Patents Assigned to TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.
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Publication number: 20230403422Abstract: Conventional television audience measurements are made with diaries or by imaging the area in front of a television and trying to identify the people in the images watching television. Unfortunately, diaries are only accurate if the audience members record entries in them, and image-based techniques are intrusive. The present techniques address these problems by using a viewer's wearable device to measure a viewer's proximity to a television. The wearable device emits or receives low-power beacon signals; measurements of the signal strength are used to calculate the viewer's distance to the television. If the viewer is close enough to the television and the television is on, the viewer may be engaged with the content on the television. This system is simple, non-intrusive, and can used to measure engagement with each television in a multi-television household.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: TVision Insights, Inc.Inventors: Yanfeng Liu, Inderbir Sidhu, Sara Radkiewicz, Daniel Schiffman, Wei Dai, Joseph Crabtree
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Patent number: 11770574Abstract: Conventional television audience measurements are made with diaries or by imaging the area in front of a television and trying to identify the people in the images watching television. Unfortunately, diaries are only accurate if the audience members record entries in them, and image-based techniques are intrusive. The present techniques address these problems by using a viewer's wearable device to measure a viewer's proximity to a television. The wearable device emits or receives low-power beacon signals; measurements of the signal strength are used to calculate the viewer's distance to the television. If the viewer is close enough to the television and the television is on, the viewer may be engaged with the content on the television. This system is simple, non-intrusive, and can used to measure engagement with each television in a multi-television household.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.Inventors: Yanfeng Liu, Inderbir Sidhu, Sara Radkiewicz, Daniel Schiffman, Wei Dai, Joseph Crabtree
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Publication number: 20230106115Abstract: A system for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display includes at least one camera to acquire image data of a viewing area in front of the display. A microphone acquires audio data emitted by a speaker coupled to the display. The system also includes a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a processor. Upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor receives the image data and the audio data and determines an identity of the video displayed on the display based on the audio data. The processor also estimates a first number of people present in the viewing area and a second number of people engaged with the video. The processor further quantifies the viewer engagement of the video based on the first number of people and the second number of people.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TVision Insights, Inc.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Yanfeng Liu, Yun Fu
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Patent number: 11540009Abstract: A system and method for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display in a respondent household includes an agreed upon camera arrangement to monitor viewer engagement. The system and method includes the ability to determine what sources of content are being accessed by the household, and other data such as time of viewing, and source of content.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Devon M. Bray, R. Taylor Locke, Sameer Aghera, Eric Leventhal Arthen
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Patent number: 11509956Abstract: A system for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display includes at least one camera to acquire image data of a viewing area in front of the display. A microphone acquires audio data emitted by a speaker coupled to the display. The system also includes a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a processor. Upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor receives the image data and the audio data and determines an identity of the video displayed on the display based on the audio data. The processor also estimates a first number of people present in the viewing area and a second number of people engaged with the video. The processor further quantifies the viewer engagement of the video based on the first number of people and the second number of people.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Yanfeng Liu, Yun Fu
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Publication number: 20220159341Abstract: A system for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display includes at least one camera to acquire image data of a viewing area in front of the display. A microphone acquires audio data emitted by a speaker coupled to the display. The system also includes a memory to store processor-executable instructions and a processor. Upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor receives the image data and the audio data and determines an identity of the video displayed on the display based on the audio data. The processor also estimates a first number of people present in the viewing area and a second number of people engaged with the video. The processor further quantifies the viewer engagement of the video based on the first number of people and the second number of people.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: TVision Insights, Inc.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Yanfeng Liu, Yun Fu
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Publication number: 20220150581Abstract: A system and method for quantifying viewer engagement with a video playing on a display in a respondent household includes an agreed upon camera arrangement to monitor viewer engagement. The system and method includes the ability to determine what sources of content are being accessed by the household, and other data such as time of viewing, and source of content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: TVISION INSIGHTS, INC.Inventors: Inderbir Sidhu, Devon M. Bray, R. Taylor Locke, Sameer Aghera, Eric Leventhal Arthen