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Methods and systems for reducing spillover by analyzing sound pressure levels
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04R-029/00
H04N-021/439
H04H-060/37
H04H-060/45
H04H-060/58
H04N-021/442
H04H-060/31
출원번호
US-0801176
(2013-03-13)
등록번호
US-9219969
(2015-12-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Nielsen, Christen V.
출원인 / 주소
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
대리인 / 주소
Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
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5인용 특허 :
97
초록▼
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for reducing spillover in a media monitoring system are disclosed. An example method includes identifying media associated with media monitoring data. The media monitoring data is received from a first meter associated with a first media presentation d
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for reducing spillover in a media monitoring system are disclosed. An example method includes identifying media associated with media monitoring data. The media monitoring data is received from a first meter associated with a first media presentation device. The example method includes identifying an expected sound pressure level associated with the first meter. The example method includes comparing the expected sound pressure level to an actual sound pressure level collected from the media by the first meter to determine if spillover occurred. The example method includes crediting the media as a media exposure if spillover did not occur.
대표청구항▼
1. A method to reduce spillover in a media measuring system, comprising: identifying media associated with media monitoring data, the media monitoring data being received from a first meter associated with a first media presentation device;identifying an expected sound pressure level associated with
1. A method to reduce spillover in a media measuring system, comprising: identifying media associated with media monitoring data, the media monitoring data being received from a first meter associated with a first media presentation device;identifying an expected sound pressure level associated with the first meter;comparing, with a processor, the expected sound pressure level to an actual sound pressure level collected from the media by the first meter to determine if spillover occurred; andcrediting, with the processor, the media as a media exposure if the spillover did not occur. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein a value of the expected sound pressure level depends on a time the media was presented at the first media presentation device. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the actual sound pressure level is calculated by taking a logarithmic measure of a root mean square sound pressure of an audio signal associated with the media relative to a reference sound pressure. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing of the expected sound pressure level to the actual sound pressure level includes comparing a difference between the expected sound pressure level and the actual sound pressure level to a threshold. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the crediting of the media as the media exposure includes marking the media monitoring data as credited. 6. The method of claim 5, further including transmitting the marked media monitoring data to a central facility. 7. The method of claim 1, further including not crediting the media as a media exposure if the spillover did occur. 8. The method of claim 1, further including, if the spillover did occur, discarding the media monitoring data associated with the spillover. 9. The method of claim 1, further including, if the spillover did occur, marking the media monitoring data associated with the spillover as not credited. 10. A spillover manager to reduce spillover in a media measuring system, comprising: a sound pressure level comparator including a logic circuit to: compare an expected sound pressure level for media associated with media monitoring data received from a meter associated with a media presentation device to an actual sound pressure level to determine if spillover occurred, the actual sound pressure level based on the media detected by the meter; anda media creditor to: credit the media with an exposure if the spillover did not occur; andnot credit the media with the exposure if the spillover did occur. 11. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein the expected sound pressure level depends on a time the media was presented at the first media presentation device. 12. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein the meter is to calculate the actual sound pressure level by taking a logarithmic measure of a root mean square sound pressure of an audio signal associated with the media relative to a reference sound pressure. 13. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein the sound pressure level comparator is to compare the expected sound pressure level to the actual sound pressure level by comparing a difference between the expected sound pressure level and the actual sound pressure level to a threshold. 14. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein to credit the media with the exposure, the media creditor is to mark the media monitoring data as credited. 15. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein the media creditor is to discard the media monitoring data if the spillover did occur. 16. The spillover manager of claim 10, wherein the media creditor is to mark the media monitoring data as not credited if the spillover did occur. 17. A spillover manager to reduce spillover in a media measuring system, comprising: a sound pressure level comparator to: compare an expected sound pressure level for media associated with media monitoring data received from a meter associated with a media presentation device to an actual sound pressure level to determine if spillover occurred, the actual sound pressure level based on the media detected by the meter;a media creditor to: credit the media with an exposure if the spillover did not occur; andnot credit the media with the exposure if the spillover did occur; anda transmitter to transmit the credited media monitoring data to a central facility. 18. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least: identify media associated with media monitoring data, the media monitoring data being received from a first meter associated with a first media presentation device;identify an expected sound pressure level associated with the first meter;compare the expected sound pressure level to an actual sound pressure level collected from the media by the first meter to determine if the spillover occurred; andcredit the media as a media exposure if the spillover did not occur. 19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein a value of the expected sound pressure level depends on a time the media was presented at the first media presentation device. 20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the actual sound pressure level is calculated by taking a logarithmic measure of a root mean square sound pressure of an audio signal associated with the media relative to a reference sound pressure. 21. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the comparing of the expected sound pressure level to the actual sound pressure level includes comparing a difference between the expected sound pressure level and the actual sound pressure level to a threshold. 22. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the crediting of the media as the media exposure includes marking the media monitoring data as credited. 23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, further including instructions that cause the processor to transmit the marked media monitoring data to a central facility. 24. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further including instructions that cause the processor to not credit the media as a media exposure if the spillover did occur. 25. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further including instructions that cause the processor to discard the media monitoring data if the spillover did occur. 26. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further including instructions that cause the processor to mark the media monitoring data as not credited if the spillover did occur.
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