Portable psycho-physical automobile driver testing device

• US 4,057,911 A
• Filed: 07/29/1976
• Issued: 11/15/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas F. Sack
• Original Assignee: Thomas F. Sack
• Inventors: Sack, Thomas F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US05/709,717
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 35/11, 35/22 R, 351/17, 351/36, 351/38
• US Class Current: 434/64
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/04 for teaching control of land vehicles

Abstract

A portable automobile driver testing unit comprises a cabinet having two side walls which can be swung open and an end wall in which there is a sight opening. In the bottom portion of the cabinet there is a compartment enclosed by a control panel and on the inner face of the cabinet top wall there are mounted relatively moveable elements for testing depth perception. The end wall with the opening is further provided with a pair of headlights, a first group of lights having removable letters and the brightness of which can be controlled by a rheostat, and a plurality of colored lights. A foot pedal assembly is connected to the control panel to be used in conjunction with the colored lights for testing reaction time and the assembly is stored upon the partition within the cabinet when not in use. A person facing the end wall with the opening and lights can be tested for depth perception, night vision, glare recovery, field of vision and simple and complex reaction time. The unit can also be used to test for visual acuity and traffic color recognition.

Claims

1. A portable psycho-physical automobile driver testing device comprising a cabinet having top and bottom walls interconnected by end walls and a pair of side walls pivotally mounted to swing outwardly from the cabinet, one of said end walls having a sight opening therein and directed toward a person being tested, a partition within said cabinet intermediate said top and bottom walls and extending between said end walls to define a compartment between said bottom wall and the partition, a control panel within said cabinet enclosing the area defined by said end walls, said partition and said bottom wall to enclose said compartment, means within said cabinet mounted on the inner face of said top wall for testing depth perception of a person located at a predetermined distance from said one end wall and viewing said means through said sight opening, a first plurality of colored lights on said one end wall, a pair of headlights on said one end wall, means interconnecting said first plurality of colored lights and said headlights to said control panel for testing respectively reaction time and glare recovery, a second plurality of lights on said one end wall having printed indicia thereon, means interconnecting said second plurality of lights and said control panel for testing night vision, and means including switches on said control panel operable by an examiner positioned in front of said control panel to operate the testing device for actuating said interconnecting means to said first plurality of colored lights, said headlights and said second plurality of colored lights.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said printed indicia are removable and replaceable.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1 and rheostat means on said control panel for controlling the brightness of said second plurality of lights.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said reaction time testing means further comprises a foot-pedal assembly being so dimensioned so as to be positionable upon said partition within the periphery thereof when not in use.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4 wherein said foot pedal assembly further comprises a brake pedal pad.

6. A device as claimed in claim 4 and means on said control panel for connection to said foot pedal assembly.