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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel J. Nelson, Port Richey, FL (US);
John C Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Nelson, Port Richey, FL (US);
John C Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
Nielsen Media Research, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary 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 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.