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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110294104 | REMOTE CONTROL, KARAOKE DEVICE, AND SONG SELECTING METHOD A remote control controls a karaoke device to select songs. The remote control stores a controller identifier, obtains a user unique code and control instructions input by a song selector, and combines the controller identifier, the user unique code, and each of the con... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110065080 | TV-BASED KARAOKE Combination of TV and karaoke machine allows for a new method of obtaining karaoke songs from the Internet, storing them locally at the TV, and subsequently playing audio of the song mixed with a singer's voice inputted through a USB microphone.... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100233661 | Computer Aided System for Teaching Reading A method of teaching reading includes displaying, by an application executing on a computing device, a singing exercise configured to allow a user to sing along as a song is played. Lyrics of the song are displayed as the song plays, thus allowing the user to read the l... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100203491 | KARAOKE SYSTEM WHICH HAS A SONG STUDYING FUNCTION The present invention relates, in general, to a karaoke system, and, more particularly, to a karaoke system having a song learning function that enables a user to repeatedly listen to songs on a bar or length basis and enables the user to sing songs with accompaniment s... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100151429 | Karaoke player, system and method thereof This specification provides a karaoke player, system and the method thereof. A goal of the player, the system and the method is to reduce the download data flux. Playing data that do not contain video signal are transmitted by a server to a signal processing device/kara... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20090317783 | SONG PRACTICE SUPPORT DEVICE A technique of enabling a singer to auditorily recognize how to change the way of singing is provided. The CPU (11) of a karaoke device (1) associates model voice data stored in a model voice data storage area (14c) with inputted learner voic... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090286601 | GESTURE-RELATED FEEDBACK IN ELETRONIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Various embodiments related to providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing user feedback in a karaoke system, comprising inviting a microphone gesture input from... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090023123 | AUDIO INPUT DEVICE AND KARAOKE APPARATUS TO DETECT USER'S MOTION AND POSITION, AND ACCOMPANIMENT METHOD ADOPTING THE SAME An audio input device and a karaoke apparatus to detect user's motion and position, and an accompaniment method adopting the same. According to the audio input device and the karaoke apparatus, at least one of user's motion information and position information is detect... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080299530 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONBOARD KARAOKE The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing karaoke as a form of entertainment upon a ship. In particular, the invention in geared toward providing a unique karaoke experience upon a cruise ship, such that the cruise ship provider may attract kara... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080282871 | Portable karaoke device A type of portable karaoke device includes a microphone, a twist knob control, several control buttons and a composite A/V output. There is an audio processor and a MPEG decoder inside the microphone. That audio processor is used to receive audio signals from the microp... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080113325 | TV OUT ENHANCEMENTS TO MUSIC LISTENING A method performed by a mobile terminal may include selecting a song, receiving information associated with the selected song and simultaneously outputting the selected song with received music information to a plurality of output devices. The method may also include di... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080075292 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR SINGING PRACTICE An audio processing apparatus (20) connected between an audio source (10) and an audio output (30) is provided. The audio processing apparatus is suitable for singing practice of users and includes a vocal removing unit (210) and a pitch chan... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080070213 | KARAOKE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED MIXING, ECHO AND VOLUME CONTROL A karaoke device is included within an enclosure and having a voice pickup element integrated into the enclosure for converting sound waves into an electrical signal. An audio input signal from a DVD player passes into the enclosure and into an electronic circuit for am... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080070214 | KARAOKE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED MIXING, ECHO AND VOLUME CONTROL A karaoke device is included within an enclosure and having a voice pickup element integrated into the enclosure, the voice pickup element for converting sound waves into an electrical signal. An audio input signal passes into the enclosure and connects with an electron... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080026355 | SONG LYRICS DOWNLOAD FOR KARAOKE APPLICATIONS A method performed by a mobile terminal may include connecting to a network, selecting song lyrics to be downloaded to a mobile terminal, storing the downloaded song lyrics in the mobile terminal; and simultaneously playing a stored song while displaying the downloaded ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070292831 | MICROPHONE TYPE MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT PLAYING (KARAOKE) SYSTEM WITH BACKGROUND IMAGE SELECTING FUNCTION There is provided a microphone type music accompaniment playing (karaoke) system including: a memory section for storing a plurality of still and motion pictures; and a controller for, in Auto mode, combining the stored still and motion pictures of the memory section wi... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070287141 | Internet based client server to provide multi-user interactive online Karaoke singing A distributed online system for enabling an end user with a browser to play karaoke comprising an end user installation with internet browser, a central host server accessible to the end user via the browser for providing the end user with access to at least one indepen... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070238082 | E-CARD METHOD AND SYSTEM A method and computer program product for generating a karaoke e-card comprising selecting an e-card, and defining at least a portion of a music track to be included within the e-card. At least a portion of a vocal track to be included within the e-card is recorded, the... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070218444 | System and method for presenting karaoke audio features from an optical medium An optical medium, such as Blu-ray Disc (BD) medium, presents audiovisual information in a user selected Karaoke mode by mixing first and second audio streams and a textual stream according to synchronization information. For instance, the first stream has instrumentati... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070202480 | Digital karaoke jukebox A Karaoke machine comprises a plurality of digital media sources, a user interface, a microphone input interface and a machine session management unit. The user interface enables a user to select a Karaoke media file corresponding to a respective one of the Karaoke medi... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070065794 | Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing a karaoke service using a mobile terminal A karaoke service is provided responsive to receiving a plurality of performance requests associated with a plurality of mobile terminals. The plurality of performance requests are queued in a selected order to provide a karaoke performance schedule, and a next performa... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070054257 | Singtronics AV Box This is a portable. Compact. Lightweight self-contained amplifier Audio-Video Stereo System with a full Karaoke features & song recorder. The unit contains in itself a multi-player DVD player, satellite speakers, sub-woofer, main microphone and wireless microphone enclo... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070048711 | Rf signal of karaoke data receiving pack and karaoke system using thereof Disclosed are an RF signal of karaoke data receiving pack and karaoke system using thereof. The RF Karaoke data receiving pack includes an RF receiver for receiving a voice signal and key data signal radio-transmitted from a wireless microphone device via a receiving an... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070026370 | Karaokesystem A new karaoke system intended for use in private homes. The complete system is included on a Karaoke-DVD-Disc playable in a DVD-player intended for use in private homes. The system is manoeuvred by the remote control of the DVD-player and program instructions on the DVD... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060292538 | Portable music machine A portable music accompaniment device that is designed to generate a plurality of different rhythms based upon a user's voice. The device receives a signal of the user's voice and then generates a rhythm to match the user's voice depending on the style of music selected... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060292537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING MULTIMEDIA KARAOKE SESSIONS A system and method for conducting a media session includes a host station, a client station, and a playlist station networked together. Clients search for multimedia files (audio, video, karaoke, and/or images files) on the system and make media selections from touchsc... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060246408 | Receiver device for karaoke The present invention provides a karaoke receiving device which is capable of simultaneously supporting the voice and data signals entering in a wireless manner with two sets of wireless microphones. The singer's voice data are being processed and mixed together with th... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060246407 | System and Method for Grading Singing Data This invention is singing evaluation system and evaluation method for all type Karaoke. Offline, online, wireless Karaoke has Karaoke track and visual display feature. The singing evaluation system extracts user's singing melody in realtime. Extracted melody is expresse... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060234197 | Portable karaoke device The present invention relates generally to Karaoke devices and methods of making and using Karaoke devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to portable karaoke devices that are operable for mixing prerecorded Karaoke music with a live audio, storing the... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060228683 | Multi-functional karaoke microphone A karaoke microphone includes a data reader including a data decoder adapted for decoding digital compressed data into video data and background music data and a video encoder encoding the video data into a video output, a microphone unit converting human voice into voi... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060228684 | Digital wireless microphone having song selection and amplifier control functions in karaoke device, and karaoke system using the same The digital wireless microphone having song selection and amplifier control functions in a karaoke device, and a karaoke system using the same are disclosed. A clear voice signal can be outputted through a speaker without any frequency interference in such a manner that... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060210956 | Electronic music apparatus with data loading assist An electronic music apparatus has a sound generator for generating a music sound signal according to music data and a display device for displaying information associated with music data. In the electronic music apparatus, a storage medium stores a plurality of music da... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060204941 | Typing-game machine and database system A typing-game machine has a storage unit for storing a set of a video data item and a song data item for each song, a music playing unit for playing a song based on a song data item, a first image display unit for sequentially displaying a character string which is a pa... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060204940 | Recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reproducing apparatus and program A recording/reproducing apparatus and method and program are preferably applicable to a reproducing apparatus for reproducing externally acquired music data for example. The recording/reproducing apparatus has a recording device configured to record content data to a st... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060199161 | Method of creating multi-lingual lyrics slides video show for sing along The invention discloses a system and methods for slides video shows on a DVD with the song and lyrics played and displayed synchronized together on a monitor. ... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060172272 | Audio amplification apparatus with howling canceler In an audio amplification apparatus connected to a microphone and a speaker, an audio amplification circuit amplifies an audio signal and inputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker. A howling canceler has an adaptive filter which is set with a filter coefficient b... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060141435 | Portable karaoke machine A portable karaoke machine has a bottom, a body, a monitor, a control system, an amplifier and a set of wheels. The monitor, the control system and the amplifier are mounted in the body, and the wheels are mounted on the bottom of the body. A convenient way to carry the... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060134590 | Video-based music learning tool A method and system are disclosed for providing a video-based song-learning tool for teaching students to play songs accurately. A song is divided into natural music segments such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro. An interface is provided to allow selection of ... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060088810 | Karaoke audio-visual recorder/player A karaoke audio-visual recorder/player having a main body is disclosed, wherein a microphone is mounted on one side of the main body, and a monitor, a band selection button, a plurality of function buttons, an output/input device, a camera lens, and a storage device are... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060008092 | Interactive broadcast channel A broadcast music channel for a one-to-many broadcasting infrastructure, broadcasting at least vocal and instrumental parts of musical performances to currently connected users of the channel, and supporting a user operated interactive control allowing each user indepen... | 01/12/2006 |
