KR20040110291A - Method and System of Music Information Identification - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a music checking method and system, comprising: a music input step of generating output music data by analyzing the input music when the music being output from the user terminal is input through a telephone network, and storing the output music data; A music analysis step of comparing and searching the output music data with previously stored music information data to generate information on the output music including the song name, lyrics, and singer of the output music; And a music transmitting step of transmitting the information about the output music to the user terminal.

According to the present invention, the user can accurately and accurately search for information such as song names, singers, and lyrics about music transmitted from broadcasting stations in real time, and can easily use the searched music as a cell phone ringtone, call waiting sound, and background music of voice messages. do.

Description

Method and System of Music Information Identification

The present invention is a method and system for checking music information, and more particularly, a music information checking method for receiving music output from a radio or a TV through a telephone or a mobile phone, and transmitting information such as song name, singer, lyrics, etc. of the corresponding music to a user. And to the system.

Music is an important leisure tool that purifies people's emotions and relieves the stress of modern life. People use a variety of devices such as radio, audio, TV, etc. to listen to music in their lives, and various digital sound output devices such as CD players and MD players are also widely used.

A feature of digital audio output devices is that unlike conventional analog audio output devices such as radio, it is possible to output a variety of information, such as song name, singer, lyrics, song length of the currently output music.

Therefore, it is easy to grasp the music coming out through the output device, it is very convenient to collect information in the process of purchasing a record containing the song, or to investigate the popularity by recording the broadcast number of the song.

However, this operation is almost impossible in analog sound output devices such as radios and TVs, and it was inevitable to listen to and remember the music information from the radio DJ or MC, and to grasp the music based on the information.

In order to solve this inconvenience, technologies for providing a mobile phone ringtone service have been provided by searching for broadcast information transmitted from a broadcasting station, extracting music information, and transmitting it to a user who wants to use it as a ringtone of a mobile phone.

However, such a conventional technology is a method of storing information about music coming out through a radio in a server in advance and searching for music to provide ringtone sound source data, and directly analyzing music output through a speaker to accurately analyze the music. It does not provide music information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, extracts the voiceprint of the music output from the radio, etc., generates a music gene corresponding thereto, and then matches the music that is output from the prestored music based on this. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for checking music information that extracts information about a transmission to a user.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to extract the music information by analyzing the music output from the radio, etc., and then transmit the sound source data to the designated mobile phone, etc. to use the music as a mobile phone ringtone, call waiting sound, voice message buggy music, etc. It is to provide an additional service.

1 is a block diagram showing a connection state of the music information confirmation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation system.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a music comparison method through music gene extraction using HMM.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of music confirmation method using the confirmation system.

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a confirmation system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention for solving the above problems, as a music information checking method, when the music being output from the user terminal through the telephone network is input, analyzes the input music to generate the output music data, and stores the output music data A music input step; A music analysis step of comparing and searching the output music data with previously stored music information data to generate information on the output music including the song name, lyrics, and singer of the output music; And a music transmitting step of transmitting the information about the output music to the user terminal.

Here, the user terminal includes a terminal capable of outputting music, including audio, radio, and TV.

The music input step may include extracting voiceprints of a plurality of prestored music and generating music information data based on a music gene extracted from the voiceprint; Extracting a voiceprint of the output music, extracting a music gene from the voiceprint, and generating output music data recorded according to the order of the output music; wherein the music analysis step includes the music information data and the The music genes of the output music data are compared with each other, and the information on the music having the same music gene as the output music may be called.

The present invention may further include an additional service providing step of providing a service of a designated method by calling prestored music information when a request for providing an additional service for the output music is input from the user terminal.

The additional service is a service for transmitting the sound source data of the output music to a specified mobile phone to use the output music as a ringtone, the output music as a call waiting sound, or to use the output music as a background music of a voice message. It is characterized in that any one or more than one.

The additional service may include a service for transmitting broadcast information recorded by counting the number of broadcasts of the output music to any one or more of a broadcasting station, a record sales company, and a record production association through the Internet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a music information checking system, which extracts a plurality of music gates, generates music information data based on a music gene extracted from the gates, and inputs them through a telephone. Extracts the voiceprint of the output music and extracts the music gene from the voiceprint to generate the output music data recorded according to the order of the output music, and compares the music gene of the output music data and the music information data with the output music A music information analysis module for calling information on music having the same music gene as; And a music information DB for storing the music information data and the output music data.

The present invention further includes a broadcast information DB for storing broadcast information including a song name, lyrics, and singer for the music generated by analyzing the music transmitted from a broadcasting station by the music information analysis module. When a user connected to the confirmation system inputs a broadcast channel and a broadcast time, the broadcast information is transmitted to the user.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the present invention.

Example 1

1 is a block diagram showing a connection state of a music information checking system (hereinafter referred to as "checking system") according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Various music transmitted by the broadcasting station 500 is output by the audio output device 200 such as audio, radio, and TV. When the user inputs the music using the telephone 300, the user checks through the telephone network 400. Is entered into the system 100.

The sound output device 200 includes a CD player, an MD player, a PC, etc., in addition to the above-described devices, and includes all devices that receive sound source data from a broadcasting station or other storage medium and output the sound as a human audible sound.

The phone 300 refers to a general phone capable of voice input, and includes a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a PCS, and a PDA.

The telephone network 400 is a concept including both wired and wireless telephone networks, and refers to a data communication network capable of transmitting voice data.

The broadcasting station 500 is a program provider for transmitting music or video, and includes all of TV broadcasting stations, radio broadcasting stations, cable broadcasting stations, and the like.

The confirmation system 100 may be connected to the telephone network 400 to receive voice data about music, and may be connected to the broadcasting station 500 through a network to receive broadcast information.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the confirmation system 100, and the main components of the confirmation system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

The confirmation system 100 includes a web server 110, a member information management module 120, a member information DB 130, a music information analysis module 140, a music information DB 150, a cost payment management module 160, Cost information DB 170 is included.

The web server 110 allows the identification system 100 to access the telephone network 400 to exchange music information with voice data. In addition, the mobile phone ringtone or call waiting sound is transmitted to the designated mobile phone of the user who decided the music.

The member information management module 120 requests user registration information from a user who is connected to use the verification system 100, and stores user information when the user inputs personal information and the like, and then performs a user authentication operation. A user who is registered as a member is given an ID and password and used as an identification number when accessing the confirmation system 100.

The member information DB 130 stores the personal information input by the user who has registered as a member, and transmits it to the member information management module 120 when the user requests a connection.

The music information analysis module 140 searches for music stored in the confirmation system 100 when the acoustic data of the music output from the sound output device 200 is input through the phone 300 and the telephone network 400. If found, it is sent to the user.

There are various methods of searching for the same music by analyzing the input music, but the present invention uses a method of generating an audio DNA using audio fingerprinting.

By analyzing the output waveform of the input music, extracting the gates, and generating and recording music genes matching the extracted gates, the information about the music can be made like the DNA information of the organism. By comparing the data created in this way it is possible to determine the identity of the music, even if the user inputs only a part of the music it is possible to grasp the information of the entire music by searching for the music including the part.

Techniques for using the HMM (Hidden Markov Model) method to create music genes include papers such as "Robust Sound Modeling for Song Detection in Broadcast Audio" (Pedro Cano et al.) Published by the Audio Engineering Society in April 2002. Is disclosed.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a music comparison method through music gene extraction using HMM.

In order to search for music, a plurality of music 10 is analyzed in advance to extract a glottal gate, a sound amplitude and a vector value are calculated, and a music gene of a type such as living DNA is created. At the same time, music information such as song names and sound source data are simultaneously stored in a database.

When the user inputs a sample of the music 20 to be compared, the user can search for accurate information of the sample music 20 by extracting the voiceprint, creating a music gene, and comparing it with the music gene of the pre-stored music 10. Will be.

There are various methods of analyzing music by using the gates and music genes, in addition to the above-described HMM, and it is possible to analyze music using other methods.

Thus, the subject matter of the present invention is not limited to those using the HMM described above, but also includes generating music genes by analyzing music in other ways.

The music information DB 150 stores music information data generated by generating music gene information for a plurality of music, and music information such as song names, singers, lyrics, etc. of the corresponding music, and from the music input through the phone 300. Music gene information of the generated output music is generated to store the output music data.

If the user wants to use the additional service, the cost payment management module 160 uses the account information, credit card information, purchase amount information, etc. necessary to pay for the corresponding service from the financial institution (not shown). Pay the cost.

The cost information DB 170 stores information necessary for payment of a service cost.

4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the music confirmation method using the confirmation system 100, which will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a user who wants to use information about music by using the confirmation system 100 inputs personal information using a method such as Internet, ARS, or mail, and then registers as a member. (S100) Member information management module ( 120 stores the input personal information in the member information DB 130, wherein the stored personal information is used as login information when the user later accesses the confirmation system 100.

When the user listens to music using a sound output device 200 such as audio and meets a favorite music, the user connects to the confirmation system 100 using the phone 300 and inputs the output music. In this case, the music input is performed by directly contacting the voice input unit of the phone 300 to the speaker unit of the sound output apparatus 200 to directly deliver the output music.

The music information analysis module 140 extracts the voiceprint of the output music input to the confirmation system 100 and records the music gene to generate the output music data, and then calls the music information data stored in the music information DB 150. Compare the output music data to check the information such as the song name, singer, etc. of the output music (S104).

Next, the music information analysis module 140 calls the music information of the music corresponding to the output music (S106) and transmits it to the terminal designated by the user (S108).

The terminal here includes all devices capable of transmitting and receiving data such as a PC, a mobile phone, a PCS, a PDA, and the like. The transmission method is a text message using SMS, a phone call using ARS, an e-mail via the Internet, or a confirmation system 100. The operator may call the user directly and notify the user.

In addition, the confirmation system 100 can easily and accurately determine how many times the music has been broadcasted by transmitting the analysis information on the output music to the broadcasting station 500, record sales company or record production association (not shown) As a result, the record sales company can accurately grasp the popularity of the music, which can be used to establish future marketing strategies.

In addition, the record production association can know exactly how many times the music of a particular singer appeared on the broadcast, so that it can be used to calculate or claim copyright fees.

The web server determines whether the user wants the additional service, and when a request for providing the additional service is input from the user (S110), the web server provides an interface for selecting the additional service type so that the user can select the type of the additional service. (S112)

Additional services include ringtone downloads, call waiting sounds, music letters, and music purchases.

Ringtone download refers to a service that transmits the sound source data to the cell phone designated by the user in order to use the sound source data of the music selected by the user as the ring tone of the cell phone. Refers to a service that transmits sound source data to a mobile phone designated by a user.

In addition, the music letter refers to a service that transmits sound source data so that the user can use it as background music when sending a voice message to another user or transmit only music to another user.

On the other hand, when the user obtains information about the output music to be checked, the user can grasp the record containing the music, so that the user can easily purchase the record by placing an order on the record manufacturer with a mobile phone.

The contents of the additional service may be applied to various fields in addition to the above.

When the user applies for the additional service, the cost payment management module 160 connects to a financial institution and the like based on the cost information about the user stored in the cost information DB 170 and pays the cost for the additional service.

Example 2

5 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which will be described with reference to this.

In this embodiment, the confirmation system has the same configuration as the existing confirmation system, and further includes a broadcast information DB (180).

The broadcast information DB 180 stores music information obtained by analyzing music transmitted from the broadcasting station 500. That is, the music output through the sound output device 200 through the telephone network, a network or a direct speaker to input the sound, the music information analysis module 140 analyzes the music information, such as song names, singers, lyrics The information is stored in the broadcast information DB 180 along with the broadcast time.

When the user accesses the confirmation system 100 through the ARS, the user inputs information such as a broadcast channel and a broadcast time through an automatic response. When such information is input, the music information analysis module 140 calls the broadcast information stored in the broadcast information DB 180, and provides the web server 110 with information about music corresponding to the broadcast channel and broadcast time input by the user. Send it to the user.

Meanwhile, the music information analysis module 140 may output a sample of music stored in the broadcast information DB 180 to the user through the ARS, and deliver information about the music when the user selects one of the samples.

In this manner, the user can easily grasp information on music transmitted from the broadcasting station 500, and can conveniently use various additional services.

In addition, since the music output from the broadcast station can be accurately identified in real time, it is possible to determine the number of broadcasts of a particular music, it is possible to proceed to the exact popular music research according to the user's selection.

Although the music confirmation method and system according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

As described above, according to the music confirmation method and system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can easily and accurately grasp the music from the radio or TV, so that the user can easily listen to the music they want or purchase the record.

In addition, his favorite music can be searched in real time and used as a ringtone, a call waiting sound, or a background music of a voice message.

In addition, by analyzing the data transmitted from the broadcasting station in real time and data can be accurately identified the number of broadcasts, it is possible to accurately investigate the popularity and accurate calculation of the royalty.

Claims (8)

A music input step of generating output music data by analyzing the input music when the music being output from the user terminal is input through a telephone network, and storing the output music data; A music analysis step of comparing and searching the output music data with previously stored music information data to generate information on the output music including the song name, lyrics, and singer of the output music; Music information transmitting method for transmitting the information about the output music to the user terminal. The method of claim 1, The user terminal comprises a terminal capable of outputting music, including audio, radio, TV. The method of claim 2, The music input step Extracting voiceprints of a plurality of music stored in advance, and generating music information data based on a music gene extracted from the voiceprint; Extracting a voiceprint of the output music, extracting a music gene from the voiceprint, and generating output music data recorded according to the order of the output music; The music analysis step of comparing the music information data and the music gene of the output music data, music information confirmation method, characterized in that for calling the information about the music having the same music gene as the output music. The method of claim 3, And an additional service providing step of providing a service of a specified type by calling prestored music information when a request for providing an additional service for the output music is input from the user terminal. The method of claim 4 The additional service is to transmit the sound source data of the output music to the designated mobile phone in order to use the output music as a ringtone, use the output music as a call waiting sound, or use the output music as a background music of the voice message Music information confirmation method characterized in that any one or more than one. The method of claim 5 The additional service includes a service for transmitting the broadcast information recorded by counting the number of broadcasts of the output music to any one or more of a broadcasting station, a record sales company, a record production association through the Internet. A system for receiving music output from a music output device through a telephone network and analyzing the information about the music, Extract the voiceprints of a plurality of music and generate music information data based on the music genes extracted from the voiceprints, extract the voiceprints of the output music input through the phone, and extract the music genes from the voiceprints and proceed with the output music. A music information analysis module for generating the output music data recorded according to the plurality of music information, and comparing the music genes of the output music data with the music information data and calling information on music having the same music gene as the output music; And a music information DB for storing the music information data and the output music data. The method of claim 7, wherein And a broadcast information DB for storing broadcast information including song names, lyrics, and singers for the music generated by the music information analysis module analyzing the music transmitted from a broadcasting station. The music information confirmation system transmits the broadcast information to the user when a user who accesses the confirmation system through the ARS inputs a broadcast channel and a broadcast time.