Vision and hand/eye coordination exercising and testing machine
First Claim
1. A vision and hand/eye exercising and testing device comprising:
- a housing having a front panel;
a multiplicity of lamp positions and dummy positions interspersed on said panel in an array, said lamp positions being substantially visually indistinguishable from said dummy positions when viewed from in front of said panel;
a first plurality of lamps, each mounted in said housing behind a respective lamp position such that each lamp, when illuminated, is visible from in front of said panel;
first actuation means for momentarily and sequentially illuminating said first plurality of lamps one at a time in an order determined by said actuation means;
a plurality of manually actuable switches, one switch for each lamp position, each switch being located on said panel at a respective lamp position so as to be associated with the lamp at that lamp position; and
logic means for detecting actuation of each switch relative to the time at which the lamp associated with that switch is illuminated.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A vision and hand/eye coordination testing machine includes a front panel sub-divided into a grid-like array. Each array position is either a lamp position or a dummy position, the two being visually indistinguishable. Panel lamps are illuminated in one of three alternative modes, namely: a pursuit mode wherein lamps are illuminated according to a prescribed continuous pattern and the subject must follow the pattern by moving his/her eyes; a saccadic hand/eye mode wherein the subject focuses on a centrally located alternating fixator lamp and actuates a switch at array lamp positions; and a second hand/eye mode, similar to the saccadic mode, but the fixator lamp remains off. Timely switch actuations are counted and actuate respective indicators in a remote monitoring unit. In both hand/eye modes the lamps are illuminated in a random or other sequence unrelated to lamp position. A separate linear array of lamps is used in a fourth or sports mode in which the lamps extend toward the subject from the housing and are momentarily illuminated in sequence to simulate a ball moving toward the subject. The last lamp in the sequence is encapsulated in a bumper and may be struck with a hand, foot or instrument to effect a switch closure that is monitored relative to the time of illumination of the last lamp. The repetition rate of lamp illumination in all modes is adjustable.
25 Citations
27 Claims
-
1. A vision and hand/eye exercising and testing device comprising:
-
a housing having a front panel; a multiplicity of lamp positions and dummy positions interspersed on said panel in an array, said lamp positions being substantially visually indistinguishable from said dummy positions when viewed from in front of said panel; a first plurality of lamps, each mounted in said housing behind a respective lamp position such that each lamp, when illuminated, is visible from in front of said panel; first actuation means for momentarily and sequentially illuminating said first plurality of lamps one at a time in an order determined by said actuation means; a plurality of manually actuable switches, one switch for each lamp position, each switch being located on said panel at a respective lamp position so as to be associated with the lamp at that lamp position; and logic means for detecting actuation of each switch relative to the time at which the lamp associated with that switch is illuminated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A vision and hand/eye exercising and testing device comprising:
-
a housing having a front panel; a multiplicity of lamp positions and dummy positions interspersed on said panel in an array, said lamp positions being substantially visually indistinguishable from said dummy positions when viewed from in front of said panel; a first plurality of lamps, each mounted in said housing behind a respective lamp position such that each lamp, when illuminated, is visible from in front of said panel; first actuation means for momentarily and sequentially illuminating said first plurality of lamps one at a time in an order determined by said actuation means; a second plurality of lamps disposed in a linear array extending from a proximal position toward an impact location, wherein each successive lamp in said linear array is spaced from a preceding lamp; second actuation means for momentarily lighting each lamp in said linear array successively in a sequence from said proximal location toward said impact location; protective bumper means for protecting the last lamp in said linear array from damage against impact, said last lamp being located substantially at said impact location; switch means responsive to forceful impact against said last lamp for providing a switch closure; and comparison means for monitoring the time interval between said switch closure and the illumination of said last lamp. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A device for simulating and monitoring a sports activity in which a subject strikes an object moving toward the subject, said device comprising:
-
a support; a plurality of lamps disposed in a linear array extending from said support toward said subject, wherein each successive lamp in said linear array is spaced from a preceding lamp; actuation means for momentarily illuminating each lamp in said linear array successively in a sequence extending from said support toward said subject; protective bumper means for protecting the last lamp in said linear array from damage against impact, said last lamp being the lamp closest to said subject; switch means responsive to forceful impact against said last lamp for providing a switch closure; and comparison means for monitoring the time interval between said switch closure and illumination of said last lamp. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
Specification