Charles M Duffy

US Patent:

20110065074, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Sep 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/561048

Inventors:

Charles J. Duffy - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/00

US Classification:

434236

Abstract:

A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of verbal memory of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: () presenting at least one scene to the subject on a display, the scene comprising a plurality of symbols and a background; () moving the plurality of symbols relative to the scene, the movement being tracked by the subject via at least one input device; () adjusting the saliency of the plurality of symbols relative to the tracked movement; () receiving feedback from the subject via said input device; () quantitatively refining the received feedback; () modulating the movement of the plurality of symbols relative to the accuracy of the quantitatively refined feedback; () calculating a critical threshold parameter; and () recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium. An apparatus for quantitative assessment of verbal memory of a subject comprising a display device, an input device, a control device, and a tangible computer readable medium. In its simplest sense, a quantitative assessment profile of verbal memory by psychophysical responses is generated on a tangible computer readable medium.

US Patent:

20110065075, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Sep 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/561110

Inventors:

Charles J. Duffy - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/00
A61B 5/103

US Classification:

434236, 600595

Abstract:

A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of facial emotion sensitivity of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: (1) presenting at least one scene to the subject on a display, the scene comprising a plurality of faces and a background on a display, the plurality of faces comprising a plurality of facial expressions; (2) adjusting at least one facial expression on the scene; (3) receiving feedback from said subject via at least one input device; (4) quantitatively refining the received feedback; (5) modulating the adjusted facial expression relative to the accuracy of the received feedback; (6) (7) transforming the modulated facial expression; (8) calculating a critical threshold parameter; and (9) recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium. An apparatus for quantitative assessment of facial emotion sensitivity of a subject comprising a display device, an input device, a control device, and a tangible computer readable medium. In its simplest sense, a quantitative assessment profile of facial emotion sensitivity by psychophysical responses is generated on a tangible computer readable medium.

US Patent:

20110066003, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Sep 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/561169

Inventors:

Charles J. Duffy - New York NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600300

Abstract:

A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of facial emotion nulling of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: () presenting at least one scene, comprising a single facial expressions and a background, to a subject on a display; () adjusting the facial expression on the scene; () receiving feedback from the subject via at least one input device; () quantitatively refining the received feedback; () modulating the adjusted facial expression relative to the accuracy of the quantitatively refined feedback; () transforming the modulated facial expression; () calculating a critical threshold parameter; and () recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium. An apparatus for quantitative assessment of facial emotion nulling of a subject comprising a display device, an input device, a control device, and a tangible computer readable medium. In its simplest sense, a quantitative assessment profile of facial emotion nulling by psychophysical responses is generated on a tangible computer readable medium.