摘要 |
A member of an audience of a program to which a receiver is tuned is identified by a system which includes first and second microphones, a noise cancellation unit, and a voice recognition unit. One of the first and second microphones picks up relatively more of a voice signal from the member of the audience, and the other of the first and second microphones picks up relatively more of a sound signal from the receiver. The noise cancellation unit substantially eliminates the sound signal from the voice signal. The voice recognition unit identifies the member from the member's voice signal. The first and second microphones, the noise cancellation unit, and the voice recognition unit may be housed in a hand held housing or in a table top housing. The system may also include a passive people meter to passively identify the member, and a program to identify the program or channel to which the receiver is tuned. |