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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

James Joseph Vitt, Oldsmar, FL (US);

Sachin Suresh Nilugal, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04H 60/45 (2008.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); G06G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2013.01); H04H 60/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); G06G 1/04 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example meters disclosed herein include a prompting indicator to emit a prompt for user input. Disclosed example meters also include a controller to determine whether the meter is to transition to a first prompting mode, or whether the meter is to transition to a second prompting mode different from the first prompting mode, the meter to be able to operate in at least a quiet mode, the first prompting mode or the second prompting mode. The controller is also to activate the prompting indicator and a light projector when the meter is to transition to the second prompting mode, the light projector to project light. The controller is further to activate the prompting indicator, but not activate the light projector, when the meter is to transition to the first prompting mode.


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