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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keizyu Anada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84611 ; 84635 ;
Abstract
A karaoke music piece is selected through a music-piece selecting section 2, and a rhythm for the performance of the karaoke music piece is designated through a rhythm designating section 5. A performance section 6 reads a melody system track of the selected karaoke music piece, and supplies the performance data to a tone generator 8. On the other hand, a rhythm pattern producing section 7 produces a rhythm performance data for the designated rhythm based on a chord and a beat at that time, and supplies the produced data to the tone generator 8. Accordingly, the selected karaoke music piece can be played with the designated rhythm which is different from the original one.