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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Alan Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
John Stavropoulos, Edison, NJ (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to determine semantic information for audio are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to process an audio signal obtained by a media device to determine values of a plurality of features that are characteristic of the audio signal, compare the values of the plurality of features to a first template having corresponding first ranges of the plurality of features to determine a first score, the first template associated with first semantic information, compare the values of the plurality of features to a second template having corresponding second ranges of the plurality of features to determine a second score, the second template associated with second semantic information, and associate the audio signal with at least one of the first semantic information or the second semantic information based on the first score and the second score.