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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
John C. Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Port Richey, FL (US);
Inventors:
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
John C. Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Port Richey, FL (US);
Assignee:
Nielsen Media Research, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining whether a television is on and in as near proximity are provided. An example system includes a sensor, an analog-to-digital converter, and a digital signal processor. The digital signal processor processes a set of digital audio samples detected by the sensor to determine if the sensor is in near proximity to a television in an on state.