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Method and system for non-invasively identifying the operational status of a VCR
Assignee: Nielsen Co US LLC
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Filing: 1990-07-30
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Granted: 1992-11-17
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Expires: 2010-07-30
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus are provided for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video cassette recorder (VCR). A sensor is positioned near the monitored VCR for detecting a radiated signal of the monitored VCR. The detected signal is appplied to a filter for filtering the detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals. A neural network is used for processing the plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to identify the operational mode of the VCR.
Inventors
- 👤 James J. Vitt
- 👤 Allen L. Fulmer
- 👤 Daozheng Lu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 05:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04H; H04H60/00; H04H60/29; H04H60/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
Apparatus for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR, said signal being indicative of one of said plurality of operational modes of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals, said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals provided by said filter means being within a range between 50 Hz and 80 KHz; and neural network means coupled to said filter means for processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to identify the operational mode of the VCR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
Apparatus for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR, said signal being indicative of one of said plurality of operational modes of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals, said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals provided by said filter means being within a range between 50 Hz and 80 KHz; and neural network means coupled to said filter means for processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to identify the operational mode of the VCR.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said sensor means comprises an inductive transducer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said sensor means comprises an array of inductive transducers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said sensor means comprises a capacitive transducer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said sensor means comprises an array of capacitive transducers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said sensor means comprises an array including at least one capacitive transducer and at least one inductive transducer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said filter means comprises a scanning digital filter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals provided by said filter means include at least one frequency of about 63 Hz, 200 Hz, 315 Hz, 1 KHz, 2 KHz, 4 KHz, 16 KHz, 70 Khz.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
112 words
Apparatus for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR, said signal being indicative of one of said plurality of operational modes of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals; and neural network means coupled to said filter means for processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to identify the operational mode of the VCR, said neural network means including an input node for each of said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
112 words
Apparatus for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR, said signal being indicative of one of said plurality of operational modes of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals; and neural network means coupled to said filter means for processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to identify the operational mode of the VCR, said neural network means including an input node for each of said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein said neural network means is a cumulative back propagation network.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein said neural network means has two hidden layer nodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein said neural network means includes a step transfer function.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein said neural network means includes eight input nodes and seven output nodes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 13 wherein said neural network means includes two hidden nodes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 13 wherein said neural network means includes a learned VCR profile for the monitored VCR.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
101 words
Apparatus for identifying the operational mode of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a radiated signal of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals; converter means coupled to said filter means for converting each said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a root mean square (RMS) signal; and neural network means coupled to said converter means for sequentially scanning each said RMS signal to identify the operational mode of the VCR.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
101 words
Apparatus for identifying the operational mode of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising: sensor means for detecting a radiated signal of said monitored VCR; filter means coupled to said sensor means for filtering said detected signal and for providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals; converter means coupled to said filter means for converting each said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a root mean square (RMS) signal; and neural network means coupled to said converter means for sequentially scanning each said RMS signal to identify the operational mode of the VCR.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising the steps of: detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR for each of the plurality of operational modes; filtering said detected signal and providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a neural network for each of the plurality of operational modes; storing a defined output with said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals for each of the plurality of operational modes to define a VCR profile; detecting an undefined signal being radiated by said monitored VCR; filtering said undefined detected signal and providing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a neural network; and processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals with said neural network to identify the operational mode of the VCR utilizing said stored VCR profile.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for identifying one of a plurality of operational modes of a monitored video casette recorder (VCR) comprising the steps of: detecting a signal being radiated by said monitored VCR for each of the plurality of operational modes; filtering said detected signal and providing a plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a neural network for each of the plurality of operational modes; storing a defined output with said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals for each of the plurality of operational modes to define a VCR profile; detecting an undefined signal being radiated by said monitored VCR; filtering said undefined detected signal and providing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals to a neural network; and processing said plurality of predetermined band-pass filtered signals with said neural network to identify the operational mode of the VCR utilizing said stored VCR profile.
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