INTERROGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD INCLUDING A RECORD CARRIER FOR STORING IMAGES WITH ADDRESSES

• US 3,829,844 A
• Filed: 06/01/1973
• Issued: 08/13/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frans Wessel Zonneveld, Johannes Westhof
• Original Assignee: Frans Wessel Zonneveld, Johannes Westhof
• Inventors: Zonneveld, Frans Wessel, Westhof, Johannes
• Primary Examiner(s): Zache, Raulfe B.
• Application Number:
  US05/366,092
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 340/172.5
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0032 Apparatus for automatic testing and analysing marked record carriers, used for examinations of the multiple choice answer type teaching apparatus working with questions and answers G09B7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/08 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying further information
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A record carrier which is suitable for the storage of image information in the form of questions, and an interrogation apparatus in which the image information can be displayed in individual images. The record carrier comprises one an address location with an address for each image, so that the image is identified. The answers to questions are recorded on a recording medium in the interrogation apparatus, in combination with the address of the question image. This recording medium is used in a computer system, the combination of address and answer being a storage address of the computer store. The images of the record carrier can furthermore be provided with a type indication which indicates types of questions.

Claims

1. An off-line interrogation apparatus for use with a record carrier and a recording medium, said carrier having stored thereon image information including questions to be made visible in individual images by said apparatus and having an address location per image on which a machine-readable address has been recorded, said apparatus comprising:

means for displaying image information in individual images;

means for detecting the address of an image being displayed;

operating means for receiving as an input the answers to said questions; and

means for recording said detected address and said answer on said recording medium.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 for use with a record carrier which also has stored thereon images which comprise address locations containing addresses of other images, comprising in addition:

second means for detecting the addresses of other images, and address selecting means for selecting said other images.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 for use with a record carrier which includes a type indication for groups of images, for identifying different types of image information, comprising in addition:

means for detecting the type indication on the record carrier, and means for selecting an image having a type indication on the carrier.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3 comprising means for generating a type indication of a new question or group of questions in response to receipt of at least one answer to a question, and wherein said image selecting means is responsive to said type indication of a new question or group of questions.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1 comprising input means for receiving the address of an image, and means responsive to said address detecting means for selecting on the record carrier the image having said received address.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, comprising address forming means for generating an address of a new question or group of questions in response to receipt oF at least one answer, and address selecting means responsive to said generation of an address for selecting on the record carrier an image to be displayed.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1 for recording random information as an answer to a question associated with an auxiliary apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving an identification code from said auxiliary apparatus, and means for recording said identification code and said random information on said medium as an identifiable combination.

8. An interrogation system comprising:

a computer system having a processor, a store and input and output equipment;

an off-line interrogation apparatus for use with a record carrier and a recording medium, said carrier having stored thereon image information including questions to be made visible in individual images by said apparatus and having an address location per image on which a machine-readable address has been recorded, said apparatus comprising;

means for displaying image information in individual images;

means for detecting the address of an image being displayed;

operating means for receiving as an input the answers to said questions;

means for recording said detected address and said answer on said recording medium; and

means for referring to a storage address in the store of the computer system in response to a recorded detected address and answer on said medium, information for further processing of said answer being present at said storage address.

9. A method of storing information by off-line interrogation, using a record carrier on which image information including questions to be made visible in individual images and a machine-readable address at an address location per image have been recorded, comprising the steps of:

displaying said image information in individual images on a screen;

detecting the address of an image being displayed; and

recording said detected address and an answer to a question in an individual image on a recording medium.