Patent Application
20250189793
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The disclosure relates to karaoke systems and more particularly pertains to a new karaoke system for displaying lyrics of a song on eyewear worn by a user.
The prior art relates to various heads-up displays for viewing information on glasses worn by a user. However, the prior art fails to disclose a heads-up device which is used to display lyrics to a song while the song is playing on a remote speaker to facilitate the user in reading the lyrics and singing the song while viewing an audience.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an eyewear device with a frame configured for being worn on a head of a user, an optical element mounted to the frame, and a heads-up display configured to present the lyrics of the song on the optical element. The optical element comprises a transparent material and is positioned on the frame such that the optical element is positioned in a field of view of the user when the frame is worn by the user. A processor is operatively coupled to the heads-up display and is configured to cause the heads-up display to present the lyrics of the song in sync with the song being played.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The heads-up display 26 is configured to present the lyrics of the song on the optical element 18. The heads-up display 26 is embedded in the optical element 18 but may comprise a projector spaced from the optical element 18 which projects the lyrics on the optical element 18. The heads-up display 26 may also include any other suitable display for presenting the lyrics on the optical element 18. The heads-up display 26 depicted in the figures is positioned in a lower portion 24 of the optical element 18 to avoid obscuring the user's 52 vision.
An electronics housing 28 is mounted to the frame 14 and is positioned on one of the pair of temples 16 adjacent to the optical element 18. A processor 30 is mounted in the electronics housing 28 and is operatively coupled to the heads-up display 26. A transceiver 32 is mounted in the electronics housing 28 and is operably coupled to the processor 30. A microphone 34 is operably coupled to the processor 30. A support arm 36 is coupled to and extends between the frame 14 and the microphone 34. The support arm 36 couples the microphone 34 to the frame 14 and is configured to position the microphone 34 adjacent a mouth 58 of the user 52 when the frame 14 is worn by the user 52. The support arm 36 comprises an adjustably bendable material such that a position of the microphone 34 with respect to the frame 14 is adjustable but may comprise pivots, telescopic members, or the like to adjust the position of the microphone 34.
A power supply 38 is mounted in the electronics housing 28 and is electrically coupled to the processor 30. The power supply 38 comprises a battery 40 but may comprise a capacitor or other suitable power storage. The power supply 38 may also be electrically coupled to the heads-up display 26, the transceiver 32, and the microphone 34, either directly or via the processor 30. A charging port 42 is mounted to the electronics housing 28 and is electrically coupled to the power supply 38. The charging port 42 is configured to charge the power supply 38 via an external power source. The power supply 38 may also be removable and replaceable.
A speaker 44 and a display screen 46 are provided which are remote from the eyewear device 12. The speaker 44 and the display screen 46 are attached to each other but may be separate. A remote electronic device 48 is remote from the eyewear device 12, the speaker 44, and the display screen 46, and is communicatively coupled to each of the eyewear device 12, the speaker 44, and the display screen 46. The remote electronic device 48 has a memory 50 with instructions stored therein. The remote electronic device 48 may be a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet, or the like. In some embodiments, the remote electronic device 48 may be attached to the speaker 44 and the display screen 46.
The instructions are executable by the remote electronic device 48 to cause the speaker 44 to play a song, cause both the heads-up display 26 of the eyewear device 12 and the display screen 46 to present lyrics to the song in sync with the speaker 44 playing the song, cause the microphone 34 of the eyewear device 12 to record audio, and cause the speaker 44 to play the audio recorded by the microphone 34 as the speaker 44 plays the song. Each word of the lyrics does not need to be simultaneously presented as the word is played in the song by the speaker 44 for the lyrics to be considered in sync with the song. For example, words may be presented individually momentarily before the words are played on the speaker 44, or a phrase may be presented at once momentarily before the phrase is played on the speaker 44. Any suitable timing may be used. The remote electronic apparatus may have storage for a plurality of songs or access to the plurality of songs via a streaming service or the like. Any of the plurality of songs may be selectable to be played on the speaker 44 and to have the lyrics for the song presented via the display screen 46 and the eyewear device 12.
In use, the user 52 wears the eyewear device 12 on the user's 52 head 54. The song is played via the speaker 44, and the lyrics are presented on the optical element 18 of the eyewear device 12 and the display screen 46. The user 52 sings the lyrics of the song, which is recorded by the microphone 34 and played by the speaker 44 simultaneously with the song.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
