Education and demonstration inventions 04/06

20060088801 - Hit detection sensor module for battlefield simulations: A sensor module detects light beam hits on a participant during battlefield simulations. The sensor module includes an infrared sensor for sensing infrared light and generating signals based on the sensed infrared light; a short-range radio transmitter associated with the infrared sensor; an electrical voltage source for supplying electrical capacity...

20060088802 - Tape cartridge and tape processing apparatus on which tape cartridge is detachably mounted: A tape cartridge includes a process tape to be subjected to tape processing and a cartridge casing in which the process tape is accommodated and which has a plurality of outer wall faces making a contour of the cartridge casing, and is detachably mounted on a tape processing apparatus. The...

20060088803 - Apparatus and method for tactile writing therapy: An occupational therapy device for improving writing skills. The device includes a tactile member having at least one textured surface. A transparent sheet is positionable over the textured surface of the tactile member, and at least one character is viewable through the transparent sheet....

20060088804 - Learning aid: A learning aid for teaching characters includes a chair that has a back, seat, legs and support structure securing the back and seat to the legs. The learning aid further includes a set of these chairs. Each chair includes a character such as a letter of an alphabet or a...

20060088805 - Reading instruction system and method: The invention is a system of reading instruction based on the use of a sound map with pronunciation information about each of the 37 sounds used in spoken English. The sound map can be decoded particularly by an English speaker, and the pronunciation symbols can be used to annotate English...

20060088806 - Learning integrating system and methods: Aspects of the invention enable one or more persons to be provided with effective and relevant education, training, coaching or other learning in a manner that can be integrated with their personal, business or other ordinary activities. Aspects further enable contouring of the learning to better meet a person's specific...

20060088807 - Prayer/blessing kit: The prayer/blessing kit has a storage container having disposed therein instruction sheets for administering a blessing, a quantity of a mineral, and at least one prayer sheet having imprinted thereon prayers to be recited while administering the blessing. The prayer sheets may be optionally disposed in at least one receptacle....

20060088808 - Riding device: A riding device includes a bottom base and an intermediate base pivotally positioned on the bottom base and having its front and rear end respectively and pivotally provided with two front and two rear swing arms. A seat plate positioned over the intermediate base has four corners with a connecting...

20060088809 - Shoe lace teacher for pre-schoolers: The shoelace teacher is a round device that is implanted into the tongue of the shoe that will give a child step by step instructions on how to tie the shoe lace. This disk is pre recorded and is repeatable with these instructions, but not limited to this example: “First...

20060088810 - Karaoke audio-visual recorder/player: A karaoke audio-visual recorder/player having a main body is disclosed, wherein a microphone is mounted on one side of the main body, and a monitor, a band selection button, a plurality of function buttons, an output/input device, a camera lens, and a storage device are mounted on the other side...

20060088812 - Apparatus and method for automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire: A method, apparatus and computer software for automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire, are provided. The method includes automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire, the method comprising the steps of: providing a questionnaire having answer locations; scanning at least two copies of the questionnaire with the answer locations filled in...

20060088811 - Modified multiple-choice testing system using computer and the method of same: The present invention relates to a modified multiple choice testing system using the computer and the method of the same. The test questions are displayed on the screen without the options. The options of the question are presented on the screen contingent upon the student's mouse click. They remain on...

20060084038 - Method for communicating using pictograms: A device for communicating, preferably between two people who could not normally orally communicate, by at least one user pointing to pictograms on the device. The device can be a static medium having a plurality of icons thereon or can be part of a computer generated program having a graphic...

20060084039 - Drawing tool for capturing and rendering colors, surface images and movement: An interactive drawing tool aimed at young children, ages four and up, to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them. The tool looks and feels like a conventional hand-held paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch and...

20060084040 - Transitional paper and educatioal system and method: A transitional writing paper, and educational system and method useful for guiding a penmanship learner in progressing from learning letter formation to legibly printing words and sentences, are disclosed. A writing medium in accordance with the invention, includes consecutive horizontal baselines for printing, and vertically oriented spaced apart line segments...

20060084041 - Diary type language-learning system: The present invention relates to a diary type language learning system that is capable of creating a vivid daily language-learning environment by using the network and the computer. The authors can provide their daily diary for the readers to read via the network, thus creating a day-to-day language situation. The...

20060084043 - System and method for assigning and tracking clinical education requirements for healthcare students: The present invention relates to a system and method of identifying clinical competencies to be completed by a healthcare student in a computerized environment. The method receives an academic unit of time for a healthcare student and identifies one or more corresponding clinical competencies for the academic unit of time...

20060084042 - System and method for determining completed clinical education requirements for healthcare students: The present invention provides a system and method of determining completed academic competencies for a healthcare student in a computerized environment is provided. Clinical input is received and it is determined whether the clinical input indicates that the student has completed the competency. The competency is then identified as having...

20060084044 - System and method for obtaining and exchanging career information: The system and method of the invention allow laypersons to communicate with professionals in various career fields. Students can get information about various career fields before they decide which careers they want to engage in. People who are considering a career change can also get career information about different career...

20060084045 - Mobile sculpture for displaying academic awards: An academic award mobile kit that can be used by parents of elementary school students for rewarding academic achievement, performance and effort. The kit contains a plurality of unique, cooperating components which, when easily assembled, create an attractive hanging mobile that will accommodate a plurality of award commemoratives in the...

20060084046 - System and method for assessing the employability of a job applicant: A method, system, and computer program provide a plurality of questions to a job applicant. The questions represent standardized questions. The method, system, and computer program receive answers to the plurality of questions from the job applicant. The method, system, and computer program determine one or more employability characteristics of...

20060084047 - System and method of segmented language learning: A system and method of segmented language learning is disclosed. The system filtered background noise of the audio information therein and obtained with audio information pausing position. The audio information will be segmented into at least one piece of segmented audio language learning data according to the audio information pausing...

20060084049 - Method and apparatus for online assignment and/or tests: A method and computer-readable storage medium for practicing the method of allowing students to practice a component of an exercise before completing a graded component. At least one parameter is associated with an exercise, which includes a practice component and a graded component. A request is received for the exercise....

20060084048 - Method for analyzing standards-based assessment data: A method for analyzing standards-based assessment data includes the steps of formulating a standards-based assessment of a plurality of academic content standards for administering to one or more students, the assessment based upon an existing set of academic content standards, generating a plurality of reports from administering the assessment for...

20060084050 - Portable virtual reality medical demonstration and training apparatus: A training apparatus presents a virtual environment to a user and allows the user to interact with the virtual environment. The training apparatus includes a base, an interface and a tool. The base has a storage device and a central processing unit. The interface may provide haptic feedback responsive to...

20060078851 - Method and apparatus for easily changing the menu of a juke box: The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows a menu 20 of song titles 22 to be displayed on printed pages 24, rather than on small song cards, that are held by page frames 30 that are hingedly joined to a juke box unit. The printed pages can...

20060078852 - Air brake training tool: A training tool for teaching the operation of the brake elements of a heavy duty air brake system is disclosed. Brake elements are replicated on a stand which also supports a compressed air tank and compressed air lines which couple compressed air to a brake chamber which is included in...

20060078853 - Driver safety program: In a driver training program, a manager conducts an observation drive with a program participant. During the observation drive, the manager observes the participant's driving without commenting on the driving. The manager discusses the observations with the participant during the conference, and provides reports to appropriate departments of the company,...

20060078854 - Vehicle steering sensing apparatus: A steering sensing apparatus for measuring steering actions of a driver of a motor vehicle for use in an apparatus for simulated driving of the vehicle in which the motor vehicle remains stationary. The apparatus includes two ultrasonic transducers which are mountable relative to a steerable wheel of the vehicle...

20060078855 - Teaching method and kit for abstract pattern drawing: A kit and teaching method for creating an artwork includes instructing the user to mark a surface with a line to divide the surface into sections, and to draw a pattern or patterns from provided samples within one of the sections. The user is then instructed to repeat this pattern...

20060078856 - System and method for adaptive learning: An adaptive learning system and method (“ALS”) for optimized, automated learning is disclosed. The optimal sequencing method is adaptive in the sense that it continuously monitors a student's speed and accuracy of response in answering a series of questions, performing a series of classification tasks, or performing a series of...

20060078857 - Apparatus and system for teaching proper letter sizing and spacing to autistic children and others with deficiencies in the areas of visual processing, motor control and/or sensory processing: The present disclosure relates to the area of assistive technology, and specifically discloses an apparatus and method for teaching proper letter sizing and spacing to autistic children and others having deficiencies in the areas of visual processing, motor control and sensory processing, through the use of a novel writing guide...

20060078858 - Device and method for evaluation of reading speed to determine vision problems: An illustrative method of assessing a vision characteristic of a person is provided. In the method, a group of words is presented via a medium, and a person reads the group of words. Also, the reading speed at which the person reads the group of words is determined, and the...

20060078859 - System and method for monitoring and responding to device conditions: A system and method for monitoring and responding to device conditions is provided. A content server monitors sensed conditions of a device. Upon detection of an action-triggering condition, such as an error in the device, the content server accessed databases containing information pertaining to the monitored device in order to...

20060078860 - Operating room display and related methods: Method for preventing surgical errors comprises: (a) viewing a display having a start indicator and a stop indicator where only one of the start and stop indicators is highlighted; and (b) determining whether to proceed with a surgical procedure based on whether the start indicator or the stop indicator is...

20060078861 - Children's storybook with music player: A storybook including instructions at various points in a given story as to which disk or tape associated with the storybook to load in the player and play. The various music selections for each story may be associated with a single disk, and therefore, upon turning to a new story...

20060078862 - Answer support system, answer support apparatus, and answer support program: An answer support system includes an extracting unit to extract sentences of question made by a questioner, asking back of an answerer to the question, a reply of the questioner to the asking back, and an answer made by the answerer from a plurality of messages exchanged between the questioner...

20060078863 - System and method for processing test reports: A system and method enable processing and displaying of test results in accordance with information and specifications provided by the client requiring such services. Skills examined by a test are identified, and skill-by-skill analysis of test results is provided. Performance within constituent skill categories are compared to applicable standards, thereby...

20060078864 - Test item development system and method: An assessment system includes interim tests administered at predetermined intervals. Each assessment is designed to test specific concepts, and includes multiple-choice test items, each having an item stem, a correct answer, and several distractors. Preferably at least two of the distractors are directed to disparate cognitive levels. Any distractors selected...

20060078865 - Teaching aid: A hand held teaching aid is made of three layers of card. The grip has a panel projecting from the grip and a pocket slides on the panel. The grip carries a picture of an item whose name is to be taught, eg. an apple, and the panel bears the...

20060078866 - System and method for identifying termination of data entry: Computer implemented methods of and systems for inputting data are described. A method for inputting data includes receiving information representing user-written data, the user-written data made with a writing instrument upon a surface. The method further includes defining an active region on the surface surrounding the user written data and...

20060078867 - System supporting acquisition and processing of user entered information: A system supporting acquisition and processing of user entered information includes a user interface processor for generating data representing at least one form composition display image. A user, using the form composition display image, is able to compose an electronic form comprising a set of questions to be answered by...

20060078869 - Lesson plan organizer: The present invention discloses a lesson plan organizer, whereby the individual lesson plans can be followed continuously, despite interruptions and lack of continuity, without the need for rewriting or retyping the entire plan, but still allowing flexibility when it comes to revisions or additions/subtractions to the plans....

20060078868 - Method and system for identifying barriers and gaps to e-learning attraction: A computer system, method, program product, and service method for evaluating a learning program/service is disclosed with one or more databases having one or more variables. The invention systematically determines the attractiveness of the program/service, preferably a learning program, to one or more end users by determining one or more...

20060078870 - Mannequin for testing and evaluating mannequin garments: A mannequin has an artificial skeleton defining a torso area covered with a resilient outer shell shaped to simulate a human torso. The outer shell defines a chest region and a pelvic region. An adaptor located at the chest region, and an artificial breast is detachably connected to the adaptor....

20060078871 - Instructional center: An instructional center including a first step substantially horizontal to a ground surface; a second step substantially horizontal to the ground surface, located further from the ground surface than the first step and not directly above the first step; a step riser located between the first and second steps, and...

20060073438 - Enhancement of aimpoint in simulated training systems: Embodiments of the invention, therefore, provide improved systems and methods for tracking targets in a simulation environment. Merely by way of example, an exemplary embodiment provides a reflected laser target tracking system that tracks a target with a video camera and associated computational logic. In certain embodiments, a closed loop...

20060073439 - Simulation system, method and computer program: Simulation system comprising at least one virtual projectile/missile firing device (1) having movable directing means (3) to direct a virtual projectile/missile towards a target (2) and means to determine the position of said at least one virtual projectile/missile firing device and the target whereby the simulation system comprises means (4)...

20060073440 - Insertion shaft structure for modeling foamed material assembly: An insertion shaft structure for modeling foamed material assembly which is passed through each unit of shaped foamed material, a mortise recessively formed in the left and the right sides, furthermore, wave teeth protruding along the inner wall surfaces of the mortise. Additionally, fitted in the mortise is a T-shaped...

20060073441 - Calendar and method for weight loss: A new weight loss method that includes: (1) A monthly flip calendar; (2) Healthy, fit models with a place to put user's face into the picture to help visualize the results; (3) Each day has a set menu which will provide about 1200 calories for the women calendar and 1500...

20060073443 - Earth globe assembly: An educational globe assembly is provided comprising a globe and a base cradle for the globe configured to removably and rotatably support the globe. The base cradle comprises a great circle ring, and the great circle ring comprises at least one annular indicia surface that is capable of rotation in...

20060073442 - Globes having marked zones of geographic interest: An Earth globe is provided for studying continental position theories. The globe comprises graphical image representations of a plurality of land masses at locations representing the current position of the land masses on Earth. A plurality of at least a portion of great circle indication lines are graphically marked on...

20060073445 - Data collecting method and system: A data collecting method and system suitably used in a device with word learning function are disclosed. The system provides users to self defined collecting conditions for test data, that is, collecting those words manually added by the users and automatically added when wrongly answered in tests, so as to...

20060073444 - Method of and apparatus for supplementing the reading of selected passages of printed material in a book or the like by voice or acoustic pronouncement of coded indicia provided in the book at such passages, remotely to access the playing of corresponding: A technique and apparatus for supplementing different subject-matter book passages at the option of the reader with external visual/audio supplementary material on the corresponding respective different subject matters through coded indicia provided at said passages readable and vocally pronounceable by the reader and thereupon remotely received and voice-recognized at a...

20060073446 - Word isolating educational tool: An educational device and method in which a user can learn the pronunciation and meaning of words using a word isolator with a window and a slide. The word isolator is placed over the unfamiliar word. The slide is manipulated to expose only a portion of the word at a...

20060073447 - Method for training behavior during a nuclear, biological or chemical warfare attack and combat training system: The present invention relates to a method for training behavior during a nuclear, biological or chemical warfare attack, including a number of players. The method includes determining exposure to a simulated nuclear, biological or chemical attack for each player; providing a signal indicating said exposure in at least one alarm...

20060073449 - Automated trainee monitoring and performance evaluation system: A method and system for performing automated training environment monitoring and evaluation. The training environment may include a mixed reality elements to enhance a training experience....

20060073448 - Mannequin: A mannequin suitable for use as a hairdressing training tool including a head component, a hair portion, sensors for sensing undesirable characteristics such as high temperature or rapid movement, and signalling means for indicating the same to a user....

20060073450 - Memory aid: A memory aid comprising a display having a plurality of display zones (19), each display zone adapted to provide a display independently of the other display zones, each display zone capable of sequentially displaying the letters of an alphabet and a control adapted to cause the sequential display of the...

20060073452 - Method for enhancing memory and cognition in aging adults: A method on a computing device is provided for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to differentiate between rapidly presented stimuli. The method utilizes a sequence of phonemes from a confusable pair which are systematically manipulated to make discrimination between the phonemes...

20060073451 - Personality profile analytical tool: A method of analyzing a person's personality profile is in accordance with the present invention. The method includes the following: (a) analyzing a first element to determine a first primary attribute for the person, wherein the first primary attribute is characterized as being an attribute that is predominant with respect...

20060073453 - Rosary chain jointing device: A rosary chain jointing device comprising at least two generally flat elements joined with each other in a way to allow said elements to be opened like a book, one of said elements having connecting means on the extremities connected to the chains of the rosary crown....

20060073456 - Birthing simulator: Maternal and fetal birthing simulators are disclosed. The maternal simulator has a rotatable gynecoid pelvis, legs articulated at the hip and knee joints, and a deformable covering that simulates the feel of the skin and underlying tissues. The maternal birthing simulator may optionally be used with a pressure-based uterine propulsive...

20060073457 - Endoscopy training simulator: There is disclosed an endoscopy training simulator in which data connections passing through the umbilical linking the control body and the base unit are multiplexed over one or more shared transmission lines. The umbilical and a connected angulation control unit may be unplugged from the base unit. On the control...

20060073454 - Method and system for simulation of surgical procedures: A method and a system are for simulating a surgical procedure on a bodily object, such as an organ, in a virtual environment. The virtual environment includes a three-dimensional mathematically described model of the bodily object which reflects geometrical and mechanical properties, and a virtual instrument that is controlled by...

20060073458 - Virtual op simulator: The invention relates to a virtual OP simulator (10) for training for minimal-invasive operations, in particular for endourological interventions, having a simulation calculator unit (12), at least one instrument (40), at least one instrument input unit (30) for picking up the instrument (40), with the instrument input unit (30) allowing...

20060073455 - Virtual reality based prototyping system for medical devices: A system comprising a computer and a software module residing in computer memory, where the software module is operable to provide a virtual model of a medical device and to simulate a medical procedure involving the virtual model of the medical device. The virtual model of the medical device includes...

20060073459 - Self-contained doppler effect demonstration: s

20060073462 - Inline help and performance support for business applications: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for inline help and performance support for business applications. features a computer-implemented method including saving captured display screens of a software application, including cursor movement, in one or more files, annotating the captured display screens with objects that can be set to start...

20060073460 - Method and system for achievement test preparation: Provided herein is a method for preparing a class group of students for taking an achievement test in a subject. The test includes a plurality of questions directed to a plurality of different test subject categories relating to the subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises the following acts. A...

20060073461 - Method and system for estimating educational resources: A method for managing educational resources needed to deliver classroom education. The method comprises providing a computer model with a set of predetermined educational delivery data, entering into the computer model a plurality of educational delivery data which includes measured educational delivery data that is accumulated over a time period...

20060073463 - Computer enabled training of a user to validate assumptions: A system, method and article of manufacture are disclosed which implement a training session for training a user to validate assumptions. First, a plurality of stimuli are presented to a user in the context of a simulation. The user is then prompted to enter responses to the stimuli which are...

20060073464 - Location determinative electronic training methodology and related architecture: Embodiments of the present invention involve a location-determinative training and verification methodology including supporting architecture designed to allow users to travel to and identify elements of a training process or work flow....

20060073465 - Answer sheet adapted for computer scoring: An answer sheet adapted for computer scoring has a first mark enclosing a space, printed on the sheet, and a second mark enclosing a space, printed on the sheet, wherein the second mark is encompassed by the first mark....

20060073466 - Glass dry-erase board: A glass dry-erase board. The glass dry-erase board has a smooth transparent glass writing surface. One embodiment utilizes tempered glass sheet, which provides the writing surface and has a non-specular and light blocking rear surface treatment and attached white plastic sheet on the back side of the glass sheet. The...