Control system for concentratively controlling a plurality of music accompanying apparatuses

• US 5,319,452 A
• Filed: 11/24/1992
• Issued: 06/07/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Funahashi, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Kostak, Victor R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan J.
• Application Number:
  US07/980,764
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 358/335, 358/341, 358/343, 358/311, 358/83, 358/102, 340/701, 340/702, 340/825.11, 340/825.01, 434/307, 434/308, 434/315, 434/316, 84/464 R, 84/464 A, 84/DIG. 6, 84/609, 84/610
• US Class Current: 725/116
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/36 Accompaniment arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/365 the accompaniment information being stored on a host computer and transmitted to a reproducing terminal by means of a network, e.g. public telephone lines
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/265 CATV transmission, i.e. electrophonic musical instruments connected to community antennas or cable television networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

The music number is input through the panel switch arranged in the music accompanying apparatus. The modulated music number signal by the modulation-demodulation device is transmitted to the control apparatus through the coaxial cable. In the control apparatus, the music number data signal is received through the coaxial cable, and further demodulated into the music number data by the modulation-demodulation device. The controller reads out the various music data. At the same time, the controller controls the four video disc devices so that the four video picture data each of which is corresponded to the different music genre, are reproduced by the video disc devices. Thereafter, both the various music data and the four video picture data are mutually superimposed through the head amplifier after modulated by each of the modulators and transmitted to each of the music accompanying apparatuses through the coaxial cable. In the music accompanying apparatus, one of the four video picture data is selected by the video tuner based on the song tone data and both the video picture and the song text are displayed on the video monitor at the same time through picture synthesizing circuit.

Claims

1. A control system including a control apparatus for transmitting an accompaniment music and a plurality of music accompanying apparatuses, comprising:

a video picture providing means arranged in the control apparatus, for simultaneously providing a plurality of video picture signals each of which is corresponded to a different music genre for each of the music accompanying apparatuses,

a music selecting means arranged in the music accompanying apparatus, for selecting a genre of music to be transmitted in response to a user input,

a video picture selecting means arranged in the music accompanying apparatus, for selecting one video picture signal provided from the video picture providing means based on the genre of the music selected by the music selecting means.

2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the video picture providing means comprises a video picture data generating means for generating a plurality of video picture data each of which is corresponded to the different music genre, a first converting means for converting the video picture data into the video picture signals and a transmitting means for transmitting the video picture signals to the music accompanying apparatus.

3. The control system according to claim 2, wherein the video picture data generating means includes a plurality of video disc devices each of which reproduces the video picture data recorded on a video disc.

4. The control system according to claim 2, wherein the first converting means includes a converter which modulates the video picture data into radio frequency signals corresponding to the video picture signals and superimposes the radio frequency signals each other.

5. The control system according to claim 4, wherein the converter comprises modulators connected to the video picture data generating means and a head amplifier which superimposes the radio frequency signals modulated by the modulators.

6. The control system according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting means includes a coaxial cable through which the video picture signals are transmitted to the music accompanying apparatus.

7. The control system according to claim 6, further comprising a television antenna arranged in the control apparatus, for receiving a television broadcast, the television antenna transmitting the video picture signals corresponding to the television broadcast received thereby to the music accompanying apparatus through the coaxial cable.

8. The control system according to claim 1, further comprising a first memory means arranged in the control apparatus, for storing various music data therein and a second converting means for converting the music data stored in the first memory means into music data signals, wherein the music data signals with the video picture signals are provided for the music accompanying apparatuses by the video picture providing means.

9. The control system according to claim 8, wherein the music data stored in the first memory means includes a song text data, an accompaniment music data and a song tone data.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the music selecting means is utilized for inputting a music number data indicative of the music to be selected.

17. The control system according to claim 2, wherein the video picture providing means continuously transmits the video picture signals to the music accompanying apparatus.

18. The control system according to claim 17, wherein the music accompanying apparatus includes;

a compact disc player which reproduces a song text data, an accompaniment music data and a song tone data, each being recorded on a compact disc,

a second memory means for storing a music genre data, a song tone data and a selecting data for selecting one video picture signal among the video picture signals transmitted from the control apparatus,

a second control means which controls the compact disc player based on a music, selected by the music number selecting means so that the compact disc player reproduces the song text data, the accompaniment music data and the song tone data from the compact disc corresponding to the music number.

19. The control system according to claim 18, wherein the second control means controls the video picture selecting means based on the selecting data reproduced by the compact disc player, thereby the video picture selecting means selects one video picture data among the video picture data transmitted from the control apparatus.

20. The control system according to claim 19, wherein the music accompanying apparatus further comprises;

a second synthesizing means which synthesizes the video picture data selected by the video picture selecting means and the song text data, and

a second video monitor which displays a video picture and a song text at the same time thereon, based on a synthesized data from the second synthesizing means.

21. The control system according to 20, wherein the music accompanying apparatus further comprises;

a second audio amplifier with a microphone connected thereto which mixes both an accompaniment music signal obtained from the accompaniment music data and a voice signal input from the microphone and generates an acoustic signal, and

a speaker connected to the second audio amplifier which sounds an accompaniment music and a voice based on the acoustic signal from the second audio amplifier.

22. The control system according to claim 17, wherein the first converting means includes a converter which modulates the video picture data into radio frequency signals corresponding to the video picture signals and superimposes the radio frequency signals each other and the transmitting means includes a coaxial cable through which the radio frequency signals are transmitted to the music accompanying apparatus, thereby the radio frequency signals are transmitted from the control apparatus to the music accompanying apparatus through the coaxial cable after modulated and superimposed by the first converting means.

11. The control system according to clam 10, wherein the music accompanying apparatus further comprises a first control means which transmits the music number data input from the music selecting means to the control apparatus.

12. The control system according to claim 11, wherein the music selecting means comprises a panel switch arranged in the music accompanying apparatus.

13. The control system according to claim 11, wherein the control apparatus reads out the music data stored in the first memory means based on the music number data transmitted from the music accompanying apparatus and transmits the read out music data converted into the music data signals by the second converting means to the music accompanying apparatus.

14. The control system according to claim 13, wherein the first control means in the music accompanying apparatus controls the video picture selecting means based on the song tone data transmitted from the first memory means in the control apparatus so that the video picture selecting means selects the video picture data corresponded to the song tone data.

15. The control system according to claim 14, further comprising;

a first synthesizing means for synthesizing both the video picture data selected by the video picture selecting means and the song text data in the music data transmitted from the control apparatus, and

a first video monitor for displaying a video picture and a song text at the same time, based on the video picture data and the song text data synthesized by the first synthesizing means.

16. The control system according to claim 15, wherein the music accompanying apparatus further comprises;

a first audio amplifier with a microphone connected thereto which mixes both an accompaniment music signal obtained from the accompaniment music data and a voice signal input from the microphone and generates an acoustic signal, and

a speaker connected to the first audio amplifier which sounds an accompaniment music and a voice based on the acoustic signal from the first audio amplifier.