Apparatus and method for segmentation of audio data into meta patterns

摘要

An audio data segmentation apparatus (1) for segmenting of audio data comprises audio data input means (2) for supplying audio data, audio data clipping means (3) for dividing the audio data supplied by the audio data input means (2) into audio clips of a predetermined length, class discrimination means (4) for discriminating the audio clips supplied by the audio data clipping means (3) into predetermined audio classes, the audio classes identifying a kind of audio data included in the respective audio clip and segmenting means (11) for segmenting the audio data into audio meta patterns based on a sequence of audio classes of consecutive audio clips, each meta pattern being allocated to a predetermined type of contents of the audio data.