Methods and apparatus to count people

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America

PATENT NO 11303960
APP PUB NO 20210051366A1
SERIAL NO

17087335

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

Methods and apparatus to count people are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for discarding existing characteristic datasets from a list; means for populating the list with first characteristic datasets obtained from a first plurality of images representative of an environment during a first period of time of a media presentation; means for limiting a number of the first characteristic datasets stored in the list for a first location represented in the first plurality of images; and means for comparing the first characteristic datasets to each other to determine a first number of unique faces in the environment during the first period of time, wherein the means for discarding is to delete the first characteristic datasets from the list, and the means for populating is to re-populate the list with second characteristic datasets obtained from a second plurality of images representative of the environment.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

  • THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC.

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Soundararajan, Padmanabhan Tampa, US 47 808
Srinivasan, Venugopal Tarpon Springs, US 207 5897
Usaj, Marko Izola, SI 29 105

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
3.5 Year Payment $1600.00 $800.00 $400.00 Oct 12, 2025
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Oct 12, 2029
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Oct 12, 2033
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 3.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00