Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus having a first recording medium (5) on which at least karaoke play sound for a plurality of musical programs are recorded, means (15,23) for generating a music selection command indicative of a musical program selected from said plurality of musical programs in response to an operation, and player means (4) for playing said musical program indicated by said music selection command on said recording medium (5), said apparatus comprising: a memory (13,14) containing previously stored copy right information on each of said musical programs recorded on said recording medium; means (7) for reading from said memory the copy right information corresponding to said music selection command; determination means (7) for determining whether or not recording is permitted to the selected musical program in accordance with the read copyright information; and control means (7) for generating a control signal for controlling a recorder (16) in accordance with the determination result of said determination means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
36 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first recording medium (5) has said copyright information recorded thereon, and said copyright information is previously read from said recording medium and stored in said memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said determination means has a data table in which recording permitted/prohibited information is recorded corresponding to the copyright information of each of said plurality of musical programs, and said data table is used to determine whether recording is permitted or prohibited.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said data table is successively updated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising means (7) for generating a recording start command to a recorder (16) for recording karaoke play sound and singing sound; a memory (13,14) containing previously stored recorded music information on each of the musical programs recorded on said first recording medium; means (7) responsive to said recording start command for reading from said memory the recorded music information corresponding to said music selection command; and output means for outputting the read recorded music information to a printer (17).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
150 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus having a first recording medium (5) on which at least karaoke play sound for a plurality of musical programs are recorded, means (15,23) for generating a music selection command indicative of a musical program selected from said plurality of musical programs in response to an operation, and player means (4) for playing said musical program indicated by said music selection command on said recording medium, said apparatus comprising: means (7) for generating a recording start command to a recorder (16) for recording karaoke play sound and singing sound; a memory (13,14) containing previously stored recorded music information on each of the musical programs recorded on said first recording medium; means (7) responsive to said recording start command for reading from said memory the recorded music information corresponding to said music selection command; and output means for outputting the read recorded music information to a printer (17).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein said first recording medium has the recorded music information for each of the musical programs, and the recorded music information is previously read from said first recording medium and stored in said memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, 6, or 7, wherein said recorder (16) records on a second recording medium, and said printer (17) prints said recorded music information on a label for said second recording medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, 6, 7, or 8, wherein said recorded music information includes at least the title, songwriter's name, and composer's name of each of the musical programs.