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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a DJ (Disk Jockey) musical performance using a general mobile terminal. SOLUTION: The mobile terminal having an operation unit with a plurality of operators such as ten keys, cursor keys, etc., and a musical piece reproducing means of reproducing a musical piece according to musical piece data includes a timing control means of judging whether a series of operations performed using a plurality of operators correspond to an operation pattern indicative of an increase or a decrease in reproduction speed of the musical piece and outputting reproduction speed control information indicative of the increase or the decrease in reproduction speed to a musical piece reproducing means when it is judged affirmative, thereby making the musical piece reproducing means perform processing for increasing or decreasing the reproduction speed of the musical piece according to the reproduction speed control information received from the musical piece timing control means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an in-cabin conversation assisting device that can easily set a microphone and a speaker in most suitable states and thereby are simplified in processing and constitution. SOLUTION: An engine rotating speed, a vehicle speed, an accelerator opening, and position information are detected as traveling states of an automobile, a noise level in a cabin is estimated by referring to a prepared database based upon the detected traveling states, and sound characteristics of the microphone and the speaker, i.e. microphone sensitivity, microphone directivity, and a speaker sound volume are set according to the estimated noise level. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an LED emit light in a color assigned to a pressed operation key. SOLUTION: A number key assigner 21 detects pressing/unpressing of a number key and notifies an MIDI control module 22 accordingly. Referring to a setting information file 23 for setting assignment of a music sound of high note or musical instrument sound and an emission light of LED 15 corresponding to each number key, the MIDI control module 22 creates a note-on-message for instructing the production of the music sound of high note or musical instrument sound corresponding to a pressed number key and sends out the note-on-message to a sound source 11 and also sends out an MIDI message for making the LED 15 light up or blink in a corresponding emission color to an LED controller 14. When the number key is unpressed, the MIDI control module 22 sends out a note-off-message to the sound source 11 and also sends out an MIDI message for turning off the LED 15 to the LED controller 14. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Karaoke device which has a function of displaying a part that can be muted among the parts to be performed by Karaoke and can easily mute a desired part by instructing the function so as to enjoy a minus one performance. SOLUTION: Sequence data of respectively different musical instruments are stored in the music tracks of sixteen parts of a sound source Karaoke. When a user instructs a musical instrument that is to be muted, the part is muted and a minus one performance is conducted. At that time, lyrics telop is replaced or a chord name telop is displayed with the lyrics telop on a monitor. Thus, a person who plays the part that is being muted by minus one performance understands the chord without looking at a musical score and the person can play based on the chord. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal device loaded with an effector with which an effect can be more drastically changed than before. SOLUTION: A musical tone signal generating means which generates a musical tone signal, a selecting means which selects and outputs either of an audio signal or the musical tone signal, an effect imparting means which imparts the effect to the output of the selecting means are included in the terminal device, thereby more drastically changing the effect than before. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound source information reproducing apparatus for automobile use which converts the data on the driving state of a vehicle to sound source control information, reproduces musical pieces etc., and informs a driver of present conditions. SOLUTION: The sound source information reproducing apparatus has: a vehicle data input section 1 for inputting the data on the driving state of the vehicle from the system mounted on the vehicle; a memory section for storing the sound source data; a data table for associating and storing the vehicle data, the sound source data and the sound source control information for controlling the reproduction of the sound source data; a sound source section 3 for reproducing the sound source data on the basis of the sound source control information; a sound source control section 1 for outputting the sound source data and the sound source control information on the basis of the vehicle data inputted through a vehicle data input section to the sound source section; a setting input section for setting the vehicle data, the sound source control information and the sound source data at the data table; and a sound production section for producing the sound of the speech and music reproduced in the sound source section. Thus the driver is informed of the present situations. Since the distance from an obstacle and a travel speed can be recognized by a change in sound volume and the speed of reproducing the musical piece, the driver is able to recognize the danger in the state of concentrating on driving. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speech and musical piece reproducing device that enables a speech sequence to easily be edited and corrected and can prevent a waste of data size. SOLUTION: When a user indicates musical piece reproduction, a player 22 reads musical piece data out of a file 21 and loads the data to middleware 23. The middleware 23 sends the loaded musical piece data to a musical piece part 12a. The musical piece part 12a reproduces a musical sound signal on the basis of the musical piece data. Then the middleware 23, when detecting a user event included in the musical sound data, sends the user event to the player 27. The player 27 receives the user event and loads a speech data file 26 having a file number that the event indicates to the middleware 23. The middleware 28 outputs the loaded musical piece data to a speech part 12b of a sound source in sequence. Consequently, the speech part 12b reproduces a speech. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce communication traffic when information for generating a new timbre etc., is distributed from a host computer. SOLUTION: A karaoke device 3 includes a sound source program including a plurality of pieces of preset data for making parameter settings of a sound source. The host computer 1 distributes musical piece data including bank select data specifying specified preset data among the plurality of preset data for the karaoke device 3. When a karaoke musical performance corresponding to the musical piece data starts, the karaoke device 3 selects the preset data specified with the musical piece data among the plurality of preset data included in a sound source program and sets parameters of the sound source according to the selected preset data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music generator-added portable terminal device which has a function similar to a theremin, is simply carried and easily used with pleasure feeling. SOLUTION: When a sounding start signal is outputted from a Note On/Off control circuit 19, FM operators 12a and 12b are turned on. When a user holds his/her hands in front of planar antennas 6 and 7 and moves his/her hands, the capacitance of the antennas 6 and 7 varies. The capacitance is converted into digital data by capacitance digital converters 8a and 8b, converted into MIDI data by MIDI drivers 14 and 15, converted into parameters by MIDI/ volume/interval parameter converters 16 and 17 and the volume and the interval (frequency) of sounding music of the operator 12a are controlled by these parameters. Thus, when the user moves his/her hands, a music corresponding to the move of his/her hands is generated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an audio melody music generator in which an audio melody music is generated employing such a simple operation as inputting a text. SOLUTION: A music generating section 15 generates music data including melody data and accompaniment sound data based on rhythms and music tune selecting information being inputted from the external and outputs the data. A melody synthesis section 14 allots text data being inputted to the melody data outputted from the section 15. A synthesis circuit 17 synthesizes the outputs of the sections 14 and 15 and writes the synthesized outputs into a memory 18. A sequencer 20 reads music data from the memory 18, separates the data into text-added melody data and accompaniment sound data and outputs these data. A formant synthesis circuit 9 generates audio melody signals based on the text-added melody data outputted from the sequencer 20. A sound source circuit 10 generates accompaniment sound signals based on the accompaniment sound data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO