Karaoke apparatus converting gender of singing voice to match octave of song
First Claim
1. A karaoke apparatus comprising:
- tone generating means responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given gender so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual gender;
voice converting means for selectively conducting either of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift a pitch of the live singing voice and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift a pitch of the live singing voice;
voice analyzing means for analyzing the live singing voice to determine the actual gender of the live singing voice; and
controlling means for comparing the determined actual gender of the live singing voice with the given gender of the karaoke song so as to control the voice converting means to select either of the male-to-female conversion and the female-to-male conversion if the actual gender differs from the given gender so that the pitch of the live singing voice can be shifted to match the given gender of the karaoke song.
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Abstract
In a karaoke apparatus, a tone generator responds to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given gender so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual gender. A voice changer is provided for selectively conducting either of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift a pitch of the live singing voice and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift a pitch of the live singing voice. A voice analyzer is provided for analyzing the live singing voice to determine the actual gender of the live singing voice. A parameter generator is provided for comparing the determined actual gender of the live singing voice with the given gender of the karaoke song so as to control the voice changer to select either of the male-to-female conversion and the female-to-male conversion if the actual gender differs from the given gender so that the pitch of the live singing voice can be shifted to match the given gender of the karaoke song.
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30 Claims
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1. A karaoke apparatus comprising:
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tone generating means responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given gender so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual gender; voice converting means for selectively conducting either of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift a pitch of the live singing voice and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift a pitch of the live singing voice; voice analyzing means for analyzing the live singing voice to determine the actual gender of the live singing voice; and controlling means for comparing the determined actual gender of the live singing voice with the given gender of the karaoke song so as to control the voice converting means to select either of the male-to-female conversion and the female-to-male conversion if the actual gender differs from the given gender so that the pitch of the live singing voice can be shifted to match the given gender of the karaoke song. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A karaoke apparatus comprising:
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tone generating means responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given melody pitch so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual melody pitch; voice converting means for selectively conducting either of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice to thereby change a gender of the live singing voice from a male to a female, and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice to thereby change a gender of the live singing voice from a female to a male; voice analyzing means for analyzing the live singing voice to detect the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice; and controlling means for comparing the detected actual melody pitch of the live singing voice with the given melody pitch of the karaoke song so as to control the voice converting means to select the male-to-female conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is lower than that of the given melody pitch, and otherwise to select the female-to-male conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is higher than that of the given melody pitch.
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11. A karaoke method responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given gender so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual gender, the karaoke method comprising the steps of:
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providing capability of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift a pitch of the live singing voice and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift a pitch of the live singing voice; analyzing the live singing voice to determine the actual gender of the live singing voice; and comparing the determined actual gender of the live singing voice with the given gender of the karaoke song so as to select either of the male-to-female conversion and the female-to-male conversion if the actual gender differs from the given gender so that the pitch of the live singing voice can be shifted to match the given gender of the karaoke song. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A karaoke method responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given melody pitch so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual melody pitch, the karaoke method comprising the steps of:
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providing capability of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice so as to thereby change a gender of the live singing voice from a male to a female; providing capability of female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice so as to change a gender of the live singing voice from a female to a male; analyzing the live singing voice to detect the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice; and comparing the detected actual melody pitch of the live singing voice with the given melody pitch of the karaoke song so as to select the male-to-female conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is lower than that of the given melody pitch, and otherwise to select the female-to-male conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is higher than that of the given melody pitch.
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21. A machine readable medium for use in a karaoke apparatus having a CPU and being responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given gender so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual gender, the medium containing program instructions executable by the CPU for causing the karaoke apparatus to perform the steps of:
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providing capability of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift a pitch of the live singing voice and female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift a pitch of the live singing voice; analyzing the live singing voice to determine the actual gender of the live singing voice; and comparing the determined actual gender of the live singing voice with the given gender of the karaoke song so as to select either of the male-to-female conversion and the female-to-male conversion if the actual gender differs from the given gender so that the pitch of the live singing voice can be shifted to match the given gender of the karaoke song. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A machine readable medium for use in a karaoke apparatus having a CPU and being responsive to a request of a karaoke song for generating musical tones of the karaoke song having a given melody pitch so as to accompany a live singing voice having an actual melody pitch, the medium containing program instructions executable by the CPU for causing the karaoke apparatus to perform the steps of:
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providing capability of male-to-female conversion effective to upward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice so as to thereby change a gender of the live singing voice from a male to a female; providing capability of female-to-male conversion effective to downward shift the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice so as to change a gender of the live singing voice from a female to a male; analyzing the live singing voice to detect the actual melody pitch of the live singing voice; and comparing the detected actual melody pitch of the live singing voice with the given melody pitch of the karaoke song so as to select the male-to-female conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is lower than that of the given melody pitch, and otherwise to select the female-to-male conversion if an octave of the detected actual melody pitch is higher than that of the given melody pitch.
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