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US 2017/0323625 A1Published application
Method and system for timed event evaluation
AssigneeInteractive Metronome, Inc.
InventorJose M. Hernandez, JR.
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Abstract
A timing unit and method useable with a computer and user input includes a circuit and a timer. The timer establishes a reference signal having periodic occurrence and receives a trigger signal from the user input. The circuit generates information that represents the periodic occurrences of the reference signal and response timing data representing a relationship between the trigger signal and one of the occurrences. A communication channel is provided between the circuit and the computer.
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A timing unit for use with a commercially available consumer device separate from said timing unit to supply to a user occurrences of a reference signal and differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal including a performance difficulty interval into which the differential falls to draw the user into synchronism with occurrences of the reference signal, said timing unit comprising:
- a housing, a user input device adapted to generate a trigger signal when activated by a user and a circuit, said circuit and said user input device housed by said housing, said circuit comprising a programmable digital device defining a timer, a program, and a communication port, said program being responsive to said timer and said user input device and adapted to generate reference signal data and response timing data, said reference signal data representing periodic occurrences of a reference signal generated by said timer, said response timing data made up of a differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal and which performance difficulty interval differential falls wherein range of the performance difficulty intervals established by difficulty data;
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- said communication port adapted to connect with a communication channel to communicating reference signal data and response timing data to the consumer device and receive control data including difficulty data from the consumer device.
A timing system for measuring response timing, comprising:
- a timing unit having a housing, a user input device adapted to generate a trigger signal when activated by a user and a circuit, said circuit and said user input device housed by said housing, said circuit comprising a programmable digital device defining a timer, a program and a communication port, said program being responsive to said timer and said user input device and adapted to generate reference signal data and response timing data, said reference signal data representing periodic occurrences of a reference signal generated by said timer, said response timing data made up of a differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal and which performance difficulty interval the differential falls wherein ranges of the performance difficulty intervals established by difficulty data;
- a commercially available consumer device separate from said timing unit, said consumer device comprising a computer and having an audible output and a visual output, said consumer device programmed with an application program that is adapted to receive and decode the reference signal data and response timing data from said timing unit to supply to a user occurrences of said reference signal and differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal including which performance difficulty interval the differential falls to draw the user into synchronism with occurrences of the reference signal;
- said consumer device generating control data used by said program to at least establish a value of said difficulty data;
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- a communication channel between said communication port and said consumer device, said communication channel communicating reference signal data and response timing data from said timing unit to said consumer device and control data from said consumer device to said timing unit.
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A timing system for measuring response timing, comprising:
- a timing unit having a housing, a user input device adapted to generate a trigger signal when activated by a user and a circuit, said circuit and said user input device housed by said housing, said circuit comprising a programmable digital device defining a timer, a program and a communication port, said program being responsive to said timer and said user input device and adapted to generate reference signal data and response timing data, said reference signal data representing periodic occurrences of a reference signal generated by said timer, said response timing data made up of a differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal and which performance difficulty interval the differential falls wherein range of the performance difficulty intervals established by difficulty data;
- a commercially available consumer device separate from said timing unit, said consumer device comprising a computer and having an audible output and a visual output, said consumer device programmed with an application program that is adapted to decode data from said timing unit;
- said application program adapted to provide occurrences of said reference signal with said audible output from decoded reference signal data;
- said application program adapted to provide occurrences of said trigger signal from decoded response timing data to at least one chosen from said audio output and a visual output, the occurrences of the trigger signal from the decoded response timing data being a function of the differential between a trigger signal and an occurrence of said reference signal including which performance difficulty interval the differential falls to draw a user into synchronism with occurrences of the reference signal;
- said consumer device generating control data used by said program to establish at least a value of said difficulty data;
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- a communication channel between said communication port and said consumer device, said communication channel communicating reference signal data and response timing data from said timing unit to said consumer device and control data from said consumer device to said communication port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.