3 United States Patent 1191

Patent Number:

[11] 1a

[45] Reissued Date of Patent: Jun. 11, 1991

Yuzawa et a1.

4.326.276 4/1932 56611.16.

[54] AUTO-PLAYING APPARATUS [75] Inventors: Keiji Yttzawa, Tokyo; Naoaki "

4.355.559 10/1932

Uya 6131. ........................... .. 34/103

4.375.177

3/1933

McCoskey ....... ..

.. 34/103

Matsumoto, Tachikawa; Takehiko

4.337.620

6/1933

0161111616 6141. ..

.... .. 34/103

Kayahara, Sayarna; Naofumi Tateishi,

4.399.731

3/1933

A0111 ................. ..

.. 34/103

Oome; Makoto Fukuda, Sayama. all

4.406.203

9/1933

Okamoto et a1. ..

.. 84/103

4.417.494 11/1933

Nakada m1.

.. 34/103

4.466.324

Ok?mOlO 6161. .................. .. 34/103

of Japan

[73] Assignee:

'

Casio Computer Co. Ltd” Tokyo,

4.615.024

[211 App]. No.: 473,119 [22] Filed:

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 53-133468 11/1978 Japan . 54-159027 12/1979 Japan . $786888 11/1980 Japan .

V

4,624,171

Issued:

Nov. 25, 1986

58-076889 5/1983 Japan.

Appl. No.:

821,521

58-159593 10/1983 Japan .

Filed:

Jan. 23, 1986

1541856 3/1979 United Kingdom. 2120441 11/1983 United Kingdom . 2127607 4/1984 United Kingdom .

US. Applications: [63]

Continuation of Ser. No. 275.439. Nov. 23. 1988.

Primary Examiner-Stanley J. Witkowski

abandoned. which is a continuation of Ser. No.

Attorney, Agent. or Finn-Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman &

597.168. Apr. 5. 1984. abandoned.

[30]

Woodward [57]

Foreign Application Priority Data

Apr. 13. 1983 [JP]

Japan ................................ .. 58-63732

[51]

Int. Cl.’ ....................... .. G10F 1/00; 611311 1/42;

[52]

US. Cl. ...................................... .. 84/609; 84/611;

read out from the ROM pack or tape recorder is sup plied from a control section to melody generators. a chord generator, 31 bass generator and a rhythm genera

84/613; 84/642; 84/DIG. 29 Field of Search ................................ .. 84/609-614,

tor. Melody data, chord data. and rhythm data obtained from these generators are coupled through an ampli?er

84/634-638, 642, DIG. l2, DIG. 29

[56]

ABSTRACT

Data for a plurality of musical pieces is preset in a ROM pack and also on a tape recorder. Musical piece data

GIOH 7/00 [58]

USui ............................... .. 34/103 x

3309899 9/1983 Fed. Rep. of Germany .

Related US. Patent Documents

Patent No.:

9/1986

4,656,535 4/1937 U561.

Jan. 30, 1990

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3/1934

4.536.363 3/1935 Giddings. 4.614.933 9/1936 Usami.

Japan

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Jan 30, 1990 - Yuzawa et a1. [11] 1a. [54] AUTO-PLAYING APPARATUS. [75] Inventors: Keiji Yttzawa, Tokyo; Naoaki. " Matsumoto, Tachikawa; Takehiko. Kayahara, Sayarna; Naofumi Tateishi,. Oome; Makoto Fukuda, Sayama. all of Japan. ' [73] Assignee: Casio Computer Co. Ltd” Tokyo,. Japan. [211 App]. No.: 473,119.

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