Patent ID: 11949944
Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A meter device comprising:
an audio sensor;
at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions; and;
a processor to execute the computer-readable instructions to at least:
in response to determining a media device is powered on, monitor a media device to detect audio output at the audio sensor by the media device, wherein detecting the audio output at the audio sensor comprises:
detecting, at the audio sensor, audio signals from the media device; and
causing the audio sensor to record the audio signals;

in response to audio not being detected for a period of time, instruct an image capture device to capture image data representative of a media presentation by the media device;
instruct the image capture device to stop capturing the image data in response to detection of audio output by the media device; and
determine, based on whether the image data corresponds to a menu presentation by the media device, whether to transmit the image data from the meter device to a central facility for media identification.