Portable downloader connectable to karaoke player through wireless communication channel
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Sep 15, 1998
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Mar 17, 1997
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Abstract
A karaoke system has a player for presenting a karaoke accompaniment according to a song data selected in response to a request, and a loader coupled to the player for downloading thereinto a song data. The loader is comprised of a casing having a first face, one coupling member disposed in the first face, a primary storage disposed in the casing for storing a plurality of song data, and a transmitter for retrieving the song data from the primary storage to transmit the same through the one coupling member. The player is comprised of a housing having a second face arranged such as to confront the first face when the loader is placed in a coupled state with the player, another coupling member disposed in the second face in opposed relation to the one coupling member to thereby form a wireless coupler under the coupled state, a secondary storage disposed in the housing, a receiver for receiving the song data transmitted through the wireless coupler to store the same into the secondary storage, and a sound synthesizer responsive to a request for selectively retrieving a desired song data from the secondary storage so as to sound the karaoke accompaniment.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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YAMAHA CORPORATION | 10-1 NAKAZAWA-CHO CHUO-KU HAMAMATSU-SHI 4308650 |
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- 1997 Application Filing Year
- G10H Class
- 172 Applications Filed
- 101 Patents Issued To-Date
- 58.73 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Kato, Hirokazu | Hamamatsu, JP | 169 | 2073 |
# of filed Patents : 169 Total Citations : 2073 |
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- 265 Citation Count
- G10H Class
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