JP3595270B2 - Karaoke device characterized by the function of limiting advertisement broadcasting - Google Patents

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JP3595270B2
JP3595270B2 JP2001053929A JP2001053929A JP3595270B2 JP 3595270 B2 JP3595270 B2 JP 3595270B2 JP 2001053929 A JP2001053929 A JP 2001053929A JP 2001053929 A JP2001053929 A JP 2001053929A JP 3595270 B2 JP3595270 B2 JP 3595270B2
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【0001】
【発明が属する技術分野】
この発明は、広告掲示機能を備えたカラオケ装置に関し、とくに、放映しない広告を指定できるカラオケ装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
カラオケ伴奏音楽の演奏休止期間などに広告番組を映像出力するカラオケ装置が知られている。これは、多数の広告番組を広告データベースに格納して備え、予約リストに楽曲が登録されていないときや次の楽曲の演奏開始までの間などの伴奏音楽の出力休止期間に広告番組をディスプレイに映像出力して放映するものである。放映する広告番組は、広告データベースに格納されている多数の番組の中から所定の方法により選出する。例えば番組をジャンル別に分類して演奏楽曲のジャンルに合わせて放映するものや、同一の番組が連続しないように公平に放映する工夫をこらしたもの、放映する場面や頻度などを広告主の要望に叶った形で放映するものなどが知られている。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
たくさんの物や情報があふれている現在では、広告で見た物をすぐに買いたがる若者や、選択に迷ったときに広告で見たものを選んだりする人は少なくない。広告で見たメッセージは印象も強く説得力もある。広告は多くの人の生活の中にとけ込んでおり、流行の変化も早い今日の社会で広告の果たす役割は大きい。そのような状況で企業は熾烈な広告競争を繰り広げている。この状況はカラオケ装置で放映される広告についても同様である。
【0004】
従来の広告掲示機能つきカラオケ装置は、広告番組を無作為に放映するものだけではなく、先述のように放映に広告主側の意図を反映させる工夫がされたものもある。ただし、ここには実際に広告番組を放映するカラオケ店の意図をはさむ余地はない。しかしカラオケ店にとって放映したくない広告もある。例えばA社の関連会社であるカラオケ店ではA社の競合他社であるB社に関連する広告は放映したくない。また多数の支店をもつ一つのカラオケ会社の中でも、地域色の濃い広告では支店の所在地により放映の意義にばらつきが出たりする。
【0005】
そこで本発明は、広告番組の変化の早さに対応しながら、カラオケネットワーク内では内容が統一された広告データベースを用いてカラオケ装置ごとに異なった広告番組放映の制限条件を設定できるようにすることを目的とする。
【0006】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この発明に係るカラオケ装置は、広告放映の制限機能に特徴を有するものであって、つぎの事項(1)〜(6)により特定されるものである。
(1)広告データベースと、番号記憶手段と、制御手段を備えるカラオケ装置であること
(2)広告データベースは、複数の広告番組データと、各広告番組データに割り当てられた広告グループ番号を記憶すること
(3)番号記憶手段は、当該カラオケ装置に割り当てられた装置グループ番号を記憶すること
(4)制御手段は、第1〜第2処理からなる広告表示処理を行うこと
(5)第1処理は、広告番組データベースから広告番組データを選出すること
(6)第2処理は、選出された広告番組データの広告グループ番号と番号記憶手段が記憶する装置グループ番号とが所定の関係にある場合に第1処理に戻り、そうでない場合には選出された広告番組データを表示出力すること
【0011】
【発明の実施の形態】
===通信カラオケシステムの基本構成===
この発明の実施例にかかるカラオケ装置のシステム構成を図1に示した。ホスト装置1と多数のカラオケ装置2とが電話回線やISDN回線などの公衆網3に接続されている。ホスト装置1はカラオケ事業者によって運営されるコンピュータであり、ホスト装置1から配信されるカラオケデータを各カラオケ装置2が蓄積しておき適宜に再生するシステムである。
【0012】
一方、図2に例示したカラオケ装置では、内部にCPU・RAM・ROMを含む中央制御部4が制御バスを介して各周辺構成部を制御・統括している。ハードディスク装置5はカラオケ楽曲の伴奏音楽データや歌詞データを含むカラオケデータを多数曲分蓄積している。中央制御部4は操作制御部6を介してリクエストを受け取ると、リクエスト入力の順番に従って該当のカラオケデータを処理していく。すなわち、リクエスト楽曲に対応するカラオケデータをハードディスク装置5から取り出し、含まれているカラオケ伴奏音楽データをシンセサイザー7に転送することによりカラオケ伴奏音楽を生成させる。シンセサイザー7にはカラオケ伴奏音楽を演奏する楽器に対応した複数の音源が含まれており、これにより生成されたカラオケ伴奏音楽と、マイクロホン8により採取した歌唱音声とをミキシングアンプ9にて混合しスピーカ10から音響出力する。ディスプレイ11には、映像制御部12を介して入力された背景映像とともに、歌唱すべき箇所の色変えをともなった歌詞画像が表示される。
【0013】
===広告データベース===
この実施例にかかるカラオケ装置は広告データベース13も備えており、この中にはディスプレイ11に映像出力する広告番組が多数格納されている。広告番組とは、あるひとまとまりの広告内容を映像表現する番組であり、企業の商品PRやコンサート情報、新譜情報などがある。各番組データは番組タイトル名や広告主名、商品名などの内容指標データをインデックスとして広告データベース13に管理されている。
【0014】
各広告番組は主に数十秒から数分程度のMPEG形式等の動画データや数コマ程度のJPEG形式等の静止画データからなり、外部のホスト装置等から通信回線を通じて当該カラオケ装置に付帯する広告データベース13に蓄積される。
【0015】
===カラオケ装置の掲示禁止指標データ===
本実施例にかかるカラオケ装置の所定のメモリには、放映する広告番組の制限条件を示す掲示禁止指標データを適宜に設定できるようになっている。この掲示禁止指標データの具体的な内容は商品の種類やメーカ名等を示すものであり、複数設定することも可能である。複数設定されている場合にはその組み合わせでひとつの制限条件を表現していることになる。たとえばあるカラオケ装置に掲示禁止指標データとして「A社」「ビール」が設定されていれば、このカラオケ装置ではA社のビールに関する広告番組は放映しないが、B社のビールに関する広告番組の放映には制限はないということを示す。
【0016】
本実施例においては、掲示禁止指標データはホスト装置との適宜な通信の機会に、たとえばカラオケ装置を設置した場合や点検を行った際に、ホスト装置から当該カラオケ装置に送信することにより設定できる。
【0017】
===広告番組の放映制御===
中央制御部4は広告放映が可能な機会に、たとえばカラオケ伴奏音楽が所定の時間以上休止したり演奏予約がなくなったりした場合に、広告データベースにアクセスし、所定のアルゴリズムに従って広告番組データを選出する。
【0018】
次に、選出された広告番組データに付帯する内容指標データとカラオケ装置の掲示禁止指標データとを対照し、その内容が一致するか否かを調査する。その結果、一致しなかった場合は放映する。
【0019】
一致した場合にはその広告番組データの放映は行わず、別の広告番組データを先と同様のアルゴリズムで選出する。再度広告番組データの内容指標データとカラオケ装置の掲示禁止指標データとを対照し、放映するか否かの判断を行う。ここでも放映しない場合は、再度番組選出から放映判断までのステップを繰り返す。1番組放映することになるまでこれを繰り返す。
【0020】
===その他の実施例===
上記の実施例では、カラオケ装置で広告番組を放映する機会が訪れるたびに広告番組データを選出し放映の制限条件に当てはまらないかどうかを判断する方式をとっている。しかし、カラオケ装置の処理の空き時間等に広告データベースの内容を事前に調査しておき、そのカラオケ装置で放映できる広告番組だけから番組を選出するようにしてもよい。
【0021】
またカラオケ楽曲の歌詞などを表示するディスプレイとは別のサブディスレイを使用できるようにして常時広告番組を流せるようにしておいてもよい。
【0022】
この発明における前記の内容指標データと掲示禁止指標データによる制御は、次のような応用例に展開することもできる。たとえば、前記の掲示禁止指標データに設定すべき内容が共通する多数のカラオケ装置に対して同じ装置グループ番号を割り当てる。同様に、内容指標データが共通する多数の広告番組に対して同じ広告グループ番号を割り当てる。あるカラオケ装置においてある広告番組が掲示候補になったとき、そのカラオケ装置の装置グループ番号とその広告番組の広告グループ番号とを対照し、両グループ番号が所定の関係にある場合(番号が一致するなど)には、その広告番組の放映を禁止する。
【0023】
【発明の効果】
この発明にかかるカラオケ装置によれば、カラオケ装置ごとに異なる広告番組の放映が可能となる。しかもネットワーク内のカラオケ装置に均一のデータを配信することで実現できるため、新しい広告を追加する際などにも迅速に対応することが可能となる。これによりカラオケ装置での広告の効果が増大するため、カラオケ装置の設置店やカラオケ事業者の広告収入が増大する効果も期待できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】この発明の一実施例にかかるカラオケシステムの構成例を示す図である。
【図2】この発明の一実施例にかかるカラオケ装置の構成例である。
【符号の説明】
1 ホスト装置
2 カラオケ装置
3 公衆網
4 中央制御部
5 ハードディスク装置
6 操作制御部
7 シンセサイザー
8 マイクロホン
9 ミキシングアンプ
10 スピーカ
11 ディスプレイ
12 映像制御部
13 広告データベース
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus having an advertisement posting function, and more particularly, to a karaoke apparatus capable of designating an advertisement not to be broadcast.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a karaoke apparatus that outputs an advertisement program as an image during a pause period of karaoke accompaniment music. This is because a large number of advertising programs are stored in an advertising database, and the advertising programs are displayed on the display during a period during which accompaniment music is not output, such as when no music is registered in the reservation list or until the start of playing the next music. The video is output and broadcast. The advertisement program to be broadcast is selected from a large number of programs stored in the advertisement database by a predetermined method. Advertiser requests include programs that are categorized by genre and aired according to the genre of the music that is played, those that are designed to be fairly aired so that the same program is not repeated, and the scenes and frequencies that are aired. It is known that it is broadcast in a fulfilled form.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Now that there is a lot of things and information, there are many young people who want to buy what they see in an advertisement immediately or choose what they see in an advertisement when they are unsure of what to choose. The message you see in the ad is both impressive and persuasive. Advertising is a part of many people's lives, and the role of advertising plays a role in today's rapidly changing society. Under such circumstances, companies are fiercely competing in advertising. This situation is the same for advertisements broadcast on the karaoke apparatus.
[0004]
In the conventional karaoke apparatus with the advertisement posting function, not only a karaoke apparatus that randomly broadcasts an advertisement program but also a device in which the intention of the advertiser is reflected in the broadcast as described above. However, there is no room for the intention of a karaoke shop to actually broadcast the advertising program. However, there are some ads that karaoke stores do not want to air. For example, at a karaoke store that is an affiliate of company A, he does not want to broadcast advertisements related to company B, which is a competitor of company A. In addition, even if a single karaoke company has many branches, the significance of the broadcast may vary depending on the location of the branch if the advertisement is dark.
[0005]
In view of the above, the present invention is to make it possible to set different restriction conditions for broadcasting an advertising program for each karaoke device using an advertising database having uniform contents in a karaoke network, while responding to the speed of change of the advertising program. With the goal.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A karaoke apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by a function of restricting advertisement broadcasting, and is specified by the following items (1) to (6).
(1) The karaoke apparatus includes an advertisement database, a number storage unit, and a control unit. (2) The advertisement database stores a plurality of advertisement program data and an advertisement group number assigned to each advertisement program data. (3) The number storage unit stores the device group number assigned to the karaoke device. (4) The control unit performs an advertisement display process including first and second processes. (5) The first process is (6) The second process is to select the advertisement program data from the advertisement program database. The second process is performed when the advertisement group number of the selected advertisement program data and the device group number stored in the number storage means have a predetermined relationship. Return to step 1; otherwise, display and output the selected advertisement program data.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
=== Basic Configuration of Communication Karaoke System ===
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. A host device 1 and a number of karaoke devices 2 are connected to a public network 3 such as a telephone line or an ISDN line. The host device 1 is a computer operated by a karaoke company, and is a system in which each karaoke device 2 stores karaoke data distributed from the host device 1 and appropriately reproduces the karaoke data.
[0012]
On the other hand, in the karaoke apparatus illustrated in FIG. 2, a central control unit 4 including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM controls and controls each of the peripheral components via a control bus. The hard disk device 5 stores a large number of karaoke data including karaoke music data including accompaniment music data and lyric data. When receiving the request via the operation control unit 6, the central control unit 4 processes the corresponding karaoke data in the order of the request input. That is, karaoke data corresponding to the requested music is taken out from the hard disk drive 5 and the included karaoke accompaniment music data is transferred to the synthesizer 7 to generate karaoke accompaniment music. The synthesizer 7 includes a plurality of sound sources corresponding to the musical instruments that play the karaoke accompaniment music. The karaoke accompaniment music generated thereby and the singing voice collected by the microphone 8 are mixed by the mixing amplifier 9 and the The sound is output from 10. The display 11 displays a background image input via the image control unit 12 and a lyric image with a color change of a portion to be sung.
[0013]
=== Advertisement Database ===
The karaoke apparatus according to this embodiment also has an advertisement database 13 in which a large number of advertisement programs to be output on the display 11 are stored. The advertising program is a program that expresses a set of advertising contents as a video, and includes a product PR of a company, concert information, new music information, and the like. Each program data is managed in the advertisement database 13 using content index data such as a program title name, an advertiser name, and a product name as an index.
[0014]
Each advertising program is mainly composed of moving image data such as MPEG format of several tens of seconds to several minutes or still image data of several frames of JPEG format or the like, and is attached to the karaoke device via a communication line from an external host device or the like. It is stored in the advertisement database 13.
[0015]
=== Karaoke device display prohibited index data ===
In a predetermined memory of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment, posting prohibition index data indicating a restriction condition of an advertisement program to be broadcast can be appropriately set. The specific contents of the bulletin prohibition index data indicate the type of the product, the name of the maker, and the like, and a plurality of them can be set. If a plurality is set, one combination is expressed as one restriction condition. For example, if "Company A" and "Beer" are set as the posting prohibition index data for a certain karaoke apparatus, this karaoke apparatus does not broadcast an advertisement program for beer company A, but broadcasts an advertisement program for beer company B. Indicates that there is no limit.
[0016]
In the present embodiment, the bulletin prohibition index data can be set by transmitting it from the host device to the karaoke device at an appropriate communication opportunity with the host device, for example, when a karaoke device is installed or when an inspection is performed. .
[0017]
=== Advertising program broadcast control ===
The central control unit 4 accesses the advertisement database and selects the advertisement program data according to a predetermined algorithm when the advertisement can be broadcasted, for example, when the karaoke accompaniment music is paused for more than a predetermined time or the performance reservation is lost. .
[0018]
Next, the content index data attached to the selected advertisement program data is compared with the posting prohibition index data of the karaoke apparatus to check whether or not the contents match. As a result, if they do not match, they are broadcast.
[0019]
If they match, the advertisement program data is not broadcast, and another advertisement program data is selected by the same algorithm as above. Again, the content index data of the advertisement program data and the posting prohibition index data of the karaoke apparatus are compared to determine whether or not to broadcast. If the broadcast is not performed here, the steps from program selection to broadcast determination are repeated again. This is repeated until one program is broadcast.
[0020]
=== Other Embodiments ===
In the above-described embodiment, a method is adopted in which the advertisement program data is selected each time an opportunity to broadcast an advertisement program on the karaoke apparatus is visited to determine whether or not the restriction condition for the broadcast is met. However, the contents of the advertisement database may be checked in advance during the idle time of the processing of the karaoke apparatus or the like, and the program may be selected from only the advertisement programs that can be broadcast on the karaoke apparatus.
[0021]
Alternatively, a sub-display different from the display for displaying the lyrics of the karaoke music may be used so that the advertisement program can always be played.
[0022]
The control based on the content index data and the posting prohibition index data in the present invention can be applied to the following application examples. For example, the same device group number is assigned to a large number of karaoke devices having the same content to be set in the above-mentioned posting prohibition index data. Similarly, the same advertisement group number is assigned to a large number of advertisement programs having common content index data. When an advertisement program is a candidate for posting in a certain karaoke apparatus, the apparatus group number of the karaoke apparatus is compared with the advertisement group number of the advertisement program, and when both group numbers have a predetermined relationship (the numbers match. ) Is prohibited from broadcasting the advertising program.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the karaoke apparatus which concerns on this invention, the broadcast of a different advertising program for every karaoke apparatus is attained. Moreover, since it can be realized by distributing uniform data to the karaoke apparatus in the network, it is possible to quickly respond to the addition of a new advertisement. As a result, the effect of the advertisement in the karaoke apparatus increases, and the effect of increasing the advertisement income of the shop where the karaoke apparatus is installed and the karaoke company can be expected.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration example of a karaoke apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Host device 2 Karaoke device 3 Public network 4 Central control unit 5 Hard disk device 6 Operation control unit 7 Synthesizer 8 Microphone 9 Mixing amplifier 10 Speaker 11 Display 12 Video control unit 13 Advertising database

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広告データベースと、番号記憶手段と、制御手段を備えるカラオケ装置であって、
広告データベースは、複数の広告番組データと、各広告番組データに割り当てられた広告グループ番号を記憶し、
番号記憶手段は、当該カラオケ装置に割り当てられた装置グループ番号を記憶し、
制御手段は、第1〜第2処理からなる広告表示処理を行い、
第1処理は、広告番組データベースから広告番組データを選出し、
第2処理は、選出された広告番組データの広告グループ番号と番号記憶手段が記憶する装置グループ番号とが所定の関係にある場合に第1処理に戻り、そうでない場合には選出された広告番組データを表示出力する
カラオケ装置。
A karaoke apparatus including an advertisement database, a number storage unit, and a control unit,
The advertising database stores a plurality of advertising program data and an advertising group number assigned to each advertising program data,
The number storage means stores a device group number assigned to the karaoke device,
The control means performs an advertisement display process including first and second processes,
The first process selects advertising program data from the advertising program database,
The second process returns to the first process when the advertisement group number of the selected advertisement program data and the device group number stored in the number storage means have a predetermined relationship, and otherwise, returns to the selected advertisement program. Karaoke device that displays and outputs data.
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