Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1997-08-29
1999-05-04
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84634, 84650, 434307A, G10H 136, G10H 700
Patent
active
059005661
ABSTRACT:
A karaoke playback apparatus and system capable of substantially improving quality of background image services by making use of a digital multi-channel broadcasting are disclosed.
A karaoke playback apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data memory 2 for storing karaoke data transmitted via a telephone network, a sound processor 4 for generating audio signal of an accompaniment sound according to the karaoke data read out from the data memory 2 to be output via a speaker 7, an image processor 8 for controlling display of lyrics contained in the karaoke data in synchronism with processing of the accompaniment sound to be displayed via a monitor 10, a receiver 12 of a digital multi-channel television broadcasting for receiving a plurality of channels on which background images for karaoke musical pieces are broadcasted, and a background controller 14 for controlling the receiver 12 of the broadcasting. Each of the karaoke musical pieces has an identifier and a predetermined background selector appended thereto. When a request is made to play back a karaoke musical piece, the background selector of the karaoke data read out from the data memory 2 is picked up and supplied to the background controller 14, and the background controller 14 selects a channel from the broadcasting on which images associated with the background selector are broadcasted to supply the images on the selected channel to the monitor 10.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5689081 (1997-11-01), Tsurumi
patent: 5774672 (1998-06-01), Funahashi et al.
Mino Hiroshi
Toyosawa Masao
Daiichi Kosho Co., Ltd.
Fletcher Marlon T.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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