# US 10,504,377 B2 · Test scanning and evaluation system

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- Number: US 10,504,377 B2
- Document ID: US10504377B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/281,759
- Filed: 2016-09-30
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30
- Applicants: Mark S. Merry
- Inventors: Mark S. Merry
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504377B2

## CPC

- G09B 7/06: of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

An answer evaluation system has an answer tablet, having a plurality of perforations forming a grid, wherein a peg is insertable into any perforation. In an embodiment the answer table and pegs are opaque, while perforations allow light to flow through. Further, the answer tablet may be positioned upon an enclosure designed to receive the answer tablet. The enclosure is adapted to direct light through a translucent cover positioned over an aperture of the enclosure. The enclosure houses a light source in communication with a power source. Further, a test evaluation system has a camera for receiving an image and an evaluation system for evaluating the image from the camera. A method of scoring includes a test-taker placing an answer peg into the perforations of the answer tablet, and a system evaluating and matching answers from a test taker to an answer key.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A
method of evaluating an answer tablet comprising the steps of:
placing answer pegs into perforations of the answer tablet;
viewing an image of the answer tablet using a camera; and
evaluating a grid of answers comprising the steps of:
determining if the answer tablet is an answer key or a test-taker submission;
storing the answer key in a server;
matching answers from the test-taker submission with answers from the answer key; and
displaying a score.