Recognition Segment Extraction for 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 harder to recognize, leading to frustration in identifying the correct song.
Innovation Solution
The method involves associating each composition with a short, highly recognizable segment (recognition-segment) that can be played to help users quickly identify the composition, allowing them to initiate actions like playback without needing to know the title or artist, and can be used in conjunction with visual displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the beginning of a composition is played to help users identify it, then users can locate compositions without knowing the title, but the beginning is less memorable and harder to recognize, increasing the time needed to identify the correct composition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the most recognizable portion (recognition segment) from each composition and separates it from the beginning intro. This recognition segment is then used specifically for identification purposes, while the beginning intro remains for actual playback. This extraction resolves the contradiction by using the most memorable part for quick identification rather than the less memorable beginning.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides each composition into distinct segments: the beginning intro, the recognition segment (most recognizable portion), and the remainder of the composition. This segmentation allows the system to play only the relevant recognition segment for identification, reducing the time users need to spend listening to entire compositions or less memorable intros.
2Ease of operation
If users manually navigate through compositions using forward and backward controls, then they can find compositions without knowing the title, but they must listen to significant portions of each composition to determine if it is the desired one
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-selecting and storing the most recognizable portions (recognition segments) of each composition before the user needs to search. When users search for a composition, these pre-prepared recognition segments are immediately available for playback, eliminating the need for users to listen to entire compositions or wait for recognizable parts to occur naturally during manual navigation.
3Measurement precision
If users rely on visual display and textual information to locate compositions, then they can identify compositions by title and artist, but they cannot quickly find compositions when uncertain of the textual information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the audio recognition system universal by enabling it to work alongside the existing visual display system. Users can switch between visual identification (when they know the title) and audio recognition (when they are uncertain). The recognition segments are integrated into the existing user interface, allowing the system to serve multiple functions: precise identification via text and quick identification via audio, resolving the contradiction between precision and versatility.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus and system that enables a user to find and act-upon a sound-containing composition, in a group of compositions. One or more sound-segments, which are intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition sound-segment may include a portion of its associated composition, which is more recognizable to users than the beginning part of its associated composition. 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.