Advances in technology, such as MP3 players, the Internet and DVDs,have led to the production, storage and distribution of a wealth ofaudio signals, including speech, music and more general soundsignals and their combinations. MPEG-7 audio tools were created toenable the navigation of this data, by providing an establishedframework for effective multimedia management. MPEG-7 Audio andBeyond: Audio Content Indexing and Retrieval is a uniqueinsight into the technology, covering the following topics:
* the fundamentals of MPEG-7 audio, principally low-leveldescriptors and sound classification and similarity;
* spoken content description, and timbre, melody and tempo musicdescription tools;
* existing MPEG-7 applications and those currently beingdeveloped;
* examples of audio technology beyond the scope of MPEG-7.
Essential reading for practising electronic and communicationsengineers designing and implementing MPEG-7 compliant systems, thisbook will also be a useful reference for researchers and graduatestudents working with multimedia database technology.
Hyoung-Gook Kim
Audio & Speech Processing & Broadcasting Audio-, Sprachverarbeitung u. Übertragung Bildgebende Systeme u. Verfahren Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Imaging Systems & Technology MPEG-7 MPEG-Standard Signal Processing Signalverarbeitung