Patent ID: 6025553
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G10H,H04B

Abstract:
A portable, self-contained hand-carried music performance device for wirelessly transmitting musical accompaniment information stored in a storage medium therein and a voice input from a user, for reception and reproduction by an external receiver and speaker unit, comprising;an elongated casing having a first end portion, a middle portion and a second end portion, said middle portion being configured to gripped by a single hand of a user and defining a space for containing the storage medium,the storage medium containing data representing musical accompaniments for a multiplicity of songs, including song identifier data associated with the musical accompaniment data for each song,control means mounted on said middle portion of said casing and electrically connected to said music storage medium, said control means being operable by a person for accessing a selected song by selecting the song identifier data associated with that song,retrieving means disposed within said casing and electrically connected to said storage medium for retrieving the musical accompaniment data and generating a first electrical signal representative of the musical accompaniment,a microprocessor unit disposed within said casing and electrically connected to said storage medium and said retrieving means for performing predetermined control operations,a microphone unit mounted on said second end portion of said casing for generating a second electrical signal responsive to a voice audio input signal from the user,a mixer disposed in said casing and connected electrically to said microphone unit, said microprocessor and said retrieving means for mixing said first and second electrical signals to produce a third electrical signal, anda transmitter disposed in said casing for wirelessly transmitting said third electrical signal as an RF signal capable of being received and reproduced by said external receiver and speaker unit.