Psychophysiological Touch Screen Stress Analyzer

• US 20100060461A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thorad, LLC
• Original Assignee: Phillip R. Sprague
• Inventors: Sprague, Phillip R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,264,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/164 Lie detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4884 inducing physiological or psychological stress, e.g. applications for stress testing

Abstract

The Psychophysiological Touch Screen Stress Analyzer is capable of capturing information on how a person emotionally reacts to a series of verbal, visual, or written stimulus when the person touches the touch screen computer monitor in response to the stimulus.

Claims

1. A method to detect emotional stress in the touch of an individual comprising:

touch screen computer monitor that is sensitive to a person touch by measurement of the x, y and z factors of the touch screen computer monitor;

the subject'"'"'s emotional reaction patterns are detected by the amount of time the screen is touched and the amount of pressure applied.

2. Physiologic muscle tremors occurs in every normal individual and has no clinical significance;

it is rarely visible to the eye and may be heightened by strong emotion such as anxiety or fear;

it can be seen in all voluntary muscle groups and can be detected by extending the arms and placing a piece of paper on top of the hands;

enhanced physiologic tremor is a strengthening of physiologic tremor to more visible levels;

the touch screen computer monitor and special computer algorithms measures a person'"'"'s muscle tremors.

3. The person answers each stimulus by touching the correct answer button on the touch screen computer monitor.

4. The touch data in claim 3 is processed in a real time by a computer server or series of computer servers that contains special computer software algorithms.

5. The algorithms in claim 4 will precisely calculate how the person emotionally reacted to each survey stimulus.

6. The output data for each stimulus in claim 5 will be a digital number.