People metering enhanced with light projection prompting for audience measurement
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorsJames Joseph Vitt, Sachin Suresh Nilugal
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Abstract
Example meters disclosed herein include a user interface to accept user input in response to activation of a prompting indicator. Disclosed example meters also include a controller to control a light projector to project light onto a first projection area of a surface, the light projector activated in association with the activation of the prompting indicator. In some examples, the controller is also to control the light projector to project light onto a second projection area of the surface in response to expiration of a time period without receipt of any user input responsive the activation of the prompting indicator.
Claims20
A people meter comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a prompting indicator to emit a prompt for user input;
- and
- a controller configured to perform operations comprising:
- determining whether the people meter is to transition to a first prompting mode, or whether the people meter is to transition to a second prompting mode different from the first prompting mode, wherein the people meter is configured to operate in one of a plurality of modes comprising a quiet mode, the first prompting mode, and the second prompting mode;
- in response to a transition of the people meter to the first prompting mode, commencing a first prompting time interval and triggering the prompting indicator to emit a first prompt for user input according to a first configuration;
- and
- in response to expiration of the first prompting time interval, transitioning the people meter to a second prompting mode by commencing a second prompting time interval and triggering the prompting indicator to emit a second prompt for user input according to a second configuration different from the first configuration.
A method comprising:
- determining whether a people meter is to transition to a first prompting mode, or whether the people meter is to transition to a second prompting mode different from the first prompting mode, wherein the people meter is configured to operate in one of a plurality of modes comprising a quiet mode, the first prompting mode, and the second prompting mode;
- in response to a transition of the people meter to the first prompting mode, commencing a first prompting time interval and triggering a prompting indicator of the people meter to emit a first prompt for user input according to a first configuration;
- and
- in response to expiration of the first prompting time interval, transitioning the people meter to a second prompting mode by commencing a second prompting time interval and triggering the prompting indicator to emit a second prompt for user input according to a second configuration different from the first configuration.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining whether a people meter is to transition to a first prompting mode, or whether the people meter is to transition to a second prompting mode different from the first prompting mode, wherein the people meter is configured to operate in one of a plurality of modes comprising a quiet mode, the first prompting mode, and the second prompting mode;
- in response to a transition of the people meter to the first prompting mode, commencing a first prompting time interval and triggering a prompting indicator of the people meter to emit a first prompt for user input according to a first configuration;
- and
- in response to expiration of the first prompting time interval, transitioning the people meter to a second prompting mode by commencing a second prompting time interval and triggering the prompting indicator to emit a second prompt for user input according to a second configuration different from the first configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.