US Patent Issued to The Nielsen Co (US) on May 27 for "Methods and apparatus to determine automated gain control parameters for an automated gain control protocol" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,288, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Nielsen Co (US) LLC (New York).

"Methods and apparatus to determine automated gain control parameters for an automated gain control protocol" was invented by John T. Livoti (Clearwater, Fla.), Rajakumar Madhanganesh (Tampa, Fla.), Stanley Wellington Woodruff (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Ryan C. Lehing (Oldsmar, Fla.) and Charles Clinton Conklin (New Port Richey, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to determine automated gain control parameters for an automated gain control protocol are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first tuner to amplify an audio signal. Disclosed ...