Karaoke apparatus with visual assistance in physical vocalism
US5499921A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H1/361
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
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 accompaniment information and word information composed of a sequence of characters. A musical sound synthesizer reproduces an automatic instrumental accompaniment according to the registered accompaniment information. A graphic generator modifies a graphic pattern of each registered character in association with a predetermined practical manner of the physical vocal performance. A display unit displays a sequence of the characters in the modified graphic patterns concurrently with the reproduction of the automatic instrumental accompaniment so as to visually teach the singer the practical manner during the physical vocal performance.
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