Information processing system with graphical user interface controllable through voice recognition engine and musical instrument equipped with the same

An information processing system comprising

• a memory having at least one addressable location where an identification code assigned to a user and a piece of visual data information representative of a certain picture customized by said plural users are stored,
• a voice-to-signal converter converting a pronunciation of a speaker to a first electric signal,
• a voice recognition engine connected to said voice-to-signal converter and responsive to said first electric signal so as to produce a second electric signal representative of said user when said speaker is identified with said user,
• a visual display unit responsive to a third electric signal for selectively producing pictures, and
• a graphical user interface connected to said voice recognition engine, said memory and said visual display unit, responsive to said second electric signal so as to produce a fourth electric signal representative of the identification code assigned to said user and supplying said fourth electric signal to said memory for transferring said third electric signal representative of said certain picture to said visual display unit.

An information processing system used for a musical instrument for assisting a player in selecting at least one attribute of tones to be generated, comprising:

• a memory having plural addressable locations where identification codes respectively assigned to plural users and plural pieces of visual data information representative of first pictures respectively owned by said plural users are stored, each of said first pictures including at least one visual image indicating the current state of said at least one attribute;
• a voice-to-signal converter converting a pronunciation of said player to a first electric signal;
• a voice recognition engine connected to said voice-to-signal converter, responsive to said first electric signal so as to identify said player with one of said plural users and producing a second electric signal representative of said one of said plural users;
• a visual display unit responsive to a third electric signal for selectively producing said first pictures;
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• a graphical user interface connected to said voice recognition engine, said memory and said visual display unit, responsive to said second electric signal so as to produce a fourth electric signal representative of the identification code assigned to said one of said plural users and supplying said fourth electric signal to said memory for transferring said third electric signal representative of the first picture owned by said one of said plural users to said visual display unit.

A musical instrument for producing tones, comprising:

• plural manipulators for specifying notes of a scale;
• a tone generating system responsive to fingering on said plural manipulators for generating tones with the notes specified through said fingering;
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• an information processing system connected to said tone generating system, and including
• a memory having plural addressable locations where identification codes respectively assigned to plural users and plural pieces of visual data information representative of first pictures respectively owned by said plural users are stored, each of said first pictures including at least one visual image indicating the current state of said at least one attribute of said tones,
• a voice-to-signal converter converting a pronunciation of said player to a first electric signal,
• a voice recognition engine connected to said voice-to-signal converter, responsive to said first electric signal so as to identify said player with one of said plural users and producing a second electric signal representative of said one of said plural users,
• a visual display unit responsive to a third electric signal for selectively producing said first pictures and
• a graphical user interface connected to said voice recognition engine, said memory and said visual display unit, responsive to said second electric signal so as to produce a fourth electric signal representative of the identification code assigned to said one of said plural users and supplying said fourth electric signal to said memory for transferring said third electric signal representative of the first picture owned by said one of said plural users to said visual display unit.