Patents by Inventor Peter E. Smith

Peter E. Smith 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).

  • Means for monitoring people who are watching a television set
    Patent number: 4644393
    Abstract: A people monitoring system comprises a first unit (32) which receives data related to the number of people who are watching a television set, the unit being provided with switches (30) operable by such people to produce such data; and a second unit (33), remote from the first unit, which accepts and stores such data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: AGB Research PLC
    Inventors: Peter E. Smith, Raymond Laxton
  • Arrangement for detecting to which channel a television set is tuned
    Patent number: 4577220
    Abstract: A television channel detecting arrangement, for detecting to which channel a television set is tuned, comprises an inductive loop (14) for receiving a signal from a local oscillator (10) of the television set (12); a tuner (16); a detector (18,20) which are such that, when the tuner is tuned to the frequency of the signal from the local oscillator, a voltage is generated at the detector; and a counter (25) which addresses a store (24) which uses stored binary numbers to vary over a range the frequency to which the tuner is tuned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: AGB Research PLC
    Inventors: Raymond Laxton, Peter E. Smith
  • Transmitting and storing data relating to television viewing
    Patent number: 4567511
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement comprising a receiver (58) for accepting data from at least one of a people monitoring unit which produces information relating to the number of people watching a television set and a television channel detection unit of a television viewing monitoring system and a transmitter (T1, 53, 50, 52, 54, 56, S51, 60, 62, T2) for transmitting such data as a multibit digital word to a data storage device by way of a mains wiring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: AGB Research PLC
    Inventors: Peter E. Smith, Raymond Laxton