# US 4,395,236 A · Method of generating process instructions

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- Number: US 4,395,236 A
- Document ID: US4395236A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/307,726
- Filed: 1981-10-02
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1981-10-02
- Inventors: John P. Gotthold
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395236A

## CPC

- G09B 19/003: {Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements}
- 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

The method of generating a set of instructions for teaching a process including the generation of a video image of each step of the process while viewing the image on a video monitor for correction and adjustment, printing over the image various characters representing instructions to teach the process, printing a hard copy photograph of the process and recording the video image on a recorder for future use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

The method of generating a set of instructions for conducting a process, comprising the steps of:
conducting the process to show the various steps of the process in sequential order;
imaging each step of the process with a video camera to generate a video signal;
supplying the video signal to a video monitor to allow study of the image for correction and alteration;
generating a hard copy of the image by supplying the video signal to a hard copy device capable of receiving a video signal and generating a hard copy photograph-like record on a paper-like medium;
recording the video signal on a video signal recorder for future use in generating subsequent hard copies; and
assembling the hard copies in proper sequence to form a set of instructions showing the process.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as defined in claim 1 including the step of imaging characters indicating instructions on the pictorial image by use of a character generator prior to generating a hard copy and prior to recording the video signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method as defined in claim 1 including the imaging of the objects of the process with both closeup and field video cameras and utilizing a special effects generator to generate a composite video signal including characters generated by a character generator.