Robust and invariant audio pattern matching
US7627477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides an innovative technique for rapidly and accurately determining whether two audio samples match, as well as being immune to various kinds of transformations, such as playback speed variation. The relationship between the two audio samples is characterized by first matching certain fingerprint objects derived from the respective samples. A set (230) of fingerprint objects (231,232), each occurring at a particular location (242), is generated for each audio sample (210). Each location (242) is determined in dependence upon the content of the respective audio sample (210) and each fingerprint object (232) characterizes one or more local features (222) at or near the respective particular location (242). A relative value is next determined for each pair of matched fingerprint objects. A histogram of the relative values is then generated. If a statistically significant peak is found, the two audio samples can be characterized as substantially matching.
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