METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ON-SCREEN MEDIA SOURCES

Patent №

US 8,019,162

Granted

2011-09-13

Filed 2007

Owner

NIELSEN COMPANY, THE

+4 more

Lab

AI components

3

vision · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11923141

Methods and apparatus for detecting on-screen media sources are disclosed. An example method includes monitoring a region of interest of a video signal for a first image, comparing the first image to a stored image, and confirming the media device change when the stored image differs from the first image and is associated with a secondary criterion.

VisionPlanningAI hardwareH04N 5/4448G06V 20/635H04H 60/31H04H 60/37H04H 60/44H04H 60/45H04H 60/48H04H 60/59+10 more

AI classification

Vision0.96
Planning0.66
AI hardware0.65
Knowledge representation0.06
Evolutionary computation0.01
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

NIELSEN COMPANY, THE

assignment · 204750945

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), INC., A NEW YORK CORPORATION

assignment · 218990129

NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.

assignment · 220940469

NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), INC., THE, A CORP. OF NEW YORK

correct · 220940496

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

merger · 236450838

Assignors

ZHANG, MIN, WRIGHT, DAVID HOWELL, COOPER, SCOTT, DYKSTRA, REGINA, RAMASWAMY, ARUN, NELSON, DANIEL, ZHANG, MIN, WRIGHT, DAVID HOWELL, COOPER, SCOTT, DYKSTRA, REGINA, RAMASWAMY, ARUN, NELSON, DANIEL

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