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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6326536 | Scoring device and method for a karaoke system A scoring device for an karaoke system is provided. The scoring device includes a first detector for the original singer, a second detector for the karaoke singer, and a processor. The first detector is provided to detect the volume of the original singer... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6320823 | Method of and apparatus for processing data transmitted through a communication line A method of and an apparatus for processing communication data transmitted from a data center such as a sing-along data center to a terminal communication apparatus such as a communication type sing-along apparatus via a communication line. The method and... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6320110 | Music game device with automatic setting, method for controlling the same, and storage medium therefor A music game device is provided in which a player manipulates a manipulation unit in conformity with music. The device includes an input unit for setting play information including a plurality of tunes to be successively played and a play order of the plu... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6319130 | Character display controlling device, display controlling method, and recording medium Characters to be grown, growth factor data representing the growth degree of each character and background information for expressing background environment for each character are stored. According to a result of analysis of a sound characteristic of soun... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6321383 | Information supplying device that can store multiple types of information and supplies composite information in response to a request The first auxiliary memory 11a stores background image information in the form of digital data, and the second auxiliary memory 11b stores sound information in the form of digital data. When a request is transmitted from the terminal 36 to the information... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6288319 | Electronic greeting card with a custom audio mix A method for creating an electronic greeting card with a custom audio mix over a computer network includes the steps of selecting a pre-recorded song from a song database; downloading the pre-recorded song from the song database, via a server computer, to... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6283764 | Storage medium playback system and method A first reading unit reads data stored in a second storage area of a storage medium (including reproduction management information), and stores it in another storage medium. A first reproducing unit reproduces the data read from a first storage area of a ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6271455 | Music piece distributing apparatus, music piece receiving apparatus, music piece distributing method, music piece receiving method, and music piece distributing system A music piece distributing apparatus receives a request signal including music piece identification information and compressing system identification information from a receiving apparatus and transmits music piece data in which a music piece correspondin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268557 | Methods and apparatus for providing an interactive musical game An interactive electronic drum system and training techniques suitable for use in a coin-operated environment such as an arcade are described. Electronic drum pads, audio speakers, a visual display, training lights and an overall control system are combin... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6267600 | Microphone and receiver for automatic accompaniment A microphone and receiver for automatic accompaniment in which the microphone outputs a mixed audio signal of a selected melody and a song voice signal resulting from singing a song to the accompaniment of the selected melody, and image control data corre... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6252153 | Song accompaniment system A song accompaniment system includes a karaoke machine and a simulated guitar machine, and the karaoke machine downloads accompanying music in the form of MIDI data from a source data storage. Of the MIDI data downloaded from the source data storage, a si... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248946 | Multimedia content delivery system and method A system and method for delivering multimedia content to computers over a computer network, such as the Internet, includes a novel media player which may be downloaded onto a user's personal computer. The media player includes a user interface which allow... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6248944 | Apparatus for switching picture items of different types by suitable transition modes A karaoke apparatus is constructed for producing karaoke accompaniments of requested songs while switching picture items of different types displayed on a monitor. In the karaoke apparatus, a sound source block works in an operating period when a requeste... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6232539 | Music organizer and entertainment center A music organizer and entertainment center provides a center having a microprocessor, sound card functions and high-volume data storage and retrieval units for playing back music according to a variety of predetermined categories. Music can be played back... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6232540 | Time-scale modification method and apparatus for rhythm source signals A time-scale modification method or apparatus is basically designed to effect a time-scale modification process (i.e., expansion or compression with respect to time) on rhythm source signals containing waves such that rhythm sounds are not substantially c... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6231347 | Computer system and karaoke system A computer system includes storage device for storing a plurality of object files, each file including a program and information on the genre of music, and said computur system selecting an object file from the storage device and executing a program store... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6206700 | Apparatus and method for interactive adaptive learning by an individual through at least one of a stimuli presentation device and a user perceivable display An interactive adaptive learning system. A collection of core stimuli consisting of at least auditory and visual symbols and information, are stored on a computer. A number of different relationships between the core stimuli are created which can then be ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206704 | Karaoke network system with commercial message selection system An improved karaoke network system that allows a user to select and obtain desired information through an interface while a message is displayed between intermissions of karaoke performances. Data files for karaoke performance, displaying messages, and di... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6201177 | Music apparatus with automatic pitch arrangement for performance mode A music apparatus is constructed for playing a music under different performance modes with processing of a voice signal according to a performance signal. In the music apparatus, an input section provides the voice signal representative of a music sound ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6201176 | System and method for querying a music database A system and method for querying a music database, the database containing a plurality of indexed pieces of music, where the query is performed by forming a database request consisting of a conditional expression relating to the name and/or attributes of ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6193520 | Interactive communication system for communicating video game and karaoke software A communication system is proposed for transmitting at least one of the data, the program, and a combination of them from a host facility to a communicator such as a communication terminal device. In this communication system, the data or the program beco... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6186794 | Apparatus for interactive adaptive learning by an individual through at least one of a stimuli presentation device and a user perceivable display An interactive adaptive learning system. A collection of core stimuli consisting of at least auditory and visual symbols and information, are stored on a computer. A number of different relationships between the core stimuli are created which can then be ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182126 | Home digital audiovisual information recording and playback system A digital home audiovisual information recording and playback apparatus includes a microprocessor associated, through a digital interface, with a display, through another interface with sound playback structure and through a telecommunications interface w... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6174170 | Display of text symbols associated with audio data reproducible from a recording disc Text symbols associated with audio data reproducible from a recording disc are displayed by downloading previously stored groups of text characters, each group representing a respective phrase of text. Each text character includes start/end bits to indica... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6166315 | Device for processing a microphone signal of a karaoke apparatus In accordance with a kind of effect, an effect adding section (38) adds an original microphone signal with an effect signal and outputs the added signal, or outputs an effect signal in place of the original microphone signal. A mixing section (42) mixes t... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6148086 | Method and apparatus for replacing a voice with an original lead singer's voice on a karaoke machine A voice replacing method and system that uses the volume of the karaoke user's voice to control the volume of the lead singer's original vocal outputted to the audience. The volume of an original lead singer's voice is determined by the volume or vocal-am... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6147291 | Style change apparatus and a karaoke apparatus On an initial screen, a conversion ratio indicated by a style conversion ratio data is displayed in a display area 32. Various kinds of styles are displayed in display areas 33 to 38. In this case, a style which is currently selected is "Samba" which blin... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139329 | Karaoke system and contents storage medium therefor A karaoke system capable of performing distribution or delivery of new music without delay and providing high quality karaoke musical accompaniment and video image dedicated for each music well harmonized with the content of each music is disclosed. The k... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6137047 | Electronic apparatus with online reconfiguration of PLD components An electronic apparatus is constructed by various devices for collectively executing a task. The electronic apparatus uses at least one electronic circuit device containing a plurality of circuit elements which are reconfigurable into a desired connection... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134526 | Apparatus and method for reproducing recorded signals by using recording medium An apparatus for reproducing recorded signals by using a recorded medium and a method for reproducing recorded signals. The learning of language is done by using the general recorded medium such as cassette tape and video tape with movies or music recorde... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6127618 | Karaoke apparatus improving separation between microphone signal and microphone sound effect signal A microphone signal is branched into a microphone sound effect generation signal path and a direct sound signal path via a microphone volume controller. The microphone signal branched to the microphone sound effect generation signal path is level-adjusted... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121531 | Karaoke apparatus selectively providing harmony voice to duet singing voices A karaoke apparatus accompanies a vocal performance with a karaoke accompaniment reproduced according to karaoke data. In the karaoke apparatus, an input device separately converts a plurality of singing voices vocalized by different singers into respecti... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118064 | Karaoke system with consumed calorie announcing function A karaoke system acoustically outputting karaoke musical accompaniment together with a singing voice input from a microphone, and in the conjunction therewith, performing video output for image of lyric in synchronism with progress of karaoke musical acco... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114774 | Entertainment system for motor vehicles An entertainment system for a motor vehicle comprises a radio, a source of recorded music connected thereto, at least one loudspeaker, and at least one transducer arranged to receive the voice of an occupant of the vehicle and to produce an electronic sig... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6086380 | Personalized karaoke recording studio In a self-operated karaoke recording booth a user is provided with a selection of background scenes from which to choose and also with the option of having the lyrics of the karaoke selection displayed or suppressed. A video camera positioned at the user'... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6083009 | Karaoke service method and system by telecommunication system A karaoke service method by telecommunication system downloads karaoke data through a portable karaoke device and provides a karaoke service by using a radio data transmitting and receiving function of a mobile telephone network and a system thereof. In t... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6077084 | Karaoke system and contents storage medium therefor A karaoke system capable of performing distribution or delivery of new music without delay and providing high quality karaoke musical accompaniment and video image dedicated for each music well harmonized with the content of each music is disclosed. The k... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074215 | Online karaoke system with data distribution by broadcasting A karaoke online system distributes karaoke data blocks having identification codes from a center station to a plurality of karaoke terminals through a broadcast network. In the center station, a transmitter broadcasts the karaoke data blocks with the ide... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072114 | Score display apparatus and method capable of displaying additional data, and storage medium A score display apparatus is provided, which permits a wider range of applications without degrading handling ease. An input device inputs score display data, an adding device adds additional data to the score display data input by the input device, and a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6068489 | Karaoke amplifier with variably settable range of parameter to control audio signal A karaoke amplifier is constructed for amplifying an audio signal to sound a karaoke performance while processing the audio signal according to a value of a control parameter to acoustically control the karaoke performance. An analog operating member is m... | 05/30/2000 |
