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Selection apparatus and circuitry
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1970-03-16
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Granted: 1972-05-30
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Expires: 1990-03-16
Abstract
Abstract This invention is related to a method, apparatus and circuitry for enabling various competitors to determine between themselves and by virtue of a counting apparatus the correctness or incorrectness of the selection or the time required to make the selection of some display events or the like of which one display is correct and the others incorrect. The selections are controlled from consoles each having a number of selector units corresponding to the number of possible choices from any intelligence displayed. A correct choice from one control unit in any one console will temporarily inhibit all other consoles through a master control unit and a registration of the correct selection will be made. In a preferred form the invention provisions can be made whereby reponse time testing can be utilized, as well as aptitude testing, for those individuals operating at different consoles. The apparatus is particularly adapted for educational purposes, aptitude testing, scholastical testing, response time testing and serves as programmable teacher for numerous purposes.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph M Pincus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:40
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B7/00; G09B7/06; G09B7/07; G09B7/073
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
Apparatus and circuitry for identifying and selecting between different possible conditions comprising selecting means for independently making selections and means for registering the selections and distinguishing between correct and incorrect choices, means for activating the registering means by a single one only of the plurality of possible choices at any selected time period of which only a single one is correct and for limiting the response to the first choice selected during a finite period after a common start despite the possibility of a differential time period as short as a fraction of a microsecond in the making of the selection, means for rendering the selecting means inoperative to control the registering means upon each chosen incorrect selection of one possibility relative to another, means to disable the selecting means at all times other than the desired correct periods, and means to restore all selecting means to a registering status following the registration of a correct selection and a showing of each delayed and incorrect selection.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
Apparatus and circuitry for identifying and selecting between different possible conditions comprising selecting means for independently making selections and means for registering the selections and distinguishing between correct and incorrect choices, means for activating the registering means by a single one only of the plurality of possible choices at any selected time period of which only a single one is correct and for limiting the response to the first choice selected during a finite period after a common start despite the possibility of a differential time period as short as a fraction of a microsecond in the making of the selection, means for rendering the selecting means inoperative to control the registering means upon each chosen incorrect selection of one possibility relative to another, means to disable the selecting means at all times other than the desired correct periods, and means to restore all selecting means to a registering status following the registration of a correct selection and a showing of each delayed and incorrect selection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus and circuit claimed in claim 1 comprising in addition, means to register the precise time required to make the completion of the initial correct selection as measured.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 1 comprising, in addition, means for determining the time period required subsequent to initial display for the establishment of a plurality of selected correct registrations of a chosen display selection within a pre-established time period, and means for totalizing and thereby averaging all responses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
141 words
Registering apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between a single true and a plurality of false possible selections of a group of displays pictorially presented for choice comprising selector means for selecting a single first correct one of a group at any selected time period to provide a totalizing of a true selection, means for registering and totalizing each true selection, means for registering and totalizing each erroneous selection, means for rendering temporarily inoperative the selector means to each of the incorrect selections following an initial correct choice and all selections other than the correct one chosen within the selected time period, means to subtract any incorrect response from a correct response, and means for restoring all selection means to an operative state following the registration of each selection and subsequent to the expiration of the said selected time allotted for selection.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
141 words
Registering apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between a single true and a plurality of false possible selections of a group of displays pictorially presented for choice comprising selector means for selecting a single first correct one of a group at any selected time period to provide a totalizing of a true selection, means for registering and totalizing each true selection, means for registering and totalizing each erroneous selection, means for rendering temporarily inoperative the selector means to each of the incorrect selections following an initial correct choice and all selections other than the correct one chosen within the selected time period, means to subtract any incorrect response from a correct response, and means for restoring all selection means to an operative state following the registration of each selection and subsequent to the expiration of the said selected time allotted for selection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
102 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition, means to display pictorial and audible representations of a sequence of registrations for viewing and hearing, means to present a plurality of possible choices for answerable problems relative to each display, a plurality of console means having a number of selector means corresponding to the possible number of choices, connections between each console means and the registering means to register selections from each console, and means for disabling temporarily the registrations controlled from all consoles other than that first correctly selected with the disability being restricted to a time period between successive displays.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 5 comprising, in addition, sensing means for selecting the displays in a chosen order, means for keying and controlling each console to identify and distinguish between corRect and erroneous selections as related to the instantaneous selected display, and means for adding correct selections and for subtracting weighted versions of incorrect selections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 5 comprising, in addition, switching means at each console for determining which of the possible registration indications shall be observable on the registering means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
62 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 3 comprising, in addition, means for controlling the registering means from the console to limit the registration to a single correct selection only and upon registration in one console to disable all other consoles, and registering means to prevent double selection thereafter for a time period between the initial and subsequent displays of representations presented for choice.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 8 comprising, in addition, additional means for coding the displays to provide a selected order for display and means for selecting chosen displays in accordance with the coding group so that the registration can be calculated by a pre-established grouping.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 5 comprising, in addition, means controlled from the console means to produce a control of the registration in the registering means in an additive direction upon a correct selection and for producing a reverse and subtrative condition of the registration direction within the registering means for each incorrect selection at any console.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 10 comprising, in addition, means controlled from the console means for totalizing the correct and incorrect selections and registering the difference between such selections.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
109 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition, a master control unit, means included in the master control unit for controlling a discrete timing period of the displayed representations, and means for inhibiting the operation of the registering means in the time intervening between the first correct selection within any of the consoles during a finite selectable time period and the time of the next subsequent display. 13. The apparatus claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition, sensing means for selecting the displays in a selected order, and means for keying and controlling each console to identify correct and erroneous selections as related to the selected display.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition, time control means for controlling the time period during which the console means can provide a control of any possible choices.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
123 words
The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition, a separate register means responsive to correct selections made from a selected control at a console means to provide for observation of the registration from each control console thereby to permit each console to check at once the correct selection, display means at the console of each participant for each of the visual and audible signals to designate the first correct respondent for each selection, and means for rendering each registering means other than the one controlled to provide a correct display inoperative to control activation from its related console to indicate a correct selection made from another console where the selection is made with any measurable time difference from the first selection.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
113 words
Educational apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between different displayed conditions comprising a plurality of controllable and separated selector means for choosing between the first energized of a plurality of possible circuits and others indicative of different possible choices of one only of a group which is correct, means for registering the selections in the order of choice in the event of correctness of choice, means interlocked with the correct choice selection for rendering unchosen selector means inoperative temporariLy to control the registering means upon each choice selection of one possibility relative to another, and means to clear the system following selection to restore all selecting means to a registrating status following a registration.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
113 words
Educational apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between different displayed conditions comprising a plurality of controllable and separated selector means for choosing between the first energized of a plurality of possible circuits and others indicative of different possible choices of one only of a group which is correct, means for registering the selections in the order of choice in the event of correctness of choice, means interlocked with the correct choice selection for rendering unchosen selector means inoperative temporariLy to control the registering means upon each choice selection of one possibility relative to another, and means to clear the system following selection to restore all selecting means to a registrating status following a registration.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 16 comprising, in addition, means to determine the time delay to make the selection and to respond to analysis of the condition displayed for solution.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
61 words
The apparatus claimed in claim 16 comprising, in addition, means to limit the period of inoperativeness of the selector means to the time period between the initiation of the displayed condition and the response thereto of the different displayed conditions of the registering means, and means to determine the content of the material that follows depending upon the previous answer given.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
99 words
Registering apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between a single true and a plurality of false possible selections of a displayed group, comprising selector means for selecting a single one of the displayed group at any one time, means for registering such correct selection as made, means for rendering temporarily inoperative all selector means other than the one from which the correct choice happened to be made at any selected time, means for restoring all selection means to an operative state following the registration and subsequent to a selected time period, and means to subtract and weight any erroneous selections.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
99 words
Registering apparatus for identifying and distinguishing between a single true and a plurality of false possible selections of a displayed group, comprising selector means for selecting a single one of the displayed group at any one time, means for registering such correct selection as made, means for rendering temporarily inoperative all selector means other than the one from which the correct choice happened to be made at any selected time, means for restoring all selection means to an operative state following the registration and subsequent to a selected time period, and means to subtract and weight any erroneous selections.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
108 words
Apparatus for presenting sequential audible and visual reply tests for multiple choice replies of a plurality of participants to presented questions comprising, means for coding each question for each of a correct reply and the question category, means for totalizing each of the correct and erroneous responses in each category for each participant individually, means for indicating with each totalizing operation the time to make a correct response during a finite time period following a common start to each question with a separate totalizer for each category, participant and correctness, and erroneousness of response, and means to provide an instantaneous aptitude profile following the completion of each test.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
108 words
Apparatus for presenting sequential audible and visual reply tests for multiple choice replies of a plurality of participants to presented questions comprising, means for coding each question for each of a correct reply and the question category, means for totalizing each of the correct and erroneous responses in each category for each participant individually, means for indicating with each totalizing operation the time to make a correct response during a finite time period following a common start to each question with a separate totalizer for each category, participant and correctness, and erroneousness of response, and means to provide an instantaneous aptitude profile following the completion of each test.
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