Recognition-segment audio composition identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for locating compositions, such as songs on audio devices, require users to know the song title and artist, and often rely on playing the beginning of a track which is less memorable and takes longer to recognize, making it frustrating to find the desired song.
Innovation Solution
The method involves associating each composition with a short, highly recognizable portion called a recognition-segment, which is played back to the user to facilitate quick identification and action, allowing users to initiate playback or organization without knowing the title or artist.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the user plays the beginning of a composition to identify it, then the user can determine what composition is playing, but it takes a significant amount of time and the beginning is less distinguishable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts a specific recognizable portion (recognition segment) from each composition and uses it for identification purposes. Instead of playing the entire beginning of a composition, the system plays only the distinctive recognition segment that contains the most identifiable characteristics of the composition, thereby reducing playback time while maintaining identification accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-identifies and stores recognition segments from each composition in advance. These segments are prepared beforehand as the most distinguishable portions of each composition, so when a user needs to identify a composition, the pre-prepared recognition segment can be played immediately without needing to play through the beginning of the composition
2Ease of operation
If the user navigates between songs using forward and backward controls, then the user can hear whether the desired song is playing, but the beginning of compositions are slowly increasing in volume and are less distinguishable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the most distinguishable portion of each composition (the recognition segment) and uses it for identification during navigation. This extracted segment contains the most recognizable characteristics of the composition, allowing users to quickly identify songs during forward/backward navigation without being subjected to the slowly increasing volume and less distinguishable beginning portions
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-identifies recognition segments that contain the most distinguishable characteristics of each composition. During navigation, these pre-identified segments are played to provide immediate compositional identification, eliminating the need for users to listen to the slowly building beginning portions of compositions
3Adaptability or versatility
If the user creates a customized playlist by manually selecting compositions from a library, then the user can organize compositions in a desired order, but the user must know the composition title and artist and may have to listen to the beginning of compositions to identify them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts recognition segments from each composition in the library and associates them with the full composition. When creating a playlist, the system can play these extracted recognition segments to help users quickly identify compositions without requiring users to know the title and artist in advance or to listen to the beginning portions of full compositions
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-identifies and stores recognition segments for all compositions in the library. During playlist creation, these pre-prepared segments are played to enable rapid composition identification and selection, reducing the time users need to spend identifying compositions while maintaining full playlist customization capabilities
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AI summary
A method, apparatus and system to enable a user to find and act-upon an audio-containing composition in a group of compositions. A sound-segment (recognition-segment) intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition-segment may contain one or more highly recognizable portion(s) of a composition. When the user is trying to locate or select a particular composition, the recognition-segments are navigated and played-back to the user, based upon a user-device context/mode. When a user recognizes the desired composition from its recognition-segment, the user may initiate a control action to playback; arrange; and/or act-upon, the composition that is associated with the currently playing recognition-segment.