Portable information reproducing and voice amplifying apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHideo Takao
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Abstract
A portable recording and reproducing apparatus is adapted to reproduce a melody recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape and to amplify the melody and voice through a speaker as the voice is inputted from a voice input unit in tune with the melody. The apparatus is formed integrally by incorporating a sound recording medium accommodating portion, the voice input unit, and the speaker via a grip portion, and excels in portability.
Claims17
A portable music information reproducing and voice amplifying apparatus for outputting information from a recording medium and an external voice sound suitable for use as a karaoke device which can be held as a unit in one hand of a user with a microphone thereof facing the user's head, comprising:
- a housing having a first side facing in a first direction, a second side facing in a second direction, said first and second sides facing in different directions, a first end between said first and second sides facing in a third direction and a second end opposed to said first end;
- said microphone for detecting the external voice sound;
- means for coupling said microphone to said housing in the region of said first end so that the microphone is joined to the housing to form a unitary structure for movement therewith and is faced essentially in the direction faced by said first end;
- recording medium receiving and reproducing means positioned in the housing for receiving the recording medium and reproducing the information on the recording medium;
- speaker means for outputting the information from the recording medium receiving and reproducing means and the external voice sound received by the microphone, said speaker means essentially positioned on the second side of the housing so as to be spaced from the microphone so that no feedback occurs and so as to face essentially in a direction away from the directions faced by said first end and said first side;
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- a handle essentially mounted on the first side of the housing so that a space is formed between the housing and the handle, said handle being adapted to support the housing and microphone as a unitary structure for karaoke, said housing supporting said microphone, said recording medium receiving and reproducing means, said speaker means and said handle to form said unitary structure supportable solely by said handle;
- whereby when the entire apparatus is supported solely by the handle, the microphone can face essentially upwardly toward the head of the user and the speaker means can face essentially forwardly away from the user.
A portable music information reproducing and voice amplifying apparatus for outputting information from a recording medium and an external voice sound suitable for use as a karaoke device which can be held as a unit in one hand of a user with a microphone means thereof facing the user's head, comprising:
- a housing having a first portion facing in a first direction, a second portion spaced from said first portion, a first side, and a second side essentially opposite said first side and facing in an essentially opposite direction to said first side, said first and second sides being positioned so that said first and second portions extend therebetween, and a first end facing essentially in said first direction and extending between said first and second sides;
- said microphone means for detecting the external voice sound and mounted on essentially the first portion of the housing so as not to be separable from said housing and so as to be displaceable as a unit with said housing, said microphone means facing essentially in the direction faced by said first end of said housing;
- speaker means for outputting the information from the recording medium and the external voice sound received by the microphone means and essentially positioned on the second side of the housing and disposed in such a manner as to project essentially in the direction faced by said first side away from the microphone means so that essentially no feedback occurs;
- recording medium receiving and reproducing means positioned on the second side of the housing intermediate said speaker means and microphone means for receiving the recording medium and reproducing the information on the recording medium;
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- a handle essentially mounted on the first side of the housing and adapted to permit the apparatus to be held as a unit and positioned to define a space between said handle and said housing dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the hand of the user;
- said housing supporting said microphone means, said recording medium receiving and reproducing means, said speaker means and said handle to form a unitary structure supportable solely by said handle;
- whereby when the apparatus is used for karaoke and is held by the user one handedly solely by the handle, the microphone means faces essentially upwardly toward the head of the user and the speaker means faces away from the body of the user.
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