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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Yoshiaki Moriyama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Kouichi Ono, Tsurugashima, JP;
Tatsuyuki Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Miyashita, Tokorozawa, JP;
Sumio Hosaka, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A karaoke reproducing apparatus is equipped a measure for easily checking whether a music piece selected by the user has correctly been accepted or not. The apparatus has a memory in which music title name information of each of the music pieces recorded on a recording medium has previously been stored. When one of the plurality of music pieces is selected by an operation, the music title name information of the selected music piece is soon displayed by characters. The apparatus also has memory means in which music piece classification information of each of the music pieces recorded on the recording medium has previously been stored. An item content selection command to designate the contents of at least one of a plurality of different items included in the music piece classification information is generated in accordance with an operation. The music piece corresponding to the contents of at least one item indicated by the item content selection command is searched for by using the information from the memory means.