Patents Assigned to The Nielsen Company, LLC (US)
  • Patent number: 7793318
    Abstract: Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and methods identify a video program using a sequence of signatures. Each of the signatures includes a set of centroids corresponding to one of a plurality of frames of the video program. The apparatus and methods compare the sequence of signatures to a set of reference sequences of signatures and identify the video program based on the comparison of the sequence of signatures to the set of reference sequences of signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company, LLC (US)
    Inventor: Kevin Deng