METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A COMPOSITION OF AN AUDIENCE OF AN INFORMATION PRESENTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of detecting a composition of an audience of an information presenting device comprising:
- capturing at least one image of the audience;
determining a number of people within the at least one image;
prompting the audience to identify its members if a change in the number of people is detected based on the number of people determined to be within the at least one image; and
if a number of members identified by the audience is different from the determined number of people after a predetermined number of prompts of the audience, adjusting a value to avoid excessive prompting of the audience.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for detecting a composition of an audience of an information presenting device are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes: capturing at least one image of the audience; determining a number of people within the at least one image; prompting the audience to identify its members if a change in the number of people is detected based on the number of people determined to be within the at least one image; and if a number of members identified by the audience is different from the determined number of people after a predetermined number of prompts of the audience, adjusting a value to avoid excessive prompting of the audience.
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1. A method of detecting a composition of an audience of an information presenting device comprising:
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capturing at least one image of the audience; determining a number of people within the at least one image; prompting the audience to identify its members if a change in the number of people is detected based on the number of people determined to be within the at least one image; and if a number of members identified by the audience is different from the determined number of people after a predetermined number of prompts of the audience, adjusting a value to avoid excessive prompting of the audience.
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