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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Michael Jordan Liss, Maitland, FL (US);
Richard Lee Horner, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Charles Clinton Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
James Joseph Vitt, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine a power state of a device. An example apparatus includes a chart generator to determine respective counts for a plurality of measurements during a calibration period, the measurements indicative of an amount of power drawn by the device, the counts indicating respective numbers of times the respective measurements were detected. The example apparatus also includes a calculator to identify a first threshold based on at least one of the counts, and determine a second threshold. The example apparatus also includes a comparator to compare a measurement to the first threshold and to the second threshold, and a state detector to store an indication that the device is in an indeterminate state if the measurement is greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold.