Training apparatus for singing

Patent 5525062 Issued on June 11, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 31, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 221393 filed on 03/31/1994

US Classes:

434/307A, Karaoke84/610, Accompaniment386/96, Audio signal434/307R, CATHODE RAY SCREEN DISPLAY AND AUDIO MEANS434/318Audio recording on disk

Examiners

Primary: Chen, Jose V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Ratner & Prestia

Foreign Patent References

643585 AU 07/13/1992
52-70624 JP. 06/13/1977
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International Class

G10H 001/36

Foreign Application Priority Data

1993-04-09 JP

Abstract

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 singer's vocal signal is received. The model vocal characteristics are measured from the model vocal signal and the singer's vocal characteristics are measured from the singer's vocal signal. The singer's vocal characteristics and the model vocal characteristics can then be compared to evaluate the singer's vocal characteristics relative to the model vocal characteristics.