Method and system for karaoke scoring

Patent 5719344 Issued on February 17, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 18, 2015. 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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Inventor

Pawate, Basavaraj

Assignee

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Application

No. 424752 filed on 04/18/1995

US Classes:

84/609, Note sequence84/477R, Indicators434/307AKaraoke

Examiners

Primary: Witkowski, Stanley J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Troike; Robert L., Denker; David, Donaldson; Richard L.

International Classes

G09B 015/02
G10H 007/00

Abstract

A Karaoke system scoring method and system (10) is provided based on detecting, for example, frame energy (19 or 19') of the Karaoke singer and the frame energy of the original artist (29 or 29'). The frame energy is quantized (41 and 43) and compared (45) and based on the comparison a score (37) is generated and displayed (15).