CPC G06V 40/10 (2022.01) [G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising:
an audio sensor to generate audio monitoring data during presentation of media presented by a media presentation device in a media environment;
a thermal image sensor to generate thermal image data captured in the media environment;
a light image sensor to generate audience image data of a selected field of view of the media environment; and
at least one processor to execute computer readable instructions to perform a set of operations including:
based on the generated thermal image data, determining a thermal-indicated audience count that corresponds to a number of heat blobs within the generated thermal image data;
comparing the thermal-indicated audience count with a previously obtained audience count for the media environment;
determining, based on comparing the thermal-indicated audience count with the previously obtained audience count, that the thermal-indicated audience count differs from the previously obtained audience count;
based on the generated thermal image data, determining a position, within the generated thermal image data, that corresponds to an audience member;
defining the selected field of view of the media environment based on the determined position;
responsive to determining that the thermal-indicated audience count differs from the previously obtained audience count, controlling the light image sensor to generate the audience image data of the selected field of view; and
identifying an audience member based on a comparison of a frame of the audience image data with a library of reference audience images.
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