公开(公告)号：US20140040929A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-06

申请号：US14047971

申请日：2013-10-07

申请人： Paul M. Mears ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Dan Nelson ,  Kevin K. Deng ,  John Peiffer

发明人： Paul M. Mears ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Dan Nelson ,  Kevin K. Deng ,  John Peiffer

IPC分类号： H04N21/475

CPC分类号： H04N21/4758 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/442

摘要： Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation are described herein. An example method includes detecting, at a base meter located in proximity to a media presentation device, registration information from a portable metering device within proximity of the base meter, the registration information identifying a user associated with the portable metering device. A content identifier associated with media presented by the media presentation device is determined. A polling query is sent to the portable metering device for presentation to the user. A response to the polling query, the registration information, and the content identifier are communicated to a data collection facility.

摘要翻译： 本文描述了收集与媒体呈现相关联的受众信息的方法和装置。 示例性方法包括在位于媒体呈现设备附近的基本计量器处检测来自便携式计量设备在基本计量表附近的注册信息，该注册信息标识与便携式计量设备相关联的用户。 确定与由媒体呈现设备呈现的媒体相关联的内容标识符。 轮询查询被发送到便携式计量装置以呈现给用户。 对轮询查询，注册信息和内容标识符的响应被传送到数据收集设施。

公开(公告)号：US20140020007A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-16

申请号：US14027964

申请日：2013-09-16

申请人： Paul M. Mears ,  Arun Ramaswamy

发明人： Paul M. Mears ,  Arun Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： H04N21/442

CPC分类号： H04N21/25808 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0203 ,  G06Q30/0245 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/241 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44213 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Methods and apparatus to adaptively gather audience information data are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus monitor system factor(s) and select one or more sensors from a plurality of sensors positioned to gather audience measurement data based on the monitored factor(s). Thus, the disclosed methods and apparatus adapt to the conditions they face by selecting an amount and/or type of audience measurement data they gather.

摘要翻译： 公开了适应性地收集观众信息数据的方法和装置。 所公开的方法和装置监测系统因素，并且从多个传感器中选择一个或多个传感器，所述多个传感器被定位成基于所监视的因子来收集观众测量数据。 因此，所公开的方法和装置通过选择他们收集的观众测量数据的数量和/或类型来适应他们所面临的条件。

公开(公告)号：US08600531B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US12266380

申请日：2008-11-06

申请人： Alexander Pavlovich Topchy ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

发明人： Alexander Pavlovich Topchy ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  H04R29/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/8358 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G10L25/48 ,  G11B27/28 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/442

摘要： Signaturing methods and apparatus as described. In one example, a signaturing method includes capturing an audio signal, applying a first window function to a portion of the captured audio signal to produce a first windowed audio block, applying a second window function to the portion of the captured audio signal to produce a second windowed audio block, determining a first characteristic of a band of frequencies in the first windowed audio block, determining a second characteristic of the band of frequencies in the second windowed audio block, comparing the first characteristic to the second characteristic, and assigning a signature bit representative of the portion of the captured audio signal based on the comparison of the first characteristic and the second characteristic. Other examples are described.

摘要翻译： 所述的标记方法和装置。 在一个示例中，签名方法包括捕获音频信号，将第一窗口功能应用于所捕获的音频信号的一部分以产生第一加窗音频块，将第二窗口功能应用于所捕获的音频信号的该部分以产生 确定第一窗口化音频块中的频带的第一特性，确定第二窗口化音频块中的频带的第二特性，将第一特征与第二特性进行比较，以及分配签名 基于第一特性和第二特性的比较，代表捕获的音频信号的部分的位。 描述其他示例。

公开(公告)号：US08549552B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US12611757

申请日：2009-11-03

申请人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Fred Martensen ,  Robert A. Luff ,  Kendall Shirilla

发明人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Fred Martensen ,  Robert A. Luff ,  Kendall Shirilla

IPC分类号： H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04R29/00 ,  H04R2499/13

摘要： Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles are disclosed. An example implementation includes collecting audience measurement data with a media monitoring device fixed in a vehicle and transmitting the audience measurement data from the media monitoring device to a shuttle located within the vehicle, the shuttle being incapable of collecting audience measurement data independent of the media monitoring device.

公开(公告)号：US20130217499A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-22

申请号：US13847860

申请日：2013-03-20

申请人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  John C. Peiffer

发明人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  John C. Peiffer

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： A63F13/24 ,  A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/02 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F2300/1043 ,  H04N21/441

摘要： Methods and apparatus to meter video game play are disclosed. An example method includes detecting media identifying information corresponding to media presented in an environment including a video game system capable of executing a plurality of video games; identifying which of the plurality of video games is being played via a video game controller based on the media identifying information, wherein the video game controller is coupled to a sensor to detect motion data related to movement of the video game controller and to transmit the motion data without affecting operation of the video game system; and combining, via a processor, the media identifying information with the motion data received from the sensor.

摘要翻译： 揭示了视频游戏的方法和设备。 示例性方法包括：检测与在包括能够执行多个视频游戏的视频游戏系统的环境中呈现的媒体对应的媒体识别信息; 基于所述媒体识别信息，通过视频游戏控制器识别所述多​​个视频游戏中的哪个正在播放，其中所述视频游戏控制器耦合到传感器以检测与所述视频游戏控制器的移动相关的运动数据，并且传送所述运动 数据不影响视频游戏系统的运行; 以及经由处理器将所述媒体识别信息与从所述传感器接收的运动数据组合。

公开(公告)号：US08457972B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US13619023

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： Alexander Topchy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Arun Ramaswamy

发明人： Alexander Topchy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Arun Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： G10L21/00 ,  H04H60/32

CPC分类号： H04H60/58 ,  H04H20/14

摘要： Methods and apparatus for characterizing media are described. A disclosed example apparatus includes a transformer, a decision metric processor, a signature determiner, and a processor to implement the transformer, the decision metric processor, and/or the signature determiner. The example transformer is to convert at least a portion of a block of audio into a frequency domain representation including a plurality of frequency components. The example decision metric processor is to: define a band of the frequency components; determine a difference in energy between a first convolution of a first complex vector with a first group of frequency bins in the band and a second convolution of a second complex vector with a second group of frequency bins in the band; and determine a decision metric for the band based on the difference. The example signature determiner is to determine a signature based on a value of the decision metric.

摘要翻译： 描述用于表征介质的方法和装置。 所公开的示例性设备包括变压器，决策度量处理器，签名确定器和用于实现变压器的处理器，决策度量处理器和/或签名确定器。 示例性变压器是将音频块的至少一部分转换为包括多个频率分量的频域表示。 示例决策度量处理器是：定义频率分量的频带; 确定第一复矢量与频带中的第一组频率仓的第一卷积之间的能量差和第二复矢量与频带中的第二组频率仓的第二卷积; 并且基于该差异来确定所述频带的决策度量。 示例性签名确定器是基于决策度量的值来确定签名。

公开(公告)号：US20130114831A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-09

申请号：US13730271

申请日：2012-12-28

申请人： Alexander Pavlovich Topchy ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

发明人： Alexander Pavlovich Topchy ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

IPC分类号： G10L19/018

CPC分类号： G10L19/018 ,  G10L19/022 ,  G10L19/06 ,  G10L25/18 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N19/467 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Encoding and decoding methods and apparatus as described. An example method of obtaining auxiliary information in an audio signal using a plurality of frequency components residing in a plurality of code bands comprises transforming an audio signal into a frequency domain representation; determining characteristic of frequencies of the frequency domain representation that may contain the auxiliary information; normalizing across the code bands the characteristics of frequencies of the frequency domain representation in a respective one of the code bands that may contain the auxiliary information, wherein the normalization is carried out against a characteristic of a frequency in that code band; summing the normalized characteristics of the frequencies representative of auxiliary information to determine a sum for a frequency representative of auxiliary information; and determining that the sum is representative of the auxiliary information.

摘要翻译： 编码和解码方法和装置如上所述。 使用驻留在多个码带中的多个频率分量在音频信号中获得辅助信息的示例方法包括将音频信号变换为频域表示; 确定可能包含辅助信息的频域表示的频率特性; 在编码带上对可能包含辅助信息的相应一个码带中的频域表示的频率的特性进行归一化，其中针对该码带中的频率的特性执行归一化; 对代表辅助信息的频率的归一化特征求和，以确定表示辅助信息的频率的和; 并且确定所述和代表所述辅助信息。

公开(公告)号：US20130100259A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13401489

申请日：2012-02-21

申请人： Arun Ramaswamy

发明人： Arun Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： H04N13/04

CPC分类号： H04N21/44231 ,  H04N13/341 ,  H04N21/2146 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N2213/008

摘要： Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify exposure to 3D media presentation. An example apparatus includes 3D glasses components to enable presentation of a 3D media presentation. The example apparatus includes 3D glasses to enable viewing of a 3D media presentation. The example apparatus includes a motion sensor carried by the 3D glasses to generate a movement signal. The example apparatus includes a transmitter carried by the 3D glasses to transmit the movement signal.

摘要翻译： 公开了识别暴露于3D媒体呈现的方法和装置。 示例性装置包括能够呈现3D媒体呈现的3D眼镜组件。 该示例设备包括能够观看3D媒体呈现的3D眼镜。 示例性装置包括由3D眼镜承载的运动传感器以产生运动信号。 示例性装置包括由3D眼镜携带的发射器发送移动信号的发射器。

公开(公告)号：US20130018608A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-17

申请号：US13619132

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： John Houston ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Brian Hopkins

发明人： John Houston ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Brian Hopkins

IPC分类号： G06F17/18

CPC分类号： G01R21/133 ,  G01R22/10 ,  H04W52/0258 ,  Y02D70/1224 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146

摘要： System and methods to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices are described. An example method includes determining a first plurality of linear equations representative of energy expended in a portable device for a second plurality of functions, the second plurality of functions including at least one software function of the portable device, the first plurality being more than the second plurality, and determining, using a processor, energy values corresponding to the second plurality of functions by applying a statistical method to the first plurality of linear equations.

摘要翻译： 描述了从便携式设备的使用数据确定每个事件类型的能量消耗的系统和方法。 一种示例性方法包括确定表示在便携式设备中为第二多个功能消耗的能量的第一多个线性方程，第二多个功能包括便携式设备的至少一个软件功能，第一多个功能多于第二个 并且通过对第一多个线性方程式应用统计方法来确定使用处理器对应于第二多个功能的能量值。

公开(公告)号：US20130007794A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-03

申请号：US13341661

申请日：2011-12-30

申请人： Jan Besehanic ,  Arun Ramaswamy

发明人： Jan Besehanic ,  Arun Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： H04N21/442

CPC分类号： H04L43/06 ,  H04L65/4069 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N1/32101 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8126 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media content are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to monitor streaming media content comprises extracting first metering data from media content to be provided to a content presentation device via a transport stream, the first metering data identifying at least one of the media content or a source of the media content, combining the first metering data with second metering data obtained independently of the media content, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the content presentation device, and transcoding the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the content presentation device.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于监视流媒体内容的方法，装置和制品。 本文公开的用于监视流媒体内容的示例性方法包括：从要通过传输流提供给内容呈现设备的媒体内容提取第一测量数据，所述第一测量数据标识媒体内容或媒体内容的源中的至少一个 将第一计量数据与独立于媒体内容获得的第二测量数据相组合，组合的计量数据不能由与内容呈现设备相关联的计量器来解码，并且对组合的计量数据进行代码转换以形成具有可解码的格式的经转码的计量数据， 该仪表与内容呈现设备相关联。