Karaoke data processing system and data processing method

A karaoke machine for displaying text in a plurality of languages comprising:

• processing means for processing data containing character codes, each character code representing a character and being either one-bytes or two-bytes in length, wherein
• the processing means processes one byte of data when the one byte of data represents a valid character in an eight-bit character space and processes two bytes of data, a first byte and a second byte, when the first byte represents a designated shift character in the eight-bit character space;
• displaying means for displaying characters represented by the character codes;
• font memory means for storing a character font for each of the character codes, the font memory means being divided into a plurality of regions according to the combinations of a specified number of bits of a character code;
• and
• identifying means for identifying one of the plurality of regions to which a character code corresponds, according to a specified two bits of the character code.

A karaoke system for displaying a plurality of different languages comprising:

• storing means for storing character data representative of a song;
• a player for removably receiving the storing means and reading the character data;
• means for specifying a specific language;
• a font memory for storing a plurality of different character codes representative of different languages, the font memory being divided into regions wherein the means for specifying will define a particular region;
• and
• means for processing and displaying the language from the selected character codes and character data.

A karaoke system for displaying a plurality of different languages comprising:

• storing means for storing character data representative of the lyrics of a song;
• a player for reading the character data stored on the storing means;
• means for specifying a desired language;
• a font memory for storing a plurality of different character codes representative of different languages, the font memory being divided into regions wherein the means for specifying will define a particular region;
• and
• means for processing and displaying the language from the selected character codes and character data.