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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435893 | Image display device with built-in karaoke and method for controlling the same An image display device with a built-in karaoke and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, wherein an audio of a broadcasted program is divided into a plurality of elements, so as to be selectively controlled when required. The method for controlling the i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7373110 | Personal communication system, device and method A personal communication system has first and second portable communication devices, each device including a display, a wireless transceiver, a memory having a plurality of stored audio files, a means to select one of the audio files, the audio file selection means ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365260 | Apparatus and method for reproducing voice in synchronism with music piece Music piece sequence data are composed of a plurality of event data which include performance event data and user event data designed for linking a voice to progression of a music piece. A plurality of voice data files are stored in a memory separately from the musi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359998 | Low-power CD-ROM player with CD-ROM subsystem for portable computer capable of playing audio CDs without supply energy to CPU A low-power audio CD player for portable computers permits operation of the CD-ROM subsystem when power is not being supplied to the computer subsystem. In one embodiment of the invention, the computer subsystem comprises a system CPU, a digital-audio generating cir... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353167 | Translating a voice signal into an output representation of discrete tones A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are anal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342935 | Method and apparatus for sending out multi-channel digital data, method and apparatus for programming the information and method and apparatus for managing multi-channel digital data An information source management system 11 performs inventory management for CDs and a material information management progress programming system 12 performs programming. An material information registration system 13 compresses the musical num... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340156 | Information storage medium with aggregate attribute information, and apparatus for reproducing the same An information storage medium includes: a plurality of unit audio information to be reproduced independently of each other; aggregate audio information each including one or more of the unit audio information; unit attribute information indicating attributes of the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340231 | Method of programming a communication device and a programmable communication device In the method according to the invention the communication device has a microphone and a signal path leading from the microphone to a speaker, where the signal path comprises a programmable signal processing unit. According to the method the user is given control in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331869 | Method and apparatus for creating and playing soundtracks in a gaming system A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331856 | Game apparatus, input device used in game apparatus and storage medium A video monitor 13 is provided on the front surface of a game apparatus casing 2. An operation panel 11 is provided immediately below the video monitor 13. Light detection units 15 for detecting a position provided on both side of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328272 | Apparatus and method for adding music content to visual content delivered via communication network A server receives an acquisition request for visual content, such as desired text or image content, from a client terminal via a communication network, and retrieves, from a database, data of the visual content requested by the client terminal. Then, by analyzing th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327942 | Apparatus for recording and/or playing back catalog information A storage medium which stores catalog information and a catalog information playback apparatus and method therefor. Using the method, catalog information including a still picture and additional information together with audio data are recorded on a storage medium s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323631 | Instrument performance learning apparatus using pitch and amplitude graph display In an instrument performance learning apparatus, a storage section stores model performance waveform data representing a time series of individual performance sounds of a model performance. An input section inputs real performance waveform data representing a time s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314669 | Easy peel film structures The present invention relates to sealant films comprising a first sealant layer which readily and easily delaminates or peels from a second adjacent film layer. The first sealant layer and the second adjacent layer of the sealant film of the present invention compri... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312390 | Automatic music playing apparatus and computer program therefor An external storage device stores automatic music playing data files, each file including data of a progression of musical notes constituting a performance of a music piece, and registration data files, each file including data of a set of parameters to determine th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313319 | Information storage medium, video recording method and information reproducing device The video data including the unit compressed video data, each reproducible independently of each other, are recorded on the video data recording areas as the divided video data. The divided video data includes one or more integer number of unit compressed video data... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304229 | Method and apparatus for karaoke scoring A karaoke scoring apparatus includes a memory element, a feature extraction element, a similarity measurement element, and a scoring element. The karaoke system includes a reference audio input to be compared with a target audio input for giving a score. The referen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293277 | Remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal chassis wherein said remote control unit comprises a distant radio fr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286981 | Translating a voice signal into an output representation of discrete tones A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are anal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266501 | Method and apparatus for accommodating primary content audio and secondary content remaining audio capability in the digital audio production process The invention enables the inclusion of voice and remaining audio information at different parts of the audio production process. In particular, the invention embodies special techniques for VRA-capable digital mastering, accommodation of PCPV/PCA and/or SCRA signals... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262358 | Portable voice studio system and method A portable voice studio apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a microphone, a music generation device, a processing unit, and a headphone. The processing unit is contained in a single housing. The processing unit is electrically coupled with the microphone a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254644 | Communication method and system for transmission and reception of packets collecting sporadically input data A server/client system provides packet communications between a server and a client by way of a network such as the Internet. The server inputs data such as MIDI data in a sporadic manner while storing timing data representing their input timings. Then, the server p... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254103 | Signal encoding apparatus, signal decoding apparatus, player, and digital signal recording medium having area storing audio title set and information for managing audio title set A digital signal recording disc has a first area storing an audio title set. The audio title set has data representing audio information and data representing a still picture. The audio title set is void of a pack of data for playback control. The first area also st... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251783 | Large area storage display A large area display workstation provides a liquid crystal display, configured to produce an image. The electrical components of the liquid crystal display are disposed on a substrate through a large area fabrication technique. The workstation has a first, high-reso... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249022 | Singing voice-synthesizing method and apparatus and storage medium There are provided a singing voice-synthesizing method and apparatus capable of performing synthesis of natural singing voices close to human singing voices based on performance data being input in real time. Performance data is inputted for each phonetic unit const... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245719 | Recording method and apparatus, optical disk, and computer-readable storage medium A recording apparatus records movie content onto a DVD. The movie content is encrypted using a different encryption method depending on whether the DVD is intended for consumer use or industrial use. If the DVD is for consumer use, a VIDEO_TS directory is created on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241947 | Singing voice synthesizing method and apparatus, program, recording medium and robot apparatus A singing voice synthesizing method and a singing voice synthesizing apparatus in which the singing voice is synthesized using performance data such as MIDI data. The performance data entered is analyzed as the musical information of the sound pitch, sound duration ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224811 | Audio system utilizing personal computer An audio system is constructed by a personal computer and an audio device, which are connected together by way of a serial bus such as a universal serial bus (USB), for example. The audio device such as an audio component stereo system provides at least one audio so... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220909 | Apparatus for displaying musical information without overlap A musical information displaying apparatus is to display musical notes in progression along the time axis on a musical staff together with chords and words based on the respective event data contained in a music performance data file representing a musical performan... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222354 | Dynamic composition at the set-top box A method for displaying on a viewer information processing system with an interface to a display (a device for rendering audio and video), a set of multimedia segments to form a multimedia presentation. The method comprising the steps of receiving the play-list, whe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221628 | Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program and recording medium with the program recorded therein After the DVD-Audio (1) is set and a signal for automatic reproduction is read out, or after a signal for reproduction generated in response to an input operation by a user in an operating section (73) is recognized, whether image output on a monitor i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221985 | On-screen calibration system and operating method thereof An on-screen calibration system for disc drives and the operating method thereof. The calibration system includes an autocollimator detecting the inclined angle of the stage of a disc drive. A control module is connected to the on-screen display module and a bar cod... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216130 | Equipment and process for music digitalization, storage, access and listening The invention relates to equipment and process for music digitalization, storage, access and listening, which equipment includes a digital music server (1), a music digitizing station (2), and a variable and convenient number of listening stations (... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206766 | Method and apparatus for distributing multimedia programs Distribution of audio and other multimedia content is accomplished by generating a multimedia session consisting of at least one multimedia program, generating a data session consisting of digital files including at least one software player program and a digital co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206822 | Active stream format for holding multiple media streams An active stream format is defined and adopted for a logical structure that encapsulates multiple data streams. The data streams may be of different media. The data of the data streams is partitioned into packets that are suitable for transmission over a transport m... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203702 | Information sequence extraction and building apparatus e.g. for producing personalised music title sequences This invention serves to provide an apparatus for storing at least one sequence of information formed from a succession of information items in which an artistic or rational link is considered to exist between at least some pairs of adjacent items in the succession.... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202407 | Tone material editing apparatus and tone material editing program There are provided tone material editing apparatus and program. The tone material editing apparatus is connected to a tone material providing apparatus that provides tone material data. Video data stored in the tone material editing apparatus is reproduced. The tone... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193635 | Portable terminal, overlay output method, and program therefor A portable terminal allows the user to flexibly and readily change an overlay output distribution for reproduced data in accordance with the user's taste and can automatically control the overlay output distribution in accordance with a surrounding environment. A se... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189915 | Singing voice synthesizing method, singing voice synthesizing device, program, recording medium, and robot A singing voice synthesizing method for synthesizing the singing voice from performance data is disclosed. The input performance data are analyzed as the musical information of the pitch and the length of sounds and the lyric (S2 and S3). A track as th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191190 | Meta data management for media content objects Meta data associated with multiple pieces of content (e.g., songs, movies, other audio/video clips, etc.) stored on multiple pieces of media (e.g., CDs, DVDs, etc.) is maintained in a meta data store. The meta data store also includes meta data associated with other... | 03/13/2007 |