公开(公告)号：US11671821B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17839190

申请日：2022-06-13

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Christen V. Nielsen ,  James J. Vitt ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Douglas Brent Turnbow

IPC: H04W8/20 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H04W8/22

CPC classification number: H04W8/20 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04R29/004 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04H2201/50

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to update audio sensor configuration are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: in response to detection of an update to audio sensor configuration, identify a plurality of potential audio sensor configurations to be used to receive audio, select respective ones of the identified potential audio sensor configurations for testing, determine signal-to-noise ratios corresponding to each of the selected ones of the potential audio sensor configurations, select the greatest signal-to-noise ratio of the signal-to-noise ratios, compare the greatest signal-to-noise ratio value and a noise ratio change threshold, and in response to the selected greatest signal-to-noise ratio value exceeding the noise ratio change threshold, update a configuration memory to cause use of the potential audio sensor configuration corresponding to the selected greatest signal-to-noise ratio.

公开(公告)号：US20190007729A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-03

申请号：US15640043

申请日：2017-06-30

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Ronan Heffernan

IPC: H04N21/439 ,  H04H60/66 ,  G10L19/018

CPC classification number: H04N21/4394 ,  G10L19/018 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N2017/006

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to detect audio engineering problems using identification of isolated watermarks are disclosed herein. Disclosed example methods include identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, isolated watermarks in a first set of detected watermarks obtained from first media monitored at a first site. Disclosed example methods further include determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a problem has been detected with the first media associated with the first set of detected watermarks in response to a first number of isolated watermarks identified in the first set of detected watermarks satisfying a first threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20180255351A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15973080

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Jan Besehanic

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04N21/8358

CPC classification number: H04N21/44213 ,  G06K9/00744 ,  G06K2209/03 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a video retriever to retrieve an image displayed by a media device presenting the streaming media, the media device separate from the video retriever. A metadata extractor is to extract a video watermark from the retrieved image. A metadata converter is to, in response to the extraction of the video watermark, convert the video watermark into text formatted metadata. A transmitter is to transmit the text formatted metadata to a central facility.

公开(公告)号：US20180176640A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15865958

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Mark Eyer ,  Paul Hearty

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/236 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04H60/73

CPC classification number: H04N21/44008 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/23614 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.

公开(公告)号：US09912986B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US14741168

申请日：2015-06-16

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Mark Eyer ,  Paul Hearty

IPC: H04N21/4408 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/236 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04H60/73

CPC classification number: H04N21/44008 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/23614 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.

公开(公告)号：US20180027306A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15711089

申请日：2017-09-21

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Seungjoo AN ,  Kyoungsoo MOON ,  Jinwon LEE ,  Woosuk KO ,  Sejin OH ,  Donghyun KANG ,  Sungryong HONG

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/41

CPC classification number: H04N21/8133 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/2383 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: A method of providing a broadcast content, comprising: receiving a broadcast content from an external input source, the broadcast content derived from a broadcast stream, wherein the broadcast content includes a plurality of watermarks carrying fragments of full watermark information, wherein the full watermark information includes first URL data and second URL data, the first URL data including signaling bits which identify a portion of a final URL, the second URL data including the rest of the final URL, wherein values of the signaling bits are pre-assigned to specific URL strings, wherein the full watermark information further includes type information and point information, the type information specifying type of a corresponding watermark, and the point information identifying where the corresponding watermark is embedded in the broadcast content; extracting the watermarks from the broadcast content; re-assembling the full watermark information using the watermarks.

公开(公告)号：US20170374546A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：US15192666

申请日：2016-06-24

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Christen V. Nielsen ,  James J. Vitt ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Douglas Brent Turnbow

IPC: H04W8/20 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04R29/00

CPC classification number: H04W8/20 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04R29/004 ,  H04W8/22

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform audio sensor selection in an audience metering device are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a plurality of audio sensor configurations supported by the audience metering device. A first quality metric of a first media identifier determined from first audio received via a first one of the audio sensor configurations is computed. A second quality metric of a second media identifier determined from second audio received via a second one of the audio sensor configurations is computed. One of the first one of the audio sensor configurations or the second one of the audio sensor configurations is selected based on a comparison of the first quality metric and the second quality metric. Media monitoring is performed at the audience metering device using the selected one of the audio sensor configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20170371960A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：US15698373

申请日：2017-09-07

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/58 ,  G11B20/10

CPC classification number: G06F16/683 ,  G11B20/10 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H2201/50

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to audio watermarking and watermark detection and extracted are described herein. Disclosed example methods to decode a watermark from an audio signal include averaging a second sequence of audio samples stored in a buffer with a first sequence of audio samples stored in the buffer to determine an averaged sequence of audio samples, the second sequence of audio samples being related to the first sequence of audio samples based on a repetition period associated with watermark data of the watermark to be decoded. Disclosed example methods also include determining whether to enable a stacker. Disclosed example methods further include, in response to the stacker being enabled, decoding the watermark from the averaged sequence of audio samples, and in response to the stacker being disabled, decoding the watermark from the first sequence of audio samples.

公开(公告)号：US20170323277A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15601936

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: Zarbaña Digital Fund LLC

Inventor： Charles Eric Hunter ,  Bernard L. Ballou, Jr. ,  Kelly C. Sparks ,  John H. Hebrank

IPC: G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/6334 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N7/16 ,  G07F17/00 ,  G11B27/031 ,  H04H20/40 ,  H04H60/06 ,  H04H60/17 ,  H04H60/21 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/63 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04H20/74 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/18 ,  H04H60/22 ,  H04H60/23 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H20/08 ,  H04H20/16 ,  H04H60/98 ,  H04H60/11

CPC classification number: G06Q20/1235 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F17/0014 ,  G11B27/031 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B2220/2529 ,  G11B2220/2545 ,  G11B2220/2562 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  H04H20/08 ,  H04H20/16 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/40 ,  H04H20/74 ,  H04H60/06 ,  H04H60/11 ,  H04H60/17 ,  H04H60/18 ,  H04H60/21 ,  H04H60/22 ,  H04H60/23 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/63 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/98 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/63345 ,  H04N21/8106 ,  H04N21/8113 ,  H04N21/8355

Abstract: Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to playback for their enjoyment. An antipiracy WID tag is woven into the recorded music so that any illegal copies therefrom may be traced to the purchase transaction. Music is transmitted on a fixed schedule or through an active scheduling process that monitors music requests from all or a subset of satellite receivers and adjusts scheduling according to demand for various CD's. Receivers store selections that are likely to be preferred by a specific customer. In those instances where weather conditions, motion of atmospheric layers or dish obstructions result in data loss, the system downloads the next transmission of the requested CD and uses both transmissions to produce a “good copy”. In conjunction with the blanket transmission of more popular music, an automated CD manufacturing facility may be provided to manufacture CD's that are not frequently requested and distribute them by ground transportation.

公开(公告)号：US09800952B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US15101365

申请日：2014-12-01

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Seungjoo An ,  Kyoungsoo Moon ,  Jinwon Lee ,  Woosuk Ko ,  Sejin Oh ,  Donghyun Kang ,  Sungryong Hong

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/2383 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04N21/8547

CPC classification number: H04N21/8133 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/2383 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, receiving an uncompressed broadcast content from an external receiving unit, wherein an watermark is embedded in a frame of the uncompressed broadcast content; extracting the embedded watermark from the uncompressed broadcast content; parsing the extracted watermark; generating an URL by using information in the parsed watermark; and launching an application by using the generated URL, wherein the application provides the interactive services related to the uncompressed broadcast content.