Method of teaching through exposure to relevant perspective

• US 6,602,075 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2001
• Issued: 08/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maple Ranch Properties, LLC
• Original Assignee: Discovertheoutdoors.com Incorporated
• Inventors: Adams, Tony
• Primary Examiner(s): Rovnak, John Edmund
• Application Number:
  US09/990,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20030096217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 434/29-72, 434/79, 434/80, 434/91, 434/130-153, 434/219-226, 434/234, 434/235, 434/236, 434/237, 434/238, 434/247-303, 434/305, 434/308-318, 434/365-433
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0012 Comparing movements or motion sequences with a registered reference
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0644 with display speed of moving landscape controlled by the user's performance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/70 Measuring or simulating ambient conditions, e.g. weather, terrain or surface conditions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3667 Golf stance aids, e.g. means for positioning a golfer's feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3676 for putting A63B69/3608, A63B69/3661, A63B69/3667 and A63B69/3697 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

A method of teaching a skill, such as, for example, hunting, tracking, or game-playing technique, whereby the student is exposed to the perspective of a relevant person, animal, or object, such as, for example, a game player, animal, or ball, whose identity is determined by the nature of the skill, and wherein a mechanism, such as, for example, video, computer animation, virtual reality, or role-playing, is used to impart the perspective. The method broadly comprises the steps of identifying a behavior of the thing, wherein the behavior is related to the skill; modeling a perspective of the thing related to the behavior in terms understandable by the student; implementing the model using a suitable mechanism; and introducing the student to the mechanism such that, through the mechanism, the student is able to experience the perspective of the thing and to thereby better understand the behavior and the skill.

Claims

1. A method of teaching a skill to a student, wherein the skill involves an aspect of hunting an animal, whereby the student is exposed to a perspective of the animal, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) identifying a behavior of the animal, wherein the behavior is related to the aspect of hunting;

(b) modeling a perspective of the animal related to the behavior in terms understandable by the student;

(c) implementing the model using a mechanism suitable for imparting to the student the perspective of the animal; and

(d) introducing the student to the mechanism such that, through the mechanism, the student is able to experience the perspective of the animal and to thereby better understand the behavior and the skill.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the animal is a duck, and the aspect of hunting involves preparing a blind and lying-in-wait for the duck, arranging duck decoys, and responding to duck calls, and the perspective involves visual and audible sensory cues to the duck.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein a video recording is the mechanism for implementing the model and imparting to the student the perspective of the animal.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein a computer program involving computer animation is the mechanism for implementing the model and imparting to the student the perspective of the animal.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the behavior is in response to an improper action related to the aspect of hunting so that the student is taught a consequence of the improper action.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the behavior is in response to a proper action related to the aspect of hunting so that the student is taught a benefit of the proper action.

7. A method of teaching a skill to a student, wherein the skill involves an aspect of hunting a duck, whereby the student is exposed to a perspective of the duck, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) identifying a behavior of the duck, wherein the behavior is related to the aspect of hunting the duck, and the aspect of hunting the duck includes preparing a blind and lying-in-wait for the duck, arranging a plurality of duck decoys, and responding to a duck call;

(b) modeling a perspective of the duck related to the behavior in terms understandable by the student;

(c) implementing the model using a mechanism suitable for imparting to the student the perspective of the duck; and

(d) introducing the student to the mechanism such that, through the mechanism, the student is able to experience the perspective of the duck and to thereby better understand the behavior and the skill.