Patents by Inventor Christen Voss Nielsen

Christen Voss Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems
    Patent number: 7926073
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off of a room surface to indirectly illuminate a first portion of the room, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination, processing the received reflections to determine whether an audience member is present in the illuminated portion of the room, and when the audience member is not detected, adjusting a source of the non-visible light to illuminate a second portion of the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT ILLUMINATION IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA RATING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100325647
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off of a room surface to indirectly illuminate a first portion of the room, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination, processing the received reflections to determine whether an audience member is present in the illuminated portion of the room, and when the audience member is not detected, adjusting a source of the non-visible light to illuminate a second portion of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems
    Patent number: 7805739
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reflecting infrared light off of a room ceiling to indirectly illuminate the audience member, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, blocking visible light prior to receiving the reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, and processing the received reflections to detect the audience member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT ILLUMINATION IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA RATING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100045972
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reflecting infrared light off of a room ceiling to indirectly illuminate the audience member, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, blocking visible light prior to receiving the reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, and processing the received reflections to detect the audience member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems
    Patent number: 7631324
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed electronic media rating system comprises an audience image detection system and a non-visible light source to provide indirect illumination of an audience member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATOR INSTALLED METERS
    Publication number: 20090055854
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters are disclosed. An example method includes receiving audience information, configuring the audience meter based on the audience information, placing the audience meter in a sleep mode, and shipping the audience meter to a location associated with the audience information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Christen Voss Nielsen, Robert Joel Stokes, Arun Ramaswamy
  • Methods and Apparatus for Indirect Illumination in Electronic Media Rating Systems
    Publication number: 20080271065
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed electronic media rating system comprises an audience image detection system and a non-visible light source to provide indirect illumination of an audience member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: John William Buonasera, Christen Voss Nielsen, Venugopal Srinivasan