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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
David Gish, Riverdale, NJ (US);
Sadhana Gupta, Columbia, MD (US);
Vladimir Kuznetsov, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Wendell D. Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement power efficient detection of watermarks in media signals are disclosed. Example watermark detection methods disclosed herein include initiating a first search interval in which to attempt to detect watermarks in a media signal. Disclosed example watermark detection methods also initiating a sleep mode upon expiration of the first search interval in response to no valid watermarks being detected during the first search interval. Disclosed example watermark detection methods further include, upon expiration of a first sleep interval after initiation of the sleep mode, initiating a second search interval.