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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Michael Alan Hicks, Clearwater, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect people are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a first human pulse waveform in first light information associated with a first one of a plurality of segments of an environment, the light information obtained from a light sensor. Generating a first presence indication in response to respective light information associated with a threshold amount of the segments proximate the first one of the segments includes the first human pulse waveform identified in the first one of the segments. Identifying a first location associated with a face in the environment using thermal imaging data from a thermal sensor. Adjusting a people count in response to the first location associated with the face not corresponding to a second location associated with the first presence indication.