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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237189 | Offline e-learning system A learning system maintains an account of a student's information, courses, skills, and qualifications. The student may take courses offered by the learning system online or offline. To take a course offline course information is downloaded to an offline player at t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7103309 | Educational device An audio-visual educational device including a housing including a plurality of separate viewable indicia each representative of an object which produces a distinctive audible sound associated with the corresponding object. A sound emitting area is also provided in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6975832 | Photo album with provision for media playback A multi-media photograph album comprises a network of electrical conductors which connect with plural data storage devices storing audio data and/or image data. A user, via a user interface, selectively addresses the data storage devices. The user selects individual... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6954199 | Three dimensional interactive system A three-dimensional position locating system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional position locating system includes a housing including a substantially planar surface. The housing includes a first antenna element under the substantially planar surf... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6930600 | Image and audio data processing system An image and audio processing system includes a housing, a storage medium, a non-contact audio storage device installed inside the housing for storing audio data in the storage medium by wireless communication technology, and a print device installed inside the hous... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6661899 | Book microphone system A book microphone system for allowing children to hear themselves read. The book microphone system includes a combination reading book and microphone system. The microphone system includes an amplifier for amplifying sounds detected by a microphone and a ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6514078 | Electronic educational device An electronic educational device for entertaining and educating a preschooler, in particular. The electronic educational device includes a housing assembly including a tubular housing having a top end and a bottom end; and also includes a turntable drive ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6449460 | Teaching method and kit A method and kit for teaching disabled students, such as children with developmental delays and disabilities such as autism, through music. The method makes extensive use of an illustrated song book and individual sound recordings of appropriate songs wit... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6328570 | Portable karaoke unit A portable, programmable karaoke unit that is flexible in its use. Data may be stored and retrieved in compressed digital data format from an internal memory or a removable storage medium. The unit is operable by remote control and transmits audio data ov... | 12/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6108515 | Interactive responsive apparatus with visual indicia, command codes, and comprehensive memory functions An interactive conversational apparatus provides seamless uninterrupted conversational responsiveness to a variety of user inputs utilizing a storage media having a plurality of temporally related data storage tracks containing interactive conversational ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5980262 | Method and apparatus for generating musical accompaniment signals at a lower storage space requirement In a method and apparatus for generating musical accompaniment signals corresponding to a musical program, there is provided a recording medium which has an audio storage unit and a lyric storage unit separate from the audio storage unit. The audio storag... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5961333 | Educational and training devices and methods User-actuated systems for retrieving and presenting information on a particular subject and/or information employable in a learn while doing mode on the performance of a specified task. The systems include a laser-readable, encoded, data storage device; a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957696 | Karaoke apparatus alternately driving plural sound sources for noninterruptive play A karaoke apparatus is constructed to reproduce a karaoke music piece according to karaoke data composed of setup data and performance data. The karaoke apparatus utilizes a pair of sound source devices each of which is initialized according to the setup ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5931680 | Score information display apparatus A score display apparatus shows beat marks in a number corresponding to the number of beats per measure during a performance by a musical instrument karaoke apparatus. Further, the score display apparatus changes the color of each of beat marks as though ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5906494 | Training apparatus for singing A vocal training apparatus accomplishes reproduction of a music signal recorded on an information medium, where the music signal includes a model vocal signal and an accompaniment signal. A model vocal signal is extracted from the music signal and a singe... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5902115 | Recording medium on which attribute information on the playback data is recorded together with the playback data and a system for appropriately reproducing the playback data using the attribute information Karaoke data to be reproduced is stored in an optical disk as a video title set together with management information for managing karaoke data and a video object set. In the video object set, a plurality of program chains having data items of karaoke song... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5863206 | Apparatus for reproducing video, audio, and accompanying characters and method of manufacture An apparatus for reproducing video, audio and accompanying characters, suitable for use as a sing-along or karaoke apparatus, uses pre-stored display patterns, such as animal figures, instead of video segments. Thus, the apparatus does not have to rely up... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862108 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing language learning information on/from a compact disk A method and apparatus for reproducing language learning information data from a compact disk. On a compact disk, audio data is recorded separately on left and right channels of a general signal area of the compact disk. Sub-Q data, reproduction informati... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5810600 | Voice recording/reproducing apparatus A voice recording/reproducing apparatus suitable for use in a language laboratory operates with a disk on which are recorded text segments comprising sentences and a table of contents containing text and sentence addresses. Automatic sensing of the divisi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5781515 | Disk information reproduction apparatus and method using avoid band control signals A method and an apparatus for disk reproduction are disclosed, in which information associated with an audio band signal for controlling the reproduction operation of the disk reproduction apparatus is read from a disk storing the information associated w... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771212 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing language learning information on/from a compact disk A method and apparatus for recording and reproducing language learning information from a compact disk. On a compact disk, audio data is recorded separately on left and right channels of a general signal area of the compact disk. Sub-Q data, reproduction ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5766018 | Disc playback system, karaoke system and disc playback method It is an object of this invention to provide a low-cost disc playback system which reduces the time the user has to wait for a disc to be played back. To achieve this objective, the system mounts a disc, added to the rack 1, onto the player 2, reads the b... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5683253 | Disk recording medium and video-song accompaniment apparatus adopting the same A song program and a motion picture background image suitable for the mood of the song program are recorded on a recording medium. A video-song accompaniment apparatus employs the recording medium to reproduce the song program and the motion picture backg... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5634798 | Compact disk player-incorporated television receiver having a monitor power control function A compact disk player incorporated television receiver includes a television signal receiver, a compact disk player having a song accompaniment function, a video signal processor for selectively receiving and processing a video signal output by the televi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5611693 | Image karaoke device A compact image karaoke device with only a small number of image disks which provides the impression of having a great many background images. Two players are provided for reading background images from image disks. Background images are selected from at ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5609486 | Karaoke reproducing apparatus A Karaoke apparatus in which after one Karaoke play was finished, a show-up effect according to the next Karaoke playing music piece is obtained for a period of time until the start of the next Karaoke play. Control information of a plurality of music pie... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5588842 | Karaoke control system for a plurality of karaoke devices When images of the image genre most suitable for the selected song are being reproduced (Yes in S14), the karaoke terminal picks up those image data from a channel over which they are transmitted. If images of that image genre are not being reproduced (No... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5567162 | Karaoke system capable of scoring singing of a singer on accompaniment thereof In a karaoke system capable of scoring a singing of singer on an accompaniment thereof, when a voice signal of the singer is inputted, an energy detector generates a first basic frequency signal with respect to a voice signal section and inputs the first ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5525062 | Training apparatus for singing A vocal training apparatus accomplishes reproduction of a music signal recorded on an information medium, where the music signal includes a model vocal signal and an accompaniment signal. A model vocal signal is extracted from the music signal and a singe... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5518408 | Karaoke apparatus sounding instrumental accompaniment and back chorus A karaoke apparatus is comprised of a data supply, a tone generator, an ADPCM decoder and a pitch shifter for sounding a requested karaoke song containing an instrumental accompaniment and a back chorus. The data supply supplies an ADPCM data representati... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5499921 | Karaoke apparatus with visual assistance in physical vocalism A Karaoke apparatus reproduces an automatic instrumental accompaniment of a selected song during the course of a physical vocal performance of the selected song by a singer. A memory registers a prescribed text data of a selected song, containing accompan... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5499922 | Backing chorus reproducing device in a karaoke device A backing chorus reproducing device is disclosed wherein human backing chorus is PCM coded and then combined with MIDI Standard based instrumental sound to produce karaoke music. In reproduction, the instrumental sound and the chorus sound are played back... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5486141 | Amusement machine and recording medium for use in the same An amusement machine including a display for displaying a picture, motion providing elements for providing a user with motion, a recording medium on which a video signal representing the picture to be displayed on the display and a control signal for cont... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5484291 | Apparatus and method of playing karaoke accompaniment A karaoke apparatus includes: a karaoke information reproducing unit for reproducing MIDI sound source control information stored in a storage unit; a MIDI sound source control unit for producing first MIDI sound source control information and second MIDI... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5454723 | Karaoke apparatus and method for medley playback A karaoke apparatus for medley playback includes: playback unit for receiving playback information including MIDI sound source control information and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the playback information; information storage u... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5447438 | Music training apparatus A music training apparatus performs a two-part reproduction including first and second parts, in which the first part is like a trial part which allows a video signal to be reproduced on a display unit but prohibits a sound signal to be generated from a s... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5364270 | Apparatus having video display and display-synchronizing motion mechanism In an apparatus having a video display and display-synchronizing motion mechanism, various images can be easily selected and displayed, and a seat or the like is moved in synchronism with motions in the images, so that a person can enjoy the images as if ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5280913 | Apparatus and method of playing double chess game A modified chess game for play by two opposing players comprises a game board eight squares wide and sixteen squares deep, foldable at its midsection to create a carrying case for the pieces. Each player has a playing pieces set consisting of two kings, t... | 01/25/1994 |
