A music database system with content analysis and visualization mechanisms

Sahori Imai, Shuichi Kurabayashi, Yasushi Kiyoki

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a music search system that offers query-by-multimedia mechanisms for constructing a database query as a combination of musical data such as music data, attributes of music, several impressive colors, and keyword tags. This system provides a query construction model to generate sequential query conditions for evaluating time-dependent status of the musical contents. Queries of this system consist of multiple query conditions that are sequentially located on the timeline of target music data. The system provides a set of operators to construct the query by combining multiple multimedia data. Our query construction model allows characterizing the significance of music data, through the combination of multimedia data. A unique feature of this system is that it offers a sophisticated music database environment including a GUI system for a query editor and a result browser. Our GUI system has customizable visualization mechanisms that make it possible to display continuous contents such as our queries and music data. We clarify the feasibility of the system by showing several experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIASTED International Symposium on Distributed and Intelligent Multimedia Systems, DIMS 2008
Pages455-460
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Dec 1
EventIASTED International Symposium on Distributed and Intelligent Multimedia Systems, DIMS 2008 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 2008 Nov 162008 Nov 18

Publication series

NameIASTED International Symposium on Distributed and Intelligent Multimedia Systems, DIMS 2008

Conference

ConferenceIASTED International Symposium on Distributed and Intelligent Multimedia Systems, DIMS 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period08/11/1608/11/18

Keywords

  • Database visualization
  • Multimedia database
  • Music database
  • Query-by-multimedia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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