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Display apparatus for karaoke

US5915972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1997
Grant dateJun 29, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2240/241
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a karaoke display apparatus having a monitor 19 which displays words in time to a progress of a performance, a CPU 10 supplies in time sequence polygon fundamental data for determining shapes of polygons and the like and a motion data for determining motions of the polygons in time to the progress of the performance by producing musical tones. A DSP in a video circuit 18 renders an image configured by a plurality of polygons in accordance with the supplied polygon fundamental data and motion data, and synthesizes the rendered image with words. The synthesized image and words are output to the monitor 19.

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