PROBABILISTIC METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE THE STATE OF A MEDIA DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method to determine a state of a media device, the method comprising:
- processing a first output signal from a first sensor measuring a first property of the media device to generate a first parameter value;
processing a second output signal from a second sensor measuring a second property of the media device to generate a second parameter value;
combining first conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a first state probability for the first state of the media device, wherein the first conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities the first parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a first state;
combining second conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a second state probability for the second state of the media device, wherein the second parameter conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities second parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a second state; and
determining a state of the media device by selecting the greater of the first state probability or the second state probability.
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Abstract
Probabilistic methods and apparatus to determine the state of a media device are described. An example method to determine the state of a media device includes processing a first output signal from a first sensor measuring a first property of the media device to generate a first parameter value and processing a second output signal from a second sensor measuring a second property of the media device to generate a second parameter value. Next, the example method includes combining first conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a first state probability for the first state of the media device and combining second conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a second state probability for the second state of the media device. Then, determining the state of the media device by selecting the greater of the first state probability or the second state probability.
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22 Claims
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1. A method to determine a state of a media device, the method comprising:
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processing a first output signal from a first sensor measuring a first property of the media device to generate a first parameter value; processing a second output signal from a second sensor measuring a second property of the media device to generate a second parameter value; combining first conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a first state probability for the first state of the media device, wherein the first conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities the first parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a first state; combining second conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a second state probability for the second state of the media device, wherein the second parameter conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities second parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a second state; and determining a state of the media device by selecting the greater of the first state probability or the second state probability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus to determine the state of a media device, the apparatus comprising:
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a parameter generator to process a first signal from a first sensor measuring a first property of the media device to generate a first parameter value and to process a second signal from a second sensor measuring a second property of the media device to generate a second parameter value; and a classifier to; (1) combine first conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a first state probability for the first state of the media device, wherein the first conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities the first parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a first state; (2) combine second conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a second state probability for the second state of the media device, wherein the second conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities second parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a second state; and (3) determine the state of the media device by selecting the greater of the first state probability or the second state probability. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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process a first output signal from a first sensor measuring a first property of the media device to generate a first parameter value; process a second output signal from a second sensor measuring a second property of the media device to generate a second parameter value; combine first conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a first state probability for the first state of the media device, wherein the first conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities the first parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a first state; combine second conditional probabilities of the first parameter value and the second parameter value to determine a second state probability for the second state of the media device, wherein the second conditional probabilities are representative of probabilities second parameter value corresponds to the media device being in a second state; and determine the state of the media device by selecting the greater of the first state probability or the second state probability. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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