Display apparatus for karaoke

• US 5,915,972 A
• Filed: 01/27/1997
• Issued: 06/29/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Tada, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US08/789,009
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/307 R-309, 434/318, 434/365, 84/477 R, 84/601-615, 84/625, 84/630, 84/631, 84/645, 84/658, 348/7, 348/12, 348/17, 348/488, 348/478, 348/473, 348/552-554, 348/564, 348/569, 348/571, 348/678, 345/87, 345/121, 345/327, 345/473, 360/32, 360/33.1, 360/72.2, 360/77.01
• US Class Current: 434/307.00A
• 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 1/368 displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized with the music or audio part
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/241 Telephone transmission, i.e. using twisted pair telephone lines or any type of telephone network

Abstract

In a karaoke display apparatus having a monitor 19 which displays words in time to a progress of a performance, a CPU 10 supplies in time sequence polygon fundamental data for determining shapes of polygons and the like and a motion data for determining motions of the polygons in time to the progress of the performance by producing musical tones. A DSP in a video circuit 18 renders an image configured by a plurality of polygons in accordance with the supplied polygon fundamental data and motion data, and synthesizes the rendered image with words. The synthesized image and words are output to the monitor 19.

Claims

1. A display apparatus for karaoke comprising:

display means for displaying words in time to a progress of a performance;

data supplying means for supplying shape data for determining shapes of polygons and motion data for determining motions of the polygons in time sequence in time to the progress of the performance by musical-tone generation;

rendering means for rendering an image configured by a plurality of polygons in accordance with the supplied shape data and motion data; and

synthesizing means for synthesizing the rendered image with the words, thereby displaying the synthesized image and words on said display means.

2. A display apparatus for karaoke according to claim 1, wherein said data supplying means supplies shape data for each music piece or each genre.

3. A display apparatus for karaoke according to claim 1, further comprising:

inspection means for inspecting the application of the shape data and the motion data.