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Karaoke apparatus

US5982980A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H1/368
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In addition to a music piece data file in which music piece data for a karaoke performance are stored, a BGP script file in which BGP script data (picture sequence data) are stored, and a picture data file in which plural still picture data are stored are disposed. The BGP script data describe the procedure of combining still picture data and switchingly displaying the synthesized data, and include music piece corresponding data corresponding to a specific music piece data, and genre corresponding data corresponding to the genre of a music piece. During a karaoke performance of a music piece, when a music piece corresponding data corresponding to the music piece exists, an image is displayed by using the data, and, when such a data does not exists, an image is displayed by using a data corresponding to the genre of the music piece. When a data corresponding to the genre does not exists or cannot be used, background still picture data corresponding to the genre are switchingly displayed.

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