Method for recording, assessing and premeditating performance on grapho-motor and writing tasks
OwnerAmir Poreh, Michael Porehinventors
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Abstract
A computerized method for recording and scoring the process by which an examinee performs cognitive or psychological grapho-motor tasks that call for the use of pencil and paper, such as drawing or copying graphical configurations or text. The examinee uses a digital pen that leaves a trace on a writing pad. The trace is digitized in real time, input to a computer and stored in memory as a time dependent image. The image may be displayed and scored in real time or at a later stage on a computer display. The examiner can easily replay and reevaluate the graph-motor task process at a later stage.
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A computerized method for administering, recording and scoring a psychological examination by an examiner to an examinee, wherein during said psychological examination said examinee performs a grapho-motor task, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a storage device and a visual display operatively attached to a computer, wherein said visual display is viewed by the examiner and providing a pen and a writing surface, wherein said pen includes a sensory mechanism operative to sense writing motion of said pen on said writing surface, wherein said pen is operatively attached to said computer;
- (b) the examinee performing said grapho-motor task, wherein said grapho-motor task includes said writing motion, wherein said performing includes said pen leaving a visible trace on said surface;
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- (c) recording the grapho-motor task by collecting information into said storage device using said sensory mechanism, said information regarding said performing,
- wherein the examiner scores a characteristic of said information by marking said visual display.
A computerized method for administering, recording and scoring a psychological examination by an examiner to an examinee, wherein during said psychological examination said examinee performs a grapho-motor task, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a storage device and a visual display operatively attached to a computer, wherein said visual display is viewed by the examiner and providing a pen and a writing surface, wherein said pen includes a sensory mechanism operative to sense writing motion of said pen on said writing surface, wherein said pen is operatively attached to said computer;
- (b) the examinee performing said grapho-motor task, wherein said grapho-motor task includes said writing motion, wherein said performing includes said pen leaving a visible trace on said surface;
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- (c) recording the grapho-motor task by collecting information into said storage device using said sensory mechanism, said information regarding said performing;
- (d) capturing an image at a moment in time, thereby producing a captured image, displaying said captured image on said visual display, wherein said captured image is a time integrated representation of at least a portion of said motion;
- (e) presenting by the computer on the visual display at least one characteristic of said performing;
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- (f) the examiner scoring said characteristic by using an input device operatively the computer to mark said visual display.
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a computerized method for administering a psychological examination by an examiner to an examinee, wherein during said psychological examination said examinee performs a grapho-motor task, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a storage device and a visual display operatively attached to a computer, wherein said visual display is viewed by the examiner and providing a pen and a writing surface, wherein said pen includes a sensory mechanism operative to sense writing motion of said pen on said writing surface, wherein said pen is operatively attached to said computer;
- (b) the examinee performing said grapho-motor task, wherein said grapho-motor task includes said writing motion, wherein said performing includes said pen leaving a visible trace on said surface;
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- (c) recording the grapho-motor task by collecting information into said storage device using said sensory mechanism, said information regarding said performing.
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