Method of Characterizing the Overlap of Two Media Segments
    1.
    发明申请
    Method of Characterizing the Overlap of Two Media Segments 有权
    表征两个介质段重叠的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080091366A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-17

    申请号:US11629393

    申请日:2005-06-24

    申请人: Avery Wang

    发明人: Avery Wang

    IPC分类号: G01R13/00

    CPC分类号: H04H20/14 H04H60/37 H04H60/58

    摘要: A method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments is provided. In an instance where there is some amount of overlap of a file and a data sample, the file could be an excerpt of an original file and begin and end within the data sample. By matching identified features of the file with identified features of the data sample, a beginning and ending time of a portion of the file that is within the data sample can be determined. Using these times, a length of the file within the data sample can also be determined

    摘要翻译: 提供了表征两个介质段的重叠的方法。 在文件和数据样本有一些重叠的情况下,该文件可能是原始文件的摘录,并在数据样本中开始和结束。 通过将文件的识别特征与识别的数据样本的特征进行匹配,可以确定数据样本内的文件的一部分的开始和结束时间。 使用这些时间,也可以确定数据样本中文件的长度

    Method and apparatus for identificaton of broadcast source
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for identificaton of broadcast source 有权
    广播来源识别方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070143777A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-21

    申请号:US10589543

    申请日:2005-02-18

    申请人: Avery Wang

    发明人: Avery Wang

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16 H04H9/00

    摘要: A user (102) hears an audio program being broadcast and can record a sample of the audio. The sample is then conveyed to an analyzing means (106) to determine to which broadcast station the user is listening. The analyzing means monitors many broadcast channels. Thus, characteristics of the audio sample and samples taken from the broadcast channels can be compared to find a match. Broadcast information pertaining to the broadcast channel from which the match was found may then be reported back to the user, combined with an advertisement of a promotion, prize notification, discount offers, and other information specific for a certain radio station for example.

    摘要翻译: 用户(102)听到正在广播的音频节目并且可以记录音频的样本。 然后将样本传送到分析装置(106)以确定用户正在收听哪个广播台。 分析装置监视许多广播频道。 因此,可以比较从广播频道获取的音频样本和样本的特征以找到匹配。 然后可以结合宣传广告,奖品通知,折扣优惠以及特定于某个无线电台的其他信息,将与发现匹配的广播频道有关的广播信息报告给用户。

    Robust and invariant audio pattern matching
    3.
    发明授权
    Robust and invariant audio pattern matching 有权
    稳健和不变的音频模式匹配

    公开(公告)号:US07627477B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-01

    申请号:US10978313

    申请日:2004-10-21

    IPC分类号: G10L21/00

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种创新的技术,用于快速准确地确定两个音频样本是否匹配,以及对诸如播放速度变化的各种变换的免疫。 两个音频样本之间的关系的特征在于首先匹配从相应样本导出的某些指纹对象。 为每个音频样本(210)生成每个发生在特定位置(242)的指纹对象(231,232)的集合(230)。 根据相应音频样本(210)的内容确定每个位置(242),并且每个指纹对象(232)在相应的特定位置(242)处或附近表征一个或多个局部特征(222)。 接下来确定每对匹配的指纹对象的相对值。 然后生成相对值的直方图。 如果发现统计学显着的峰值,则可以将两个音频样本表征为基本匹配。

    Method and System For Content Sampling and Identification
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and System For Content Sampling and Identification 有权
    内容抽样与识别方法与系统

    公开(公告)号:US20080154401A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-26

    申请号:US11547996

    申请日:2005-04-19

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00 G06F13/00

    摘要: A method and system for content sampling (106) and identification is presented. A data stream is recorded, and samples of the stream are identified. Samples (106) can be initially taken at random for identification. Once a sample (106) is identified and segmented within the data stream, the next time to sample (106) may be calculated to be outside the time frame of the identified sample (106). Thus, the sampling period can be adaptively adjusted to be at times after identified tracks.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种内容抽样(106)和识别的方法和系统。 记录数据流,并识别流的样本。 样品(106)可以最初随机进行鉴定。 一旦样本(106)在数据流内被识别和分段,则下一次采样(106)可被计算为在识别的样本(106)的时间范围之外。 因此,采样周期可以被自适应地调整为在所识别的轨迹之后的时间。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BROADCAST SOURCE
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BROADCAST SOURCE 有权
    用于识别广播源的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110244784A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-06

    申请号:US13164069

    申请日:2011-06-20

    IPC分类号: H04H60/61

    摘要: A user (102) hears an audio program being broadcast and can record a sample of the audio. The sample is then conveyed to an analyzing means (106) to determine to which broadcast station the user is listening. The analyzing means monitors many broadcast channels. Thus, characteristics of the audio sample and samples taken from the broadcast channels can be compared to find a match. Broadcast information pertaining to the broadcast channel from which the match was found may then be reported back to the user, combined with an advertisement of a promotion, prize notification, discount offers, and other information specific for a certain radio station for example.

    摘要翻译: 用户(102)听到正在广播的音频节目并且可以记录音频的样本。 然后将样本传送到分析装置(106)以确定用户正在收听哪个广播台。 分析装置监视许多广播频道。 因此,可以比较从广播频道获取的音频样本和样本的特征以找到匹配。 然后可以结合宣传广告,奖品通知,折扣优惠以及特定于某个无线电台的其他信息,将与发现匹配的广播频道有关的广播信息报告给用户。

    Method and apparatus for identificaton of broadcast source
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for identificaton of broadcast source 有权
    广播来源识别方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07986913B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-26

    申请号:US10589543

    申请日:2005-02-18

    IPC分类号: H04H60/29 H04H60/35 H04H60/58

    摘要: A user (102) hears an audio program being broadcast and can record a sample of the audio. The sample is then conveyed to an analyzing means (106) to determine to which broadcast station the user is listening. The analyzing means monitors many broadcast channels. Thus, characteristics of the audio sample and samples taken from the broadcast channels can be compared to find a match. Broadcast information pertaining to the broadcast channel from which the match was found may then be reported back to the user, combined with an advertisement of a promotion, prize notification, discount offers, and other information specific for a certain radio station for example.

    摘要翻译: 用户(102)听到正在广播的音频节目并且可以记录音频的样本。 然后将样本传送到分析装置(106)以确定用户正在收听哪个广播台。 分析装置监视许多广播频道。 因此,可以比较从广播频道获取的音频样本和样本的特征以找到匹配。 然后可以结合宣传广告,奖品通知,折扣优惠以及特定于某个无线电台的其他信息,将与发现匹配的广播频道有关的广播信息报告给用户。

    Method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments
    7.
    发明授权
    Method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments 有权
    表征两个媒体片段重叠的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07739062B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-15

    申请号:US11629393

    申请日:2005-06-24

    IPC分类号: G01R13/00

    CPC分类号: H04H20/14 H04H60/37 H04H60/58

    摘要: A method of characterizing the overlap of two media segments is provided. In an instance where there is some amount of overlap of a file and a data sample, the file could be an excerpt of an original file and begin and end within the data sample. By matching identified features of the file with identified features of the data sample, a beginning and ending time of a portion of the file that is within the data sample can be determined. Using these times, a length of the file within the data sample can also be determined.

    摘要翻译: 提供了表征两个介质段的重叠的方法。 在文件和数据样本有一些重叠的情况下,该文件可能是原始文件的摘录,并在数据样本中开始和结束。 通过将文件的识别特征与识别的数据样本的特征进行匹配,可以确定数据样本内的文件的一部分的开始和结束时间。 使用这些时间,也可以确定数据样本中文件的长度。

    Device for monitoring multiple broadcast signals
    9.
    发明授权
    Device for monitoring multiple broadcast signals 有权
    用于监控多个广播信号的装置

    公开(公告)号:US07840177B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-23

    申请号:US11752629

    申请日:2007-05-23

    IPC分类号: H04H1/00

    CPC分类号: H03J1/0008 H04B1/1646

    摘要: A media content monitoring system uses a rack adapted to receive multiple carrier boards to improve the system's ability to be configured to specific applications. Each carrier board contains tuner modules for receiving AM/FM broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, TV audio broadcasts, HD, IBOC, DAB and DRM digital radio broadcasts, etc. The tuner modules produce a USB output that is combined by a USB hub on the carrier boards into a single USB output. The carrier board outputs are in turn combined by a rack based USB hub into single USB output that is provided to a host computer. The host computer includes content identification software that automatically identifies selected media content received by the tuner modules and stores the selected content in a database. The host computer can send control codes to the tuner modules to alter their reception parameters.

    摘要翻译: 媒体内容监控系统使用适于接收多个载板的机架,以提高系统配置为特定应用的能力。 每个载板包括用于接收AM / FM广播,卫星无线电广播,TV音频广播,HD,IBOC,DAB和DRM数字无线电广播等的调谐器模块。调谐器模块产生USB输出,其由USB集线器组合在 载板进入单个USB输出。 载波板输出又由基于机架的USB集线器组合成提供给主机的单个USB输出。 主计算机包括内容识别软件,其自动识别由调谐器模块接收的所选择的媒体内容,并将选择的内容存储在数据库中。 主机可以向调谐器模块发送控制代码以改变它们的接收参数。