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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:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

May. 12, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Bostjan Valencic, Koper, SI;

Igor Sotosek, Portoroz, SI;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); G01R 21/133 (2013.01); G01R 33/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and tangible computer readable storage media are disclosed to determine an operational status of a device. Disclosed example apparatus include memory and processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least measure with a first sensor, a first magnetic field in at least three dimensions, the first magnetic field including a device magnetic field caused by a wire attached to a device to supply electricity to the device, the first sensor proximately arranged to the wire, measure with a second sensor, a second magnetic field associated with an environment at least a first distance from the wire, and compare (a) the first magnetic field as measured by the first sensor arranged proximate to the wire and (b) the second magnetic field as measured by the second sensor.


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