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MICHAEL HIRSCH - PATENT SUMMARIES
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CIPO - Patent - 2249646
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
An Agency of Industry Canada
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Patent:
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CA 2249646
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English Title:
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Application of Multi-Media Technology to Psychological and Educational Assessment Tools |
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English Abstract:
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Multi-media technology is applied to the testing of children, brain damaged adults and the general population using standard psychological and educational assessment tools. To avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester (5) speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject (4), the multi-media computer (17) has a linguistic adaptation means, such as a sound card and data associated therewith, which can produce sounds, such as test instructions, in the most appropriate language and dialect of the test taker, such as a student, so that the human tester can provide the human subject with instructions for responding to the psychological evaluation. The human subject is exposed to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluation probing, so that the human subject can respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluation probing. The computer tallies and records the student's responses and analyzes the human subject's recorded responses. Afterward the computer automatically prepares a report based upon the human subject's recorded responses, and transfers its report, such as transfer to a computer-readable diskette or by printing to a printer.
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Patent Details
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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G098 5/06 (2006.01), G098 5/02 (2006.01), G098 7/02 (2006.01), A61B 5/16 (2006.01)
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Inventors (Country):
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Hirsch, Michael (United States of America)
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Owners (Country):
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Hirsch, Michael (United States of America)
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Applicants (Country):
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Hirsch, Michael (United States of America)
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Agent:
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McFadden, Fincham
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Issued:
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2010-07-27
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PCT Filing Date:
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1997-03-27
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PCT Publication Date:
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1997-10-02
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Examination Requested:
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2002-03-15
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Availability of license:
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N/A
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Language of filing:
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English
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT):
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Yes
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PCT Filing Number:
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PCT/US1997/005817
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International Publication Number:
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W01997/036273
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National Entry:
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1998-09-22
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Application Priority Data:
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Application No.:
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60/014,203
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Country:
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United States of America
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Date:
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1996-03-27
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Claim: |
1. A multi-media computerized system for psychological evaluation of a subject comprising:
A multi-media computer having a view monitor means, and a computer input response means;
· said input response means being provided for a tester to input communicated sensory data from the subject to said multimedia computer, to conduct a psychological evaluation of the subject;
· a linguistic adaptation means to avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the subject, said means comprising a computer readable library of prerecorded sets of audible test instructions in at least one language and dialect thereof;
· said audible playback means having a sound card and data associated therewith, said sound card audibly producing audible test instruction sounds, in said at least one language and dialect thereof;
· at least one software program further including a plurality of discrete audible and visual segments such as questions to be responded to by the subject being evaluated;
· said discrete audible segments including audibly reproducible randomly accessible nonvolatile computer memory for producing sounds to be responded to by the subject being evaluated.
· a user selectable set of computer generated multimedia psychological evaluative probing data communication with said audible playback means, and a recording means for recording recordable responses of the subject in response to the computer generated psychological evaluative probing;
· a tally means of tallying and recording the human subject's responses;
· a computer output printing means for automatically preparing a written record of the subject's recorded responses in a written report; and
· a transfer means for transferring said report to a computer readable means, said report stored in randomly accessible nonvolatile computer memory of said multimedia computer.
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