the disc player 30
It is displayed on the monitor television 56 after being synthesized (superimposed) with the NTSC video signal sent from the computer. The NTSC video signal sent from the disc player 30 is generated by playing a video playback disc by the disc player 30, and the NTSC video signal is displayed on the monitor television 56 when the user sings while referring to the lyrics. Is displayed as a background image on. Therefore, it is necessary to set the video genre to the content and image of the music selected by the user.

Next, the internal structure of the commander 10 will be further described. As shown in FIG. 1, the commander 10 includes a controller 12, an operation panel 14, a serial input / output circuit (SIO) 16, a modem 18, a hard disk 20, and an M.
An IDI sound source 22 and a video mixer 24 are provided.
The controller 12 is a microcomputer for controlling the commander 10. When the user selects a song, the controller 12 determines the video genre data attached to the song in advance and transmits it to the disc player 30, or the song. Song data (performance data and lyrics data) from the hard disk 20 as the performance of the
Control such as transmission of performance data to the I sound source 22 and lyrics data to the video mixer 24 is performed. Further, in this embodiment, when the video genre data attached to the performance data in advance corresponds to the video genre data indicating the up tempo, the microcomputer 38 is instructed to make the reproduction time shorter than a predetermined time described later. To send. Operation panel 14
Is an operation panel for the user to select a song to be sung, and the operation panel 14 has a remote controller 14a.
Is provided, and the user can select songs by remote control.

The serial input / output circuit (SIO) 16 is an interface circuit for transmitting the video genre attached to the selected music piece to the disc player 30 via the serial communication line 17. In this embodiment, RS232C
It uses a cable. The modem 18 modulates the signal transmitted through the communication path when receiving the music data transmitted through the telephone line and transmitting information such as what music is being played to the outside. This is a modulation / demodulation device that performs demodulation. In the video karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment, in order to always maintain the state in which the latest song is provided, the data of the new song is transmitted from the host computer (not shown) to the commander 10 via the modem 18 at night over the telephone line.
And is stored in the hard disk 20.

The hard disk 20 is a storage device for storing performance data and lyrics data as music data. As performance data, data based on the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standard is stored. This MIDI sound source 22
Stores the playing sounds of various musical instruments, and the hard disk 20
It is a sound source that generates performance signals of musical instruments based on performance data sent from the. The generated musical instrument performance signal is transmitted to the amplifier mixer 50. The video mixer 24 is a device that combines the lyrics data transmitted from the hard disk 20 and the NTSC video signal transmitted from the disc player 30. The lyrics data inverts the lyrics in synchronization with the output of the musical instrument to inform the user of the corresponding singing portion. The disc player 30, based on the video genre data attached to the music transmitted from the commander 10,
The disc player sends a video of a corresponding video genre to the commander 10 as an NTSC video signal. A video signal is generated by reproducing a video reproducing disk (not shown) in the disk player 30.

The video reproducing disk used in this embodiment has the following features. Video playback disc is 12c
m is a CD (compact disc) size video disc in which video data is compressed and stored according to the MPEG1 standard. Since it is compressed, 65 minutes of video data is stored in one CD size disc.
On one video playback disc, edited video group data composed of two or more edited video data edited so as to form the same video genre is stored as video data, and a plurality of different song images and song tones are stored. Even with the performance data that it has, it is possible to obtain an optimum background image and prevent the subdivision of the video genre classification by combining and reproducing a plurality of edited video data belonging to different video genres.

In this embodiment, eight kinds of video genres and 16 video reproducing disks in total are used. Here, two video reproduction discs are prepared for each video genre, and although these are the same as the video genre, the recorded edited video data are different from each other. Explaining each video genre to which the edited video data stored in the video playback disc belongs, genre A is a video genre corresponding to a song with a winter theme in an enka system, and genre B is a liquor in an enka system. The genre C is a video genre corresponding to a theme song, the genre C is a video genre corresponding to a song with a sea theme in an enka system, and the genre D is a video corresponding to general enka with no theme in the enka system It is a genre. Further, the genre E is a video genre corresponding to a song with a summer theme in a pop system, and the genre F is a video genre corresponding to a retrospective song in a pop system,
The genre G is a video genre corresponding to songs such as animation and nursery rhymes in a pop system, and the genre H is a video genre corresponding to general pops other than the above.

Further, the video data of each of the video genres A to H is constituted as edited video group data consisting of 24 edited video data with one edited video being a predetermined time of 30 seconds, and in this embodiment, The video genre consists of 12 minutes of video. Hereinafter, this 30-second edited video will be referred to as a chapter, and the chapter numbers A-1 to A
It will be expressed as -24. No storyliness is particularly given between the 24 chapters in one video genre.

Next, the internal structure of the disc player 30 for reproducing such a video reproducing disc will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the disc player 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the disc player 30 includes a serial input / output circuit (SIO).
32, the first disc changer player (hereinafter, the first
A player 34a, a second disc changer player (hereinafter referred to as a second player) 34b, a switching circuit 36, a microcomputer 38, a data reading circuit 40, a compressed data decoding circuit 42, an NTSC converter 44, and the like.

The serial input / output circuit (SIO) 32 is an interface circuit for receiving the video genre data of the selected song sent from the commander 10. Each of the first and second players 34a and 34b is composed of a well-known changer unit and a player unit (both not shown). Each changer unit has eight video reproducing disks, that is, a total of 16 video reproducing disks in two changer units, and the video reproducing disks are replaced in a predetermined order or according to a command from the microcomputer 38. The player section reproduces the video reproduction disk set by being replaced by the changer section, selects the video reproduction disk to be reproduced by the first and second players 34a and 34b, and executes the reproduction processing by the microcomputer 38. It At this time, if the video genre data attached to the performance data does not include the video genre data U, the edited video data is stored until 30 seconds, which is a predetermined time for storing one edited video data, has elapsed. Is repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when the video genre data includes the video genre data U,
The first player 34a and the second player 34b repeat the reproduction of the edited video data at a time interval shorter than 30 seconds which is a predetermined time by the microcomputer 38 which has received the command from the controller 12.

The switching circuit 36 includes a first player 34 and a second player 34.
This is a circuit for switching which of the video signals output from a and 34b is sent to the data reading circuit 40, and the first and second players 34a and 34b are switched alternately based on a command signal from this switching circuit. , Play each edited video data. Further, when reading each edited video data from the corresponding video playback disc, a random number R is generated so that the chapter to be read is randomly changed to prevent the bias of the edited video data to be played back. The microcomputer 38 is a microcomputer that controls the operation of the entire disc player 30. The processing executed by the microcomputer 38 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

The data reading circuit 40 includes a sub-microcomputer 41.
Is a device for reading the electric signal transmitted from the switching circuit 36 as digital data. The digital data read by the data reading circuit 40 is transmitted to the compressed data decoding circuit 42. The compressed data decoding circuit 42 is an electric circuit that decodes the compressed digital data transmitted from the data reading circuit 40 into a video signal. The video signal decoded by the compressed data decoding circuit 42 is transmitted to the NTSC converter 44. The NTSC converter 44 is an electric circuit that converts the video signal decoded by the compressed data decoding circuit 42 into a commercial color television signal (NTSC). NT
The NTSC video signal converted by the SC converter 44 is transmitted to the video mixer 24 of the commander 10.

Next, the video / performance control processing of the video karaoke apparatus thus constructed will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the video genre determination processing. When the karaoke user selects a song, the video genre data attached to the performance data forming the selected song data is read (S100).
Here, the video genre data will be described. The video genre data is data indicating a video genre that matches the image, music tone, etc. of the selected song, and is attached to each performance data forming the song data read from the hard disk 20. Specifically, in addition to the video genre data A to H corresponding to the video genres A to H to which the edited video data stored in the above-mentioned video playback disc belongs, the selected music data is an uptempo music. Video genre data U is prepared as the video genre data indicating that. Further, one or two or more video genre data is attached to one performance data, and the video genre data U is not designated alone, and other video genre data A to H is not specified. It is specified together with the video genre data.

More specifically, a karaoke user uses the remote controller 14a or directly to operate the operation panel 14.
By selecting and selecting a song, song data corresponding to the song selected by the controller 12 in the commander 10 is read from the hard disk. At this time, video genre data is attached to the performance data forming the music data, and the controller 12 judges which video genre the video genre data corresponds to, and the serial input / output circuit ( SIO) 32 to the disc player 30. In this example,
Nine kinds of video genre data including the up-tempo video genre data U can be expressed by the edited video data belonging to eight kinds of video genres A to H.

As described above, in the video karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment, when the video genre data includes the video genre data U, the edited video data belonging to any of the eight types of video genres A to H is edited. The background image is obtained by randomly reproducing the edited video data at a time interval shorter than 30 seconds which is a predetermined time in which the data is stored. For example, when the selected performance data is attached with the video genre data F and U, the up-tempo process described below is executed using the video playback disc belonging to the video genre F, and the video data is added to the selected performance data. When the genre data H and U are added, the up-tempo processing described later is executed using the video reproduction disc belonging to the video genre H.

Therefore, it is determined whether or not the video genre data attached to the performance data previously determined by the controller 12 includes the video genre data U indicating that the performance data is up tempo ( S1
10) If it is determined that the video genre data U is not included (S110: NO), normal reproduction processing is executed (S115). That is, another video genre is determined, and a reproduction process for switching the edited video data to be reproduced is executed every 30 seconds which is a predetermined time. On the other hand, when the video genre data includes the video genre data U (S110: YES), the set time for up tempo is set and the up tempo reproduction process is executed (S200). This up-tempo playback process is a process of reading edited video data from a video playback disc of another genre designated at the same time as the up-tempo, and in the present embodiment, the set time for up-tempo is set to 10 seconds. is doing. Here, the read time is set to 10 seconds because the background image is switched too often when the read time is extremely short, which makes the user feel more complicated than feeling speed. On the other hand, if the read time is long, the user cannot feel a sense of speed. Therefore, an appropriate set time is required to be between 5 seconds and 10 seconds.

Next, in the up-tempo reproduction process (S200), when the selected performance data is accompanied by the video genre data H and U, that is, the genre H up-tempo process (S1000), refer to FIG. Explain. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the genre H uptempo reproduction process. When the genre H uptempo reproduction process is started, it is first determined whether or not a reproduction start command is input from the controller 12 (S205),
When it is determined that the reproduction start command is input (S
205: YES), the first and second players 34a, 34b
Of these, the player number P that indicates the player to reproduce is set to 0 (S210). The player number P has "0" and "1". In the present embodiment, when the player number P = 0, the reproduction is performed by the first player 34a, and when the player number P = 1, the other second player 34b. It is set to play. Therefore, at the start of reproduction, the edited video data storing the genre H is reproduced by the first player 34a, and in the present process, only the first player 34a operates.

The set time is set to 10 seconds, and in order to randomly select the edited video data to be read, a process of generating a random number R is executed (S220), and then the generated random number R is 1 It is determined whether ≦ R ≦ 24 is satisfied (S225). If the random numerical value R does not satisfy 1 ≦ R ≦ 24 (S22
5: NO) The process of S220 is repeated until a random numerical value R satisfying 1 ≦ R ≦ 24 is obtained, and when the random numerical value R satisfies 1 ≦ R ≦ 24 (S225:
(YES) A process of converting the random number R into the reproduction chapter number S is executed (S230).

Here, in S225, the process proceeds to the next step only when the random numerical value R satisfies 1≤R≤24. In the present embodiment, one video reproducing disc has a short time interval. This is because by reading the edited video data one after another, a background video with a sense of speed is provided. That is, if the video genre is H, H-1 to H-24 are recorded on one video playback disc.
24 chapters are stored, and 24 chapters are candidates as the reproduction chapter number S, and the random numbers R 1 to 24 correspond to the reproduction chapter number S of the video genre H.

The reproduction chapter number S will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a table for associating the chapter number with the reproduction chapter number S. A memory (not shown) in the microcomputer 38 is provided with a table for associating the chapter numbers (A-1, A-2, etc.) assigned to each edited video for each of the eight video genres with the reproduction chapter number S. Is remembered. FIG. 5B shows a video genre H table. In this case, reproduction chapter numbers S 1 to 24 correspond to chapter numbers H-1 to H-24, respectively.

4, the random number R is converted into the reproduction chapter number S in S230, and the edited video data corresponding to the reproduction chapter number S is reproduced by the first player 34a (S235). ). At this time, when reproducing the edited video data, it is not always necessary to reproduce the edited video data from the beginning. The edited video data may be divided at a fixed time, and the reproduction may be started from the beginning of the division. As a result, a plurality of video data can be read from the edited video data for 30 seconds, and the number of databases is increased, so that the number of combinations of video data can be further increased, and different edited video data are always selected and read. It becomes possible.

Then, it is judged whether or not the reproduction time from the start of reproduction has passed 10 seconds (S240). If 10 seconds has not yet passed (S240: NO), the reproduction is continued. On the other hand, when the playback time has passed 10 seconds (S2
40: YES), it is determined whether the edited video data being played back is the last edited video data to be played back, or whether a playback end command has been input (S245),
If it is not the last edited video data, or if it is not the end of reproduction (S245: NO), return to S220,
The random number R is repeatedly generated to determine the reproduction chapter number S of the edited video data to be read next, and if the edited video data is the last edited video data and the reproduction is completed (S245: YES), the player The reproduction by P = 0 is stopped (S250), and this processing ends. By performing the processing of FIG. 4 described above, the first player 3
Each chapter in the video genre H on the video reproduction disc reproduced at 4a is randomly selected at short time intervals and displayed on the monitor television 56 (FIG. 1) as a background image.

An example thereof is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing an example of the order of chapters reproduced in the up tempo reproduction processing. In this case, it starts from chapter H-2, H-3, H-5, H-10, H
It is sequentially reproduced in the order of -23. As described above, by playing back the edited video data in various combinations at short time intervals of 10 seconds, it is possible to display a background image with a high sense of speed in accordance with the uptempo performance data. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare an image reproduction disc, and further, a variety of background images that cannot be obtained by reproducing one up-tempo image reproduction disc can be obtained.

As described in detail above, in the video karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment, when the selected performance data is accompanied by the video genre data U indicating that the music is an up-tempo music, it is normally Since the read-out switching of the edited video data is performed every 30 seconds, it is performed every 10 seconds.
It is possible to display a background image with a sense of speed corresponding to an uptempo song without using a video playback disc on which edited video data for uptempo is recorded. Also,
When the video genre data other than the video genre data U is attached, the up tempo reproduction process is executed by using the video reproduction disc corresponding to the other video genre data, and therefore, it is simply rich in speed. Not only the background image can be displayed, but the background image closer to the image of the selected performance data can be displayed.

Furthermore, since it is not necessary to separately provide a video playback disk for up tempo, the video data of the entire video karaoke apparatus can be reduced, while a wide range of edited video data that is not captured by the video genre is stored. Can be equipped with a video playback disc,
By properly combining these, many background images can be obtained, and a fresh background image can be displayed every time even with the same performance data.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is easily guessed. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the up-tempo reproduction process is executed using one video reproduction disc has been described, but the performance data includes the video genre data U and three or more video genre data. In this case, the first player 34a performs up-tempo reproduction processing on the video reproduction disc corresponding to one video genre data,
If the player 34b performs the up-tempo playback process on the other video playback disc, it is possible to display a background image that is most suitable for performance data that is not biased to one video genre, and a background image that is rich in variety. Since it can be displayed, the user is not bored.

In this case, in order to reproduce the edited video data over the three video genres, the first player 34a to the second player 34b or the second player 34b to the first player in the flowchart in FIG. A process of converting the reproducing player to the player 34a, a process of waiting for the reproducing of the other player when one player is reproducing, and the like are required. Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the karaoke user operates the operation panel 14 using the remote controller 14a or the like to select a song, the controller 12 in the commander 10 determines the video genre corresponding to the song and causes the disc player 30 to select. However, the controller 12 may transmit only the music selection information to the disc player 30 side, and the microcomputer 38 in the disc player 30 may determine the video genre corresponding to the music.

[0042]

As described above, the video karaoke apparatus according to the present invention can display an appropriate background image for a large number of performance data by using the minimum necessary video data, and particularly, the speed image can be sensed. It is possible to display video data overflowing with a sense of speed without providing special video data for displaying the overflowing video data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video karaoke device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a disc player.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a video genre determination process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an up tempo reproduction process.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a table for associating a chapter number with a reproduction chapter number S. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing an example of the order of chapters reproduced in the up tempo reproduction processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Commander 12 Controller 14 Operation Panel 20 Hard Disk 22 MIDI Sound Source 24 Video Mixer 30 Disk Player 34a First Player 34b Second Player 36 Switching Circuit 38 Microcomputer 40 Data Reading Circuit 42 Compressed Data Decoding Circuit 44 NTSC Converter 52 Speaker 54 Microphone 56 Monitor TV set

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A selection means for selecting a desired song from a plurality of karaoke songs, and a tone data output means for reproducing and outputting tone data of the selected karaoke song so that the same video genre is configured. A plurality of video data storage means for storing edited video group data composed of two or more edited video data which are separated by a predetermined time and edited, and any editing is performed from the edited video group data stored in the video data storage means. Video data reading means for reading the video data, and video display means for synthesizing the lyrics data with the edited video data read by the video data reading means and displaying the music data corresponding to the musical sound data output from the musical sound data outputting means. In the video karaoke device having the following, reading out is started from a predetermined position of each edited video data stored in the video data storage means. And an edit video data read control means for selecting and reading the edit video data from the edit video group data stored in the video data storage means every set time shorter than the predetermined time. Karaoke device. 2. The musical tone data output means according to claim 1, further comprising video genre identifying means for identifying a video genre corresponding to the karaoke piece selected by the selecting means, and the video genre identifying means. When the video genre identified by the above corresponds to a predetermined genre, the edit video data read control means starts reading from a predetermined position of each edit data stored in the video data storage means, and the predetermined time is passed. A video karaoke device characterized by selecting and reading the edited video data from the edited video group data stored in the video data storage means for each shorter set time. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the edited video data read control means is configured to store the plurality of video data storage means according to the video genre identified by the video genre identification means. A video karaoke device characterized by changing a set time for reading the edited video data from the edited video group data storage means stored in.