MX2008002317A - Metodos y aparatos de deteccion de encendido/apagado del dispositivo de visualizacion. - Google Patents

Metodos y aparatos de deteccion de encendido/apagado del dispositivo de visualizacion.

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MX2008002317A
MX2008002317A MX2008002317A MX2008002317A MX2008002317A MX 2008002317 A MX2008002317 A MX 2008002317A MX 2008002317 A MX2008002317 A MX 2008002317A MX 2008002317 A MX2008002317 A MX 2008002317A MX 2008002317 A MX2008002317 A MX 2008002317A
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metrics
display device
detection methods
presentation device
combining
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Dan Nelson
Christen V Nielsen
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Nielsen Media Res Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N17/00Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
    • H04N17/04Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details for receivers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04HBROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/29Arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services
    • H04H60/32Arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations, e.g. malfunction or breakdown of receiving stations
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/439Processing of audio elementary streams
    • H04N21/4394Processing of audio elementary streams involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Testing, Inspecting, Measuring Of Stereoscopic Televisions And Televisions (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
  • Indexing, Searching, Synchronizing, And The Amount Of Synchronization Travel Of Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

Se describen metodos y aparatos de deteccion de ENCENDIDO/APAGADO de dispositivo de visualizacion. Un metodo ejemplar descrito en la presente para determinar si un dispositivo de presentacion esta ENCENDIDO o APAGADO, comprende determinar una pluralidad de metricas basadas en monitorear por lo menos una salida del dispositivo de presentacion, donde cada metrica en la pluralidad de metricas comprende una decision que indica un estado operativo del dispositivo de presentacion, y combinar la pluralidad de metricas para determinar si el dispositivo de presentacion es uno de ENCENDIDO o APAGADO, en donde combinar la pluralidad de metricas comprende por lo menos uno ponderar la pluralidad de metricas o determinar un voto mayoritario de la pluralidad de metricas.
MX2008002317A 2005-08-16 2006-08-16 Metodos y aparatos de deteccion de encendido/apagado del dispositivo de visualizacion. MX2008002317A (es)

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