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Entertainment apparatus for producing orchestral music accompaniment and a selected background video

  • US 5,233,438 A
  • Filed: 03/04/1991
  • Issued: 08/03/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An entertainment apparatus comprising:

  • accompaniment/song text data storage means for storing accompaniment data and corresponding song text data with respect to each of a plurality of songs;

    background video data storage means for storing a plurality of background video data corresponding to a plurality of background videos, each background video being used in conjunction with a song;

    memory means for storing a table indicating a relationship between at least two song categories and the plurality of songs, the table indicating at least one of the song categories with respect to each of the plurality of songs, the song category indicating at least two preselected background videos preselected from the plurality of background videos;

    input means for an operator to select a song from the plurality of songs;

    control means responsive to the song selected by the operator through said input means and connected to the accompaniment/song text data storage means for reading accompaniment data and its corresponding song text data based on the selected song,said control means being connected to said memory means for selecting a background video from the preselected background videos indicated by the song category related to the selected song based on the selected song and the table,said control means being further connected to the background video data storage means for reading background video data based on the selected background video;

    audio reproducing means connected to the control means for audibly reproducing the accompaniment data read by said control means;

    video superimposing means connected to at least the control means for superimposing the song text data and background video data read by the control means to produce superimposed video data; and

    display means connected to the video superimposing means for visibly displaying the superimposed video data.

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