EP0626689A2
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Karaoke reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1994-05-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-05-26
Abstract
Abstract Karaoke reproducing apparatus has a memory (13) in which is recorded information on each of the music pieces recorded on the compact discs (5). When a music piece is selected, its title is displayed on screen 22 so that the user can ensure the correct track was chosen. A search can also be carried out to select music according to various critereon, such as mood, themes, type of music, date of composition, etc. Control set data and real time data may be recorded on the discs (5) for respectively setting up external apparatus and controlling the external apparatus during playing of a piece of music. The external apparatus may comprise illumination apparatus (25), background video apparatus (26) and audio processing apparatus (27). Converting apparatus (30-32) may be provided to receive the control set and real-time data from a data separating circuit (6) and to convert this data according to tables stored therein to appropriate control data for the external circuits (25-27). Character data on the discs (5) for producing text on the display (22) may comprise a header section containing enlargement ratios and a character section containing basic character data which is acted on in accordance with the enlargement ratios to produce a desired display character, thereby saving space on the disc.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiaki C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Moriyama
- 👤 Kouichi C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Ono
- 👤 Tatsuyuki C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Miyazawa
- 👤 Hiroshi C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Fujii
- 👤 Masahiko C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Miyashita
- 👤 Sumio C/O Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant Hosaka
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:52
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00166; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/36; G10H1/361; G10H1/363; G11B19/00; G11B19/02; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; G11B27/00; G11B27/002; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/329; G11B27/34; G11B31/00; G11B33/00; G11B33/10; G11B7/00; G11B7/002; G11B7/0037; G10H2220/00; G10H2220/005; G10H2220/011; G10H2240/00; G10H2240/011; G10H2240/046; G10H2240/066; G10H2240/121; G10H2240/131; G10H2250/00; G10H2250/541; G10H2250/571; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/21; G11B2220/215; G11B2220/218; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2545; G11B2220/2587; G11B2220/60; G11B2220/65; G11B7/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus comprising: a recording medium on which at least karaoke playing sounds of a plurality of music pieces have been recorded; means for generating a selection music piece command to indicate one of said plurality of music pieces in accordance with an operation; and playing means for playing said recording medium with respect to one music piece according to said selection music piece command, wherein said apparatus further has a memory in which music title name information of each of the music pieces recorded on said recording medium has previously been stored, means for reading out the music title name information corresponding to said selection music piece command from said memory when said selection music piece command is generated, and display means for displaying said read-out music title name information by characters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said music title name information has been recorded on said recording medium and the music title name information is previously read out from the recording medium and recorded into said memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
138 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus which has a recording medium on which at least karaoke playing sounds of a plurality of music pieces have been recorded and which reproduces a playing sound of a selected one of said plurality of music pieces by playing the recording medium, wherein said apparatus comprises: memory means in which music piece classification information of each of the music pieces recorded on said recording medium has previously been stored; instructing means for generating an item content selection command to designate the contents of at least one of a plurality of different items included in said music piece classification information in accordance with an operation; and searching means for searching for the music piece corresponding to the contents of said at least one item indicated by said item content selection command from said memory means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising display means for displaying a music title name of the music piece which has been searched for by said searching means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising playing means for playing said recording medium with respect to the music piece which has been searched for by said searching means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein said instructing means accepts the operation every related item among the items of a plurality of different music piece classification information.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
88 words
An apparatus according to any of claims 3 to 6, wherein the contents of the item for selection of the music piece which are based on a classification different from the music piece classification information regarding the music piece are accepted by said instructing means as contents of said at least one item in accordance with an operation, and said searching means performs the searching operation while using the contents of said at least one item in connection with the music piece classification information regarding said music piece.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
56 words
An apparatus according to any of claims 3 to 8, wherein the music piece classification information of each of said music pieces has been recorded on said recording medium, and the music piece classification information of each of said music pieces is previously read out from the recording medium and is recorded in said memory means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
146 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus which can generate real-time data to control an external apparatus simultaneously with the reproduction of a karaoke playing sound, comprising: a recording medium on which at least karaoke playing sounds of a plurality of music pieces and control set information of the external apparatus and said real-time data for every said plurality of music pieces have been recorded; means for generating a selection music piece command to indicate one of said plurality of music pieces in accordance with an operation; playing means for playing said recording medium with respect to said one music piece according to said selection music piece command; and means for reading out said control set information according to said selection music piece command before starting the playing by said playing means and for setting the external apparatus into a set state corresponding to said read-out control set information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said control set information is control device information indicative of whether or not said external apparatus can be controlled.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
An apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein said external apparatus is a background video image apparatus for generating a signal indicative of a background video image of a character image which is displayed on a display, and said control set information is background video image information indicative of the kind of background video image to be generated as a signal by said background video image apparatus.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein said external apparatus is a DSP for an audio process and said control set information is DSP mode information to set an operating mode of said DSP.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
123 words
A karaoke reproducing apparatus which can control an external apparatus simultaneously with the reproduction of a karaoke playing sound, comprising: a recording medium on which at least karaoke playing sounds of a plurality of music pieces and real-time data have been recorded; means for generating a selection music piece command to indicate one of said plurality of music pieces in accordance with an operation; playing means for playing said recording medium with respect to said one music piece according to said selection music piece command and for outputting the real-time data simultaneously with the reproduction of the karaoke playing sound; and converting means for converting the real-time data outputted from said playing means and for supplying the converted data to said external apparatus.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
65 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein control information has been recorded in the head portion of said recording medium for each music piece, said playing means reads out the control information from said recording medium before the reproduction of the karaoke playing sound according to said selection music piece command, and said converting means executes the data conversion according to the read-out control information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
72 words
A recording medium on which character and figure information has been converted into image data and recorded as a character signal, comprising: a character data section in which said character signal has been recorded; and a header section which is provided at a head position of said character data section and in which enlargement ratio designation signals to designate enlargement ratios on a display based on said character signal have been recorded.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
111 words
A recording information reproducing apparatus for reproducing recording information from a recording medium on which a character signal indicative of character and figure information and enlargement ratio designation signals to designate enlargement ratios on a display based on said character signal have been recorded, wherein said apparatus comprises: reading means for reading out said character signal and said enlargement ratio designation signals from said recording medium, respectively; enlargement operating means for executing an enlarging operation to said character signal at the enlargement ratios indicated by said enlargement ratio designation signals, thereby obtaining an enlargement character signal; and display means for performing a display on the basis of said enlargement character signal.
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